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Fantasy hockey: Forecaster for the week of Jan. 6-12

He’s currently on his second chance with his third-chance team – if that phrasing makes sense. In six seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, he got to 30 goals in his fourth season, 2015-16. It looked like he was on the verge of becoming something, but the goals dried up over the next two years. And […]

Penguins’ Jake Guentzel out 4-6 months after shoulder surgery

PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel‘s playmaking helped the Pittsburgh Penguins withstand the loss of captain Sidney Crosby and earned him his first All-Star nod in the process. The joy over Guentzel’s selection proved short-lived. The talented forward will miss at least four months after injuring his right shoulder late in a win over Ottawa on Monday […]

Fantasy hockey – Forecaster for the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5

And the Columbus Blue Jackets went into the brief holiday break making hay with a roster full of injuries. Among forwards hurting who are arguably top-six forwards for the team when healthy are Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano and Emil Bemstrom. They aren’t all locks for a scoring line, but would be […]

The NHL’s best and worst this week: How Sidney Crosby inspired Nathan MacKinnon to ‘take less’

The comments went viral. “That blew up more than I thought it would,” MacKinnon told me last week in Chicago. “I forgot I was in Toronto speaking. I’m used to being in Denver. If I said that in Denver it would have just been brushed aside.” Nonetheless, I wanted to know if MacKinnon stood by […]

The top 100 NHL players of the decade

The following list ranks the best of the decade, pitting skaters against defenseman against goaltenders. The order was determined through statistical and analytic comparisons; consideration for postseason success and awards; and good old-fashioned subjectivity. A few factors we weighed in creating the ranking: Longevity was respected but not essential. There are players on the list […]

The NHL’s Great Pretenders: Teams that are not what they seem

It’s an especially useful mental exercise to go through at this point of the season, because we’re at a crossroads point of sorts in the calendar. We now have enough of a sample to reliably evaluate performance, but we’re also left with more than enough time to turn things around if all of the other […]

The NHL’s best and worst this week: Tim Thomas’ saga reminds us that empathy still matters

I remember a player once using Thomas’ name in jest. When I asked him if he thought about what he’d like to do after he retired, he said something along the lines of: “But whatever I do, I’ll be around. I’m not going to fall off the face of the Earth like I’m Tim Thomas.” […]

Pittsburgh Penguins’ John Marino is the best rookie defenseman no one’s talking about

If this sound like something a Harvard student would play to pass the time on a team flight, that would be correct. If this sounds like something two NHL rookies would partake in while the veterans are dabbling in other pastimes on that same flight, that would also be correct. “I don’t think I’ve graduated […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus every team’s ‘on pace for’ stunner

Most NHL teams are rounding the 30-game mark for the 2019-20 season. Some players are on a torrid, personal-record-setting pace. Other players are desperately trying to get back on track after a rough couple of months. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated to […]

Vrana makes most of promotion to Ovechkin’s line

Washington goalie Braden Holtby made 35 saves as the Capitals took a 3-2 second round series lead over the Penguins for the first time ever (AFP Photo/Patrick Smith)MoreJakub Vrana scored the game winner late in the third period as the Washington Capitals put the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on the brink of elimination […]

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