by Sam McCaig - September 28, 2007 12:58 AM EDT
A look at which of last year's non-playoff teams from the West could make a run for the 2007-08 post-season.
The Western Conference is packed with top contenders: Anaheim, San Jose, Detroit and Calgary all garner big respect. And it's a deep conference, too, with Minnesota, Vancouver and even Nashville still lurking in the shadows.
by Sam McCaig - September 22, 2007 12:36 AM EDT
A look at which of last year's non-playoff teams from the East could make a run for the 2007-08 post-season.
Who's going to win the Stanley Cup?
Really, it's the only question worth asking with a new NHL season around the corner. But then again, you can read about the “who's the best team” debate anywhere (even, say, in the latest issue of The Hockey News, our annual Season Opener special, now available on a newsstand near you!)
Instead, let's take a skate down the path less Zamboni-ed and look at the chances of last year's also-rans in 2007-08.
by Sam McCaig - August 24, 2007 12:16 AM EDT
With less than a month until training camps open, we take a look back of some of the off-season's more intriguing storylines.
Is it late August already? WowÂ…only three more weeks until training campsÂ…begin. So, it must be time to talk hockey, then, right? Right.
by Sam McCaig - July 5, 2007 12:38 AM EDT
Most of the big names are gone, but there are still a few stars and plenty of mid-range players looking for homes.
And just like that, the free agent frenzy is finished.
All it took was $52 million for Daniel Briere, $51.5 for Scott Gomez and $30 million for Brian Rafalski.
by Sam McCaig - June 8, 2007 12:59 AM EDT
Let's go team-by-team and ponder some of the more prominent players to be had on July 1.
ANAHEIM
Only three Ducks of consequence are eligible for unrestricted free agency: goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, right winger Teemu Selanne and defenseman Sean O'Donnell.
by Sam McCaig - June 1, 2007 6:09 PM EDT
Think you've got it all covered? We bet there's at least a few things...
STANLEY SAYSÂ…10 things you didn't know about the 2007 playoffs:
1. The Anaheim Ducks have the second-best winning percentage in the playoffs in NHL history.
by Sam McCaig - May 18, 2007 12:26 AM EDT
Sam McCaig takes a look at the teams and players remaining in the hunt for this year's Stanley Cup.
• With all-star Anaheim defenseman Chris Pronger serving a one-game suspension in Game 4 – for driving Tomas Holmstrom's head into the boards in Game 3 – the pressure was on Scott Niedermayer to play well and play often.
by Sam McCaig - May 11, 2007 12:18 AM EDT
Now it's the Ducks who are favorites... NHLPA taking the first steps toward respectability... and The Buff better fix its special teams.
Four years ago, the upstart Anaheim Ducks upset the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs and ended up advancing all the way to the Stanley Cup final before falling to New Jersey.
by Sam McCaig - May 4, 2007 12:41 AM EDT
Who's the world's best goalie... and what 'Alfie' is capable of. Just two of the things we've discovered in the playoffs so far.
There's an old saying that goes, “If you don't learn from the NHL playoffs, you're doomed to miss the post-season next year.”
Or something like that.
by Sam McCaig - April 20, 2007 12:58 AM EDT
Top-notch 'tending, scoring depth and a just-get-it-done 'D' has the Rangers in a good playoff place.
Not only did the New York Rangers win their first round series in convincing fashion, sweeping the playoff-neophyte Atlanta Thrashers, but the Blueshirts also won the NHL's first round.
by Sam McCaig - April 13, 2007 12:51 AM EDT
Three lines you should keep in mind throughout the first round of the playoffs.
For the bottom line on the playoffs, all you need is The Headline, The Deadline and The Last Line:
Detroit Red Wings (1) vs. Calgary Flames (8)
The Headline:
“HE SCORES!”
Pavel Datsyuk, who had suffered through three goal-less playoffs and hadn't scored in the post-season since 2002, snapped his 26-game springtime drought when he beat Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff in the second period of Game 1.
by Sam McCaig - March 13, 2007 12:37 AM EDT
Interesting tidbits of info from each of the NHL's 30 teams as the season winds down.
ANAHEIM: Teemu Selanne is the first player in NHL history aged 35-and-over to record back-to-back 40-goal seasons.
ATLANTA: The Thrashers are 6-1-0 with Keith Tkachuk, who has four goals and an assist since coming over from St.
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