Ottawa Senators get goalie Ben Bishop from St. Louis Blues - NHL
If the St. Louis Blues picked their starting goalie this season based on training camp performance, Ben Bishop probably deserved the job. But St. Loui...
View ArticleSilence sets stage for unpredictable trade deadline - NHL
Sunday night, after a long day of silence on the trade front, I checked with one NHL GM who has a player he's shopping to see how much interest he was...
View ArticleEvaluating trade deadline's biggest individual winners, losers - NHL
Good friend and colleague Scott Burnside has already tackled the teams that benefited the most or didn't accomplish their goals during the trade deadl...
View ArticleNHL - New York Islanders projections for 2012-13 season
Hockey Prospectus and Craig Custance examine the rosters of every NHL team to see who is on the rise, who is declining and who could shine for the first time in the season ahead. Today's look is at...
View ArticleNHL - Dan Bylsma should be Team USA head coach
As we begin the one-year countdown to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, the debates over who should represent their country will increase in volume....
View ArticleNHL - What's holding back the New York Islanders?
On Sunday, the Islanders played the first of a seven-game homestand and lost to the Hurricanes. They followed it with a loss to the Bruins on Tuesday,...
View ArticleNHL - St. Louis Blues heating up at the right time
We'll cut straight to the point and get to your letters, but please be sure to check out the latest news and my follow-up blog on the You Can Play Pro...
View Article2013 NHL Playoffs - What's next for upstart Islanders, other Eastern...
During the handshake line following the Penguins' first-round playoff series win over the Islanders, a couple of the Penguins were complimentary in th...
View ArticleNHL - Playoff performances of Marc-Andre Fleury, Corey Crawford affect summer...
In 2011, knowing they wouldn't be able to keep Ilya Bryzgalov, the Phoenix Coyotes prepared a list of replacements. Mike Smith, then with the Tampa Ba...
View Article2013 NHL Offseason - Minnesota Wild prep for summer of intrigue
Matt Cullen is a hockey fan as much as he is a hockey player. He's not one of those guys who get eliminated from the playoffs and then stop watching. ...
View ArticleNHL 2013 Free Agency - Top 35 Free Agents Rankings
Craig Custance evaluates the top 35 free agents in the 2013 class, with Vinny Lecavalier leading the way.
View Article2013 NHL offseason - How Metropolitan Division teams are trending
Continuing our look at how teams are trending in the new divisions, we move to the new-look Metropolitan. Is this the NHL's toughest from top to botto...
View ArticleNHL - 2013 mock expansion draft protected teams in East
Craig Custance reveals which players in the East would be protected from being selected in a mock NHL expansion draft.
View ArticleCan Colorado Avalanche sustain early-season success? - NHL
There are three undefeated teams remaining in the NHL, two of which you probably expected to be at the top of the standings in San Jose and St. Louis....
View ArticleNHL -- Three key questions in wake of Thomas Vanek trade to New York Islanders
There's a phrase Al Arbour used on a young Darcy Regier whenever Regier made assumptions or thought he knew more than he actually did. "'Not so fast, ...
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