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• Panthers Make Franchise History with 2 Selke Trophy Finalists
The Florida Panthers are in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning by a series score of 4-1…...2025
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• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images MacKinnon instead took the time to praise Rantanen rather than go scorched earth on his bosses. Nathan MacKinnon kept it classy. Some leaders have the brazenness to call out their management publicly when they disagree with a team decision; we saw that with Dylan Larkin, but when given the opportunity, MacKinnon took the high road ahead of the 2025 IIHF men’s Worl...2025
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• 3 Keys to the Oilers Winning Game 3 Against the Golden Knights
Stanley Cup Playoffs action continues tonight (May 10) at Rogers Place, where the Edmonton Oilers have a chance to put a stranglehold on the Vegas Golden Knights when the teams…...2025
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• Recap of Stanley Cup Playoffs from 9 May
Brad Marchand, who is set to celebrate his 37th birthday tomorrow, became the oldest player in franchise playoff history with an overtime winner as the “Comeback Cats” lived up to their nickname once again. * Connor Hellebuyck bounced back from … Continue reading → The post Recap of Stanley Cup Playoffs from 9 May first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Oilers’ Klingberg Has Been Pleasant Surprise in Playoffs
On Thursday (May 8), the Edmonton Oilers took a 2-0 lead in their second-round series of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Vegas Golden…...2025
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• How Torey Krug’s Injury Could Impact the Blues if it’s Career-Ending
The St. Louis Blues held their end-of-season press conference on Tuesday after the team was knocked out of the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Winnipeg Jets…...2025
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• Canada’s Stanley Cup drought, explained, and how 3 teams can break it in 2025

Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Canada’s dry spell could end this year. You’d be hard pressed to find anything innately funnier than Canada’s inability to win a Stanley Cup over the last three decades. The nation that gave us the sport of hockey, nurtured its culture, and provides over 40% of players in the league hasn’t had a team hoist the cup since 1993, when the Montreal Canadien...2025
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• Catching up

IIHF U18 World Championships Photo credit Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff With rising sophomore Sascha Boumedienne as a major contributor, Sweden won the silver medal at the World U18s in Frisco, Texas. The rising sophomore defenseman received the Directorate Award as the tournament's top blueliner, was named Sweden's best player in the gold medal game loss to Canada and was selected to the...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Picking up the pieces after yet another Game 7 loss. After a stunning loss in Game 7 to the Dallas Stars, it’s an abrupt end to the season for the Colorado Avalanche. We will have a whole offseason to dissect what went wrong and where the team goes from here but these are our initial reactions. Who was your round one M...2025
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• Nylander powers Leafs over Panthers in Game 1; Toronto loses Stolarz to injury

TORONTO - William Nylander got the Maple Leafs off to a flying start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs....2025
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• 2024-25 Player Review: Jack Johnson’s last ride?
When Jack Johnson first became a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the franchise was at its nadir. A blockbuster trade for Jeff Carter quickly turned sour, and Johnson was a big piece of the return when Carter was dispatched to Los Angeles. Captain Rick Nash would follow Carter out the door a few months later after a trade request of his own. Even though he was traded away from a team that ...2025
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• Playoffs Rd 2 Preview: Dallas vs Winnipeg
For the first time since the National Hockey League’s 2021-22 campaign, the Winnipeg Jets are advancing past the first round of the playoffs….and they did it in a once in a lifetime fashion as they stormed back to score two goals in the final minutes of the game to tie things up before cashing in the winner in double overtime. Quite the Game 7 memories for the White Out crowd at the Ca...2025
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• NHL Playoff predictions for every 2025 second round series

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Let’s make predictions for the second round of the 2025 NHL Playoffs. The 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have been absolutely sensational thus far, and now we’re getting to the business end of the postseason. It’s very difficult to know how a team will adapt from an 82 game season of one-off matchups and project how they’ll translate that into a deeply ta...2025
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• Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds
It’s a new month, new week, and time for a fresh off-season thread! There was some fascinating conversations in the last thread, which I’ve come to expect from this community. Let’s keep it going! We also have a lot of new things to cover: Draft Lottery This kind of snuck up on me, but the draft lottery is tonight, Monday May 5, at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN. Unlike in previous yea...2025
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images That didn’t go well. The Colorado Avalanche needed to be perfect for 13 minutes away from advancing to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That was until an old friend turned out the lights. Mikko Rantanen had his second four-point period in the series, scoring a hat-trick and an assist on the go-ahead goal to cap off one of the biggest implosions in Colorado franchis...2025
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• NHL 25: Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche advance to Second Round

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images It was another classic Game 7 battle between the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars. The Colorado Avalanche will advance to the Second Round of the Playoffs with a win over the Dallas Stars. Per NHL 25, Colorado and Dallas will engage in another battle for the ages that saw both teams score twice in the third period. However, with the score tied 2-2 with 2:17 l...2025
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images It’s just a business after all, right? This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts. It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite th...2025
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• Bruins Should Pursue Mitch Marner This Free Agency
The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs are going on and what an exciting time it’s been. For the Boston Bruins, they are either hitting the golf courses or enjoying their vacations.…...2025
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• New Browns DT Ralph Holley, Jr. plans to bring ‘mojo,’ pass rush ability to NFL

Photo by John E. Sokolowski/Getty Images 25 questions with another young defensive tackle Going into the 2025 NFL season, the Cleveland Browns are in need of quite a bit. There isn’t a starting quarterback and, in fact, a backup signalcaller either. The safety room just released Juan Thornhill while veteran Rodney McLeod retired. DE Myles Garrett has asked to be traded, which could mean t...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche look to ramp it up as NHL returns from Four Nations break

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs return to action to visit the division rival Nashville Predators. After the remarkable success of the Four Nations Faceoff, which captivated the sports world in North America for the last 10 days, the National Hockey League is back in action Saturday, with 14 games occurring across the league. The Colorado Avalanche return to play with s...2025
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• Deadline Moves by Past Cup Champs
Before I switch my attention to the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, I decided to tackle some questions that have been bothering me for a while. Based on the comments I read on hockey blogs, in PuckPedia’s GM mode, and even in articles by the professional experts in the media…your team MUST add players at the deadline if they really want to win the Stanley Cup. And a lot of them typically ...2025
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• Jarret Stoll Charged with Cocaine Possession: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction
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"Veteran forward Patrick Maroon, 36, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, said in a pregame television interview before he and the Chicago Blackhawks played at his hometown St."

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"Washington Capitals Acquire 2018 Stanley Cup Hero Lars Eller From Pittsburgh Penguins For 2027 Third-Round Pick, Chicago Blackhawks’ 2025 Fifth-Round Pick"

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"Lemieux played a prominent role in each of the team's five Stanley Cup wins"

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"Mile High Morning: Broncos players celebrate Colorado Avalanche's Stanley Cup championship"

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"Three-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is headed to the Chicago Blackhawks after agreeing to a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights, sources told ESPN on Tuesday."

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"Watch: 'The Price is Right' contestant wins trip to Stanley Cup Final"

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"The post Coyotes gear up for a Stanley Cup run by getting Hall for pennies on the dollar appeared first on TheHockeyNews."

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"The Boston Bruins are legitimate Stanley Cup contenders."

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"Stanley Cup champ Pens to visit White House"

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"HALIFAX - As Sidney Crosby prepares to carry the Stanley Cup through his hometown, he says in many ways a championship tour is all the sweeter the second time around."

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"PHOTO: Wrigley Field showing Stanley Cup Final on big screen during rain delay"

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"For what the Kings showed last spring in the battle for their second Stanley Cup – camaraderie, resolve and teamwork – those who work tirelessly behind the scenes for the Kings are showing the same attributes in an entirely different kind of fight."

• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships
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• Canada’s Stanley Cup drought, explained, and how 3 teams can break it in 2025
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• The Genius of Bill Zito: A Blueprint for Kyle Dubas?
During recent interviews, Penguins POHO/GM Kyle Dubas indicated he might seek to make hockey trades as a way of supplementing his team’s rebuild/retool. He even suggested a willingness to part with some of the draft capital he’s worked so diligently to accumulate over the past couple seasons. Wait. Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of amassing those picks in the first place? To say nothing of flying...2025
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• 2024-25 Player Review: Jack Johnson’s last ride?
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Playoffs Rd 2 Preview: Dallas vs Winnipeg
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• NHL Playoff predictions for every 2025 second round series
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• Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds
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• Adam Copeland Says 'Greatest Wrestling Match Ever' With Randy Orton 'Felt Like A No-Win Situation'
When Adam Copeland made his surprise return to professional wrestling in 2020, fans salivated at the matches that 'The Rated-R Superstar' could have with his fellow WWE Superstars. Following his shock return at the 2020 Royal Rumble, Copeland's first major feud was with his former 'Rated RKO' brethren, Randy Orton. The two faced off at WrestleMania 36 in a Last Man Standing Match, a match which C...2025
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• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Panthers get OT win to get back into series

Brad Marchand's overtime goal off a deflection cuts Maple Leafs series lead to 2-1...2025
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Capitals, Oilers earn victories

Washington knots series; Connor McDavid keys Edmonton's win...2025
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Maple Leafs, Stars earn victories

Toronto wins Game 2, while Stars forward Mikko Rantanen continues his stellar play...2025
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• Canada’s Stanley Cup drought, explained, and how 3 teams can break it in 2025
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• Catching up
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Hurricanes and Oilers open series with victories

Carolina gets overtime win, while Edmonton's stars shine bright...2025
• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Maple Leafs open with win over Panthers

Toronto had a 4-1 lead, but had to hang on for the 5-4 victory...2025
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• Things I May Have Tweeted

I'll admit that it was hard watching Connor Hellebuyck struggle through nine periods of hockey in St. Louis. Tonight, it felt like the roof may cave in on the Jets once again as it seemed like a couple of softies got by the expected-Vezina Tropy winner for this season. Yet once that improbable goal was scored by Cole Perfetti with three seconds left in the game to tie the contest at 3-3, it was li...2025
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• William Nylander Not Afraid of the Playoff Spotlight

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander does not feel the pressure of the Stanley Cup Playoffs delivering in the big moments for Toronto....2025
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• William Nylander Not Afraid of the Playoff Spotlight

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander does not feel the pressure of the Stanley Cup Playoffs delivering in the big moments for Toronto....2025
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• Edmonton Oilers lean into age, experience in NHL playoffs

LAS VEGAS - The oldest team left in Stanley Cup contention leans into its experience to navigate tense moments, and there's been plenty of them....2025
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• Canada’s Stanley Cup drought, explained, and how 3 teams can break it in 2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit
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• 2024-25 Player Review: Jack Johnson’s last ride?
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Recap: Avs rally and force a Game 7 on Saturday night in Dallas

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Jared Bednar has another chance to defeat arch-nemesis Pete DeBoer. DENVER, CO — The Dallas Stars will have to fight a little harder if they want to knock the Colorado Avalanche out of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Avs scored a come-from-behind, and 7-4 victory Thursday night to force a pivotal Game 7 against the Stars in their Western Conference First Round se...2025
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• PHOTO: Wrigley Field showing Stanley Cup Final on big screen during rain delay
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• PHOTO: Blackhawks' Hossa takes the Stanley Cup for a helicopter ride
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• The Discovery Channel Just Killed the Poor Pittsburgh Penguins
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• Odds: Rangers favored to win Stanley Cup
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• Stanley Cup champ Pens to visit White House
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• HOF Game outdraws Stanley Cup, NBA Finals
HOF Game outdraws Stanley Cup, NBA Finals...2015
• 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 schedule
Below are dates, starting times, national television coverage for the first round of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begins Wednesday, April 15. All times listed are ET and subject to change. Date TIME (ET) #1 Montreal vs. #4 Ottawa Ne......2015
• Sidney Crosby takes Stanley Cup to air carrier, hometown coffee shop
HALIFAX - A parade will be held today in Cole Harbour, N.S., to honour favourite son Sidney Crosby, who is bringing the Stanley Cup to his hometown fans. It's not the first time Crosby has brought professional hockey's most prestigious trophy......2016
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• MacKinnon refuses to criticize execs for Mikko trade ahead of World Championships
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• Recap of Stanley Cup Playoffs from 9 May
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• 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Schedule and Results

The second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is underway. Results and remaining schedule can be found here....2025
• 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Schedule and Results

The second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is underway. Results and remaining schedule can be found here....2025
• Stanley Cup playoffs daily: Can the Golden Knights rally from down 2-0?
The Oilers are up 2-0, with Game 3 at home. Plus, previewing Canes-Capitals, and Friday's recaps, Three Stars....2025
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• NHL Playoffs 2025: Stanley Cup schedule, bracket, scores, as Panthers get OT win to get back into series
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• Analyst Takes Tactic to Avoid Jinxing Dream Oilers-Leafs Cup Final

The post Analyst Takes Tactic to Avoid Jinxing Dream Oilers-Leafs Cup Final appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The odds-makers are starting to trend toward an Oilers vs. Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Final. One analyst ironically tried not to jinx it. The post Analyst Takes Tactic to Avoid Jinxing Dream Oilers-Leafs Cup Final appeared first on NHL Trade Talk....2025
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• Opinion: Ray Bennett Was A Scapegoat For Colorado’s Shortcomings

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Ray Bennett deserved to be fired, but the team continues the trend of blaming one individual for an entire year of disappointment. Ray Bennett deserved to be let go — years ago. The Colorado Avalanche are still mourning Saturday’s loss to the Dallas Stars as they coughed up a two goal lead in the third period of Game 7 while former Avs superstar Mikko Rantanen...2025
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• 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Schedule and Results

The second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is underway. Results and remaining schedule can be found here....2025
• 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Schedule and Results

The second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is underway. Results and remaining schedule can be found here....2025

• NHL Playoffs contenders and pretenders for 2025 Stanley Cup

Getty Images Which teams are showing up, and who needs to show us more? The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs is still underway with us having just over a week of games in the books. The first chance for series to be wrapped up is on Tuesday, with Toronto and Carolina having the opportunity to shut the door and move on. Playoff hockey and the regular season are entirely different...2025
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• Avs blow third period lead again, lose in overtime as Dallas takes series lead

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images 6 power plays with 0 conversions. The Colorado Avalanche are a mess. It’s been back-to-back overtime games, blown third-period leads, and tragic finishes for the Colorado Avalanche. There’s no way around it. This was as bad as it gets. Despite the Avalanche beginning the overtime period with 3:21 left on the power play, they failed to convert, as they did all...2025
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• First Opponent: The Blue

Back in 2011 for the NHL All-Star Game, the NHL worked with Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee to create 30 NHL Guardians superheroes who had a variety of superpowers. The NHL Guardian Project was a collaboration between the NHL, comics legend Stan Lee, and Guardian Media Entertainment to create a superhero for each NHL franchise at the time who would go on adventures across several multimedia platform...2025
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• Preview: Edmonton Oilers @ Winnipeg Jets
Before I get to discussing the Winnipeg Jets’ upcoming game, I figured I would take a bit of time to celebrate just how good our franchise has been this year. And it is not only this season, as the Jets have the National Hockey League’s best record over the past two campaigns (107-45-10 for 224 pts). In the NHL’s 2024-25 season, Winnipeg are very close to securing the league&...2025
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• Star Russian rookie arrives in stunning move to shake up 2025 NHL Playoffs

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Alexander Nikishin is the real deal, and he’s playoff ready. The Hurricanes simply ran out of time at the NHL trade deadline. The organization was too preoccupied with shipping off Mikko Rantanen that it left little room for the Canes to add talent for a playoff push. As it stood Carolina was a very good team entering the playoffs, but lacked the spark n...2025
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• Should the Calgary Flames trade for Mikko Rantanen or stay the course?

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• 4 Nations Face-Off: Preview & Discussion Thread
With the majority of National Hockey League players preparing to enjoy a mid-season break, 92 of them will instead be heading to Montreal & Boston to take part in the NHL & NHLPA’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Teams representing four of the world’s hockey-craziest nations, the 7 game schedule will allow the top players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, & the United States to show off the...2025
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• Pesky Penguins Clip Rangers, 3-2
Way back in 1969-70, a Penguins team that was short on talent but long on heart and soul captured the affection of the city with its gritty, determined play. Led by rookie wonder Michel Brière, rising star Jean Pronovost and a supporting cast of scrappers including Bryan “Bugsy” Watson, Glen “Slats” Sather, Tracy Pratt and Bryan Hextall (Ron’s dad), the “Pesky Pens” incredibly came within two wins...2025
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• Colorado Avalanche’s Stanley Cup Prospects: Blackwood’s Impact and Trade Rumors

The Colorado Avalanche, perennial Stanley Cup contenders, are at a pivotal juncture in the 2024-25 NHL season. With the recent acquisition of goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood and ongoing speculation about a potential trade for Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones, the Avalanche’s odds of winning the Stanley Cup have improved. Blackwood’s arrival in Colorado has significantly bolstere...2025
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• Lions vs. Commanders preview, score prediction: On Paper

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Our preview, statistical breakdown, and prediction for Detroit Lions vs. Washington Commanders in the Division Round of the NFL playoffs. The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders face off for a spot in the NFC Championship game on Saturday night. If Vegas odds are any indication, the public seems to think the Lions are clear favorites in this matchu...2025
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