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Stanley Cup - Hradek - previewing each first round series
Did you know that there were 6,803 goals scored this season? Don't feel bad, I didn't either until I got a nice note from Allison Loucks and Andrew Da...
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2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - West picture still cloudy
On Tuesday night, our last five-game night of the 2009-10 season, the playoff picture got pretty clear in the East, while our view in the West remains...
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2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Sedin, Ovechkin star as Canucks,...
OK, let's take a quick quiz. Raise your hand if you thought Wednesday night's Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres tilt just might go on all night. I know...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: This is definitely a different San Jose...
It didn't take long for us to get knee deep in the second round. I'm definitely starting to expect the unexpected in this wild post-season. Here are 1...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: Canucks are headed home, yes, but they blew...
I know the Vancouver Canucks are going back home, but I wonder if they really blew a great opportunity to put the Chicago Blackhawks in a huge hole la...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: The Boston Bruins' impossible spring Stanley...
I wonder just how many injuries the Boston Bruins can withstand and keep moving forward in this impossible-to-predict playoff spring. Late in the ...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - Roberto Luongo, more than ever, must lead the Canucks...
A couple of years ago, in a bit of an unusual move, the Vancouver Canucks named goaltender Roberto Luongo as their team captain. In the NHL, goalies a...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - On Jumbo Joe, Nicklas Lidstrom's future and the...
After another busy weekend of playoff hockey (can you believe we're almost through the second round?), here are 10 thoughts for the beginning of the w...
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NHL: Ranking five rookies who could have an impact during the 2011 Stanley...
When I think about this season's freshman class and who among its players could make a difference come playoff time, I immediately think of the masked...
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NHL: Notes from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We haven't played even a week of playoff games, and the defending champs already find themselves on the brink of elimination. That didn't take long! ...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking Chicago Blackhawks over Vancouver Canucks and...
I have to begin with a quick comment about Pittsburgh Penguins role-playing forward Chris Conner, who suffered one of a hockey player's worst nightmar...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Analyzing the Canucks' win over the Blackhawks and picking...
A memorable first round comes to an end with two Game 7s tonight. If either of them is anywhere near as good as the epic Vancouver Canucks-Chicago Bla...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking winners for the Western Conference's second-round...
What a first round! Is there any way that Round 2 can be close to as thrilling? We've had at least one overtime game on a record nine straight days. W...
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