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Red Wings-Penguins: Third Liners Help Force Game Seven

  In a series full of superstars, it was the role players who made the difference in the Pittsburgh Penguins' crucial 2-1 ...

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Ignoring Obstruction a Problem For The NHL

I think all hockey fans are excited about the quality of play during this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. The games have been ...

Stanley Cup Finals: Game Four Preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins will attempt to even the best of seven Stanley Cup Finals series at two games apiece, when they ...

Penguins-Red Wings: Who Will Win Lord Stanley’s Mug?

I learned a valuable lesson in the Conference semifinals: Never underestimate the heart of a champion. It looked like the Detroit Red ...

Gary Bettman Needs to Negotiate, Not Litigate, Coyotes Situation

Sometimes swallowing your pride and making a good, long term decision is the hardest thing to do.  It's never easy to ...

Stanley Cup Conference Finals Predictions

To me, Chris Berman will always be the Swami.  His fearless, if sometimes off-the-wall, NFL predictions have long been one of my favorite ...

Gary Bettman Needs To Get a Blackberry

I'm not sure what type of smart phones the National Hockey League executives are using these days, but I think the ...

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Second Round Predictions

Picking seven out of the eight first round Stanley Cup Playoff series correctly was almost enough to make me forget my ...

Luke Schenn for John Tavares: Sounds Like A No-Brainer To Me

Word out of Toronto is that Leafs' GM Brian Burke has already called both the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay ...

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