With every year a postseason drought may end while another will start. Some teams continue to excel while others keep drowning in their sorrows. A team may gain another ring while another team goes ring-less. With the season half way over and Olympic hockey going full speed, teams will be looking to keep their Lord Stanley dreams alive. Therefore, a drought is inevitable for every team this year... 

It’s no secret that the Penguins lean heavily on a core group of players to provide scoring opportunities.  Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin comprise the majority of the Pens offensive firepower, with one or the other having been involved in 32 of the last 35 goals scored.  While this prodigious output is great individually, it does not bode well for the team as a whole. As evidenced by last season’s... 

I’ve been trying to think of a good time to write about this topic, but it had occurred to me that there never will be a good time when discussing a tragedy like the one that befell Brian Burke and his family last week. Brian’s son Brendan, aged 21, lost control of his vehicle in a snowstorm and collided with another vehicle. Brendan was taken to hospital where he later died from his injuries. Brendan... 

After a long, long stretch of winless games, 10 to be exact – it appeared that the Bruins bandwagon was on the fast track to the bottom of the Eastern Conference. After dismal losses to some of the best teams in the league – Chicago and Ottawa as well as to some of the worst teams – the ‘Canes and Blue Jackets – both the Bruins and their fans were wondering what the heck had happened... 

As of last night, the marquee free agent of 2010, Ilya Kovalchuk, is now a New Jersey Devil. Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell could not come to terms on a contract extension with the Russian superstar, and vowed to maximize his return on his investment. That return? 28 year old blueliner John Oduya, 22 year old winger Nicklas Bergfors, 19 year old junior Patrice Cormier, and the Devils 2010 1st round... 

With Johan Franzen set to return to the Red Wings roster on February 5th, and Andreas Lilja sometime in the near future, Detroit will be forced to squeeze themselves underneath the cap ceiling. Tomas Holmstrom returned Tuesday night and had no problem being inserted into the roster with Justin Abdelkader being sent to Detroit’s AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids. However, with the return of Franzen,... 

If I didn’t know any better, I would say the Senators are so hot right now that you might find planets orbiting around them.   After securing their 9th victory in a row on Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens, there’s a nervous tension engulfing Canada’s Capital.  Part of that tension is from knowing that the team will lose a game eventually and come back down to Earth; part is from... 

Say what you will about Brian Burke, but no one should ever question his showmanship. On Sunday Burke rocked Leaf Nation, and to a lesser extent, the rest of the NHL, when he announced that he had acquired Dion Phaneuf from the Calgary Flames in a blockbuster 7 player deal that, to the relief of Leafs fans everywhere, made no mention of a “first round draft choice”. Later that same day,...