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Offseason Roadmap: Pacific Division

It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We continue our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Pacific Division.San Jose saw its Presidents' Trophy campaign come to a surprising end in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Los Angeles is still...

Mike Babcock Patiently Waits for Salary Cap to Break Up the Blackhawks

After jumping out to a 1-0 series lead in the Western Conference Final, Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock held a press conference on Monday and fielded a variety of questions from the media. For the most part, it was your typical, run-of-the-mill press conference. About half way through, a reporter started asking Babcock...

Lady Byng Nominees Announced

Pavel Datsyuk has owned the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy the past three seasons, and he's going to have an opportunity to claim another one as the Red Wings' star is, once again, one of the top vote-getters in 2009. Joining Datsyuk in the top three are New Jersey's Zach Parise and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis. The 30-year-old...

Power Rankings: San Jose on Top

For the third time in three weeks we have a new team on top of our power rankings, as the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks take over the top spot. The Devils take a fall thanks to their recent six-game losing streak, while Anaheim continues to climb the rankings. 1. Sharks (Last Week: 4)The Sharks currently occupy the top...

Newsmakers in the NHL: A Weekend of Hilarious Own Goals

Wild 3, Oilers 0: Bruce Ciskie already posted on the details of Marian Gaborik's triumphant return to the Minnesota lineup in its 3-0 win over Edmonton, and to continue the coverage here's some video of the Wild's third goal. Let's just give an assist to the Oilers on this one:That's just an unfortunate -- and depending on...

BradRichards News From the Web

05/26/12 Rookie scrambles Rangers Source: New York Post - New York NY It happened in a heartbeat, and before any of it could be fully comprehended, the Devils were piling on and the Rangers' season had ended.
05/25/12 Rangers Don't Need Any Guarantees Source: NBC New York You don't have to look too far to find someone talking about 1994 right now.
05/24/12 Rangers notes: Brandon Dubinsky returns Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ Left wing Brandon Dubinsky logged 15:38 and assisted on Ryan Callahan's goal 32 seconds into the second period as he returned to the Rangers' lineup for the first time since injuring his right ankle when he was checked against the side boards in Game 7 of their first-round series against the Senators.
05/23/12 Rangers forwards baffled by Devils Source: New York Daily News - New York NY John Tortorella's confidence in his players did not waver prior to Wednesday night's Game 5, even though the pressure fell square on the Rangers' shoulders to defend the Garden ice against a charging Devils group with the Eastern Conference finals tied, 2-2.
05/22/12 Del Zotto's Personal Struggles Manifest in Game 4 Source: CBSSports.com Brad Richards and Michael Del Zotto provided the offense as Henrik Lundqvist backstopped another Rangers win, pushing them into the Eastern Conference Final.