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Newsmakers in the NHL: Rangers Lose Again, Continue Slide

Blues 2, Rangers 1: A day after getting crushed on their home ice, the New York Rangers dropped a 2-1 decision in St. Louis, losing for the eighth time in their past nine games. At this point, it's anybody's guess as to how long Tom Renney remains behind the bench, as the Rangers continue to slide down the Eastern...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Red Wings Pound Oilers

Red Wings 8, Oilers 3: Here's a fun fact: at the end of the first period of Saturday's Detroit-Edmonton game, the Red Wings had as many goals (five), as the Oilers had shots. One word can sum this up: domination. The Wings continued to pour it on, completing an 8-3 thrashing of Edmonton at Joe Louis Arena.It's the second...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Capitals Power Play Stops Devils Streak

Capitals 5, Devils 2: The Washington Capitals took advantage of their three power play chances on Tuesday night, converting on all of them on their way to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. Mike Green and Brooks Laich scored a pair of goals with the man advantage just three minutes apart in the first period, while...

The Western Conference: A Marvelous Mass of Mediocrity

There are certainly at least two really good teams in the NHL's Western Conference. Defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit and fast-starting San Jose appear in the clear to duke it out for the right to play for the Stanley Cup later this year.Of course, we know that anything can happen in a best-of-seven series. In...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Montreal Beats Florida, Brett McLean Thinks Crosby Is Lying

The Florida Panthers scored three third period goals, including a game-tying score from Radek Dvorak with 1:38 to play, to force overtime at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Sunday afternoon. Defenseman Andrei Markov, one of four Montreal players voted to start in the All-Star game, scored the lone goal in a shootout helping...

JamesNeal News From the Web

05/18/12 NHL Playoffs 2012: A Look at All the Suspensions in... Source: Bleacher Report This year the postseason has been bogged down with a number of penalties, yet it's the number of penalties that have resulted in suspensions that is so staggering.
05/08/12 Sam Donnellon: Hamels, Giroux: To tell truth, lying... Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA COLE HAMELS said he meant to hit Bryce Harper and he was suspended for it.
04/27/12 Phil Sheridan: NHL needs to send stronger message on... Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA The story of the first round was the vicious, illegal hits delivered at high-value targets and the NHL's lame attempts to deter them.
04/23/12 NHL Playoffs 2012: Where the Pittsburgh Penguins Went... Source: Bleacher Report A melee in Game 3 put three different Penguins players on the sidelines for Game 4.
04/23/12 Cheap Shots: Should Suspensions Be Dependent on How... Source: Bleacher Report Subscribe to the Wide Left podcast on iTunes here.