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Team Canada Routs Norway in Hockey Opener

About 12 minutes into the first period of last night's Olympic hockey game between Canada and Norway, I turned to a fellow spectator and uttered a heresy. "The Canadians are playing like a bunch of bums," I said, shaking my head, remembering the series of flubbed games that led to our seventh-place finish in Turin in...

Columbus Gears Up for Bigger Expectations

Making the playoffs for the first time was a big step for the Columbus Blue Jackets, a kick in the pants for the fans and the franchise. Now, however, Columbus will have to repeat the feat -- and make it past the first round -- to meet the increased expectations that that first blush of success has created. And it's Scott...

Let's Not Give Up On Hockey Just Yet

There was a time when my favorite sport was, without hesitation, baseball. Recently, however, my interest in the game has been lost. Not because of a steroid scandal or the incompetence of Bud Selig, but mostly because the team I grew up cheering for, the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been a Major League Baseball team in name...

Red Wings Get Late Goal for Sweep

The St. Louis Blues and Columbus Blue Jackets are the first two teams eliminated from the Western Conference playoffs. The first team knocked out in the East - Montreal - could take a few lessons from how the former two played in their elimination games.The Blue Jackets went all-in against Detroit Thursday night. They may...

Wings Still Focused on Nash

In hockey, the home team gets the last line change before a faceoff. This typically means the coach of that team will be able to pick the line-on-line matchups throughout the game.For a team like Columbus, one that only has one really lethal line, this can be a major deal. While Rick Nash was shut down in the first two...

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05/29/12 #NHL Marty Brodeur likely to return next season; IIHF... Source: LetsGoKings.com A Cup win would make Anze Kopitar a rock star over there.
05/29/12 New York Rangers: Offensive Offense Must Be Top... Source: 1010 Wins New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella can say he is satisfied with his team's rapid progress from eight seed in last year's playoffs to top seed this year, but that will ring hollow with the team's Cup-starved fan base.
05/29/12 Should Offensively-Challenged Rangers Make Run For... Source: New York City News - New York NY Should Offensively-Challenged Rangers Make Run For Parise, Nash?
05/24/12 Rate the NHL Rumor: Bruins preparing 'major' offer for... Source: CBSSports.com It's almost summer time, which means that the Rick Nash sweepstakes are going to heat up again.
05/14/12 Caps Should Go After Nash Source: Kukla's Korner If McPhee wants to make a really important move this offseason, perhaps he could take the money not spent on Semin and Wideman and put together a package of draft picks (he has two first-round picks this year) and young players to trade for Columbus's Rick Nash. Adding a forward of Nash's caliber would change the Caps in ways far more important than any coach or system possibly can.