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The NHL Cycle: Pavelec Tops, Kessel Not, Adams Watch, Plays of the Week

Every Monday morning Adam Gretz and Chris Botta recap the week in the greatest hockey league in the world. We call it the NHL Cycle. THE HOT SEAT Phil Kessel: The most talented player on the Toronto Maple Leafs has just three goals and two assists over his last 14 games. Kessel is the third-leading scorer on his team,...

Team Defense, Goaltending, Work Ethic Add Up for High Flying Blues

NEW YORK -- The St. Louis Blues came into Madison Square Garden on Sunday night and shut out the New York Rangers for the first time in their 42-year history. Their 2-0 victory also proved why they are being taken seriously again in the Western Conference. So no one can blame Blues head coach Davis Payne and defensive...

2010-11 St. Louis Blues Season Preview: Growing Up Fast

In the spring of 2009, the St. Louis Blues were one of the hottest teams in the NHL when they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, only to be swept in the first round by the Vancouver Canucks. That playoff appearance led to high expectations entering last year. They were left unfulfilled, as the Blues missed the...

Davis Payne: The Next Dan Bylsma?

SAN JOSE -- One of the first people Davis Payne turned to upon being named the Blues' interim coach on Saturday was his friend Dan Bylsma. Like Payne, Bylsma was plucked out of the American Hockey League on an interim basis when he took over in Pittsburgh last February. Bylsma, then 38, took the Penguins to the Stanley...

Blues Fire Coach Andy Murray

After a renaissance season last year, the St. Louis Blues have been a disaster in 2009-2010. After a great second-half run to make the playoffs last year, the Blues are floundering in fourth place in the Central Division.They can't win at home, aren't scoring a lot of goals, and are in danger of missing the playoffs. With...

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Davis Payne (born September 24, 1970 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and is the former head coach of the St.

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