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ST. LOUIS -- Hockey players are creatures of habit, they're routine robots. Game 2 of the Kings-Blues series is slated for 8:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. ET) Thursday, which frankly is nothing short of silly, and definitely quite different for th...

ST. LOUIS -- T.J. Oshie is in for the Blues, rookie Vladimir Tarasenko is out for Game 1 on Tuesday night. Oshie hasn't played since March 28 while recovering from an ankle injury. Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock wanted to see how Oshie felt Tuesda...

ST. LOUIS -- For Robyn Regehr, it's felt like eternity. For Jay Bouwmeester, well, it almost has been. On Tuesday night, the former Calgary Flames teammates will skate on opposite sides and cherish the chance at playoff hockey when the St. Loui...

ST. LOUIS -- The players were loose inside the Kings' dressing room Monday on the eve of their 2013 playoff opener with the Blues. As they begin defense of their Stanley Cup title, the Kings have a quiet confidence about them. It's well-earned....

ST. LOUIS -- You get jaded sometimes in this business, you forget how lucky you are to do what you do for a living. But this time of year always rejuvenates my love for the game. It always reminds me why when I was 9 years old, I dreamed of cov...

In about a week, I will fill out my official NHL awards ballot as a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The PHWA votes on the Hart Trophy as well as the Norris, Calder and Selke. The NHL's 30 general managers vote on the Vezina...

TORONTO -- The NHL's 30 GMs endorsed three key issues Wednesday, but the question now is whether the NHL Players' Association will endorse them to make them a reality. 1. Grandfathering visors Mathieu Schneider, the NHLPA's special assistant to t...

TORONTO -- The NHL's 30 general managers gather here Wednesday, exactly two weeks before the trade deadline. It's a chance to push along some conversations that need to go to the next level. The signing of Corey Perry by the Anaheim Ducks certa...

TORONTO -- Bigger nets? Well, probably not. That was the old threat from nearly a decade ago when the NHL and its 30 GMs attempted to find ways to wrestle the league out of the dead puck era. The bigger-net threat went hand in hand with the ...

The NHL is proposing a new realignment plan which would feature playoff wild-card spots plus see the league go from six divisions to four.

Sometimes, the answer doesn't require complicated analysis. The Nashville Predators are tied for last in the NHL in goals per game (1.67) and are alone in 30th in shots per game (23.2). That, in a nutshell, explains a mediocre start that has se...

TORONTO -- A plan to build an NHL arena northeast of Toronto is still alive by the skin of its chinny chin-chin. Which should not be confused with the reality that it is definitely going to happen and that a second NHL team is headed to the Toront...

The NHL and NHL Players' Association are scheduled to resume bargaining talks Wednesday, sources on both sides told ESPN.com late Monday night.

Being the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs is no easy task, writes Pierre LeBrun. But that responsibility didn't seem to hold back Hall of Famer Mats Sundin.

The NHL Players' Association was not informed last week when the NHL gave its 30 general managers a 48-hour window to answer questions directly from players regarding the league's labor proposal.

The NHLPA will respond to the NHL's offer of a 50-50 split in hockey-related revenue and a full 82-games season starting Nov. 2 as they two sides meet in Toronto on Thursday afternoon. UPDATED 1:29 P.M.: The meeting was pushed back to 2:30 p.m. ET...