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TORONTO -- No one is going to confuse James van Riemsdyk for Yoda. But the Toronto Maple Leafs winger was indeed dishing out wisdom when approached by teammates after his squad went down 3-1 in its first-round series with the Boston Bruins. It ...

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs are playing with house money. There's no harder team to finish off than a club that wasn't picked by anyone to win a series. It has nothing to lose. In failing to finish the Leafs off in Game 5 on Friday nigh...

TORONTO -- The home dressing room felt like a morgue. James Reimer could barely lift his head. And James van Riemsdyk said it best, despite an all-out effort by his Toronto Maple Leafs in one of this spring's most entertaining tilts. "There ...

Jaromir Jagr turned 41 in February, but the Bruins winger doesn't see himself slowing down for a while yet, writes Pierre LeBrun.

TORONTO -- The Boston Bruins barely allowed the NHL's most pent-up playoff crowd to party. The visitors scored first, and then when the Toronto Maple Leafs gave their fans reason to shake the building with a goal that cut the lead to 2-1 in the se...

TORONTO -- Nine years and two days. That's how long it's been since Air Canada Centre hosted an NHL playoff game. But heck, who's counting? Proving just how loyal the NHL's largest fan base is, the incredible buzz leading up to the Maple L...

There's no other way to put it: The Northeast Division is a train wreck with the playoffs just around the corner. That may end up meaning nothing once the second season begins, but I doubt the way the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Map...

I watched it on tape, but I still had a lump in my throat. Lauren Hart, singing alongside a video of the late Kate Smith, with a stirring rendition of "God Bless America" before Tuesday night's game between the Flyers and Rangers in honor of the v...

The Dallas Stars have decided to trade Jaromir Jagr rather than sign him to a contract extension, a source told ESPN.com Tuesday. The Stars had been talking to Jagr's camp for three weeks about a possible extension, but over the past few days had ...

The Dallas Stars traded Jaromir Jagr to the Boston Bruins for a pair of prospects and a conditional draft pick on Tuesday.

Oh that cagey Ray Shero. Just when it appeared the Boston Bruins were zeroing in on Jarome Iginla, the Pittsburgh Penguins' GM hung in on trade talks with the Calgary Flames and won the Iggy sweepstakes Wednesday night. Or Thursday morning. It ...

Here's something important to keep in mind as the Ryane Clowe situation plays itself out before next Wednesday's trade deadline. Clowe has a full no-trade clause. The San Jose Sharks have to run this thing by him in order to get a deal done. Wh...

All eyes are on the Boston Bruins now after fellow Eastern powerhouse Pittsburgh upped the ante with a pair of additions. But it doesn't change what Boston had planned to do, really. The plan all along for the B's was to try to improve both the...

Surely, the Pittsburgh Penguins are done shopping. Maybe not. It was certainly assumed by many that the acquisition of winger Brenden Morrow would rule the Pittsburgh Penguins out of the Jarome Iginla bidding. Not so, a source told ESPN.com ...

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...

The big day is exactly four weeks away from Wednesday and we still await the headline-grabbing trades. Will they even come? I wrote Tuesday about the closeness in the standings and the short season and whether that will prevent some trades from...