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At a glance: Bounced from the playoffs by the Devils last spring, the Rangers have a prime opportunity to exact some payback when they host their division rivals at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. New York can end the Devils' season with a win, a...

Negotiations between hockey owners and players are going so well that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he's "pleased with the process" -- even if he has been left outside the latest rounds of discussions.

Recent years have not been kind to Stanley Cup champions, but as Craig Custance writes, Los Angeles GM Dean Lombardi is working hard to avoid the pitfalls.

Blog | Conversation | July 09, 2012

Heading to Game 7: The Rangers rallied to beat the Senators in Ottawa and force a Game 7 back in New York. Derek Stepan, Brad Richards and Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers. The Senators got Daniel Alfredsson back after missing three games, but th...

Sean Allen has the first-half awards for fantasy MVP, Mr. Consistency and Biggest Letdown, among other categories, and updates his latest forward rankings.

Victoria Matiash reviews a number of notable offseason hockey moves with major fantasy hockey implications.

It's that time of the year when the NHL preview magazines start coming out with predictions for the upcoming season and one of the first ones to hit the market is The Sports Forecaster 2011-12 NHL Preview, a Canadian publication and one I look forwar...

Sean Allen reacts to the latest free-agent movement and offers up his latest forward rankings for the 2011-12 season.

The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms with left wing Simon Gagne on a two-year contract, general manager Dean Lombardi announced.

Coveted free agent Brad Richards has agreed to a deal with the New York Rangers.

The NHL world will have to wait at least a few more hours to find out where this offseason's most-coveted free agent will land.

Here is a look at some of the top free-agent forwards who are still set to hit the market at noon ET on Friday (listing their teams and cap hits in 2010-11): Brad Richards, Dallas Stars ($7.8 million cap hit this past season): The 30-year-old nati...

Doug McIntyre writes that outside of Brad Richards, the 2011 free agency class is a weak one. Combined with a much higher cap floor, the combo will likely lead to overpaying players and increase the potential for signing a bust on the open market.

Blog | Conversation | June 30, 2011

The recent NHL franchise plan has been to build your team down the middle. But in less than 30 minutes Thursday the Flyers dealt away their two top centers in a pair of trades. What does it mean? Jay Greenberg examines the Flyers' new positional outlook.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 2011

Few things seem to generate more buzz among hockey fans these days than talk of NHL realignment. A lot of discussion will be had over the next six months or so among NHL governors and league staff with the relocation of Atlanta to Winnipeg. One conce...

Sean Allen offers his early rankings of forwards for the 2011-12 season.