QOTW answers: 1977 Canadiens rule your school

This week, we got inspired by the red-hot San Jose Sharks and asked the ESPN.com puckheads which team they believe delivered the greatest single-seaso...

Quarterly report: Team-by-team grades

Most teams hit the quarter mark in the next week. Here's a breakdown of where teams stand as they make the first turn in what has been a wildly exciting and unpredictable start to the 2008-09 regular season.

We're getting some vibes ... on all 30 NHL teams

Who better than John Buccigross to take the early pulse of this NHL season? He gives his vibes for all 30 teams.

Familiar ring to Eastern Conference outlook

John Buccigross continues his season preview with a look at the East, and there's a familiar ring to it.

How do West teams stand up? Hawks, Sharks big winners

General managers mortgaged millions of dollars and committed to longer terms than most marriages during the first week of free agency. Here's a look at where the Western Conference teams stack up.

Offseason Notebook: Free-agent frenzy

Sean Allen breaks down the most fantasy-relevent moves that have been made in the first two days of the NHL free-agent season.

Heading into Cup finals, our top candidates for playoff MVP

As the Cup finals begin Saturday, our attention turns to those players whose performances have been stellar, superlative, Conn Smythe Trophy-worthy. Here are our top candidates.

Pistons or Wings? Cups finals schedule forcing fans to take sides

Detroit fans are in sports heaven. The Pistons are still alive in the NBA playoffs and the Red Wings are in the Cup finals. Too bad the NHL is forcing Motown fans to choose sides.

From Gordie to Stevie Y, Wings had plenty to cheer about

David Amber takes a look at the 10 greatest postseason games in Red Wings history.

...between Detroit Red Wings Martin Lapointe, left, and Colorado Avalanche's Eric Lacroix as Detroit's Brendan Shanahan, right, and Rene Corbet (20) go at it during a third period brawl in game four...

History lesson? Not in this Red Wings-Avs bout

When most people heard the Red Wings and Avs were meeting in the second round, there were oohs and ahs over the matchup of past rivals. But Terry Frei says that storied history won't play a factor this time around.

Fantasy Forecaster: Avalanche control

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the week ahead for good and bad matchups.

Bringing old school and new school together, one puck at a time

John Buccigross is bring the old and new schools together like the U.N. as he again hits the blogosphere.

It's my column and my Hall-worthy picks for each NHL team

Bucci can't let the Hall argument go. So, he's giving you his Hall-worthy players for each NHL team.

We're livin' on the edge in the West

Bucci continues with his Western Conference predictions. He's getting down to the nitty-gritty and believes it is San Jose's time.