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So Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis fed head coach Alain Vigneault and assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown to the lions. Hardly a surprise. That's what happens when a talented, Stanley Cup-hopeful team goes 1-8 in the playoffs over the pas...

We're not privy to the NHL's marketing slogan for the 2013-14 season, but it might be something like "Go Big or Go Home, but Definitely Go Outdoors." Of course, if you read much of the negative commentary surrounding the NHL's decision to multiply...

So, maybe we were a bit hasty in assuming the Minnesota Wild were locks to make the playoffs. After a lackluster 4-1 loss Sunday night to the lowly Calgary Flames, the Wild woke up Monday to find that they'd sunk into a tie with the Columbus Blue...

The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season that would see six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadium across North America, sources told ESPN.com Tuesday.

A trade deadline day that began at a snail's pace and finished with a great flurry of activity has, like all trade deadlines, the potential to alter the playoff grids in both conferences and perhaps even who hoists the Stanley Cup in late June. Lots ...

Here's a look at five teams for whom the trade deadline looms large, writes Scott Burnside.

It's a good thing for the Colorado Avalanche that the Calgary Flames are around to deflect some of what should be a mountain of criticism given their nightly ineptitude. But the Flames, because they are a Canadian market in the midst of trying to mov...

Three years ago, Nashville's Rich Clune's boozing and drug use pushed him to rock bottom, Scott Burnside writes. Which makes his recovery all the more remarkable.

• There's no forgetting Nicklas Lidstrom. That goes without saying. But here's to Niklas Kronwall for at least helping Wings' fans with the separation anxiety that comes with losing the greatest defenseman of his generation to retirement. ...

• Kudos to the Chicago Blackhawks for tying an NHL record with at least a point in 16 straight games to open a season after knocking off Vancouver in a shootout 4-3 on Tuesday night. Here's hoping they didn't pay for it with the loss of one of ...

A healthy Ryan Kesler is back in the Vancouver Canucks' lineup, but now the tast is to keep him that way, writes Scott Burnside.

The trip comes to a close with the Blues running the table, beating Detroit, Calgary and, on Sunday night in an emotional tilt against one of the best teams in the NHL, squeaking by the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout, writes Scott Burnside.

• Anyone who isn't taking the Anaheim Ducks seriously might want to start after the Ducks handed the red-hot San Jose Sharks their first regulation loss of the season, clipping them by a 2-1 count Monday night. Perhaps more interesting is ...

• The Pittsburgh Penguins are starting to round into the kind of groove many anticipated at the start of the season. After spanking New Jersey Saturday by a 5-1 count for their first home win of the season, they traveled to Washington and ...

• Finally a blemish, slight at that, on the record of the Chicago Blackhawks. After chasing Minnesota Wild starter Josh Harding in the first period Wednesday night, the Blackhawks could not hold on to a one-goal lead and fell to the Wild 3...

Anyone who doesn't think the Boston Bruins have their eyes on the big prize after they were bounced in the first round of the playoffs last spring hasn't been paying attention. With backup Anton Khudobin making his first start of the season to give T...