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Hockey Prospectus and ESPN Insider Craig Custance go team-by-team through the NHL to see which players are on the rise, which are regressing and which are set to emerge in the coming season.

ESPN Insider's NHL draft experts Grant Sonier and Alvin Chang break down the first round of the NHL draft as it happens.

Blog | Conversation | June 22, 2012

Craig Custance evaluates the top 50 free agents in the 2012 class.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2012

ESPN Insider Craig Custance has made his conference picks, and now he's here to defend them. Read why Craig picked the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils to meet in the Stanley Cup finals.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2012

ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the April Playoff Power Meter, and the Detroit Red Wings finish the regular season ranked No. 1, six points ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2012

ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the March Playoff Power Meter, and the St. Louis Blues defy description. The Blues lead the NHL in points, but they don't take the shape of past Stanley Cup champions.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2012

ESPN Insider Neil Greenberg drafts the NHL All-Star rosters with an analytic twist, showing how Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson can statistically optimize their teams. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin goes No. 1 overall. But who will go last?

Story | Conversation | January 26, 2012

ESPN Insider Doug McIntyre revisits the 2006 NHL draft, sees how it would play out if it were held today and gets a scout's take on the revised picks for each team.

Blog | Conversation | January 25, 2012

ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the latest Playoff Power Meter Rankings. Despite straddling the benchmarks for shots and shots allowed, the Vancouver Canucks are one point off a perfect score and top the rankings.

Story | Conversation | January 24, 2012

ESPN Insider Craig Custance writes that the Pittsburgh Penguins may have to get creative with their personnel to survive injuries to Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Jordan Staal and James Neal. The Pens' playoff fate will likely depend on it.

Blog | Conversation | January 09, 2012

ESPN Insider's Neil Greenberg writes that while the start of any season produces many fluke performances, most of them won't last. For instance, Alex Ovechkin will pick up his scoring pace and the New York Rangers' play will improve.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2011

The Vancouver Canucks project to be one of the top teams in the league this year and should have no trouble returning to the playoffs and making a run at the Stanley Cup finals for a second consecutive season.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2011

In his farewell blog post for ESPN Insider, E.J. Hradek recaps San Jose's Thursday night win over Detroit and predicts a Sharks-Lightning Stanley Cup final.

Access all of ESPN Insider's 2011 Stanley Cup playoff coverage in one place, including scouting reports, expert predictions and player insights.

The Vancouver Canucks could well become the best team in the NHL this season. Our projections already show them atop the Western Conference.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2010

As the playoffs kick into gear, ESPN Insider puts some of the NHL's biggest stars in its sights with the help of the guys who know them best. Philadelphia's Chris Pronger gives some advice on bottling up Devils sniper Ilya Kovalchuk.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2010