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Old hockey cliche: to win the Cup, you need grinders (see Talbot, Maxime from last season). But how true is this statement? Tom Awad of Puck Prospectus crunches ten years of data to make a determination.

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2010

How much do defensemen help the offensive cause? ESPN.com looks inside the numbers.

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With just one season remaining on Phil Kessel's contract in Toronto, the Leafs must decide how much they value their star sniper.

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2013

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Running back Shane Vereen enters his third season with the Patriots, and also his third season as a Boston Bruins fan. He simply wasn't exposed much to hockey growing up in California. "It's very new for me," Vereen said Tuesd...

BOSTON -- Less than 24 hours after being hit in the neck by an opponent's skate blade and needing stitches, Boston Bruins forward Danile Paille is fine and feeling relieved that it wasn't much worse. Paille was involved in a scary collision with...

TORONTO -- Boston Bruins linemates Tyler Seguin and Brad Marchand know they need to be better, much better, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday night at Air Canada Centre. Seguin rema...

With the conclusion of the 2013 NHL regular season, Grant Sonier provides his final rookie rankings. Montreal's Brendan Gallagher tops Grant's list of Calder Trophy candidates, followed by Chicago's Brandon Saad and Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau.

Story | Conversation | May 02, 2013

Postseason play can help or hurt an NHL draft prospect's stock, so who's making the most of the playoff spotlight?

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2013

Grant Sonier breaks down the spoils from the Jarome Iginla trade, noting the prospects obtained from the Pens may not even reach the NHL. And if rumors are true, the package offered by Boston would have been much sweeter ... if only Iginla OKed the trade.

Blog | Conversation | March 28, 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Boston Bruins prospect Alexander Khokhlachev, known as "Koko," made his much-anticipated professional debut with the Providence Bruins on Friday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. "I thought he was OK," said P-Bruins coach Bru...

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Former NHL scout Grant Sonier provides his first projection for the 2013 NHL draft, featuring a notably deep class headlined by elite prospects Seth Jones, Nate MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2013

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Brad Marchand scored a tiebreaking goal on the power play with 2:16 left in the third period, completing Boston's comeback from a 2-0 deficit with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning that extended the Bruins' winning streak to six straight.

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