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With the CBA settled, Craig Custance looks at the next big dominoes set to fall in the NHL. While a Roberto Luongo trade dominates the discussion, other teams look to finalize signings ... or simply reclaim their players from Russia.

Blog | Conversation | January 08, 2013

In the wake of Neil Greenberg's updated Top 25 Under 25 rankings, Insider's Grant Sonier combs through the league's prospects to see which appear the most likely to join that elite group down the line.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2012

Craig Custance answers questions for his Friday mailbag on the ideal goalie fight, Zach Parise's future after this season, the Blackhawks' recent slide and more.

Blog | Conversation | February 10, 2012

Grant Sonier breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2012 NHL entry draft, topped by Nail Yakupov, who will likely be the third Russian ever to go No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2012

Craig Custance explores whether the NHL could adopt the NBA's "amnesty" model when the new CBA is negotiated and provides five contracts that teams may want to offload, including those of stars Roberto Luongo and Alex Ovechkin.

Blog | Conversation | December 22, 2011

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

Gare Joyce looks at the players selected in the first round of this season's draft to see when they should arrive in the National Hockey League.

Blog | Conversation | June 27, 2011

Lindsay Berra reflects on 10 storylines that defined the 2010-11 NHL season, starting with the Ilya Kovalchuk contract saga and concluding with Boston's Stanley Cup victory.

Blog | Conversation | June 17, 2011

Gare Joyce provides an updated mock draft for all teams in the NHL lottery. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins goes first to the Edmonton Oilers.

Blog | Conversation | April 13, 2011

For his final "Five for Friday" column of the year, EJ Hradek lists five trends that defined the 2010-11 season. Included are Sidney Crosby's statistical dominance that could have been, and Alex Ovechkin's status as the league's most shot-happy player.

Blog | Conversation | April 08, 2011

In Gare Joyce's first 2011 NHL mock draft, D Adam Larsson takes the top spot, but the top 10 is dominated by forwards. Such is life in the higher-scoring NHL.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2011

With the NHL trade deadline rapidly approaching, Robert Vollman of Hockey Prospectus evaluates the worst trades of all time and the lessons current teams can draw from them.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2011

Alvin Chang examines heavy NHL players (over 250 pounds), where they are drafted and whether they are underrated.

Blog | Conversation | February 16, 2011

Matthew Wuest of CapGeek explains why there won't be too many big contracts handed out among forwards and goalies this season, but defensemen are in line for some big raises.

Story | Conversation | February 03, 2011

Bill Weisbrod looks at the Atlanta Thrashers. The team was hot at the start of the season -- but now they've fallen to earth, as has Ondrej Pavelec, and Tobias Enstrom is hurt. Can they recover? By embracing balance after Kovalchuk, they might be able to.

Story | Conversation | February 02, 2011

Timo Seppa of Hockey Prospectus dissects the 2010-11 New Jersey Devils, looking at where they went wrong this season and what their slim playoff hopes are the rest of the way.

Story | Conversation | February 01, 2011