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Before all was said and done Thursday, there were two other teams in the running with New Jersey for Ilya Kovalchuk: the St. Louis Blues and the Philadelphia Flyers. Is it just me, or isn't it surprising the Blues were in it? Jeremy Rutherford had th...

Thank goodness you can pause live TV. It's the kind of technological advancement that saves you from missing three goals while you go fix yourself a sandwich during a Washington Capitals game. The Caps are filling the net like nobody's business, obv...

PITTSBURGH -- With the Vancouver Games just around the corner, the talk in both the Capitals and Penguins' dressing rooms is beginning to pick up on the Olympic front. There are five Olympians on each roster. "We were in Vancouver last week, so you ...

PITTSBURGH -- Tonight's big rematch between the Capitals and Penguins could be missing some big names. Star blueliners Mike Green (undisclosed) of the Caps and Sergei Gonchar (lower body) of the Penguins are both game-time decisions. Gonchar hasn't...

PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby is making a lot of people eat crow these days. You know, the people who said he wasn't a good goal scorer. Second in the NHL with 32 goals in 50 games entering Thursday night's clash with rival Washington, the 22-year-old...

BOSTON -- Will we see Alex Ovechkin outdoors next year? Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis certainly hopes so. "Yes! We are very interested in playing in a Winter Classic," Leonsis wrote ESPN.com in an e-mail Friday. The Caps were initially in ...

The NHL's list of contract investigations has apparently grown to four. You may remember I reported a couple of times this season on the league's investigations of the contracts signed by Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger and Roberto Luongo, the so-called...

As always, my friends, you ranted and I listened. There is, in fact, a couch in my home office here in Toronto. I picture you puckheads lying on there and unleashing your hockey angst. We had some good ones again this week: PSUshuvel55: Hey Pierre, ...

Gripe, gripe, gripe ... that's all you guys do. Oh, wait a minute, I keep asking you every week to do just that! Here's a look at the ones I liked the most from this week: Pengwin7: Plus-8, plus-10, plus-10, plus-15 and plus-15. Those are the five l...

Sometimes overcoming a healthy dose of adversity is exactly what we need. Such was the case for Tomas Fleischmann.

The old timers are wistfully clamoring for the days of ol'. Rangers' fans are hoping Glen Sather gets the ax. People, we're here to sooth your pain.

The KHL and NHL have historically been at odds. But the leagues are trying to upgrade their divisive relationship.

TORONTO -- Somewhere along the line, the mood in the room shifted. It was gradual, it took a long time, but after years of discussing head shots at the NHL general managers meetings, the tone in Wednesday's discussion was different. "It was quite...

Which teams are showing a keen interest in Peter Forsberg? And is 47-year-old Chris Chelios on the verge of coming back? Pierre LeBrun wraps up Day 1 of the GM meetings.

You know, what I should really do is give you guys my home office phone number and let you rant on my voicemail. On second thought, this is fine. Again this week, I've let you puckheads rant, and I'll attempt to soothe you with some answers: big_j...

It is with great interest that I see Alex Ovechkin has come to his senses and signed with a big agency to handle his marketing. It was announced Monday that the Washington Capitals superstar signed on with IMG, a big player in the sports marketing b...