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Bouwmeester finally waking up

Jim Wilkie, Special to ESPN.com

Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is finally performing like a man motivated by a contract year. After being held without a goal for the first 20 ga...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Flames lines click in win over Kings

Jim Wilkie

Flames forward Matthew Lombardi's return from a shoulder injury Saturday has led to a productive line shakeup, for now at least. After starting on th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008

Beyond Sharks, our Top 10 sees a shake-up

ESPN.com

...Power Rankings. Now feast on this week's rankings for yourself, and weigh in here. -- By Jim Wilkie; posted on Nov. 24

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008

Fantasy Forecaster: Thanksgiving week showdowns

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the weekly schedule, highlighting teams with the most games and the best and worst matchups.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2008

Point Shots: The aftermath of recent injuries

Jim Wilkie, Special to ESPN.com

Jim Wilkie examines the aftermath of recent injuries to key players such as Brad Ference, Andy McDonald and Francois Beauchemin.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2008

Backstrom bails out Wild

Jim Wilkie

On a night that saw seven of the 12 NHL teams in action fire more than 35 shots on net, Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom's nearly routine 24 saves in a 2-...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008

San Jose Sharks still lead the pack

ESPN.com

...another week. As always, you can weigh in here. Until Monday … keep reading, puckheads! -- By Jim Wilkie; posted on Nov. 17

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2008

Killer B's can help in many ways

Tim Kavanagh, Special to ESPN.com

...a lopsided "statement" game, as Boston dumped previously unbeatable arch-nemesis Montreal, 6-1. Our own Jim Wilkie makes a fantastic case for replacing penalty minutes in fantasy hockey in this week's edition...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2008

Point Shots: The benefit of using hits instead of penalty minutes

Jim Wilkie, Special to ESPN.com

Jim Wilkie explains why using hits instead of penalty minutes (PIMs) is much more realistic. He also hits all the latest news.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2008

Staal gets it going against Red Wings

Jim Wilkie

Jordan Staal's extraordinary performance Tuesday night in Pittsburgh's 7-6 overtime victory over Detroit is the sort of thing that can vault a player ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008

Point Shots: Substantiating the sophomore slump

Jim Wilkie, Special to ESPN.com

Jim Wilkie looks into the sophomore slump to see if it is a threat to last season's rookie class.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2008

Reclamation projects revisited

Jim Wilkie

In ESPN.com's Fantasy Hockey season preview package, I examined a number of reclamation projects around the NHL. Some of the risks have been rewarded,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2008

Point Shots: Searching for Sidney's mates

Jim Wilkie, Special to ESPN.com

Jim Wilkie looks at the lineup shakeup in Pittsburgh and the contenders for the most coveted job in hockey: riding shotgun for Sidney Crosby

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2008

Underrated Thomas, Smith keep rolling

Jim Wilkie

Two of the surprisingly strongest and most underrated goaltenders in this young season continued their hot starts Tuesday night with stellar performan...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2008

Point Shots: Not Wild about youngsters' soft start

Jim Wilkie, ESPN.com

Jim Wilkie discusses the strong start by the Minnesota Wild, which is not enough for their coach, and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2008