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Victoria Matiash provides her final top 75 defensemen rankings of the season and projects fantasy values for the 2013-14 NHL campaign, forecasting Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Montreal's P.K. Subban as the top three D-men.

The lockout-shortened season, with its compressed schedule and unique challenges, was bound to offer up a few surprises. Here's one to consider: the New York Islanders sneaking into the playoffs. With roughly one month remaining and one week ...

Tim Kavanagh discusses the injuries to Cam Ward and Jose Theodore, and offers up his latest goalie rankings.

Victoria Matiash updates her defenseman rankings and outlines young D-men to target who are widely available in ESPN.com fantasy leagues.

At the beginning of this lockout-shortened NHL season, we projected the Southeast Division to be among the most interesting divisions in the game. Carolina and Tampa appeared to have improved, while defending champion Florida and perennial Stanley Cu...

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Even before the puck dropped on the lockout-shortened, 48-game season, the Boston Bruins knew how important it would be for them to start strong and play consistent hockey. So far, in the first four games the Bruins have achi...

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It's probably foolish to try to read anything into two days' worth of games, especially when half the players in the NHL are still trying to get back to pre-lockout form. But that's no reason not to try, so here are 10 random observations from the NH...

After a four-month lockout, the NHL is set to finally drop the puck. Teams have been practicing for six days. Six whole days! And they've all had an intrasquad scrimmage, too. That's more than enough preseason hockey action to draw conclusions fo...

Hockey Prospectus examines the impact of the 48-game schedule on the NHL's teams, finding that such a short slate of games could deprive a Stanley Cup-worthy team of a playoff spot.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2013

Tim Kavanagh updates his fantasy goaltender rankings with the start of the season just a few days away.

Sean Allen has his updated Top 100 forward rankings with the end of the lockout, and there are a number of changes, based on injuries, play elsewhere during the lockout, and other factors.

Grant Sonier breaks down the top 30 prospects for the 2013 NHL draft, topped by the much lauded duo of Nathan MacKinnon and Seth Jones. But another prospect from the QMJHL may actually be chasing down the No. 1 spot on draft boards.

Story | Conversation | December 20, 2012

Corey Pronman breaks down the top prospects on Team Canada ahead of the World Junior Championships.

Blog | Conversation | December 18, 2012

Corey Pronman updates action from the AHL, analyzing the early-season performances of some of the NHL's top prospects.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2012

As the lockout endures, the Minnesota Wild have yet to bring a significantly upgraded roster together. It ruined the momentum of a monumental summer, and will the Wild's new players have enough time to jell and compete in the West?

Blog | Conversation | November 01, 2012