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Free agency: Top goaltenders

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

With the start of free agency next week (July 1), we take a look at the top free agents available. Here are the goaltenders.

Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009

How deadline impacts playoff picture

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The trade deadline is over and now the push for the playoffs begins. We look at the postseason picture for all 30 teams, whether trending up, down or merely treading water.

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2009

Osgood, Miller and the trade deadline

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The Detroit Red Wings are hoping a recent break will help Chris Osgood improve in net, but do they have a Plan B?

Story | Conversation | February 23, 2009

The Daily 5: Best player bargains

Scott Burnside

...uneven track record, to a two-year deal worth $2 million this past offseason. But when Martin Gerber couldn't deliver the goods -- again -- the Sens turned to Auld, who has provided yeoman service...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008

Coaches now more open to giving backups the starring role

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

In what might be an unprecedented shift in NHL coaching strategy, coaches have gone from long leash to no leash when it comes to their starting netminders, benching high-priced starters for hot-handed backups.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2008

Quarterly report: Team-by-team grades

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Most teams hit the quarter mark in the next week. Here's a breakdown of where teams stand as they make the first turn in what has been a wildly exciting and unpredictable start to the 2008-09 regular season.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Training camp questions: Eastern Conference

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

As NHL training camps open up this week, we take a look at where each team stands. First up, our take, and questions, on the Eastern Conference.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2008

Grading Day 1 of free agency

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

There was a frenzy of signings during Day 1 of the free-agency period. Scott Burnside grades the first day of deals.

Story | Conversation | July 01, 2008

A look at the top free-agent goaltenders

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

We take a look at the top free-agent goaltenders who could hit the market July 1.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2008

What does future hold for those that didn't reach second round?

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

For those who didn't make it to the second round, there can be a range of emotion that runs from embarrassment to shock and even to satisfaction. Here's a look at where the eight teams out find themselves as they head into the offseason.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2008

Youthful Pens close deal with sweep of Senators

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

After dominating the first three games of this opening-round series, the talented but youthful Pittsburgh Penguins proved they can close the deal as they beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 Wednesday night to cap a surprisingly easy four-game sweep of the defending Eastern Conference champions.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2008

Penguins put Senators in black hole without stars

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The Penguins didn't need their stars to outwork the Senators on Monday night.

Story | Conversation | April 14, 2008

Penguins don't buckle under the pressure in Game 2

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The Senators were in a position to beat the Penguins in Friday's Game 2, but just when the pressure mounted for Pittsburgh, it found a way to win.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2008

On second thought, we weren't too dismissive of the Senators

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

As the hours ticked away before Ottawa's opener vs. Pittsburgh, we wondered: Had we been too dismissive of the Senators? They were the defending East champs, after all. The answer: Uh, no.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2008

First-round breakdown: Penguins vs. Senators

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

It's hard to think of the Senators as underdogs, but given their second-half slide, this could be one quick series against the upstart Penguins.

Story | Conversation | April 06, 2008