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With the free agent frenzy dwindling to a free agent fizzle, Rob Vollman looks at which teams helped themselves the most this offseason, and which lost the most production from their previous campaign.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2012

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 33 shots, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders for the 26th time in 28 games, 3-2 on Thursday night.

Neil Greenberg revisits his Clutch Performance Index (CPI) to see which players have really carried the East's teams early in the 2011-12 season ... and who has let them down. Includes each team's top three players in terms of CPI.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2011

With his team in first place and the Winter Classic coming to town, it's a good time to be Ed Snider.

The Rangers finally built a winning nucleus by doing things the old-fashioned way — plus the rest of the week in hockey.

Sean Allen is on the Eastern preseason beat looking at developing training camp storylines with fantasy implications.

Page 2 spins a positive story out of all 30 NHL organizations.

Tim Kavanagh looks at each Atlantic Division team from a fantasy hockey perspective for the 2011-12 season.

Robert Vollman ranks the NHL teams that have added and lost the most talent during the 2011 offseason, with the Washington Capitals earning the distinction of most improved.

Story | Conversation | July 07, 2011

Insider is looking potential offseason fixes for every NHL team, starting with the Atlantic Division, where the Rangers eye the summer's biggest prize, the Flyers need a goalie -- and it's not Bryzgalov -- and the Pens may turn to a familiar face.

Story | Conversation | June 16, 2011

E.J. Hradek wraps up the NHL weekend action and looks ahead to the stretch drive as teams press ahead for playoff spots. Plus, notes on the Isles' coaching situation.

Blog | Conversation | March 07, 2011

Alvin Chang ranks the NHL's most patient teams, in terms of how long franchises wait before playing their draftees. The Dallas Stars top a list that also includes the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings.

Blog | Conversation | February 23, 2011

Alvin Chang looks at the biggest overachievers -- guys who got a ton of value out of a low draft slot -- across 20 years of just forwards (other positions will follow). Unsurprisingly, Pavel Datsyuk leads the entire list.

Blog | Conversation | June 01, 2010

E.J. Hradek looks at the Oilers' involvement in bringing Jaromir Jagr back to North America, as well as ranking the top 10 centers in the league.

Blog | Conversation | March 15, 2010

E.J. Hradek breaks down all of the Olympic hockey action, noting that the Canadians used a familiar strategy from a junior tournament to halt Alex Ovechkin and the Russians.

Blog | Conversation | February 25, 2010

E.J. Hradek believes the Swedes are sitting pretty heading into the single-elimination tournament portion of the Olympics

Blog | Conversation | February 24, 2010