Will Alex Ovechkin's first suspension have any lasting impact on him?
Scott Burnside...gets done serving his time, one assumes he'll be ready to go Monday at Tampa. Good news for the Caps, Ovechkin and, of course, the league. The question is whether the suspension, the first...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009Power Play: B's up, Flyers down
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWhat's behind the recent struggles from the Flyers and sudden success from the B's? Scott Burnside breaks it down in his weekly Power Play.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009Bruins stand tall in shootout win
Scott Burnside...win," the Bruins' head coach said after. Was it our imagination, or did he begin his postgame news conference with a huge sigh of relief? "That goal" of which he spoke was a wrist shot...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009The NHL's growing injury list
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWe're not even a month into this NHL season, and the star-studded injury list keeps growing. How are teams dealing with the lineup holes? Scott Burnside checks in.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009Power Play: NHL once again falls short
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe NHL always makes noise about cracking down on blows to the head and hits from behind. Then, we see the incidents from this past weekend with Darcy Tucker and David Booth. Again, the league is falling short.
Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009Power Play: Kovy, boobirds, Quebec
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe latest on Ilya Kovalchuk's contract talks, Toronto's boobirds and the NHL's recent talks with Quebec City ... it's all in Scott Burnside's Power Play.
Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009Camps confirm Hawks' status in NHL
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comFirings, signings, arrests. It has been a bizarre summer in Chicago. But the Olympic camps showed what was lost amid the offseason turmoil: The Hawks might be the favorites to reach the Cup finals.
Story | Conversation | August 28, 2009Heatley's career now running on empty
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comDany Heatley must at some point confront the fact his career has been forever tarnished, not by the accident that cost Dan Snyder his life, but by how Heatley lived his life in the months and years that followed.
Story | Conversation | August 21, 2009Now, Kane's character will be tested
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comAs tepid as Patrick Kane's statement might have been Monday, one gets the feeling this moment marks a player at a crossroads.
Story | Conversation | August 17, 2009NHL board unanimously denies Balsillie
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comCanadian businessman Jim Balsillie was unanimously rejected by the National Hockey League's board of governors in his bid to become an NHL owner at a meeting Wednesday afternoon in Chicago.
Story | Conversation | July 29, 2009Competition committee meets, but second outdoor game still in limbo
Scott Burnside...on the issue. "It's dead as far as implementing it," Campbell said. That comes as good news to the players, especially those who believed the rule was ill-advised. "These guys, they fight for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2009My six-degrees-of-separation moment with Robin Leach
Scott Burnside...little sideline on the famous Mr. Leach. Once upon a time, when your humble scribe was a news gatherer in Toronto, he did some work with Leach's brother, a former Scotland Yard detective who...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2009What exactly will Martin bring to Habs?
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comJacques Martin's jumping ship to Montreal might be the best thing that has happened to the Florida Panthers in years.
Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009Different road, same reality for Pens
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOver the course of about 27 hours, the Penguins came face to face with a past they seem unable to escape, one that includes yet another Stanley Cup parade in Motown.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009East finals preview: Penguins vs. Canes
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comFatigue might be a factor for the Penguins and Hurricanes, especially Carolina, but mental toughness won't be.
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