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The best teams in the league aren't out East. Plus, the rest of the week in the NHL.

How long can the Blackhawks keep this up? Plus, the rest of the week in the NHL.

It would appear that the NHL's firing season is upon us. We've already seen two GMs relieved of their duties since the lockout ended — Brian Burke's oddly timed dismissal in Toronto, followed by Scott Howson finally being put out of his misery ...

Sick snipes, grousing fans, and all the story lines from NHL Week 1.

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...

All the key story lines to get you ready for the (wildly abbreviated, probably totally insane) NHL season.

"It's just frustrating," Sidney Crosby told reporters last Monday. "You kind of hear the same things coming out of the meetings all the time ... it's almost to the point where you don't want to ask because you know you're going to get the same answer...

For many of the teenage prospects gathered in Pittsburgh for tonight's NHL draft, the last couple of days have been designed to show off some of the best of what this year's hockey-mad host city has to offer — even if the itinerary clearly hasn...

Derek Stepan knows the drill. The Rangers had just defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, and Stepan was asked how long the team could celebrate the victory before turning their thoughts to the next round ...

The Pens and Canucks on the brink, and the rest of week in the NHL playoffs.

The very best of the NHL postseason.

The biggest question: Will anyone survive the Pittsburgh-Philly series?

Deciphering the cloudy playoff picture in the NHL.

Alexander Radulov and Nashville, the battered Bruins, and the rest of the week in the NHL

The plight of the Wild, the strange tweets of Ochocinco, and the rest of the week in the NHL.

"I won't lie," Montreal goalie Carey Price told to NBC Sports during the NHL All-Star Game, seconds after a reflexive glove save left Ottawa's Jason Spezza chuckling in disbelief and NBC's announcers remarking that they wished there was a way Price c...