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Sean Allen discusses the impact of injuries to the forward ranks down the stretch.

Thanks to Kari Lehtonen's 40 saves, the Dallas Stars moved to within one point of the eighth and final playoff spot in the West with a 2-0 win at Los Angeles on Thursday night. In the process, they further muddied the picture for GM Joe Nieuwendyk...

Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun look back at the first quarter of the season and hand out grades for all 30 NHL teams.

No fans deserve more to rant than the loyal souls in Columbus. And we start there this week with a couple of beleaguered Blue Jacket fans. osufanatic64: Ok, I'm going to try to be as calm about this as possible...you know what never mind. WHAT I...

ESPN.com is rolling out previews of the 30 NHL teams and Pierre LeBrun takes a look at the Dallas Stars. Here's an excerpt: The Dallas Stars not only lost Brad Richards this summer, but also, apparently, the faith of anyone else outside their organi...

NEW YORK -- Sidney Crosby's desire to ban all head shots in the NHL got a solid backing from his peers Wednesday during the NHL Player Media Tour. If Crosby was trying to create momentum with his comments, he's got it. "I think he's right on," ...

The Stars were told that Brad Richards will not waive his no-trade clause and will become an unrestricted free agent.

ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun talked to Brad Richards, who is getting ready to hit the free agent market for the first time in his career. "You always keep an eye on that first day of July, you see what teams do and where players go. It's always intere...

The Dallas Stars remain hopeful in their efforts to move Brad Richards' rights in order to recoup some asset value. But the clock is ticking toward July 1, when Richards will be an unrestricted free agent, and he holds all the cards thanks to his ...

Dallas Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun that he's still working on trying to trade Brad Richards' negotiating rights. "We continue to chip away here," Nieuwendyk told ESPN.com. "Our intention is to move his rights and hope to ...

BOSTON -- The broadening of Rule 48 was the meat of the GMs meeting Wednesday, but there were other items of interest, both inside and outside the room: • There were potential rule changes discussed, but only one got any traction. The G...

Few things seem to generate more buzz among hockey fans these days than talk of NHL realignment. A lot of discussion will be had over the next six months or so among NHL governors and league staff with the relocation of Atlanta to Winnipeg. One conce...

Brad Richards, certainly not surprisingly, is leaving the Dallas Stars. That was made official Thursday when TSN's Bob McKenzie first reported that the Stars won't make an offer to the pending unrestricted free agent because of their continued own...

Brad Richards said he is looking forward to getting his first shot at unrestricted free agency. Richards talked to ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun about the news that the Dallas Stars would not be offering him a contract prior to July 1. "Obviously I hav...

Holy rants, Batman! You all had a lot to get off your chest. An all-time record: 600-plus posts for this week's blog! The most popular theme came from Red Wings fans, who were complaining about the goalie interference call. In this season's last i...

Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate the East and West playoff races: Burnside: Good day, my friend. I will stop short of calling the Toronto Maple Leafs the cardiac kids, but their huge 4-3 win over Buffalo on Tuesday was their second pivotal ...