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The lockout-shortened regular season has come and gone, and 16 teams are moving on. Pierre LeBrun takes a look at the survivors and identifies five candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy.

As the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks proved last year in getting valuable mileage from trade deadline pickups, it's not always the big moves or big names that have an impact in the playoffs. Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley paid dividends for t...

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

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

Which players lead the awards races after the first quarter of the season? We make our picks.

Corey Perry's Hart Trophy win was unexpected, but deserved. Will his victory signal an actual trend of the award being open to a bigger group of players?

In an effort to reduce the number of dangerous blows to the head, NHL general managers are proposing a broader interpretation of Rule 48.

Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate which team will face Vancouver in the first round and how far San Jose can go this postseason: Burnside: Good day, my friend. Well, the Vancouver Canucks made history Thursday night by clinching their first ...

The NHL's 30 general managers will soon have to fill out their annual Vezina Trophy ballots to determine the league's top goaltender for the 2010-11 season. I canvassed nine GMs on Wednesday; obviously, none of them would tell me exactly where the...

We break down the day's action to see which teams look like obvious winners and which teams will have to wait to be proved right or wrong. Jury In Burnside's picks: Tampa Bay Lightning: Rookie GM Steve Yzerman got his shopping done early by add...

1. Will the Hurricanes crack the top eight in the East and make the playoffs? If so, which East team falls out? Burnside: As much as I applaud the plucky Canes, I don't see either Montreal or Atlanta, the most obvious candidates to fall out of the t...

1. Will the Hurricanes crack the top eight in the East and make the playoffs? If so, which East team falls out? Burnside: As much as I applaud the plucky Canes, I don't see either Montreal or Atlanta, the most obvious candidates to fall out of the t...

The NHL revealed the remaining players who will make the trip to the NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 30 in Raleigh (scroll down for list of today's additions). Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate the additions and omissions: Burnside: Well, Pierre, ...

The NHL revealed the remaining players who will make the trip to the NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 30 in Raleigh (scroll down for list of today's additions). Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate the additions and omissions: Burnside: Well, Pierre, ...

Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun hand out their midseason grades for all 30 NHL teams.

Pierre LeBrun has no issues with Sidney Crosby as the runaway leader in All-Star voting, but he doesn't understand the success of the rest of the Penguins. Here's a breakdown by position (* -- denotes write-in candidate; the NHL's results below re...