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Unified Thrashers finding success

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

What's the secret to the success of the injury-ravaged Thrashers? Despite all the team's setbacks, it's somehow finding a way to win.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Power Play: Niittymaki the answer

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

A longtime backup the perfect tonic in Tampa Bay? Thus is the case for Antero Niittymaki, whose pristine play between the pipes has the Lightning on a tear.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Power Play: A mess for Gretzky, NHL

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The NHL is stuck in the middle of a financial mess with the game's greatest player and ambassador, Wayne Gretzky. Will the Phoenix sale hamper the league's relationship with The Great One?

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009

The NHL's growing injury list

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

We'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, 2009

Can Pronger get Flyers past Pens?

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

It seems Philadelphia's road to Cup glory must go through Pittsburgh. And the Flyers are hoping veteran defenseman Chris Pronger will help them get there.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009

'Youth' no longer excuse for Ovie, others

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The Cup is once again up for grabs. And the Penguins' win has changed the rules. There are no excuses anymore for Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the league's young stars.

Story | Conversation | October 01, 2009

So, does Mats belong in the Hall?

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Now that Mats Sundin has announced his retirement, the Hall of Fame debate begins. And the fact that he never made it to the Cup finals could get in his way.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Canada camp, Day 1: Early line combinations and a new-look defense

Scott Burnside

CALGARY, Alberta -- Checking in again from the opening day of the Canadian Olympic orientation camp, where players took part in their first scrimmages...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

NHL board unanimously denies Balsillie

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Canadian 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, 2009

Rob Scuderi perfect example of how nothing good lasts forever for Cup winners

Scott Burnside

...the family home on Long Island. Then when he was drafted by Pittsburgh 134th overall in 1998, he played for the Penguins' AHL team in Wilkes-Barre, which was just a 2½-hour...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Our Stanley Cup player reviews: Crosby, Osgood, Malkin and more

Scott Burnside

...of the load. Although he did not score in Games 6 or 7, he did lead the Penguins with eight points in the series and put to rest any lingering questions folks might have had...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2009

Cup win completes incredible journey

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Pittsburgh's first championship since 1992 is as much a celebration of an improbable journey as it was the celebration of a game.

Story | Conversation | June 12, 2009

First-period report: Goalies strong, Crosby seeing lots of Zetterberg ... we smell overtime

Scott Burnside

...particularly glorious scoring chances, but I thought the Penguins did the better job of forechecking and disrupting...on. The scoring chances were 6-5 for Pittsburgh, which reflected an evenly played period. The faceoffs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009

Penguins pregame report: Crosby as superstitious as ever before Game 7

Scott Burnside

...to switch it up, so we decided to." Even on Friday morning, Crosby paused coming into the Penguins' locker room and opted to chat with the media in the interview room as opposed to his...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009

A playoff pattern? Not in these finals

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

A playoff series will often follow some sort of pattern, but not these Cup finals. It has made the series both compelling and maddeningly difficult to predict. Here's a review.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009