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Power Play: B's up, Flyers down

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

What'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, 2009

Lucky Luc was consummate teammate

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

On the heels of his induction into the Hall, Luc Robitaille, the most prolific scoring left winger in the game, is all about Los Angeles and, more specifically, all about the Los Angeles Kings.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

It's official: Union hits rock bottom

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

With Ian Penny's resignation Friday, the NHLPA now, without a doubt, has no leader. What will be the players' next move? Maybe they should consider bringing back Paul Kelly.

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Power Play: NHL once again falls short

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The 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, 2009

Power Play: Rangers, Theo, cap play

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The Rangers' and Jackets' surprising play. The latest on the mess within the union. Scott Burnside rants on these topics and more, including his "what to watch" list for this week.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009

This is last shot for Heatley, GM Wilson

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

With San Jose's acquisition of Dany Heatley, everyone's reputation is on the line at the Shark Tank, starting with GM Doug Wilson's.

Story | Conversation | September 12, 2009

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

Scott Burnside

...a dramatic overhaul of personnel from four years ago with players like Bryan McCabe, Ed Jovanovski, Rob Blake and Wade Redden not invited to this camp. One of those looking to be part of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Canada, let the scrutinizing begin!

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

With the unveiling of Team Canada's men's Olympic orientation camp roster, the obsessive scrutinizing of the 2010 team officially begins.

Story | Conversation | July 02, 2009

Sharks not destined for greatness

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

In the wake of yet another stunning playoff collapse by the San Jose Sharks, we've come to the conclusion that this team will never make it to the Cup finals.

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2009

Bylsma beating odds yet again

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The odds have always been against Dan Bylsma (how many raised their eyebrows when he took over as Penguins coach?). But his uncharacteristic journey is the secret to his success.

Story | Conversation | April 17, 2009

How deadline impacts playoff picture

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The trade deadline is over and now the push for the playoffs begins. We look at the postseason picture for all 30 teams, whether trending up, down or merely treading water.

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2009

Sundin, Kovalchuk and a new Norris Trophy threat

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Will the Thrashers trade Ilya Kovalchuk? Will someone other than Mr. Lidstrom win the Norris this season? Those are some of the 5 things we want to know heading into this week.

Story | Conversation | December 08, 2008

Kovalev's missing game, power-play debates and potential politics in Toronto

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

What happened to Alexei Kovalev in Montreal? Do you really need a decent power play to win it all? Those are some of the 5 things we want to know heading into this week.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2008

Training camp questions: Western Conference

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

As NHL training camps open up this week, we take a look at where each team stands. Here is our take, and questions, on the Western Conference.

Story | Conversation | September 16, 2008

Why wait until September? Here are our Summer Power Rankings

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Here's a look at our summer power rankings with less than two months to go before the start of training camp.

Story | Conversation | July 24, 2008