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So, maybe the New York Islanders are about to show us they can be something other than the butt of cruel hockey jokes about dingy arenas, lunatic contracts and adding useless bodies in order to get to the salary-cap floor. Absent from the playoffs...

Here's a look at some top end players who have another year left on their deals who could be in play this week, writes Scott Burnside.

The Ryan Smyth saga continued to drag on through the end of the NHL draft Saturday with no end in sight.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Nice work by Calgary Flames GM Jay Feaster in alleviating some of the salary-cap clog he was left by outgoing GM Darryl Sutter last season. Not only did Feaster move veteran defenseman Robyn Regehr, who has two years left at a c...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Almost from the moment the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010, they were up against the salary-cap wall. They were forced to jettison key pieces of their team literally days after defeating Philadelphia and spent all...

Commissioner Gary Bettman spent little time discussing the possibility that the salary cap could go up as much as $3 million next season, but he did take issue with the suggestion that if the cap does go up, it puts more pressure on small-market team...

Commissioner Gary Bettman spent little time discussing the possibility that the salary cap could go up as much as $3 million next season, but he did take issue with the suggestion that if the cap does go up, it puts more pressure on small-market team...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- There was a familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings of the NHL board of governors meetings Monday: former Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic. Sakic retired after the 2008-09 season after playing 1,378 regular-season...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- There was a familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings of the NHL board of governors meetings Monday: former Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic. Sakic retired after the 2008-09 season after playing 1,378 regular-season...

Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli said in a statement Thursday night that "there is no trade in place" for Marco Sturm.

You may already be hearing the jokes about Ilya Kovalchuk deciding to re-sign with the Devils, but we can think of worse ways to spend $100 million.

The 2010 NHL free-agent market opens at noon ET on Thursday. Here's a look at the top forwards who are set to become available.

The NHL's salary cap will rise for the fifth straight year, jumping $2.6 million to $59.4 million for the 2010-11 season, multiple sources have told ESPN.com.

1. Remember when there were rumors that the Chicago Blackhawks might be interested in Ilya Kovalchuk? The Hawks already were looking ahead to next season and their salary-cap issues, and they knew they had to dump some bodies. Kovalchuk would have be...

Scott Burnside revists an NHL trade that works and this past week's referee controversies in this week's Power Play.

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?