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Playoffs, schmayoffs. Let's talk draft lottery, people! Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun, take it away. BURNSIDE: Good evening from Pittsburgh, my friend. Hope you are enjoying St. Louis, where you will open the 2013 NHL playoffs. While most of th...

If the Western Conference remains a place of high anxiety for teams such as the Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets, who are wrestling for the final two playoff berths in the final days of the regular season, there is at last ...

So, maybe we were a bit hasty in assuming the Minnesota Wild were locks to make the playoffs. After a lackluster 4-1 loss Sunday night to the lowly Calgary Flames, the Wild woke up Monday to find that they'd sunk into a tie with the Columbus Blue...

As teams reshuffled their rosters at the trade deadline, some players -- like Marian Gaborik -- saw their situation improve. Others? Not so much. And there was some front-office impact as well.

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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.

Three years ago, Nashville's Rich Clune's boozing and drug use pushed him to rock bottom, Scott Burnside writes. Which makes his recovery all the more remarkable.

In a case anyone was wondering whether there might be a little post-streak letdown for the Chicago Blackhawks after their record 24-game streak of earning at least a point from the start of the season came to an end against Colorado on Friday, the sh...

The Oilers' 6-0 loss to the Predators was reflective of the challenges facing coach Ralph Krueger and his staff as they try and keep a talent-laden team pointed in some sort of direction, writes Scott Burnside.

It is hard not to believe that the return of former Nashville defenseman Ryan Suter and the woes of the current edition of the Predators are inexorably linked, writes Scott Burnside.

The first-quarter dash has seen some surprising superlatives so far, writes Scott Burnside.

• The New Jersey Devils, surprise leaders of the Eastern Conference, dumped Pittsburgh in a home-and-home series on this snowy weekend, defeating the previously red-hot Pens by identical 3-1 scores. The Devils have won five in a row and Da...

• Finally a blemish, slight at that, on the record of the Chicago Blackhawks. After chasing Minnesota Wild starter Josh Harding in the first period Wednesday night, the Blackhawks could not hold on to a one-goal lead and fell to the Wild 3...

Scott Burnside reviews the big firings, hirings and signings since we last saw some hockey.

Scott Burnside previews 10 players with major expectations in this shortened season.

Scott Burnside previews five teams desperate for a fast start in this shortened season.

Sure, it's hard to remember now, but there were actually plenty of highs in the NHL during 2012, writes Scott Burnside.