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BOSTON -- These are anxious times for young goalie Jonathan Bernier, who waits by this phone to find out where he might continue his NHL career. It's time for him to go elsewhere and become a No. 1 goalie, something he can't do with the Los Angele...

A group of investors interested in buying the Phoenix Coyotes from the National Hockey League continue last-ditch efforts at hammering out a lease agreement with the City of Glendale aimed at keeping the team in Arizona.

The NHL's general managers on Wednesday endorsed a series of changes recommended by the league's competition committee, including making visors mandatory for new NHL players starting next season.

BOSTON -- If time and space are the currency of success for an offensive star, Patrick Kane is broke. Roughly 13 periods into the Stanley Cup finals between Kane's Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, and the Hawks have managed just five goal...

The Bruins have knocked Patrick Kane off his game in the Stanley Cup finals, denying the Blackhawks winger room to maneuver, writes Scott Burnside.

BOSTON -- Listen to Patrice Bergeron and Jonathan Toews for any amount of time, and there is an almost perpetual calm about them. Win or lose, up in a playoff series or down, struggling to find the back of the net or operating at an almost otherwo...

After spliting games in Chicago, the Bruins return home tonight at TD Garden, where they swept all three games in the 2011 Stanley Cup finals. ESPNBoston.com's Joe McDonald and ESPN.com's Scott Burnside check in from today's morning skate in advance ...

Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien has an appealing Everyman quality to him. He is rarely bombastic, mostly understated and often affable, but he's never, ever at ease in the spotlight. He was asked Sunday if there was some ego that lurked som...

With their amazing playoff runs, Corey Crawford and Tuukka Rask may have played themselves into the conversation for Team Canada and Team Finland in Sochi, writes Scott Burnside.

CHICAGO -- For much of the early part of Game 2 of these achingly close Stanley Cup finals, it appeared as though the Boston Bruins had spoken the right words but were going to be unable to summon the will to move on from an emotional triple-overtime...

Scott Burnside, Pierre LeBrun and Craig Custance argue about Alex Ovechkin winning the Hart Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player....

The NHL announced its first round of award winners Friday, and ESPN.com's Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun break down the winners of the Frank J. Selke (best defensive forward) and Jack Adams (coach of the year) trophies, as well as the GM of the Yea...

Fans, teammates can't get enough of center Patrice Bergeron, who came a long way in a short time, writes Scott Burnside.

CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa figured it was around 3 a.m. Thursday before the adrenaline finally seeped out his body and allowed him to fall asleep. Which made his neighbor's home improvement activities a few hours later a rude reminder of Hossa's long...

For Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero, it was never about whether he should trade Evgeni Malkin but about whether Malkin wanted to be in Pittsburgh. Playing alongside a superstar like Sidney Crosby, and thus being in the considerable shadow cast by...

CHICAGO -- In the moment when Michal Rozsival's point shot ricocheted first off teammate Dave Bolland's stick and then off Andrew Shaw's leg and past a helpless Tuukka Rask to bring this epic Stanley Cup final tilt to an end came two thoughts. Fir...