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TORONTO -- Bigger nets? Well, probably not. That was the old threat from nearly a decade ago when the NHL and its 30 GMs attempted to find ways to wrestle the league out of the dead puck era. The bigger-net threat went hand in hand with the ...

Kyle Chipchura scored twice and Mike Smith made 29 saves to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

Olli Jokinen scored twice and Evander Kane had a goal and assist in the second period for the surging Winnipeg Jets, who completed a dominant road trip with a 4-3 victory over the injury-riddled and slumping New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

The Chicago Blackhawks are atop ESPN's NHL Power Rankings for another week and have put some room between themselves and most of the Western Conference with their 15-game points streak, but there's one team that keeps on hanging around so far -- the ...

With the threat of decertification looming over the NHL CBA talks, Neil Greenberg looks at the impact of the potential dissolution of restricted free agency to see which young stars could cash in on the open market.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2012

Bringing in a third party to CBA negotiations won't cause a miracle if both sides continue to dig in their heels, writes Scott Burnside.

The King County Council and the Seattle City Council gave their final approval Monday to an agreement to build a $490 million basketball and hockey arena in the city, despite the threat of a lawsuit from longshore workers.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman downplayed the threat of the Oilers moving to Seattle on Tuesday as the Edmonton mayor predicted that an NHL team in Seattle wouldn't sell out its games.

Are the Oilers on the move to Seattle? Don't count on it. Craig Custance explains why meetings between the team's ownership and a new potential NHL market amount to little more than a leverage play.

Blog | Conversation | September 25, 2012

Does Bettman have the icy will to destroy that which is dear to him to eliminate any kind of leverage the event might represent in negotiations for the players?

The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Tyler Ennis to a two-year contract.

A source confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday evening that suitor Greg Jamison has finally arranged financing that would allow him to purchase the Coyotes from the National Hockey League for $170 million.

NHL fans are angry and disheartened due to the looming threat of a lockout on Sept. 15. Janne Makkonen, a 21-year-old Finnish video editor, wasn't going to take it anymore and turned his "passion" for hockey "into art." The result? His "NHL -- 'T...

NHLPA head Donald Fehr says the players are unified as they face the threat of a lockout from owners if a new collective bargaining agreement can't be reached.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said a "wide gap" remains in labor talks between the league and the NHL Players' Association in issuing his first public comments on Wednesday, a day after the union presented its offer.