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Heatley's career now running on empty

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Dany Heatley must at some point confront the fact his career has been forever tarnished, not by the accident that cost Dan Snyder his life, but by how Heatley lived his life in the months and years that followed.

Story | Conversation | August 21, 2009

Camp's out, but auditions just beginning

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The U.S. Olympic orientation camp is over. Now, the auditions begin for the American hopefuls hoping to earn a trip to Vancouver.

Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009

What will camps reveal for 2010?

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

We're less than a week away from the start of Olympic orientation camps. Here are some of the latest rumors as we're now six months away from the 2010 Games.

Story | Conversation | August 13, 2009

For some, change must come (quickly)

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

A look at some teams that still have some work to do as the free-agency period quickly gives way to the dog days of summer.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009

U.S. will build 2010 squad fans can love

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

With the unveiling of its 2010 camp roster, Team USA is going to build a squad American hockey fans can fall in love with, win, lose or draw.

Story | Conversation | June 30, 2009

Lee's untraditional chase of NHL dream

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Mike Lee went against tradition, leaving hockey-mad Minnesota for the USHL. But the move kept his NHL dream alive.

Story | Conversation | June 27, 2009

Team Canada can't escape politics

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Why was Jacques Lemaire part of the 2010 Team Canada coaching staff? Because it was incumbent on Steve Yzerman to add a qualified coach who was also French-Canadian.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2009

Cup win completes incredible journey

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Pittsburgh's first championship since 1992 is as much a celebration of an improbable journey as it was the celebration of a game.

Story | Conversation | June 12, 2009

Yzerman does a little Team Canada recon work at Eastern Conference finals

Scott Burnside

...Red Wings' vice president of hockey operations and his Olympic duties. After watching the Wings dispatch Columbus in the second round, he was in Switzerland for the World Championships, where Canada fell to Russia...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009

Talbot again a spark for Pens' stars

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Successful playoff teams need role players, catalysts who fight the hard battles and give their stars a boost. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, that spark plug is Maxime Talbot.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009

Pens' Malkin finds game, redemption

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Evgeni Malkin and his teammates redeemed themselves in a dramatic Game 3 win that helped make this Pens-Caps series one of the most compelling in recent memory.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2009

Ovie, Caps are NHL's best young team

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

The debate over the game's greatest player might rage on, but Alex Ovechkin solved another debate Monday night. The Caps are now the best young hockey team in the game.

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2009

Long shots spark new coaching trend

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

In a series that's been all about the "can't-miss" kids, it's ironic those stars are being coached by two men who were nothing but long shots.

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2009

New wave of talent ready to take stage

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

Crosby? Malkin? Ovechkin? They're sage veterans compared to the young crop of players infiltrating this year's playoff stage.

Story | Conversation | April 14, 2009

Hawks turning up heat at right time

Scott Burnside, ESPN.com

How are the Blackhawks and Panthers hanging tough? Should women be inducted into the Hall? Scott Burnside digs in on this and more in this week's 5 Things.

Story | Conversation | April 06, 2009