NHL - Projecting Team USA's 2014 Olympic Roster for Sochi
It was mid-August three years ago that Team USA gathered in Chicago for the Olympic evaluation camp, a young and almost anonymous group going through ...
View ArticleNHL - Projecting Team Canada's 2014 Olympic Roster for Sochi
Team Canada claimed gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and it's doubtful it will be considered anything less than the favorite when the 2014 Games b...
View ArticleNHL -- Best and worst case for St. Louis Blues prospect Vladimir Tarasenko
It's hard not to appreciate his honesty. Some teams will pump up their prospects regardless of how good they project them to be. Others are overly cau...
View ArticleNHL - Olympic participation, discipline, realignment remain unresolved
Last week, when real progress was made in CBA negotiations, the players compiled a list of issues under the heading that essentially said: "To be dete...
View ArticleNHL - Scouts identify their standout World Junior Championship players
Even through just the exchange of emails from Russia, the excitement was easy to detect. NHL scouts love the world junior championships, and the tourn...
View ArticleNHL - Win over Canada just the start for Team USA at World Junior Championships
It was what USA Hockey wanted all along. It wanted to face Canada's best players. There was never any quiet hope among the Americans that the lockout ...
View Article2013 NHL Season Preview - Roberto Luongo and other key personnel moves take...
In December 2011, Roberto Luongo was 9-3-1 with a 2.04 goals-against average and .928 save percentage, so when last month came and went without an NHL...
View Article2013 NHL Season Preview -- As CBA settles, realignment, Olympics still remain...
NEW YORK -- It was a day that was supposed to be about the owners' unanimous approval of the new CBA, but that got blown out of the water quickly. Bri...
View ArticleNHL - Vladimir Tarasenko leads impressive crop of impact rookies
During the first game of the season, Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard spotted St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko, only he didn't know it ...
View ArticleNHL - Dan Bylsma should be Team USA head coach
As we begin the one-year countdown to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, the debates over who should represent their country will increase in volume....
View ArticleOlympics - USA Hockey creeping towards favorite status?
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Jacob Trouba started listing all the guys he was excited to meet at U.S. orientation camp, players he admired like Ryan Suter and Pa...
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