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Well, here we are. The Stanley Cup Finals have been determined; it's the Chicago Blackhawks of the western conference, versus the Philadelphia Flyers of the eastern conference.   Chicago's Road To The Finals The Blackhawks entered the NHL playoffs as one of the heavy favorites to win the Stanley Cup. The No. 2 seed, matched with the No. 7 seeded Nashville Predators, it certainly did not begin as planned. They fell to Nashville in game ...

Do you remember before the regular season had began, and the fans and analysts were all predicting the upcoming NHL season? They were projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs to make the postseason (ha-ha). They were projecting Montreal to not fair so well this season. They were projecting Philadelphia to be one of the top teams in the league. And why wouldn't they? Looking at the Flyers roster, they are a very well rounded team. ...

We have seen 49 games of post-season hockey in 2010 thus far. Most of those games, if not all of them, have been truly and strictly entertaining. We have been witnesses of one of the most incredible upsets in sports history, and one of the most incredible chokes in sports history. We have seen or at least think the New Jersey Devils are still regretting the Ilya Kovalchuk trade. Let's review. The San ...

The NHL Entry Draft is an event that gives young athletes an opportunity to become a professional ice hockey player. Most of the draft in the NHL consists of players from Canada who play in either the OHL, WHL, or QJMHL. Very few draftees play in the United States of America in the NCAA. Statistics show that over the last nine drafts, only 27 players from the NCAA have been drafted ...

Over the years, the National Hockey League has been filled with superstar caliber talent. Players like Alexander Ovechkin, Drew Doughty, Sidney Crosby, Mike Green and Evgeni Malkin come to mind. Do you notice one thing that all of those players have in common? Ovechkin is 24 years old, Sidney Crosby is 22, Drew Doughty is 20, Mike Green is 24, Evgeni Malkin is 23. All of those players are in their early ...

  The Toronto Maple Leafs have plenty of options this off-season & imaginations can run wild with all the deals that could happen.   These are all the deals that I would try and get it done if I was Brian Burke. Note that I am not saying that these will happen, but if I was Brian Burke, I would do exactly what I have written below.     Starting Cap Space:                                $3.352 Trade 1 Cap ...

"Defense wins championships." That is a very famously known quote that flies around the world in all of sports, largely and virtually first known as a football quote. If you examine the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs and the run they are having, the majority of the success they have been having in this postseason is significantly thanks to their defensive end (Hall Gill, Jaroslav Spacek, P.K. Subban) ...

Trade One To Toronto Maple Leafs: David Krejci (Position: Centre, Age: 23, Salary: $3.750M) Jordan Caron (Position: Right Wing, Age: 19, Prospect) Mark Recchi (Position: Right Wing, Age: 41, Salary: $1.000M) To Boston Bruins: Tomas Kaberle (Position: Defense, Age: 31, Salary: $4.250M) Jerome Flaake (Position: Left Wing, Age: 20, Prospect)   Boston acquires—One of the best, if not the best puck moving defense-men in the NHL (Tomas Kaberle), and a young prospect who still has time to develop.  Jerome ...

Many critics—also known as haters—around the league like to criticize the Toronto Maple Leafs on their below mediocre goaltending, their overpaid players (typically defensemen), and their moronic management. Fundamentally, people detest the Toronto Maple Leafs' lack of success since either the NHL lockout—or the more fashionable year, 1967, the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs won a Stanley cup. But the truth is, even if Toronto were to make the ...