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April 25 Hockey Birthdays: Schwindt, Egan, Emelin

Ryan Gagne | April 25, 2024

On April 25, we celebrate the birthdays of 21 past and present NHL players. Today’s list includes several players from the Original Six era, one of the last players to…

Categories Hockey History

Q&A With Brandon Yip

Ted Warren | October 16, 2014

When the Norfolk Admirals affiliate the Anaheim Ducks signed Brandon Yip to an AHL contract this summer, they got a package of grit, heart, and a blue-collar work ethic that…

Categories AHL, Norfolk Admirals

NHL Free Agents: 5 Targets for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Meesh Shanmugam | July 3, 2013

With the free agent market opening on Friday, teams are scrambling to keep their unrestricted free agents or figure out how to replace them. The new CBA has added a…

Categories Free Agents, Pittsburgh Penguins

2013-14 Nashville Predators: Who Stays, Who Goes

Nick Vucic | May 29, 2013

  With the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs coming to a close, with two game-7s, the Predators are still left to wonder what could have been different this…

Categories Nashville Predators, Trades Contracts and Transactions

Injury Bug Ends Predators Season

Nick Vucic | April 14, 2013

As if the Predators haven’t received enough blows this season, sitting in 13th place in the Western Conference currently riding a 5-game losing streak, the team released news this past…

Categories Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators Wheeling and Dealing at Deadline

Jeff Ponder | February 27, 2012

If you were Predators GM David Poile, you would have a sense of urgency too. The Predators were arguably the biggest buyers at the seemingly quiet NHL trade deadline today,…

Categories Free Agents, Nashville Predators, The Business of Hockey, Trades Contracts and Transactions

Who Makes The Colorado Avalanche out of Camp?

Mike Verminski | September 13, 2010

It’s that time of the year again. Arena crews are painting logo’s and starting to lay down ice and training camps around the league are starting to open. In fact,…

Categories Colorado Avalanche, NHL Prospects

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Canadiens and Maple Leafs Could Emerge as Trade Partners

How the Canadiens Can Clear Their Bottom-Six Logjam

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