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Playoffs? The Ducks? What?
No matter how much they might hope otherwise, the Anaheim Ducks are not in the “mushy middle” in the NHL with nearly two-thirds of the season gone. To say they are, and be sincere about it, you would have to believe that they have a chance to make the playoffs.
Playing the Stanley Cup Champs
LA Kings coach Jim Hiller, talking about what his team would do after a dispirited effort against the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, said something to the effect that they would retreat and get ready to face the defending Stanley Cup champions. That’s Florida, and they arrive in LA on Thursday. Makes you wonder—do the Champs have to prove themselves anew each game?
J.T. Miller is headed from Vancouver back to the N.Y. Rangers. Mikael Granlund is on his way to Dallas. Grades on all of the big NHL trades. [...]
Can anyone topple Alex Ovechkin & Co. from No. 1? Here's a look at how every team did in the calendar's first month. [...]
Jonathan Quick had 13 saves in the first period, 14 in the second and seven in the third, becoming the first U.S.-born goaltender to win 400 NHL games, and the [...]
Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes missed Sunday's game vs. Detroit after suffering an undisclosed injury against Dallas on Friday. [...]
The Sabres' Tage Thompson left Sunday's game after taking an elbow to the face from the Devils' Stefan Noesen, who received a game misconduct penalty. [...]
Fans at a Raptors game and a Canucks game Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada. [...]
Finland is adding defensemen Henri Jokiharju of the Sabres and Urho Vaakanainen of the Rangers to its roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off. [...]
Minnesota's Ryan Hartman has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety after driving the head of Ottawa's Tim Stützle into the ice. [...]
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