2012 NHL draft grades -- Penguins, Canadiens among top marks
ESPN Insiders Grant Sonier and Craig Custance review each team's picks and trades to see who came out on top following the 2012 NHL entry draft in Pittsburgh.
View ArticleNHL - Can Los Angeles Kings avoid Stanley Cup hangover?
The biggest splash would have been landing Zach Parise to bolster a roster fresh off the Stanley Cup. That was Plan A for the Los Angeles Kings when f...
View ArticleNHL - Los Angeles Kings projections for 2012-13 season
With the 2012-13 season creeping closer, Hockey Prospectus and Craig Custance examine the rosters of every NHL team to see who is on the rise, who is declining and who could shine for the first time...
View ArticleNHL - Potential lockout "winners" and "losers"
Nobody truly wins when there is a lockout. The last time around, the owners thought they got what they wanted in cost certainty and a salary cap. Now,...
View ArticleNHL - Jarome Iginla's future just one of many big questions if season is lost
A late-night negotiating session between Bill Daly and Steve Fehr along with expected talks early this week has allowed some optimism to creep back in...
View ArticleNHL - Teams may need amnesty to keep rosters intact
When the NHL released its mid-October CBA offer to the public, everyone got a glimpse as to how the league was prepared to help teams manage the salar...
View ArticleNHL - Potential Western Conference compliance buyout candidates
Editor's Note: Earlier this week Craig Custance looked at potential compliance buyout candidates in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. With neg...
View ArticleNHL - Cap compromise aids Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers
As Saturday's marathon NHL negotiating session dragged into the early hours of Sunday morning, the call for compromise on a key issue from those tired...
View Article2013 NHL Season Preview -- Jaromir Jagr, aging stars among Pacific Division's...
The Dallas Stars included forward Radek Faksa, their first-round pick from June's draft, on their list of invitees to this week's shortened camp. It's...
View Article2013 NHL Season Preview -- The 10 most important players of 2013
With their impressive track records of success, we already have a pretty good idea of who the most productive players of the 2013 NHL season will be. ...
View ArticleNHL - Projecting the top 10 picks of the 2013 NHL draft
It appears to be almost a certainty that a good team will end up in the draft lottery. The unusual circumstances of the shortened season combined with...
View ArticleNHL - Rangers face big decisions ahead
The New York Rangers continue to hang around the final playoff spot in the East, a bit of an underachievement for a team many pegged as a Stanley Cup ...
View Article2013 NHL Playoffs - Size growing in importance to NHL teams
There's a little bit of roster envy going on among NHL general managers right now. The reigning champ Los Angeles Kings' makeup of a big, heavy and fa...
View ArticleNHL - 2013 mock expansion draft protected teams in West
Craig Custance reveals which players in the West would be protected from being selected in a mock NHL expansion draft.
View ArticleNHL Future Power Rankings - Chicago Blackhawks positioned well for future...
Craig Custance, Frank Provenzano, Neil Greenberg, Corey Pronman, Robert Vollman and Ryan Schwepfinger rank every NHL team based on how well they're set up for future success.
View ArticleNHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Why the Los Angeles Kings' Drew Doughty is...
The Kings' Drew Doughty is making a strong case for a defenseman to win the Conn Smythe award this year, writes ESPN The Magazine's Craig Custance.
View ArticleNHL Future Power Rankings - Chicago Blackhawks positioned well for future...
Which NHL teams are set up for the most success in 2017-18 and beyond? According to our panel of experts, it's the Chicago Blackhawks. Check out the full list, and analysis of each team, in the Future...
View ArticleRanking teams 1-30 based on their outlook three seasons in the future - NHL
A panel of ESPN's Insiders ranks every NHL team based on its projected success three years from now. The Lightning take the top spot.
View ArticleAnze Kopitar agrees to eight-year contract extension with Los Angeles Kings
Anze Kopitar's new contract with the Kings wraps up a negotiation that both sides hoped would get done in the summer and eliminates a high-profile potential free agent from the summer class.
View ArticleNHL - Morning 3-on-3 -- Are the Rangers and Panthers headed in opposite...
The Rangers were a step ahead of the Panthers on Monday, and it's only going to get tougher for Florida. In today's Morning 3-on-3, we discuss the Panthers' issues and the Rangers' recent surge.
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