The air of mystery that surrounds the NHL draft is a significant part of the season-long evaluation proce s. Diligence no matter how robust or regimented does not guarantee that an NHL general manager and staff will make the right choice. The good news is that we are at the midway point of league play, with nearly a dozen international tournaments in the books,to help beef up a se sments and...

Did anybody really think Craig Berube was Fred Shero? Was Berube's first season an anomaly and the second a true measure of his ability? Best question of all: Now what? The Philadelphia Flyers' quest for greatne s changed course again Friday , his teammate for five years,a long-time organization man and coach most of the past two seasons, had been fired. MORE: | | | | So, what's next? CSN...

The lost 6-2 to the on Saturday. Even so, there is something that made head coach Craig Berube happy. During his media duties after the game, Berube expre sed his satisfaction with the debut of defenseman William Villeneuve, who was recently called up from the AHL. "I thought he was really good," . "On the first couple of shifts, there were obviously nerves, but I thought he had a good game. He...

It remains uncertain if Mitch Marner wants as much money as po sible or is interested in playing for a playoff team. If either is the case, the Toronto Maple Leafs could offer him both. The Maple Leafs have the money to spend and are currently in first place in the Atlantic Division with one game remaining in the regular season. However, there could be a scenario where a below-average Cassius...

Sidney Crosby wasn't able to play Saturday. So when Evgeni Malkin was injured in the first period against the Boston Bruins, it was clear this wouldn't be the Pittsburgh Penguins' day. Sure enough, the Bruins won 2-0. Malkin returned to the game, , but didn't get on the ice in the final two periods. MORE: | Coach Mike Johnston said Crosby was scratched after becoming ill, not because of an...

San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic was not happy with the NHL's decision to prevent its players from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The 30-year-old Montreal native, who won gold with Canada at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Ru sia, wasso determined to play in Pyeongchang that he considered risking arrest and the termination ofhis eight-year, $56 million contract...

It's been a long road for Jack Eichel, but there is finally a resolution. On Thursday he was traded to the Golden Knights in a three-player, multi-draft pick deal that not only saw him swap his jersey but will also allow him to get the surgery he needs. "Since I got hurt, it's been, I don't know, it just seems like things haven't really went my way and that's fine," Eichel told ESPN's "The...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to defeat the Ottawa Senators on Monday night and Clyde Drexler Jersey hope to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Maple Leafs have played well in the first four games of the postseason, and Mitch Marner has been a big reason for that. Marner, one of the top players in the NHL, took his 102-point season and carried...

The next statistical frontier in hockey if you accept that counting shot attempts doesn't qualify as volatile, high-level nerdery is player-tracking technology; the Tim Duncan Jersey NHL is testing systems in the coming season, and a league-wide plan could be in place by 2015-16, la SportsVU and the NBA. : Such efforts are soon to become the norm. The NHL first has to decide which technologies...

forward Wyatt Johnston sent a strong me sage by taking responsibility after losing to the on Tuesday. Johnston, 22, came to the defense of goalie Jake Oettinger after a reporter mentioned that it is not very common for him to get pulled. "We obviously weren't good enough for him in the first, and I mean, Deandre Ayton Jersey he's such an important part of our team, and he's such an amazing...