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The best thing about the end of the NHL season isn't necessarily the playoffs. The best thing is watching the non-playoff teams bring their general managers out of hibernation for their annual end-of-...

Here's a little hockey tidbit gleaned from Twitter: not once in the last 27 years have Canada's three most westerly NHL teams all made the playoffs in the same season. Meanwhile, in California, its th...

Henrik and Daniel. That's all you need to hear and if you follow hockey, you know exactly who I'm talking about. The Sedin twins are calling it a career and while I've been urging the Canucks to trade...

For the record, Daniel Sedin was drafted ahead of his slightly older, twin brother Henrik Sedin in 1999. That's because Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke, after arranging all the required ...

On Thursday night we were all Scott Foster. The 36-year old accountant, who plays beer-league hockey with his buddies for over a decade after his real hockey career ended, found himself back in the li...

After all its figurings, gozintas and probabilities, the NHL has re-calculated its lottery system to give the Edmonton Oilers the first pick again in the annual draft. Facetiously, isn't that what hap...

A year ago the Flames, Oilers, Canadiens and Senators were all in the playoffs. This year has been a different story for organizations who were optimistic about the future of their teams. So now what ...

With Calgary's loss to Anaheim on Wednesday night, it's unofficially official, the Flames will join the Canucks, Oilers, Senators and Canadiens out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And I'm not one to jump...

NHL general managers want to look at the possibility of expanding the number of teams in the playoffs. You see, with Las Vegas coming in and the likelihood of Seattle coming soon, you're going to see ...

Number 4, Bobby Orr, just turned 70 years old. He still looks young enough to play in the NHL, but his knees certainly wouldn't allow it. Those scarred, oft-repaired knees forced him to retire in 1978...