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Now a Leaf, Clarkson shows Lou respect
It was an emotional couple of days in the New York City area for former New Jersey Devil David Clarkson. Clarkson returned to the Prudential Center...
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Rule changes for 2013-14 season
You have all committed the new realignment configuration to memory by now. Quick, are the New York Rangers, who are within spitting distance of the At...
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Ramblings: League discipline, Team Canada goalies and Panthers' coach
Here are some pre-holiday ramblings for your reading pleasure: Thornton's suspension: The Shawn Thornton suspension saga will continue to make news...
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Burnside: Winter Classic is a celebration of the game
Started as what some called a cheap thrill, the Winter Classic has since brought in big bucks.
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NHL Winter Classic: Detroit Red Wings notes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Detroit coach Mike Babcock revealed his theory on why the visiting team has won all but one of the five NHL Winter Classics, menti...
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Burnside: Phaneuf has chills, they're multipying
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said he got chills as he walked up to Michigan Stadium Tuesday afternoon. Not sure if it ...
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NHL - Taking league's temperature at halfway point
Scott Burnside offers up his midseason report on the NHL, including teams and players who sputtered out of the gate and some who have stepped up in a big way.
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Despite move, more of the same for Jets
The move of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, confirmed at the start of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals, was heralded (mostly in Canada, of course) as a ...
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Outdoor games kiss-up worked pretty well
When Colin Greening slid home the empty-net clincher in the Ottawa Senators' 4-2 win over the Canucks at B.C. Place in Vancouver on Sunday, it effecti...
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Ramblings: Bad time to tick off your goalie
Reimer soap opera continues From the moment Game 7 of the opening round of the playoffs ended with Bruins center Patrice Bergeron's overtime winner el...
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Ramblings: Alberta opposites, changes afoot, defense wins
Oilers are in flux The focus, as it should be with three weeks to go in the regular season, is on those teams still with a shot at making the playoffs...
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NHL -- Scott Burnside: Nashville Predators, Barry Trotz both needed a change
Sometimes it doesn't matter how good you are at your job, especially as an NHL head coach, the sands simply run out, as was the case in Nashville with Barry Trotz, writes Scott Burnside.
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Commissioner Gary Bettman says Brendan Shanahan will be missed
Commissioner Gary Bettman will miss Brendan Shanahan, the Hall of Fame player and former head of player safety who recently took on the post of president of hockey operations for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Series loss still a step forward for Columbus
COLUMBUS -- It seems longer than two weeks ago that this series began with 11 Blue Jackets playing in their first-ever NHL playoff game. And while it...
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Gut decisions about the coaching carousel
Here's the standard pattern when NHL coaches are hired: The new coach sits at a table or stands at a podium and describes how he wants to correct the ...
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Ramblings: Canucks' circus spins, Halak backs down, Bishop-less Bolts wobble
Canucks turning into a circus Having stable ownership doesn't necessarily denote good ownership, a reality worth keeping in mind as the Vancouver Can...
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NHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Eighteen years of playoff memories
Eighteen years of covering the Stanley Cup playoffs have harvested countless memories, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.
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NHL -- Scott Burnside: Questions surround the coaching carousel
Why would Willie Desjardins opt to coach the Canucks rather than the Penguins? Scott Burnside delves into that, where the Penguins go from here, shrewd moves by the Blue Jackets and Canadiens, and more.
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NHL -- Burnside: NHL draft fuels league's circle of life
The NHL draft is the single biggest key to building a winning team, and there is more that goes into that facet of the game than anyone realizes, writes Scott Burnside.
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2014 NHL free agency -- Burnside: Winners and losers of free agency
Here's a look at 15 of the most interesting free agents and their possible landing spots, writes Scott Burnside.
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