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"I definitely believe in this group." San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan has expressed his desire to keep the roster the way it is and knows that there will be people calling for the Sharks to change the makeup of the roster. If you weren't aware as well, there has been no more of an important off-season for the San Jose Sharks than this one. As of right now, there ...

Now that we're all set up for the final matchups of the season, it's time we start looking a little further ahead.  Time to get ready for that crucial point in every season where teams begin to think about their future, the long haul.  Trades, free agency, and the draft all mark the hopeful beginning for so many teams. But for the Anaheim Ducks, it's a different story. Before fans ...

The San Jose Sharks did accomplish something significant in the 2009-10 NHL season. For what it's worth, they are no longer the biggest choke artists in hockey. That title belongs to the Washington Capitals. And while that clearly isn't enough for San Jose's fan base to completely rejoice in, the reality is that they did overcome some demons in this postseason. You don't just beat the Detroit Red Wings in a ...

Well Round 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs is over and at least I got 50% of this round right, meaning I'm still at .500 for the whole playoff series.  The next series is make or break for me.  Hopefully there will be a better final than the two anti-climatic series we saw in this round. There were no players who were especially bad in the previous round so I'll skip ...

The youngest captain in the league, Jonathan Toews, showed the San Jose Sharks leadership their team lacked by performing at his best in virtually every game this postseason. He has scored a point in 13 straight games after getting an assist Sunday afternoon. It did not have to be like this. The Sharks out-performed the Blackhawks in most statistics, but were out-scored 13-7. There is a pattern of the Sharks being out-played ...

It is now set: the Chicago Blackhawks will face the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals. What a matchup! Back in September, this was a believable pair of teams for the Finals. While the Blackhawks have stayed at or around the top of the Western Conference the entire season, it wasn't until the final day of the regular season in a shootout that the Flyer made the playoffs after a ...

With the Stanley Cup Finals set for the 2010 season, it has come down to the Chicago Blackhawks of the Western Conference and the Philadelphia Flyers in the East. Both teams have not visited Lord Stanley's Finals since the 1990's (Chicago in1992 and Philadephia in 1997), and have not won the prestigious Cup in much longer—1961 and 1975 respectively. Both hockey clubs would love to end these streaks for their respective cities, ...

The Philadelphia Flyers have ended the improbable run of the Montreal Canadiens to advance to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. In a game five that I thought certain was going to bring about a game six in Montreal, the Habs simply looked out of gas. They had their fir share of chances on journeyman net minder Michael Leighton but in the end could only solve him twice. The ...

Montreal 2 Philadelphia 4 (Wachovia Centre) Flyers win the series 4-1. “Although we've come to the end of the road, still I can't let you go, it's unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you.” There are many different types of reactions to what happened tonight. There were tears, a good deal of anger, and disbelief. Some ...

A dance-a-thon had 16 competitors in April and now, the dance floor is cleared and the last two standing are left to decide who will hoist Lord Stanley's Cup—the Western Conference's Chicago Blackhawks or the Eastern Conference's Philadelphia Flyers.   Chicago Blackhawks Chicago was the second seed in the Western Conference and the third-best team in the league so most thought that this young squad will be a hard team to beat.  So ...