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As the famous Dorothy once said in the popular 1930's film, the Wizard of Oz, "Lions, bears, and tigers? Oh my!" It's a good thing she isn't around today, and if any of you feel an emotional connection to her, you should probably stop reading this slideshow right now. That warning comes in effect because the lighter side of NHL hockey is still pretty vicious...that is, if cartoon bears, stuffed fireflies, ...

Since the first day of the 2009-2010 NHL season back in October, three teams (the Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, and Chicago Blackhawks) have pulled away from the rest of the league and established themselves soundly as the "Big Three." In the Eastern Conference, four other teams, in addition to the Capitals, established themselves as the top five teams in that conference. In the Western half of the NHL, seven teams ...

As the NHL 2009-2010 season marches towards its final weeks before the most exciting playoffs in sports begins, it becomes readily important for teams to score goals and get the lead early. But it also is crucial that their goaltenders step up, lead their team through the pressure, and make the difference between being upset in the first round or finishing strong all the way through the Stanley Cup Finals. However, when ...

It's amazing how far the Carolina Hurricanes have come this season. Heading into the New Year, the 'Canes were last by far in the conference and looking like an utter disaster just one year removed from their conference finals run in 2009. After a decently successful January in which the Hurricanes went 9-5, they had pulled themselves up a bit but were no longer in position to "earn" the num. 1 overall ...

Oh, the uses of the recycling symbol arrows. They can be used on a smelly green bin that sits with rotten banana peels and last week's newspaper in your garage, or on a Waste Management truck, or even on that "refresh"átab at the top of your Internetábrowseráthat's likely to be getting a lot of use by NHL fans nowadays. That's right, we're down to the finals hours of the NHL 2010 Trade ...

It might still feel like winter, but with the Olympics nearing their end, the final six weeks of the NHL 2009-2010 season and the most stressful time of year is just around the corner: spring hockey. In the Eastern Conference, no team will enter their final month-and-a-half without plenty of drama on their own. Although the Capitals lead the conference by a whopping 13 points, they're still going to be fighting ...

After today's last quarterfinals matchups conclude, the Men's half of Olympic ice hockey will have been whittled down from 12 teams to four and will be entering the last stressful days of the crucial tournament. However, while this happens, there will be many other NHL players sitting at at home, wishing they could be in Vancouver. Whether they're dreaming about being there while their native nation wins gold, or wishing that ...

The Carolina Hurricanes probably shouldn't haveáwasted their time with hockey for most of this season and instead worked for a landscaping business. Because that's exactly what they ended up doingùdigging the team a hole. A large hole. And, also, a hole they have to climb out of. While the team has definitely done its share of helping the franchise out of the trench lately, winning nine of its last eleven games ...

It's time. With the Olympics off and running in Vancouver, NHL teams down in the States (and in other Canadian cities) have been granted a lengthy two-and-a-half week break to re-assess their situation heading into the March 3 trade deadline and the 20 regular season games left this spring. For hockey fanatics not quite as involved in the sport, this stretch is also a time to sort out the pretenders from the ...

This article could get ugly. Not literally, but I really don't expect any compliments, at least, coming in that comments section down below. NHL Jersey Rankings have surprisingly been on the rise recently in terms of input, but I don't think there's been one like this. But, no, I'm not just doing it to stir up some talk. I really do think that "slug" in Buffalo deserves to be among the top, maybe ...