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According to Larry Brooks of The New York Post, the New York Rangers have agreed to terms with 2008 second-round pick Derek Stepan. Stepan, who played two years at Wisconsin, helping the team reach this year's Frozen Four, reportedly agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract worth $875,000 base salary cap. However, as per the NHL's collective-bargaining agreement, the deal cannot be registered with the league until July 1. The now-former Wisconsin Badger ...

The NHL recently donated street hockey equipment to the United States Army to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 235th anniversary and to kick-off the first NHL Street Hockey League at Camp Victory in Baghdad. This generous donation from the NHL couldn't have come at a better time, just a week after the United States acknowledged the service men and women on Memorial Day. We are also at the most epic times in the ...

After a dominating win at home in game 5, the Stanley Cup finals shift back to Philadelphia, where Chicago has not won a game in 14 years. In an otherwise very tightly contested series, Chicago's decisive win in game 5 may serve as proof that the tide is shifting in its favor. The superior talent and depth of the Blackhawks finally revealed itself in the high scoring contest. Here are the ...

With the departures of Ales Kotalik and Chris Higgins prior to the deadline last season, and the assumed departure of Olli Jokinen this summer, the Rangers are going to have quite a bit of spending money to help improve the team that had one of the league’s least potent offenses. The Rangers will, without a doubt, bring back Marc Staal and Dan Girardi, and after they lock them ...

The Capitals' need for a defensive defense-man could not have been more obvious in the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal's offense ranked near the bottom in five-on-five play, but they bombarded the Capitals at even strength, and their second ranked power-play dominated. Anton Volchenkov has become a top tier defense-man in the NHL and is set to become an unrestricted free agent. His salary is currently hovering around $2-3 ...

Still reeling from the mind-boggling Game Seven loss to the Montreal Canadiens, the Washington Capitals have a long offseason ahead of them. The most valuable thing the team and management can take from this season is this: The team's on-ice product is the most entertaining in the league, but changes need to be made if a championship parade is to take place in D.C. The Caps offense is an absolute juggernaut, with ...

The Stanley Cup is easily the most revered trophy in sports. Players who haven't won won't touch it. Jeremy Roenick said Monday that he feels disrespectful even looking at it since he's never won. It is one sport when the winning trophy might actually be more popular than the sport itself. Even the most basic sports fan could tell you the winners' trophy name before they could tell you one player on ...

Tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks will have an opportunity to not only win a championship, but end a 49-year Stanley Cup drought in the Windy City. When it comes to the subject of winning championships, and doing so with the burden of history and an entire city's dreams on your shoulders, there are few who can speak with more authority than Brendan Shanahan. The current NHL Vice President of Hockey Operations and Business ...

The Stanley Cup has arrived in Philadelphia for game six tonight. However, it is the Chicago Blackhawks that have the opportunity to win it in front of the sea of orange. After a 7-4 pounding of the Flyers in game 5, Chicago hopes to avoid a game seven and win Lord Stanley tonight. Regardless of who the better team is, Chicago is going to have a ...

Chicago is doing all they can to get inside the head of the Philadelphia Flyers best defender before tonight's Stanley Cup Final Game Six, including some seriously dirty tactics. A picture of Chris Pronger was edited to have him wearing a skirt in Tuesday's edition of the Chicago Tribune. You would expect the high-tempered and hated Pronger to lash back at this outrageous lack of judgment by the Tribune, ...