The NHL free agent market opens on Sunday at noon (EDT) with plenty of teams ready to blow the extra payroll space afforded by a new $50.3 million salary cap ... Read More

With the free agent frenzy less than 48 hours away, the NHL has finally set its salary cap for 2007-08. The new upper limit is $50.3 million (US). That also ... Read More

The Hockey Hall of Fame will induct four players as its Class of 2007: Ron Francis Al MacInnis Mark Messier Scott Stevens You won't find four better choices, in this or any other year. Thankfully, ... Read More

Those in the know predicted plenty of wheeling and dealing at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Didn't happen. As usual, the draft produced all the drama of a high school ... Read More

TSN.ca reports that the proposed sale of the Nashville Predators is off has hit a significant snag. Owner Craig Leipold sounds like a man having second thoughts: "We did send the ... Read More

Hype rules in the days leading up to the annual NHL Entry Draft. That Russian kid could be a "younger, faster Joe Sakic." The skinny fellow from British Columbia looks ... Read More

The Philadelphia Flyers definitely overpaid to pick up a couple of stray Predators on Monday. But when a team decides to splurge on free agents, overpaying is part of the deal. ... Read More

Behold the top prospects for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. What a handsome bunch they are. Successful too. You have to think that none of them has ever been benched ... Read More

It's often said that the NHL needs a superstar who can sell the game, that our celebrity-driven culture will only respond to a man who transcends sport, like a Michael ... Read More

Why should 29 NHL teams man the barricades to save the Nashville Predators? What do they care? And why should 28 teams fight to protect the Toronto Maple Leafs' monopoly ... Read More

With another NHL season in the books, it's time for the men in suits to gather and divide the fresh meat. This year's NHL Entry Draft takes place Friday, June ... Read More

It seems the hockey power brokers have finally lost track of what's real and what's fantasy in this hall of mirrors known as the NHL. That's the only possible explanation for ... Read More

Toronto Maple Leaf fans hate Ottawa. That was the theory when the Senators' playoff charge through the Eastern Conference failed to generate huge TV audiences in Canada, and it might ... Read More

They were loving their Ducks in Anaheim on Wednesday night, but life was back to normal within a few hours. The Anaheim Ducks had their moment in the Southern California spotlight. ... Read More

Regardless of who wins, the Stanley Cup celebration is always a pure, unvarnished hockey moment. The Anaheim Ducks raised the greatest trophy in sport on Wednesday, putting the Ottawa Senators ... Read More

Hockey being a sometimes haphazard game, a little luck might have turned one of those Ottawa losses into a win in this Stanley Cup Final. But never mind the close ... Read More

If you skipped all the pregame hoo-ha before the Ducks and Senators resumed business Monday night, you missed a fine old-fashioned media brawl. Bill Beacon recorded it all for Canadian ... Read More

"They did the right thing here. It's a situation where it was a head blow and that's obviously something the league's trying to crack down on. I don't blame them ... Read More

Saturday night marked the first Stanley Cup Final game played in Ottawa since 1927. That's a long wait, especially if you're Russell Williams. Remember, this is the same year known for ... Read More