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Hockey | Chris Iorfida
Hard to know what to make of the Bruins
Some Boston Bruins have a preference as to their first-round playoff opponent. But maybe they'd be better served by shoring up some of the inconsistencies that have prevented the team from reaching elite status this season.
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Chris Iorfida: Price gets by with less & other goal support facts
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Chris Iorfida: Standings done my way
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Chris Iorfida: Ducks line up OT wins in a row
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Chris Iorfida
Pacific teams earning their way
Anaheim is now technically in eighth over Calgary, meaning all five Pacific Division teams would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.
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Chris Iorfida
Fewer snipers, but decent goal dispersion
The NHL could conceivably finish without a 50-goal scorer this season, but there are several new, younger names on the 20- and 30-goal list.
- Chris Iorfida New tiebreaking system could be quirky The NHL GMs wanted to reward teams who don't feast on shootout wins, but did they create some unintended consequences that could be quirky, or even negative, in the final playoff race days?
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Chris Iorfida
Capitals casting away doubts?
The Washington Capitals will host the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday and they'll be gunning for their seventh consecutive win.
There was a time midway through the season where the Caps were looking like one of the more disappointing teams in the league.
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Chris Iorfida
Flames need to solve Coyotes, Ducks
After taking a look at the battle near the bottom of the East playoff standings, today we take a look at the much more tangled West web, and how the remaining schedule plays out for Calgary and the other teams fighting for one of a number of spots up for grabs.
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Chris Iorfida
Rangers have fewer games, but decent schedule
The New Jersey Devils suffered a setback in their climb up the Eastern Conference standings, but their remaining schedule might be an obstacle in the team turning an amazing comeback into a playoff spot.
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Chris Iorfida
Canada's teams as the deadline approaches
With the Feb. 28 NHL trade deadline just around the corner, here's a look at the questions and possibilities surrounding the six Canadian teams.
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Chris Iorfida
Has trade deadline day changed for good?
It could be that we'll ultimately look back on 2009-10 as the turning point as far as NHL trade deadline day is concerned, as general managers seem to favour standing pat over disrupting chemistry or mortgaging the future for any number of reasons.
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Chris Iorfida
Expensive vets & a royally named team from the past
In today's NHL Wraparound, we look at a number of players who are probably going to take a salary hit if they are going to keep playing in the league next season.
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Chris Iorfida
Versteeg's shot & goalie workload
Kris Versteeg wasn't the elite forward Toronto hoped for, but he could join elite company after getting traded Monday from the Leafs to Philadelphia.
Versteeg was sent to the Flyers for a pair of draft picks. Joining a deep Philadelphia team, Versteeg has a chance to win Stanley Cups in consecutive seasons with different clubs.
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Chris Iorfida
Notes from a wacky weekend
It was an NHL weekend filled with many strange occurences, but the Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings continued the trend of Western teams being a cut above their Eastern counterparts in head-to-head meetings.
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Chris Iorfida
Sharks circling Pacific Division lead again
The San Jose Sharks seem to be bonding on the road, winning the first four of an eight-game trip to complete a 9-0-1 span and also again shine the light on Antti Niemi, the goalie that Chicago let walk.
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Chris Iorfida
The Cooke case file
Stars Alexander Ovechkin, Marc Savard, Vincent Lecavalier and Andrei Markov are among the number of players who've felt the pain of a Matt Cooke hit. Today's NHL Wraparound runs down the long list of Cooke incidents in the last several seasons.
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Chris Iorfida
Thrashers losing their grip
The Atlanta Thrashers demonstrated the hallmarks of their recent play again on Monday - an inability to hold a lead, bad giveaways and poor third period play.
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Chris Iorfida
Sittler's magical night & Detroit fires blanks
These days, the Toronto Maple Leafs typically take about four games to score 10 goals, but it was 35 years ago Monday that franchise legend Darryl Sittler racked up that many points in one game.
- Chris Iorfida Brodeur makes best of the bad - at Rangers' expense The rivalry between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers may have lost some luster this season, but Martin Brodeur tried to spice it up ahead of Thursday's game at Madison Square Garden. Check the latest news and stats in NHL Wraparound.
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Several candidates to buck Adams trend
Be sure to check http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/ every day for the latest news, internet humour, history and more in the NHL Wraparound.
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Chris Iorfida
Moulson part of select company
Matt Moulson of the Islanders waited a long time to hear his name called, and to establish himself as an NHL player, but he's one of three significant names taken in the last round of the 2003 draft.