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Did The Bruins Win The Trade Deadline? And Will The Canucks Ever Play Again?

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): One of hockey’s annual big events came and went earlier this week, with Monday’s trade deadline. Though the deadline brought fewer players on the move than usual, it did offer some moves that ranged from “intriguing” to “borderline blockbuster.” So let’s quickly unpack what happened and then talk about what […]

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The NHL Playoff Races To Watch Down The Stretch

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): Hard as it is to believe — it feels like the season just started! — the average NHL team now has about 20 games left in its schedule. In other words, the stretch run is upon us, and to help make sense of it, we’ve reassembled some of our hockey […]

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Why Can’t The Bruins Score?

When the 2021 NHL season began in January, we predicted that the Boston Bruins could contend for the Stanley Cup if its young core of defensemen could make the leap and hold things together on the blue line. Former team captain and future Hall of Famer Zdeno Chára and power play lynchpin Torey Krug each […]

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Which Of The NHL’s Best Teams So Far Are For Real?

It’s been about three weeks since the puck dropped on the NHL’s abbreviated 2021 regular season, which somehow means nearly 20 percent of the schedule is now complete. The league still has a lot of work cut out for it with a large number of COVID-19 schedule adjustments — something plenty of sports have had […]

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