NHL -- Handing out NHL's quarter-pole awards
With just one-fourth of the NHL season remaining, it's time for Scott Burnside to hand out the league's quarter-pole awards.
View Article2014 Stanley Cup playoffs -- Burnside: Why the Boston Bruins will win it all
The Bruins will take advantage of the favorites beating each other up in the West to roll to another Stanley Cup championship, Scott Burnside writes.
View ArticleNHL - 2014 playoffs: Experience pays off for Pittsburgh Penguins against...
Now it falls to a Columbus team that is new to the business of playoff hockey to ensure it doesn't end up chasing the entire series against the more talented, more experienced Penguins, writes...
View ArticleNHL -- 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Uneven goaltending has become theme in...
Spotty goaltending has been a theme so far in the first round of the playoffs for various reasons, but it's a trend that's likely coming to an end, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL -- 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Second-round storylines to watch
Will Sidney Crosby score again? Who will start in net for the Ducks? As the second round gets rolling, there are plenty of storylines to watch, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL -- 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs -- Carey Price keeps Montreal Canadiens in...
To come up with this kind of effort in closing out this series says a lot about this Montreal team, most notably its maturity and its belief in itself, Scott Burnside writes.
View ArticleClaude Lemieux passes torch to his son
PHILADELPHIA -- As usual, there were lots of familial connections between the draft class of 2014 and former NHL stars. Ted Donato's son Ryan was s...
View Article2014-15 NHL season preview -- Five regular-season storylines to watch
Scott Burnside looks at five big storylines to watch during the 2014-15 season, including imbalance between the conferences, Mike Babcock's contract situation and changes to the NHL's international...
View ArticleBoston front-runner to host 2016 Winter Classic
Boston is the front-runner to host the 2016 Winter Classic outdoor game which would make the Bruins the first repeat hosts of the NHL's marquee regular-season game, a source told ESPN.com.
View ArticleRamblings: Kessel's curious reaction, Pens' early upgrade, Bruins' big dilemma
Accountability, maturity lacking for Leafs Everyone knows that the day a coach gets fired is an emotional time. It was more than a little revelatory,...
View ArticleNHL -- Lessons learned from first half of 2014-15 season
What lessons can we take from the first half of the season and how might those lessons be applied in the second half? Let us count the ways.
View ArticleNHL - The biggest storylines to watch down the stretch
Scott Burnside looks at the biggest storylines during the stretch run of the NHL season, including playoff-race drama all over out West, goalies dominating, big names returning from injury and the...
View ArticleNHL -- Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel almost take backseat to Boston Bruins GM
Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel almost took a backseat to the Boston Bruins GM in what ended up being a crazy first round of the draft.
View ArticleNHL -- Winners and losers from the 2015 draft
A few teams should be proud of themselves after the draft, while others should have regrets. We break down which teams should be feeling what.
View ArticleNHL -- What to watch for during the offseason
There is lots of stuff percolating to keep hockey on the front burner as we head into the dog days of summer.
View Article2015-16 NHL season preview -- Burning questions: Atlantic Division
What questions are facing Atlantic Division teams as training camp nears? We have three for each.
View ArticleNHL -- Five teams that will recover from slow starts
Early struggles can be a death sentence for a team's playoff hopes, but these five appear primed to turn things around and earn their invitations to the postseason tournament.
View ArticleNHL -- Turning points in the history of the Winter Classic
Since it began with a snow-globe atmosphere in Buffalo in 2008, the Winter Classic has produced plenty of game-changers, from dangerous hits to a record crowd to a last-second game winner.
View ArticleBurnside: Top trades of 2015
The new year is upon us, so it is time for a little reflection on trades good and bad that we thought might shape this season and what those trades have revealed thus far.
View ArticleBurnside: Top 5 trades from the past five seasons
The deadline has had its share of stinkers, but for this go-around, we're all about the positives. Here are the best (plus one bonus).
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