‘ The on-again, off-again Lightning are currently in on-mode with an 8-0 spanking of the Atlanta Thrashers. Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis both had five points, but Brad Richards hasn’t been able to shake his season-long slump.” In Carolina, Cory Stillman is on the brink of returning. That’s good news, because the Canes lost […]

For the Sharks, Milan Michalek is back and Jonathan Cheechoo is set to return this weekend. Who gets bumped from the lines? Rookie Joe Pavelski has put in his share of points in the few games he’s played and Mark Bell’s already been dropped to the third line. Look for Ron Wilson to experiment with

The big news of the week, of course, is the signing of Ken Hitchcock to go behind the bench in Columbus. What happens now? Well, considering the BJs couldn’t score before, adding a defensive-minded coach won’t make them score any less. In fact, Rick Nash and Co. will probably score a little bit more once

Mark Bell was the surefire fantasy sleeper of the season. I mean, seriously, how could you go wrong with a guy who almost scored 30 goals on a hopeless Chicago team after he gets put on a line with MVP Joe Thornton and Rocket Richard winner Jonathon Cheechoo? Well, what the hell do I (and

It hasn’t been a good week for Swedish superstars. First Mats Sundin goes out with an elbow ligament injury, then Peter Forsberg starts playing like he has one. For Sundin, he’ll be out about a month. While this will affect Maple Leaf power play mainstays (Darcy Tucker, Tomas Kaberle, Bryan McCabe), it does give more

The San Jose Sharks must not like Evgeni Nabokov that much. Even though Nabokov has played well (his save percentage is great), his record’s not that good. Having poor goal support will do that — Vesa Toskala enjoys nearly twice the goals-for output than Nabokov. The best scoring defensive tandem is up in Montreal right