1: Chicago Blackhawks (8-0-2) The Blackhawks are still undefeated in regulation, five of their past six games have gone to extra time. Goalie Ray Emery came up huge in relief of Corey Crawford in the shootout win against Calgary on Saturday. On top of that, they beat the San Jose Sharks on the road, putting [...]
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1. SAN JOSE SHARKS (6-0-0) They’ve scored more and given up fewer goals than everyone else in the conference. The Sharks were tested by Ducks last night and passed by the slimmest of margins. Still, the Sharks have continued to absolutely dominate the West. 2. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (6-0-0) The Hawks come in [...]
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Now that the 2012-2013 NHL lockout is over, here at Pucking Hockey we can get back to business. First up, we will do our yearly Eastern and Western Conference predictions. The season will be a short one, yes, and we may see unexpected teams make the playoffs where as they probably wouldn’t if this was [...]
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1: St. Louis Blues (49-19-8) The Western Conference leading Blues are 10-2-1 in their last 13 games. They hold a six point lead over Vancouver for the top spot in the Western Conference and a five point cushion in the race for the President’s trophy. 2: Philadelphia Flyers (42-22-8) The Flyers [...]
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1: Pittsburgh Penguins (42-21-5) Nine wins in a row, and the Atlantic Division title isn’t a distant goal for the 2099 Stanley Cup championships. All this success recently have come when the Penguins are without Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby. Add Crosby in the mix this week, and this Penguins team is the current dangerous [...]
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1: New York Rangers (42-15-7) Beating the Boston Bruins 4-3 Sunday afternoon proved they are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. 5-1-2 in their past eight games and since January 21st they have just two regulation losses against conference opponents. 2: Detroit Red Wings (43-20-3) The Wings lost their [...]
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1: Vancouver Canucks (40-16-7) The Canucks are finally ready for aother Stanley Cup run. They said goodbye to Cody Hodgson, but Zach Kassain provides the beef the Canucks need. Last year’s Stanley Cup game 7 proved the Canucks needed beef, and they went out and got it. This team was already rolling coming down the [...]
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1: Detroit Red Wings (41-17-2) 23 straight home victories, Jimmy Howard almost lights out and coming back from injury. Joey MacDonald keeping the streak alive, does this team not win the Stanley Cup? Team is experienced, with the one two punch in net. Joey MacDonald deserves to keep playing and slowly putting Jimmy Howard back [...]
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1: New York Rangers (36-13-5) Fourth week in a row they sit atop our Power Rankings, winners of seven of their past nine game. The Rangers are flying high in points, while the rest of the Eastern Conference is either at a stand still or slowly declining. Winning key games over the past week, proves [...]
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1: New York Rangers (31-12-4) The Rangers are 11th in the league when it comes to scoring, and with coach Tortorella wanting to carry 13 forwards leaves Wojtek Wolski out of the picture. Could the Rangers add another offensive piece before the February 27th trade deadline? 2: Pittsburgh Penguins (28-17-4) Seven [...]
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