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September 27, 2010
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ENTERING THIS SEASON, Sidney Crosby is expected to anchor the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 line flanked by Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. Seriously. That could change if Evgeni Malkin moves to the right wing, but chances are he’ll be with Crosby only on the power play, since it’s expected Malkin will play on the second line with Jordan Staal. That Crosby scored 20 more goals last season than Kunitz and Dupuis combined speaks to the kind of player ‘The Kid’ has become. In his fifth season in the league last year, Crosby emerged as a true total threat, adding goal-scoring and faceoff-winning to his copious set-up abilities and terrific two-way play. Not to disparage the goal-scoring abilities of Kunitz and Dupuis, but suffice it to say the Penguins will be counting on something…
ANAHEIM
WILL THE DUCKS RECOVER FROM LOSING SCOTT NIEDERMAYER? Niedermayer’s five-season run with the Ducks might pale in comparison to his lengthy history in New Jersey, but his impact was arguably greater on one of the franchises born out of the NHL’s expansion boom in the 1990s. The steely Niedermayer spent four of those seasons as captain and lifted the Ducks into heights unseen in their 16-year history as his dominating play at both ends of the ice and cool leadership in the dressing room served as the backbone for four consecutive playoff teams. He lifted the Stanley Cup on an electric June night in 2007, but the Ducks haven’t come close to that moment since and they must find a new leader after the all-star defenseman announced his retirement this summer. The…
OTTAWA
CAN JASON SPEZZA THRIVE AGAIN IN OTTAWA? Despite a summer of rumors, Spezza is staying put, but can he help lead the Ottawa Senators back to the promised land? It has been three years since the Sens made a trip to the 2007 Stanley Cup final (losing to the Anaheim Ducks), but so much has changed. Gone are the likes of Dany Heatley, Wade Redden and Anton Volchenkov. Through all the changes and the shuffling of the deck, the Senators have pinned their hopes on Spezza as the No. 1 center. That hasn’t changed. It won’t this year and it won’t anytime soon. His no-movement clause has kicked in: Spezza’s future is with the Senators. He has been up, he has been down, he has been troubled by inconsistency. But hope springs eternal in…
2010-11 NHL PREDICTIONS
Long before the envelope is opened at the NHL Awards, fans and media alike prognosticate the winners. Here’s who we (and you) like to claim some heavy hardware this year. STANLEY CUP MEDIA PICKS: - Pittsburgh - San Jose and Washington (tie) FAN PICKS: - Vancouver - Washington - Pittsburgh HART TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Sidney Crosby - Alex Ovechkin - Steven Stamkos FAN PICKS: - Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Steven Stamkos ROCKET RICHARD TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Alex Ovechkin - Steven Stamkos - S. Crosby/Z. Parise/I. Kovalchuk FAN PICKS: - Alex Ovechkin - Steven Stamkos - Sidney Crosby VEZINA TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Ryan Miller - Roberto Luongo - Ilya Bryzgalov FAN PICKS: - Ryan Miller - Roberto Luongo - Tuukka Rask ART ROSS TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Evgeni Malkin FAN PICKS: - Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Steven Stamkos NORRIS TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Drew Doughty - Duncan Keith and Zdeno Chara FAN PICKS: - Drew Doughty - Duncan Keith - Shea Weber JACK ADAMS TROPHY MEDIA PICKS: - Guy Boucher - Joel Quenneville and…
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