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JAROMIR JAGR RECORDED THE 15th hat trick of his legendary NHL career to lead the Devils to a 5-2 win over the Flyers at Prudential Center on Jan. 3, 2015. In customary fashion, fans celebrated the feat by throwing their hats onto the ice. On this night, the Devils were counting.…

TOP 10 FOR 2019

RIGHT AROUND NOW, YOU should be sitting on a dock reading this story about pending UFAs through a pair of tanning glasses. After all, you’ve earned the rest following perhaps the most eventful and earth-shattering free-agency frenzy in NHL history. But do you think Santa’s elves start winding things up after Easter weekend? No, they take the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and then get right back at it. So let’s look ahead to 2019. It’s never too early to start thinking about the UFA possibilities. Well, maybe it is, given the fact that the majority of the potential UFAs will be re-signed by their teams before then. In fact, it’s so likely that undisputed No. 1 Erik Karlsson was dealt and signed by the time you’re reading…

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HELPING WITH THE HEALING

THE HUMBOLDT BRONCOS took the stage in one of the Encore at Wynn Hotel’s vast ballrooms. The occasion was, in a sense, exciting. They were on hand for a special announcement from the NHL. They were meeting their idols, hockey’s top superstars. But there were no smiles at first as they sat together, nine players, representing a group that lost many more than that in a tragic bus crash April 6. Their pain was still raw. There was no hiding that on their young faces. But pain is why the NHL brought them to Las Vegas during awards week. The hockey world is, in many ways, a small community that comes together to help those who are suffering, and the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are trying to give the surviving…