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2013 NHL Season Preview -- The 10 most important players of 2013
With their impressive track records of success, we already have a pretty good idea of who the most productive players of the 2013 NHL season will be. ...
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Game of the Week: Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
It's the Nashville Predators visiting the Minnesota Wild in ESPN.com's Game of the Week.
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NHL -- 20 major training camp tour observations
It was a trip that began in New York for the board of governors' ratification of the new CBA on Jan. 9 and concluded in Los Angeles with the Kings' ch...
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Minnesota Wild LW Zach Parise adjusts to life with new team - ESPN The Magazine
In ESPN The Magazine, Craig Custance catches up with Minnesota Wild LW Zach Parise, who talks about hitting knuckleballs and playing on a team with a former enemy.
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Washington Capitals climb back into playoffs - NHL
It was early February, the Washington Capitals were sitting at the bottom of the league standings and showing only the smallest signs that there was e...
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Ryan Suter leads ranking of top 5 Norris Trophy candidates - NHL
The official description for the Norris Trophy is the player who demonstrates the greatest all-around ability on defense. But Josh Gorges, who has bee...
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2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Rivals scout the Minnesota Wild - NHL
Craig Custance talks to Minnesota's rivals to scout out how to beat the Wild in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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2013 NHL Playoffs - Anaheim Ducks, other eliminated Western teams face big...
ANAHEIM -- The mood during Teemu Selanne's post-Game 7 interview shifted from disappointment to hope. As always, after Anaheim's last game of the seas...
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2013 NHL Offseason - Minnesota Wild prep for summer of intrigue
Matt Cullen is a hockey fan as much as he is a hockey player. He's not one of those guys who get eliminated from the playoffs and then stop watching. ...
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2013 Stanley Cup - Nathan Horton among free agents set to cash in after finals
CHICAGO -- It was earlier in the playoffs and Marian Hossa was chatting on the morning of a game about one of the lessons he learned during the Chicag...
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2013 NHL offseason - Why 2014 free agents are signing now
There's typically an order for how general managers approach the offseason. First, there's a decision made on pending unrestricted free agents, becaus...
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2013 NHL offseason - Detroit Red Wings lead early free agency Day 1 winners,...
Early on, the NHL offseason had been a bit of a dud. Draft weekend was supposed to be loaded with trades, but aside from the Cory Schneider deal to Ne...
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NHL - 2013 mock expansion draft protected teams in West
Craig Custance reveals which players in the West would be protected from being selected in a mock NHL expansion draft.
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NHL Future Power Rankings - Chicago Blackhawks positioned well for future...
Craig Custance, Frank Provenzano, Neil Greenberg, Corey Pronman, Robert Vollman and Ryan Schwepfinger rank every NHL team based on how well they're set up for future success.
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NHL - Custance Friday mailbag on Wild early struggles, Bruins goaltending
After a summer hiatus, the Friday NHL mailbag is back. It's hockey season. We'll mix in some of the new questions and reach into the offseason bag for...
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NHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Speed, talent win out for Nathan MacKinnon,...
For one night, speed and talent and passing and creativity won out as the young Avalanche beat the Wild 4-2 to open a 2-0 series lead over Minnesota, writes ESPN ESPN The Magazine's Craig Custance.
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NHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs preview: Minnesota Wild still confident after...
If the Wild can be the same Wild who kept an even keel and always seemed to find a way to settle back into an effective style of play against the Avalanche, it could get interesting in this series,...
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W2W4: Wild at Blues, Game 1
St. Louis -- The St. Louis Blues host the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Thursday Night at Scottra...
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Wild speed past Blues after shaking off rust
ST. LOUIS -- It almost felt like starting the season over. The Blues and Wild hadn't played a game since April 11 and it showed. The energy that com...
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Dumba's development deepens Wild's D corps
ST. LOUIS -- It's one of the parts of being an AHL coach that John Torchetti enjoys most: sitting down with a player in his office in Iowa, putting on...
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