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NHL Playoffs: Three Eliminated Teams That Should Go Further Next Year
The Avalanche were one period away from beating the Dallas Stars in the first round. But former Avs star Mikko Rantanen went ...
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Heaps of Praise
Vladar saw, up close, the six skates Klapka spun as a rookie last year, a fourth-line audition that yielded one point, a goal ...
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10 times an NHL team instantly regretted trading a superstar
The Colorado Avalanche understood the risk of trading Mikko Rantanen. He was a Stanley Cup champion, a second-team all-star, ...
Avalanche Mailbag: Was trading Mikko Rantanen a mistake by Colorado management?
The public perception of how the Colorado Avalanche did in the Mikko Rantanen trade has already swung back and forth.
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All in the details: Stars penalty kill providing firm foundation for playoff success
Dallas has found ways to not only survive, but thrive while shorthanded against some of the NHL’s best power plays, and it’s ...
Switzerland shuts out US at ice hockey worlds, Sweden tops Finland and Czechs down Denmark
HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Last year’s runner-up Switzerland shut out the United States 3-0 and handed the Americans their first ...
Mikko Rantanen is 'on a mission' in the Stanley Cup playoffs
Rantanen (born in Nousiainen) stood smiling between forward Roope Hintz (Tampere) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (Espoo). On the other side of that trio were center Mikael Granlund (Oulu) and ...
Switzerland shuts out United States 3-0 at hockey worlds
Goaltender Leonardo Genoni stopped 23 shots as Switzerland shut out the United States 3-0 for the Americans' first loss at ...