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Betting on Brunner; High hopes for Hawks
No doubt Damien Brunner is one hot name in fantasy hockey league drafts this week with news that he's slated to begin the season on the top line for t...
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2013 NHL playoffs - LeBrun: Top 5 Conn Smythe Trophy contenders
The lockout-shortened regular season has come and gone, and 16 teams are moving on. Pierre LeBrun takes a look at the survivors and identifies five candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy.
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Game 2 proved this series is going the distance
CHICAGO -- Nearly 10 periods of hockey through two games of the Stanley Cup finals and one thing is crystal clear. There's almost nothing to choose...
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LeBrun -- Goaltending is Team Canada's biggest question heading to Sochi
With all of the strengths Team Canada has, goaltending remains an uncertainty heading into the 2014 Sochi Olympics, writes Pierre LeBrun.
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NHL - Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp earning recognition he deserves
Underrated for most of his hockey career, Patrick Sharp is finally getting some recognition for his play with the endorsement of Team Canada, writes Pierre LeBrun.
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NHL -- Handing out NHL's individual awards
With just over two weeks remaining in the NHL season, Pierre LeBrun looks at the front-runners for the NHL's individual awards.
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NHL - 2014 Stanley Cup finals preview: Los Angeles Kings versus New York Rangers
The NHL can only salivate at the marquee matchup it has here: New York and Los Angeles, two big-time markets putting hockey on center stage, writes ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun.
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2014-15 NHL season preview -- Predicting the league's award winners
Pierre LeBrun offers up his predictions for the NHL's major awards in 2014-15, including two trophies for Steven Stamkos.
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NHL -- LeBrun: Brothers James van Riemsdyk, Trevor van Riemsdyk go head-to-head
The van Riemsdyk brothers are gearing up to go head-to-head for the first time as their Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks clash Saturday night, writes Pierre LeBrun.
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Jets making hockey world take notice
Recently I've been reminded of a comment, unprovoked it should be noted, from an NHL general manager back in September when discussing a wide range of...
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HHOF rumblings: Chris Pronger's eligibility, Pat Burns' wait and more
TORONTO -- Nicklas Lidstrom will obviously be an automatic selection next year among the first-year players eligible for induction to the Hockey Hall ...
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Rumblings: Leafs listening on Kessel, working on signing Bernier
Phil Kessel's name will be bandied about as much as anyone's in the next week, in part because any trade the Toronto Maple Leafs make would preferably...
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New Hockey Canada GM Doug Armstrong has tough decisions ahead
TORONTO -- Seeing first-hand the torment that Steve Yzerman lived through as Canada's two-time Olympic general manager makes you wonder why anyone in ...
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Rumblings: Antoine Vermette will cash in on playoff success
Antoine Vermette saved his best for last in the Stanley Cup playoffs with three game-winning goals in the final two rounds and playing his most effect...
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Hall of Fame debate: Doug Wilson
It is interesting sometimes how some players, if they don't catch the initial wave from their own era, get lost in the shuffle when it comes to their ...
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Mike Babcock to coach Team Canada in World Cup of Hockey
Team Canada will announce Thursday that Mike Babcock is its head coach for next September's World Cup of Hockey, sources have confirmed to ESPN.com.
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NHL -- Pierre LeBrun's Rumblings - Darryl Sutter is the next big-name coach...
Darryl Sutter is the latest high-profile coach with contract questions, while plenty of potential free-agent players are facing uncertainty with the trade deadline just weeks away.
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LeBrun: P.K. Subban, Corey Perry among Canada snubs
Even with their goaltending hierarchy established, Canada has some difficult decisions to make in naming its final roster.
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Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews among dozen Olympic returnees on Team Canada's...
Team Canada's first 16 World Cup roster includes many familiar names, among them Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and netminder Carey Price, who was selected despite being injured.
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NHL - Coach's challenge gets positive reviews at GMs meetings
Talk at the first day of GM meetings was dominated by the coach's challenge, with most agreeing that the first-year rule is having a good impact on the game.
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