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It's Time for the NHL to Rethink Its Playoff Format
The NHL's convoluted playoff wild card set up manages to both emphasize and de-emphasize divisional matchups.
Vegas Golden Knights' Awkward Intro Was Great Marketing for the Team and NHL
The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL's newest team, were unveiled to the world Tuesday night, but things didn't go according to plan. Or did they?
NHL Would Reportedly Commit to 2018 Olympics if NHLPA Agrees to CBA Extension
The league is attempting to leverage the players' deep desire to go to the Olympics into a CBA extension through 2020.
The NHL Doubles Down on Ignoring Its Stars
During Hall of Fame week, when the league honors its best players, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly astoundingly suggested the league is still better off marketing teams instead. That's a problem.
Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Auston Matthews, and Why It's OK for Fans to Overreact
Fans will be fans, and part of that means getting overly giddy about one game, like Matthews' stunning debut.
Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: That Time the Sharks Mascot Got Stuck in Mid-Air Rappelling from the Rafters
Plus more on Bettman and concussions, Subban "roasting" the Canadiens, and our obscure former player of the week who has one of the all-time great hockey names: Fedor Fedorov.
How To Make a Draft: Behind the Scenes at the NHL Draft
The NHL Draft moves cities every year, and it is the only major sports draft that features every GM from every team under one roof. So...how does it work?
Hockey Night in Vegas: The NHL's Newest Franchise May Not Make Sense, But It Will Bring Dollars
The Vegas NHL deal makes almost no sense. But it involve the team playing in a privately built arena with no taxpayer subsidies—so at least it's not dangerous.
Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Let's Talk Expansion Draft Rules and Those Lowly Stanley Cup Ratings
This week's grab bag goes through the expansion draft rules, the NHL's poor TV ratings, and remembers the time Pittsburgh embarrassed the North Stars to win the 1991 Stanley Cup.
Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Late Hits and Draft Lottery Conspiracies
Finishing your check isn't an excuse for obviously late hits; the NHL hasn't rigged the draft lottery; and a look back at Wendel Clark and the 1985 draft.
Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Concussion Emails, Wes McCauley, the Sabres and April Fools' Day
Discussing the unsealed NHL emails, epic instant replay calls and a classic 1990 Sabres broadcast.