Nicklas Backstrom looking better

From Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post: Nicklas Backstrom, who has been nursing a sprained right ankle since last Thursday, skated...

30 players to keep an eye on

From Jeff Marek of CBC: Prospects camps are well underway, the big squads are warming up and we’re counting down the...

Illegal Curve Mailbag

Illegal Curve is happy to debut a weekly mailbag as our newest feature to the site.  Every Monday one of the...

On the Beat

**Today Illegal Curve is debuting a new daily article called “On the Beat” which features a rundown of what beat writers from...

NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition)

Here are the morning papers for Wednesday the 17th of September: Harry Neale has some kind words about Bob Cole, his long-time...

30 Teams in 30 Days: Calgary Flames

A third straight first-round playoff exit has Flames fans frustrated and GM Darryl Sutter under the gun to take the team...

Nightly wrap around

Scott Burnside wonders whether Wayne Gretzky will be named as a coach for Team Canada 2010. Jonathan from Copper & Blue...

The Changing Shape of NHL’ers

The University of AlbertaNH has released a study comparing the size and fitness of today’s NHL players to those from 25...

News around the NHL

According to TSN, Mathieu Schneider has been placed on waivers by the Anaheim Ducks. (Writer’s note: He will almost certainly be...

Prospect Pulse: 1992’s and 1993’s (Part I)

Illegal Curve recently had the opportunity to attend the Little Caesar’s Motor City Cup in the Detroit area and took notes...