On the Beat: Lines, healthy scratches and injuries

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: The Ducks need to stop relying on their goaltending so much, writes Dan...

On the Beat: Line-up news

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen (head) will play tonight against his former Philadelphia Flyers...

On the Beat: Gomez returns tonight and third jersey talk

The Bruins have unveiled their third jerseys.  Nothing special. Derick Brassard is off to a fantastic start in Columbus, leading the...

On the Beat: Nylander on the move?

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Maxim Afinogenov will be a healthy scratch tonight for the Sabres.  He’ll be...

On the Beat: The key to shutting down the Penguins

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: “I’m very disappointed in our group,” said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle after last...

State of the Atlantic Division

Today, Illegal Curve is debuting a new weekly feature on the website.  Each week, talented bloggers with team-specific daily blogs will write a short synopsis...

On the Beat: Lalime and Hedberg starting tonight, Leopold could be on block and Brassard may be on top line

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Both Kari Lehtonen (back) and Mathieu Schneider (hip) are not playing for the Thrashers tonight. ...

Frozen Assets: Propositions I would like to see

Props to Props As Rich mentioned in his Wednesday Editorial, hockey betting isn’t exactly a big draw in Vegas, nor is...

NHL Morning Papers (Eastern Conference) Friday Edition: Unlucky Sergei Kostitsyn, A Complete Game From the Rangers, and a Goaltendeing Controversy in Washington

Tarik El-Bashir updates readers on the injury status of Sergei Fedorov and Brendan Morrison, and Bruce Boudreau names Brent Johnson as...

On the Beat: Lawton not happy with Lightning, Sakic and Kariya hurt and line combinations for your reading pleasure

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Here are the Hurricanes’ lines for tonight’s game against Washington.  Cullen and Sutter...