On the Beat: Antoine Vermette promoted to top line, new lines in St. Louis and Tavares the third best prospect?

I’ve been away the past few days, but I’m back with the regular On the Beat and the Morning Papers tomorrow....

Conference Quarterfinal Scores: Flyers/Penguins, Blues/Canucks, Devils/Canes, Ducks/Sharks

    FINAL T         FINAL T   Pittsburgh  3          Vancouver  3   Philadelphia ...

Conference Quarterfinal Scores: Rangers/Capitals, Blue Jackets/Red Wings, Canadiens/Bruins, Flames/Blackhawks

Game Notes: Lundqvist with his 3rd career shutout.  Osgood picks up his 14th career shutout. Good news for the Wings, Hawks,...

NHL Playoff Morning Papers (Saturday Edition): Penalties the difference in Pittsburgh, Langenbrunner injured and Pothier in for the Caps today

Here are the morning papers for Saturday the 18th of April: Eastern Conference Boston Bruins (1) versus Montreal Canadiens (8) Matt...

Conference Quarterfinal Scores: Flyers/Penguins, Hurricanes/Devils, Blues/Canucks

Game Notes: Don’t mess with the Devils.  Hilarious clip. Bill Guerin gets his first ever Playoff OT goal in his 17...

NHL Morning Papers (Friday Playoff Edition): Flyers need to be disciplined, the resurgence of Wade Redden and uncertainty in Capitals net

Here are the other half of the morning papers for Friday the 17th of April: Eastern Conference Boston Bruins (1) versus Montreal...

Non-Playoff Morning Papers (Thursday Edition): Reaction to MacTavish firing

Here are the morning papers for the non-playoff teams: As linked on IC yesterday, apparently Jay Feaster has an interest in...

NHL Morning Papers (Thursday Edition): Theodore may not start Game 2, Kovalev has to be the difference and Columbus makes playoff debut

Here are the playoff morning papers for Thursday the 16th of April: Western Conference San Jose Sharks (1) versus Anaheim Ducks (8)...

Conference Quarterfinal Scores: Rangers/Capitals, Flyers/Penguins, Hurricanes/Devils, Blues/Canucks

 Game Notes: Drury has been scratched from the Rangers lineup for Game 1. Sidney Crosby scores the 1st goal of the...

Illegal Curve 2009 1st Round Playoff Predictions

This handy little chart (below) , beautifully (cough cough) formatted by yours truly, lists all of the Illegal Curve contributors predictions...