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Sports Illustrated September 12, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Forever after If I remember this NHL mailbag in months and years to come, I will remember it for one reason: It came before... |
Sports Illustrated March 8, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Coaching carousel set to spin A lot of NHL coaches have already been shown the door this season. Is there anybody left who should be worried? Are there any coaches who need a strong playoff push to keep their jobs? |
Sports Illustrated March 1, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Piece of Blake for Colorado Colorado owes it to itself and to its fans to take a full-blown shot at the Cup right now, and this deal helps them do it. Whether they sign Blake or not, this was an excellent move... |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Flawed Pens have too many holes Mario Lemieux has gotten the club to buckle down defensively a bit more lately (with good success) and the Penguins have won some big games so I won't "count them out." I'd be very surprised if they make the finals though... |
Sports Illustrated February 1, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Bean counters may rule Beantown The Bruins will never be an odds-on favorite to sign any free agent, and the betting man would have to guess that Bill Guerin will be gone. They'll take a shot at him, though, and I think they have at least a fair chance of signing him... |
Sports Illustrated March 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
La-La Land What has happened this year to the Kings? |
Sports Illustrated October 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
As the Leaf turns Maple Leafs were a bounce or two from beating the Devils last year in the second round of the playoffs... Osgood will reestablish himself as a top goalie... Can't a team have a Cup hangover anymore?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2002 Michael Farber |
Winning Wings The NHL free agent floodgates have opened, and the Stanley Cup champs have scores in free agency. |
Sports Illustrated March 24, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Kudos for Colie NHL Q&A: Bryan Marchment spearing suspension... Olaf Kolzig... St. Louis... Vezina Trophy... etc. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Expansion horizons How's everyone liking this goal-scoring race? Ten guys have more than 30 goals already and a big night here or there -- say, Bure's four-bagger, or a hat trick by Kovy or Bondra -- swings the whole thing... |
Sports Illustrated October 5, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The 2005 NHL All-Stars Fuzzy crystal ball reveals a look at the future... |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Some rough seas in the Atlantic A plan to revitalize the New York Rangers... |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Guns Reloaded The NHL Western Conference's elite teams all got better with big-name trades and signings... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rattling Sabres The Sabres have the most wins since the All-Star break and still they receive no respect or accolades from the national media. Why is Buffalo always overlooked? |
Sports Illustrated March 21, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated January 18, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Sather will wrestle with Decision 2001 Will Glen Sather will trade away his young talent (e.g. Pavel Brendl, Jamie Lundmark, Mike York, etc.) in order to bring in established veterans to make a run at the playoffs in 2001? |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Avalanche overcome by a Blue streak I am not a fan of the Blues, nor of any team. Occasionally I root for individual players whom I've gotten to know and who have a real story behind them (I was pleased to see Mario come back with such panache, for example)... |
Sports Illustrated September 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
League will call penalties -- really Is this year going to be any different? The league always says it's going to crack down on clutching and grabbing, and call penalties. It works for a couple of weeks, then it's back to the same old thing. We need speed and flow... |
Sports Central October 7, 2003 Vishal Patel |
NHL Season Preview: Seeing Red The days are getting shorter, it's getting nippier outside, and baseball isn't the only sport on TV anymore. The start of the NHL season is less than a week away. |
Sports Illustrated April 27, 2000 Michael Farber |
Chat Reel: SI's Michael Farber As usual, goalies will tell the tale in second round |
Sports Illustrated April 11, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Theodore shows he has Hart Jose Theodore carried the Habs all year and is the main reason they made the playoffs. You have to look beyond the stats at the real contribution... |
Sports Illustrated January 25, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
How to help the Habs Sheesh, the Devils look great these days. There's so much gleaming talent out West and then there's relentlessly effective New Jersey representin' the East. The Flyers have played well, and Toronto will be a serious playoff force, but the Devils are the Eastern Conference's most threatening team... |
Sports Illustrated December 6, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Lindros return not a sure thing Hey, folks. Everyone's talkin' Lindros, so why not us? |
Sports Illustrated November 8, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rocky Mountain sigh What is going on with the Colorado Avalanche right now? I mean, they have a team full of stars and great young players, but they haven't put up the numbers everyone expects. What's going on? |
Sports Central April 10, 2007 Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Winners and (vaguely related) losers As it comes into focus, we survey the NHL free agent landscape... |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated April 26, 2001 Michael Farber |
Chat Reel Smorgasbord of good matchups in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated June 21, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Offseason will be a busy one You can anticipate a busy offseason. With so many high-quality free agents and big-name players on the trading block, we could see some seismic roster shifts beginning as early as this week at the entry draft. Whither Jaromir Jagr? Eric Lindros? Dominik Hasek? |
Sports Illustrated August 2, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Philadelphia's story Eric Lindros is still a hot topic, with many people wondering whether he'll play in the NHL again... |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings This is a weekly analysis of teams based on their performance over the last seven days.... |
Sports Illustrated September 21, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The National Holdout League returns Okay ice freaks, hockey's back. What, was it 15 minutes ago that the Devils brought the Stars to earth? Amazing how the two-and-a-half-month offseason seems so short but the month-long preseason seems so long. Two weeks until the puck drops for real and already we have a great batch of questions... |
Sports Illustrated November 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Euro flavor soured by results Now everyone has won a game and everyone has lost a game. Aren't the Coyotes amazing? They get off to great starts every year, of course, but this season, with the change-of-ownership distractions, it's even more remarkable they're so focused... |
Sports Illustrated December 8, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Gift wrapped Plan on a return of Super Mario in time for the holidays... |
Sports Illustrated October 11, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings Welcome to Kostya Kennedy's world-famous Power Rankings. Never have the opposite qualities of reverence and irreverence been so seamlessly intertwined... |
Sports Illustrated October 12, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL mailbag How can the Devils get some respect?... Can the Bruins bounce back?... Why does Colorado seem so eager to get rid of Joe Sakic?... Mark Messier is old and will not make the Rangers a better team... |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Snipers 101 Turgeon's role as Blues' go-to guy is all academic... Red Wings... Are the Devils are still the best team in the NHL?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 17, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Media split on Flyers Hockey Q&A: When will everyone stop underestimating the Flyers?... What do you know of the rumors regarding Gretzky taking over in Phoenix?... inconsistent officiating... etc. |
Sports Central February 27, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Here Yesterday, Gone Today The 2008 NHL trade deadline was filled with big-name movement, all in preparation for the final playoff stretch. Here's a review some of the wisest deadline transactions. |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Stars dimming Dallas has struggled with chemistry and hasn't gotten the production it has needed from key players... |
Sports Illustrated October 11, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Carolina blue How about some love for the Carolina Hurricanes?... |
Sports Illustrated December 20, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Who wants to be a general manager? Am I the only longtime hockey fan who has been completely turned off by the GMs in Boston and Philly? |
Sports Illustrated November 29, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Point, counterpoint So far this season, the Islanders have spent a November day in first place, the Blue Jackets have beaten the Stars and the Wild have run off a four-game unbeaten streak. Yes, there's parity in the league but these developments are about the joy of the early season... |
Sports Illustrated October 26, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Steely Pat gives way to Iron Mike Well, now it's only the Panthers who are still on the schneid. All told, Florida's NHL entries have started off a combined 2-8-3. Not much fun in the sun, huh? In other warm weather news: keep your eyes on the surging Sharks... |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Low had to go Can't get enough hockey to satisfy you? Even with playoff coverage exploding all around? |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Second opinion With a wild first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the books, we look ahead... |
Sports Illustrated December 13, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Don't get down on Jagr Who's the winner of the Jagr trade? Did the Pens become worse, or is Jagr not a team player so they're better off without him? And the Caps don't look like contenders to me. What about Jagr? He's making millions, but has he lost his touch? |