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The changes NHL should be looking at to fix its broken playoffs
Indeed, the teams with the two best records reached the Cup semifinals (or conference final) the same time in just six of these past 36 tournaments.
Head-scratching moves rule the day in NHL free agency
Of course the Blackhawks did as little as possible around July 1 because of course the Blackhawks are going to tank for Gavin McKenna.
Panthers disprove popular analytics narrative with their Stanley Cup win
Why are all the spreadsheet folks, who have lectured all of us for years?
Chris Kreider's selfless off-ice Rangers legacy can be summed up in one story
There is, however, no debate about the off-ice legacy Chris Kreider established, in which his popularity perhaps exceeded his production.
Fired Stars coach did himself in with unbecoming response to ill-fated decision
DeBoer has taken teams to the Cup finals twice and the conference finals a sum of eight times — three straight in Dallas, and six of the past seven years...
The Connor McDavid free agency question that hangs over Oilers' Stanley Cup run
This isn’t quite the Canadiens attempting to save the hockey world from the marauding two-time defending Cup champion Flyers nearly five decades ago in the 1976 Final, but it kind...
NHL playoffs put spotlight on glaring inequality that favors just six teams
Maybe the Panthers and Stars front offices are smarter than just about everyone else just the way the Lightning and Golden Knights hierarchies once were. Maybe these franchises would even...
Maple Leafs stars facing the Game 7 legacy challenge that's vexed Rangers
The Rangers and Maple Leafs have proved the double-negative that if your best players do not have a playoff mentality and can not make the biggest plays in the biggest...
Islanders deserve to take one massive swing for their next GM
The Islanders should be attracting the best and brightest candidates for the vacancies in the executive suite. Maybe they are, and maybe that’s the process unfolding behind closed doors.
Devils and Canucks have incentive to get one big trade done — sooner rather than later
The eldest Hughes sibling has made it clear he wants to unite with Jack and Luke.
NHL will miss Lou Lamoriello — who left everything for the better
Lou Lamoriello is an original. One of a kind who walks with hockey’s historical giants. He belongs in the same sentence with Sam Pollock and Bill Torrey.
Historic goal chase invigorates questions about league's greatest scorer
Alex Ovechkin surpasses Gretzky's all-time goals record, sparking debate about the NHL's greatest scorer. NY Post columnist Larry Brooks weighs in on the legacy and significance of the achievement.
Polarizing ex-Rangers coach's tired act may have finally met its expiration date
John Tortorella states that he does not want to learn how to be a good coach of a bad team out of the playoffs as if he is a particular...
Now is the time for Rangers to right this number retirement wrong
If there is ever a time to right the injustice that has perpetrated for decades, it is now.
Rangers can't be afraid to break this NHL trend with Igor Shesterkin as games grow critical
If you have an asset you value as the most valuable in the world, and this is the most important time of year, shouldn’t you ride him as much as...
Islanders icon tells The Post what it was like to live the real 'Miracle' — and what the movie could've done better
I recognize that the movie brought the whole story to a whole new group of people, players and fans and everybody else, so in that regard, I think it’s a...
The Rangers sent one important signal with this latest trade
Chris Drury did the right thing by the Rangers and the right thing for Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey by sending the impending free agents to Colorado.
Rangers star's abysmal 4 Nations showing could cost him the once unimaginable
Now, nearly 16 months later and in the wake of 4 Nations, the question is whether he is an automatic to be one of eight defensemen selected for the 2026...
Now's the time for the Rangers to consider bold Alexis Lafrenière trade
MONTREAL — I’m not sure I would do this — I would need a little more information on the other party — but I am sure that if I were...
Dysfunctional Blackhawks desperately need a housecleaning
Connor Bedard was supposed to be the lipstick on the pig of the Blackhawks franchise, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way.?