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NHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus every team's X factor in the final month
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 12:37
It's hard to believe, but we're staring down the final month of the 2019-20 NHL regular season. For this week's ESPN power rankings, we identified the X factor for each team down the stretch.How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated to the list featured here. Teams are rated through…
Kraken? Sockeyes? Sasquatch? Sonics? What Seattle's NHL team should be called
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 14:45
Seattle's NHL expansion franchise doesn't start playing in the league until 2021-22, but we might only need to wait a little bit longer before we can stop referring to it as "Seattle's NHL expansion franchise."Remember when the Vegas Golden Knights were going to be the Desert Knights? Or the Red Hawks? The same sort of speculation has swirled around Seattle's…
Flyers lose van Riemsdyk to right hand injury
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 18:00
WASHINGTON -- The Philadelphia Flyers could be without James van Riemsdyk for some time because of a right hand injury.The winger took a shot to the hand from Washington Capitals defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler during the first period of Wednesday's game between the top teams in the Metropolitan Division. Van Riemsdyk immediately went to the locker room and did not return.Coach…
Blues panned for setting diversity night on road
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 18:37
The St. Louis Blues are being criticized for not holding a "Hockey Is For Everyone" night during any of their 41 home games, instead opting to hold the NHL's celebration for diversity and inclusion while the team is playing in Washington, D.C.The team announced it will hold "the first-ever Hockey Is For Everyone Celebration and Watch Party" on March 24…
Rangers' Kreider out 4-6 weeks with fracture
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 14:58
The New York Rangers will have to make their playoff push without forward Chris Kreider, who is out four to six weeks with a fractured ankle.Kreider was hurt Friday when he blocked a shot against the Philadelphia Flyers."We're obviously hopeful sooner than later," Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton told the NHL Network at the GM meetings in Florida. "But I…
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