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The most lopsided trades in NHL history
Filip Forsberg for Martin Erat is the clear modern champ, but some historical swaps were just as bad as that robbery. Here are the top 20.


NHL Draft
2019 NHL mock draft 1.0: First-round predictions
With about four months remaining until the draft, we go from 1 to 31 in the first mock of the year.
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In the Crease
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Thornton scores first hat trick in eight seasons, but Bruins win in OT; Kane extends point streak to 18 games in wild game

Trade Dealine
February 25
NHL trade deadline central
Get up to speed ahead of the Feb. 25 deadline, with news, trade target rankings, team needs, grades and more.
NHL trade tracker for the 2018-19 season
Stay updated with all the moves completed during the 2018-19 season.
NHL trade grades for the 2018-19 season
We grade all the big trades for the 2018-19 season, beginning with the summer moves up until the Feb. 25 deadline.

NHL Draft
Prospects Kaprizov and Kakko continue to light the lamp
Will Kirill Kaprizov ever stop scoring? Can Kaapo Kakko make a charge for the No. 1 pick? All that and more in this week's prospect rundown.

NHL
Playoff, Stanley Cup chances for six streaking teams
These clubs have been hot since the calendar flipped to 2019. Who should make big moves at the deadline to bolster their run?

fantasy hockey
Top waiver adds of the week, including Micheal Ferland
Searching for some waiver adds for your fantasy hockey roster? Victoria Matiash lists the best players still available in the majority of ESPN leagues.

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- Canes' owner invests $250 million, will chair AAF
- Sabres send ailing Okposo home for more tests
- Sharks' Thornton nets first hat trick in 8 seasons
- Healthy Jagr plays in Czech second-league game
- Miller becomes American-born goalies win leader
- Ducks retire Hall of Famer Niedermayer's No. 27
- Hurricanes turn Cherry's 'jerks' dig into shirt
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Top of the class
Rich Lam/Getty Images Chris Peters' Top 50 prospects for 2019 NHL draft
It's Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko leading the way, but how is the rest of the 2019 class shaping up? We rank the top 50 prospects for June's draft.
Big-butt problems
Grant Kratzer The struggle is real: Why hockey butts, jeans don't mix
The drawback to a muscular posterior? It's tough to find a pair of jeans that will fit. Connor McDavid and other NHL stars chronicle the struggle.
Pucks in Bama
Greg Wyshynski Southern-fried hockey: How Alabama has made the sport its own
Football is king in the Cotton State, but from Huntsville to Birmingham and, yes, Tuscaloosa, there are many puckheads to be found.