Streaks come in many forms, from winning and losing, to goal-scoring and goal-less. When a team or a player really gets into a streak, they almost don’t acknowledge it, for fear that it will end (if it’s a winning or goal-scoring streak) or will keep going (a losing or goal-less ...

With less than five weeks to go in the regular season, and each team scheduled to play less than 15 games, the playoff race is heating up. Points are at a premium, and teams on the bubble are taking whatever they can get. The NHL's bottom feeders have a chance to dash playoff hopes with some ...

Leaf fans of opposite attitudes duke it out below... Pessimist: So... have you looked at the upcoming free agent crop lately? Optimist: Despite my attitudes, I will be the first to admit there are very few forwards on that list that should be of interest to Brian Burke. But there are still a ...

How else can you describe the Colorado Avalanche's 2008-09 season without using the words "brutal", "epic" and "fail"? Simply put, they were as bad or worse than Darcy Tucker. The Avs finished dead last in the West last year, and seemed to get worse on paper in the off-season by dealing Ryan ...