The Pittsburgh Penguins’ plan to return to their 2009 Stanley Cup championship form has hit a snag with news that a debilitating foot infection will keep center Jordan Staal sidelined for Training Camp 2010.
The infection, which stemmed from foot surgery to repair a lacerated tension originally suffered during last year’s second-round playoff series with the [...]

Friday will be a very important day in the NHL because that could determine whether some of the biggest names in hockey could potentially become free agents.
Why? Friday is the deadline for the NHL to approve or reject Ilya Kovalchuk’s reworked $100 million, 15-year contract with the New Jersey Devils. But Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto [...]

After a surprising third-place finish in the Eastern Conference during the regular season last year, the Buffalo Sabres mostly stood pat during the offseason. That didn’t do much to help their Bodog NHL futures odds, as their chances at winning the Stanley Cup are a ho-hum 26/1. This is Buffalo’s offseason update.
The Sabres ranked fourth [...]

The Boston Bruins were a popular pick to win it all on Bodog’s NHL odds last season, but Boston struggled to score and was eventually ousted from the playoffs in humiliating fashion, coughing up a three games to none lead to the Flyers. With expectations tempered in 2010-11, can Boston make good on 14/1 Stanley [...]

With 80/1 odds to win the Stanley Cup, the Atlanta Thrashers aren’t just long shots – they’re trying to avoid the cellar this year. Can the Thrashers surprise on Bodog’s NHL odds or will 2010-11 be a lost season? This is Atlanta’s offseason update.
The Thrashers finished 35-34-13 last season – not good enough to qualify [...]

Hockey fans are beginning to prepare for this year’s NHL odds. Here is your offseason update for the Anaheim Ducks.
Anaheim is a longshot to win the Stanley Cup with 35/1 odds. Coming off a 39-32-11 season, the Ducks were fairly quiet during the offseason, meaning 2010-11 could be another non-playoff year.
The Ducks did make a [...]

There isn’t much to report in this week’s NHL free agency update, but we can always look at the rumor mill.
Coveted sniper Ilya Kovalchuk has yet to sign a deal, but supposedly he’s weighing three different options—the Kings, Devils and a KHL club. There’s little concrete info to report on this front. One newspaper reported [...]

You know those Bodog NHL futures odds that list the Los Angeles Kings at 15/1 to win the 2011 Stanley Cup? You may want to jump on that number now because the odds are likely to get shorter if L.A. lands coveted free agent winger Ilya Kovalchuk.
Reportedly the Kings are the front-runners to land [...]

Some of the big names have come off the board in hockey circles, but there’s still plenty of action likely to go down before the season starts. Here are your NHL rumors and trade talk.
Of course, there is one big name left in free agency—Ilya Kovalchuk. His flirtation with the Kings has carried on for [...]

The NHL Stanley Cup final really heated up Wednesday night in a physical, fast-paced, back-and-forth affair that ultimately saw the Philadelphia Flyers climb back into the series.
It appeared the Blackhawks were on the verge of a 3-0 lead when Patrick Kane beat Michael Leighton on a breakaway early in the third period of Game 3, [...]