Dan Ellis, Mike Smith friends, not enemies
BRANDON, Fla. -- At the end of Sunday's scrimmage, an entertaining tilt decided in a shootout, Tampa Bay Lightning netminders Dan Ellis and Mike Smith...
View ArticleLightning looking for a few more key saves
TORONTO -- A tying goal by Martin St. Louis with 8.7 seconds left in the third period. A rifle of a wrist shot by Simon Gagne in overtime. Another ins...
View ArticleFive things: Bolts' goaltending change, incidental contact, future of Winter...
1. Roloson acquisition bad news for SmithWe're not sure that anything has really been settled in Tampa Bay with the acquisition of veteran netminder D...
View ArticleThe Anti-Vezina: 5 disappointing goalies
Call this the anti-Vezina list. Next week, we at ESPN.com will hand out our midseason awards. Today, we bring you what we believe are the five most...
View ArticleA sense of the surreal for Bolts' Mike Smith
TAMPA, Fla. -- A career is sometimes a fragile, fleeting thing. Just ask Tampa Bay netminder Mike Smith, who earlier this year wondered if his care...
View ArticleGoalie carousel: Which moves will work?
Of all the dizzying offseason moves -- coaches appearing out of nowhere, defensemen coming here, centers parachuting in over there -- are there any mo...
View ArticleScott Clemmensen, Jacob Markstrom could be battling for playing time with...
Tim Kavanagh looks at the goalie situation with the Panthers in addition to providing his latest goalie rankings.
View Article5 Things: Canada, realignment, predictions
1. Oh no, CanadaNot a banner year for most of Canada's seven NHL entries whose fans continue to blindly support them in spite of, in some cases, repea...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith playing well in...
After bouncing around from team to team in his career, goalie Mike Smith seems to have found his spot with the Phoenix Coyotes, writes Pierre LeBrun.
View ArticleCanada's camp: Players get on the floor
CALGARY, Alberta -- A little ball hockey, eh? Team Canada took to the floor-covered ice Monday for "walk-through" practices, which is the coaching ...
View ArticleOlympic extension a big help for Babcock
OTTAWA, Ontario -- And just like that, we enter the final month of Olympic auditioning. "All of a sudden it's December. I thought of that today; I ...
View ArticleRoad to Russia - What's left for Team Canada and Team USA with the Sochi...
Balancing big-game experience with the desire for speed and chemistry is giving Canada and the United States a few things to think about.
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