FHL: Familiar faces, new places in East

Victoria Matiash breaks down the value of familiar fantasy hockey players that have landed with new teams in the Western Conference, including Jarome Iginla, Tim Thomas and Mikhail Grabovski.

Bolland (groin) returned to practice Thursday, TSN's Mark Masters reports.

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Bolland missed practice on Monday, reports Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun.

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Projected 2013-14 NHL standings

Robert Vollman of Hockey Prospectus analyzes the projections for the top NHL teams of 2013-14. Pittsburgh leads the list, but the Rangers, Bruins and Blackhawks are right on its tail.

Greenberg: Bold predictions for 2013-14

Neil Greenberg provides his bold predictions for the 2013-14 NHL season, including his take on why the Los Angeles Kings will win the Stanley Cup.

Top storylines countdown: 40-31

ESPNChicago.com's Blackhawks reporter Scott Powers is counting down this season's top-50 storylines over the next week leading into training camp. Here's the second installment:40.

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Top 50 Hawks storylines countdown

A Stanley Cup repeat attempt with nearly everyone back, the Olympics, Bryan Bickell's emergence, the continued evolution of Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, Nikolai Khabibulin's return, trying to replace Michael Frolik, Andrew Shaw's continued growth as an agitator -- the storylines should be aplenty for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013-2014 season.

about 26 days ago | Scott Powers |

Lineup questions for Toronto

Looking to improve on a moderately successful 2012-13, the Toronto Maple Leafs have made a few significant changes this offseason. While jettisoning forwards Mikhail Grabovski (compliance buyout), Matt Frattin (trade), Clarke MacArthur (free agency), Leo Komarov (free agency), goalie Ben Scrivens (trade), blueliner Mike Kostka (free agency), and rarely used defenseman Mike Komisarek (compliance buyout), the Maple Leafs added forwards David Clarkson (free agency), Dave Bolland (trade), and goalie Jonathan Bernier (trade).

GM: Hawks in good position going forward

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman was more than fine with being a minor participant in the first day of NHL free agency on Friday.Bowman’s lone moves Friday were signing Nikolai Khabibulin to be a backup goaltender and re-signing forward Michal Handzus and defenseman Michal Rozsival.

about 88 days ago | Scott Powers |

Fantasy Hockey: Goalie time-shares in flux

Sean Allen assesses the fantasy fallout of the recent trades that shuffled goaltenders in and out of time-shares, power-play defensemen moving into new situations and a handful of role-playing forwards who could land top-six roles.

Custance: Top 35 NHL free agents

Craig Custance evaluates the top 35 free agents in the 2013 class, with Vinny Lecavalier leading the way.

Hawks trade Bolland, Frolik

The Chicago Blackhawks traded forward Dave Bolland to the Toronto Maple Leafs for three draft picks on Sunday.Read the entire story.

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