Sidney Crosby will be captaining the defending gold medal champions - can they repeat their performance from Vancouver?
Janet Eagleson gives her take on how to handle the upcoming trade deadline.
Teams are at different stages as the Olympic break approaches. Where do they stand?
Joe Pavelski will be a key contributor for the American envoy to Russia, but can they improve upon their last Olympic result?
There's long-term fantasy value to be found among those players who've been labeled washouts, wannabes and never-weres Andrew Fiorentino helps you mine the Olympic rosters as well as the minors and juniors for fantasy gold.
Phil Kessel remains absolutely on fire and entrenched in the NHL's top 10 scorers with 57 points in 56 games this season.
Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers get to be the home team on Friday as the Islanders try to avenge Wednesday's 2-1 Blueshirt win at Yankee Stadium.
Pavel Datsyuk will lead the Russian contingent in front of the home-town fans in Sochi - will they rise to the occasion or wither under the pressure?
Aleksander Barkov is among those prospects that have graduated to the NHL ranks. See who has joined the top 100 to replace him and all the other rookies that have stayed in the NHL.
Scrivens stops 59 shots in record-setting shutout
Henrik Zetterberg will return to the Olympics to try to win another gold medal for Tre Kronor.
Nazem Kadri might be on the trade block before the March 8th deadline, but Paul Bruno believes that the Leafs would be mistaken to deal him at anything less than full price.
What is going on? A floundering Montreal team has gone from second place to seventh in less than a month. Should fans - or players - be worried?
Teemu Selanne dresses up for Team Finland for a sixth time, but can the Finnish Flash help win another medal?
The Lightning have been rolling despite the absence of Steven Stamkos - Evan Berofsky talks about who has been carrying the load for them lately, and speculates on the top five fictional places for the next outdoor NHL games.
James Wisniewski has been a key component of the surging Blue Jackets' power play.
Tim Thomas makes his return to Boston on Tuesday for the first time since getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs in 2011-12, then retiring for a year.
Jaromir Jagr leads the Czech contingent at the Winter Olympics, but will he be enough?