There's a decent chance the Islanders look very much the same after Friday's deadline. Still, let's have fun breaking down ...

NHL action is back, and so are weekly power rankings. The top teams in the Western Conference are all very good, so ...

Two of those guys are forward Matt Boldy and defenseman Brock Faber. Wild fans are familiar with how good they are, but the rest of the hockey world learned that, too, at the 4 Nations where they were ...