Bryan Murray

That loud crash you just heard was the window of opportunity slamming on the Ottawa Senators.

There are two long-standing truths of playoff hockey, seemingly as plain as the oft-broken nose on Alexander Ovechkin's face. No. 1: A team needs to settle on a starting goaltender and stick with him. No. 2: A team...

It seems like an annual event now. A player says he doesn't want to leave Buffalo and then he's packing his bags and firing a head-high slap shot on the way out the door.

John Paddock ran out of ideas and time as he tried to get the Ottawa Senators to play the way they did in building the Eastern Conference's best record.

Back in 2005, getting a no-trade clause was a key element in Cory Stillman's decision to sign a three-year deal with the Carolina Hurricanes. The security of knowing he would be in one place for the duration held...