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Avalanche fans showed before Game 5 against St. Louis Blues that they had Nazem Kadri’s back. “It doesn’t take much to be a decent person.”

Ross Pounders hasn’t lost faith. A little sleep, maybe. But not faith. “For me, it’s playoff hockey — it happens,” Pounders, an Avs fan from Castle Rock, said after watching Colorado fall 5-4 in overtime to St. Louis at Ball Arena Wednesday night.  “Being up 3-0 (and losing the lead) was a bit of a shocker.” Shock was the dominant […]

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How Connor McDavid has somehow taken his game to another level

Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. EDMONTON — Connor McDavid is putting on a masterclass of postseason performance, and it’s pushing the Edmonton Oilers to greater heights. Take, for example, McDavid’s play in Game 2 of Edmonton’s second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames. The Oilers were trailing 3-1 after a disallowed goal and McDavid […]

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Can the Blues still win without Jordan Binnington?

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn didn’t want to talk about Nazem Kadri. He didn’t want to talk about Blues goalie Jordan Binnington’s collision with the Colorado Avalanche center that forced him out of Saturday’s Game 3, and eventually the entire series, with a lower-body injury. About the conjecture that followed the incident […]

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Avalanche center Nazem Kadri has received threats in St. Louis – The Denver Post

ST. LOUIS — Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri has received threats here following his collision with Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington in Saturday’s Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series at Enterprise Center. “The Avalanche organization is aware of threats made toward Nazem Kadri and is working with local law enforcement to investigate,” the club said in a statement. Kadri, a […]

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Keeler: Nazem Kadri is innocent. Craig Berube’s a clown. Would St. Louis fans like some cheese to go with their whining over Avalanche’s Game 3 comeback?

If Nazem Kadri truly wanted to hurt Jordan Binnington, don’t you think he would’ve done a better job than that? The hit was legal to the last. An accident. A hockey play. An unfortunate hockey play, but a hockey play nonetheless. “Look at Kadri’s reputation,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube told reporters when asked about the Game 3 collision on […]

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Power outage: Canes clamp Rangers in Game 2

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The New York Rangers had relied on their power play to spark them offensively during the regular season and their first-round Stanley Cup playoff win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. But against the Carolina Hurricanes, the best penalty-killing team in the NHL, they’re experiencing a power outage that cost them in Game 2 on […]

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