Power Rankings: Looking ahead to the deadline

Sure, we’ve given some fairly comprehensive looks at each division’s trade deadline outlook already, but here’s a different take on it, looking at each of the 30 teams in the NHL. The answer? There are a whole lot of teams competing for just a few players. 1) Detroit Red...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Monday, February 20 2012 Tags: Detroit, Red Wings, Vancouver, Canucks, New Jersey, Devils, New York, Rangers, Rick Nash, trade needs, power rankings, NHL, hockey, hockeyprimetime.com, Blake Benzel

Power Rankings: Best trades of all-time

As the trade deadline draws closer, more and more speculation will begin to surface, most of which will be rumors and conjecture based on what the pundits think each team needs. Before we look forward to the future, though, let’s look back at the past and at each team’s top trade...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Monday, February 13 2012 Tags: NHL, hockey, hockeyprimetime.com, HPT.com, Power Rankings, St. Louis, Blues |1 comment

Power Rankings: Wings poised for stretch run

The NHL season is starting into its final grind and teams are gearing up for their stretch run. With the NHL trade deadline less than a month off, the next few weeks will show us who will be buyers and who will be sellers. Until then, though, Detroit is again looking like the cream of the...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Monday, February 06 2012 Tags: Detroit, Red Wings, Jimmy Howard, Ty Conklin, Pittsburgh Penguins, Evgeni Malkin, Power Rankings, Hockey, NHL, hockeyprimetime.com, Blake Benzel

Power Rankings: Team MVPs at the break

With focus around the NHL on Sunday's All-Star Game, all eyes have been on the best of the best. That got us thinking: Who would be the first-half MVP for every team? Here are the 30 players each club owes its success to. 1) Pittsburgh Penguins (28-17-4) – Evgeni Malkin. If...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Monday, January 30 2012 Tags: Power Rankings, MVPs, Pittsburgh, Penguins, Blake Benzel, Hockey, Hockeyprimetime.com, NHL

HPT 3 Stars: Perreault scores three

With Alex Ovechkin suspended and Nicklas Backstrom hurt, the Capitals were forced to play their first game in 2,184 days without either player. It’s a good thing for them that they had Mathieu Perreault in the line up. 1) Mathieu Perreault, Washington Capitals – Perreault...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Wednesday, January 25 2012 Tags: NHL, hockey, Washington, Capitals, Dallas, Stars, Toronto, Maple Leafs, Mathieu Perreault, Kari Lehtonen, Mikhail Grabovski, Three Stars, hockeyprimetime.com

Power Rankings: Our Skills Competition wish list

With the NHL All-Star Game fast approaching and the skills competition events released, we started to wonder – what players not in the All-Star Game would we like to see compete in any of the skills competition events? 1) Detroit Red Wings (32-15-1) – Tomas Holmstrom, Hardest Shot....

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Monday, January 23 2012 Tags: Detroit, Red Wings, Tomas Holmstrom, Blake Benzel, Power Rankings, NHL, Hockey, hockeyprimetime.com

HPT 3 Stars: Malkin is scorching and so are Penguins

Evgeni Malkin is on a major roll and since he began scoring a goal per game, the Pittsburgh Penguins have won six straight. Malkin was at it again Sunday afternoon against the Washington Capitals. 1) Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins - That's six games and counting for Malkin, whose...

Larry Fleisher | News/Features | Monday, January 23 2012 Tags: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh, Penguins, Larry Fleisher, NHL, Hockey, Hockeyprimetime.com, 3 Stars, Scott Hartnell, Philadelphia, Flyers, Jonas Hiller, Anaheim, Ducks

HPT 3 Stars: Gaborik leads Rangers over Bruins

Marian Gaborik had not scored in six games and the Rangers had not scored a power-play goal in seven contests. Both droughts ended rather impressively in the final seconds of overtime in Boston Saturday afternoon. 1) Marian Gaborik, New York Rangers - The Rangers have been very good this...

Larry Fleisher | News/Features | Sunday, January 22 2012 Tags: Marian Gaborik, New York, Rangers, Three Stars, Larry Fleisher, Hockey, NHL, hockeyprimetime.com, Vancouver, Canucks, New York, Islanders, Cody Hodgson, John Tavares

HPT 3 Stars: Jeffrey leads Pens past Habs

Without Sidney Crosby, the Pens have been needing people to step up and pick up the slack. Evgeni Malkin has been doing it a great deal lately. On Friday night, it was Dustin Jeffrey’s turn. 1) Dustin Jeffrey, Pittsburgh Penguins – Jeffrey tallied two goals and assisted on one...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Saturday, January 21 2012 Tags: NHL, hockey, Pittsburgh, Penguins, Carolina, Hurricanes, Tampa Bay, Lightning, Dustin Jeffrey, Cam Ward, Teddy Purcell, hockeyprimetime.com, Three Stars

HPT 3 Stars: Rinne turns aside Jackets

If you were to compile a list of the goalies on the top of the Vezina Trophy list, Pekka Rinne might not necessarily be up there right now. Lucky for Nashville, Rinne might be sneaking up that list with performances like Thursday night. 1) Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators – Rinne was...

Blake Benzel | News/Features | Friday, January 20 2012 Tags: NHL, hockey, Nashville, Predators, Pittsburgh, Penguins, Toronto, Maple Leafs, Pekka Rinne, Evgeni Malkin, Joffrey Lupul, hockeyprimetime.com, Three Stars