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Hockey

A 31-Team NHL, With Las Vegas in the Pacific

Las Vegas joins the seven-team Pacific and the rest of the map stays put, because realignment can probably wait until the league reaches 32 clubs.

Hockey

Expansion to Seattle, Relocation to Houston and Quebec

A might-happen scenario: Seattle gets an expansion team, Arizona lands in Quebec City and Carolina moves to Houston, with old division names back.

Sports

Bey-ber Strategy in Basketball: The Quick Strike

Bey-ber is the counterattack played before the defence can organise. The tactic, its eight moving parts, and why it can pay off or backfire.

Sports

The Fast Break in Basketball: Beating the Defence

A fast break is about getting to the basket before the defence is ready. What it demands from a player, and why timing matters more than raw speed.

Hockey

NHL News: Matchups, Potential Winners and the Points Race

Three records worth marking, thirteen February matchups, five teams with a case for the Cup and the players chasing the scoring title this season.

Fun and Games

New Stars of the NHL: How Youth Is Changing the Game

Bedard, Hughes and Robertson are not just scoring. A younger league skates faster, hands out letters earlier and sells the game further afield.

Read it for the hockey. This journal explains how the sport works; it does not predict results and does not sell anything. Where a number is not publicly checkable we say so instead of inventing one.