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 UnappealingNEW YORK--Raffi Torres gets his second day in court today, something hockey fans can look forward to seeing more of in the future. Not of Torres, necessarily. But of appeals. It seems all but unthinkable that in the next collective...
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 Facetious FerocityNEW YORK--Does anybody actually believe Martin Brodeur, at the age of 40, has become a headhunter? Of course not. But with the New York Rangers making every game they play about shot-blocking - how uncomfortable it must feel when the...
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 Until the Music StopsThere's a reason none of the NHL teams with a coaching vacancy appear to be in a major hurry to fill them. Simply put, there's lots of available and experienced coaches, and few jobs. Lots of supply, limited demand. Calgary,...
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 No SurpriseIt was a surprise announcement that was no surprise at all. Nobody in the hockey industry really expected Dale Hunter to be back next year as head coach of the Washington Capitals. That it would be a less-than-one-season deal was...
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 Onward and UpwardABBOTSFORD, B.C.--The suits at MLSE may not know what to do with themselves. After miserable seasons upon seasons in which the sports conglomerate has defined ineptitude on the ice, the pitch and the court, lo and behold Larry Tanenbaum and...
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 Great ScottABBOTSFORD, B.C.--It was the Shutsy and Scrivens Show. The second part of that equation, as in Toronto Marlies goalkeeper Ben Scrivens, would surprise no one. Scrivens moved to 6-1 in the AHL post-season on Tuesday night by stoning the Abbotsford...
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 Leaf Personnel on The MoveIt sounds as though it's not a question of if Rick Dudley will ultimately leave the Maple Leafs for the Montreal Canadiens, it's a question of when. Timing is everything in hockey, and while new Habs GM Marc Bergevin has...
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 Marlies Charge AheadABBOTSFORD, B.C.--Don Cherry has singlehandedly made Nazem Kadri into North America's most famous minor pro hockey player by using his Coach's Corner platform to rail against Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke on almost a weekly basis for refusing to make...
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 New Man in MontrealThe Montreal Canadiens didn't go for a proven hockey executive or an experienced individual with a history of NHL success when they hired their new GM. Instead, it appears they were primarily looking for a polar opposite personality to the...
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 Defining The Right ThingThe Nashville Predators have suspended Alexander Radulov (above) and Andrei Kostitsyn for Game 3 on Wednesday night against the Phoenix Coyotes for violating team rules. MARK HUMPHREY/ASSOCIATED PRESS Suspending Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn for Game 3 was a painful...
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 Less GR8 May Be BetterSo partway into the second round of the NHL post-season, we have three significant surprises on our hands. First would be the Phoenix Coyotes. Ownerless, perhaps soon to be city-less, the 'Yotes are taking it to the Nashville Predators and...
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 A Huge LeapInteresting that Ivan Lendl was in the stands in Barcelona today watching his prize pupil, Andy Murray, being beaten on red clay by surging Canadian star Milos Raonic. It was Lendl, after all, who was involved in what might have...
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 Taking the Next StepNEW YORK--Back in September, the Ottawa Senators wouldn't have guessed they had a Norris Trophy candidate in their midst. "No," said head coach Paul MacLean today when asked about Erik Karlsson's Norris nomination alongside more experienced veterans Zdeno Chara and...
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 Its Not About Just Getting InSo both the Stanley Cup finalists from Vancouver and the champions from Boston have been vanquished, and there's this rush now to draw all kinds of lessons from what has transpired so far in the 2012 playoffs. Its like winning...
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 Phoenix RisingSo after FINALLY winning a Stanley Cup playoff series, are the Phoenix Coyotes worth more today than they were yesterday? Or, more specifically, are they any more feasible a business operation in Glendale, Arizona after beating the Chicago Blackhawks than...
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 A Peculiar Second SeasonSt. Louis, Los Angeles and Nashville are already there. Florida and Phoenix are just a step away. The way these Stanley Cup playoffs are going, its turning into a Great Eight gathering of misfit toys, franchises that have recently been...
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 Throwing It all AwayIt seems unthinkable that Brendan Shanahan would throw away the approval ratings he earned with the Raffi Torres decision on Saturday. But apparently that's what the Shaky Sheriff has in mind. After banning Torres for 25 games early in the...
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 A Semblance of OrderFor two days, the NHL has demonstrated it actually can get things under control, and the players have demonstrated that despite all the excuses those trying to shill for the game will attempt to offer up for them - new...
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 A Spiral into Utter SillinessThe tweet came in just before midnight from an intriguing source, future Hall of Famer Mike Modano. "Really selling the game," tweeted Modano under the Twitter handle @9modano. "No wonder our TV deals suck ass." Joining a growing list of...
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 The Ominous WindowWatching the San Jose Sharks going down in Game 3 to the St. Louis Blues on Monday night, a series that seems solidly in the control of the Blues, brought the situation of both clubs into sharp relief. For the...
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 Five Stunning Days in AprilThere was no sign this was coming. No sign at all six days ago that either the Vancouver Canucks or the Pittsburgh Penguins were in danger, or would quickly lose their first three games of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs...
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 Rumblings of Leaf DefectionsDon't listen to the rumours that Brian Burke, subjected to an avalanche of public scorn in recent weeks, is planning to take a six-month leave to get his personal and professional house in order while leaving right hand man Dave...
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 Still WaitingHuge game for the Canucks, quite obviously, when they take on the Kings in Game 2 tonight, which brings us back to one of the most intriguing trades of this NHL season. It happened way back at the end of...
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 Second Night DramaIn some ways, its like the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs have simply bled over into the 2012 tournament. Boston's unbeatable, Vancouver can't win for whining and NHL supplementary discipline leaves almost everyone searching for the logic behind it all. But...
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 Same Old CanucksFor 82 games, the Vancouver Canucks tried to prove to the hockey world they'd learned their lessons and had changed their ways. Then, in the first game of the playoffs, the Canucks went out and seemed to prove only they're...
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