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Doing what I do, I've had a few
strange encounters and uncomfortable interviews over the years, but
there hasn't been anything quite like last week, when I discussed the finer points of hockey blogs with "a guy from Jersey" and four cats mewling in ...
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It's back again. This season, the eighth-place Western
Conference team is on pace for right around 94
points. In the Eastern Conference, that number's about 86 or 87. I'm going to use big round target numbers to start — 95 and 90 — and ...
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jmirtle
posted 2/6/2008 from
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If Ovechkin keeps up his torrid 68-goal pace
and, in fact, hits somewhere in the high 60s,
it should go down as one of the all-time greatest goal-scoring seasons.
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ROUND 1 Eastern Conference (1) Montreal v. (8)
Boston Series key: Kovalev v. Chara It's pretty rare
that a team wins eight regular-season games against another, but that's what the Habs managed to pull off against the Bruins this season. And, ...
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jmirtle
posted 8/27/2007 from
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Points of interest here? Well, the Sharks and
Coyotes come in with the youngest teams at every
position, while several other clubs are young in only one particular area (Buffalo up front, Chicago on defence, Pittsburgh in goal, etc.). Detroit is old across the board, something influenced heavily by the fact they have two of the league's three 40-and-over players.
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Well, first of all, I thought the piece
on Hockey Night in Canada last night was a
terrific introduction to the blogosphere and the press box issue that we here have been batting around for some time now. It's really incredibly difficult in a short ...
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I was putting together a list of players
who have quietly emerged as key contributers earlier in
the week, but given my schedule, I unfortunately didn't get much of a chance to develop it. For what it's worth, here are 14 skaters I came up with that ...
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Stanley Cup final (1) Detroit v. (2) Pittsburgh
Series starts Saturday Average age Detroit 32.32 Pittsburgh 27.75
(Detroit without Chelios and Hasek: 31.13) Average height Pittsburgh 6 foot 1.8" Detroit 6 foot 0" Average weight Pittsburgh 208.95 ...
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My apologies, but this is going to be
a beast of a post. Grab a snack. It's
something we've heard more than a few times since the lockout ended two years ago: How will the league's new CBA and the salary cap affect which players are paid? With ...
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The hot topic du jour is, once again,
the Islanders' Blog Box, which has opened for business
and drawn some interest from the mainstream media. Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch took in the festivities with 11 bloggers (Dick in a box?) and reported ...
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Rover
found this 1/10/2008 on
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Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (“MSE”), the parent company
of the Minnesota Wild, announced today that an agreement
has been signed to sell the Minnesota Wild and its related entities to Craig Leipold. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the final sale requires approval by the National Hockey League and other regulatory approvals. Bob Naegele has been the majority owner of the Minnesota
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I know sometimes it seems as if all
of the Sean Avery nonsense and coverage is overblown,
but he's actually quite disliked throughout the league, and in a way that goes beyond that of the traditional Darcy Tucker/Jordin Tootoo type pests. And I think ...
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Those that frequent this site know that, in
general, I don't focus all that much on officiating.
For the most part, that old axiom about hockey being difficult to referee holds true, and I think the league's latest attempt at a crackdown the past few ...
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There are some real doozies among choices for
the league's top defenceman this year: It's actually frightening
to think what would have happened had Lidstrom retired or gotten injured prior to this season. Dion Phaneuf is not the second-best ...
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Hossa, 29, is believed to be seeking a
deal for five years or more. He expects to
command no less than $8 million in annual salary on the open market. However, he said after the Stanley Cup final that he would "take less to play on a good team." The ...
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After 12 hours of signings, I still count
about 120 unrestricted free agents. Here's who's left in
a list I'll try to keep continually updated (sorted by 2007-08 points/wins): Player Team Pos 2007-08 sal. Points 1 Sundin, Mats TOR ...
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UPDATED w/ Wednesday's games. Here's a look at
the record each team needs to attain that 95-point
mark and (essentially) guarantee a playoff berth: Western Conference Nashville - 7-17-0Detroit - 7-15-1Anaheim - 10-14-1San Jose - 11-14-0Dallas -...
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Toronto's Tomas Kaberle was just the victim of
a late hit by New Jersey's Cam Janssen and
is down on the ice in a heap. A stretcher has been brought out onto the ice. The Maple Leafs' flagging playoff hopes may have just taken a major hit. Can...
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