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from Jeff Z. Klein of the New York Times,
“Twenty-one games into it, it’s way too early to be looking at standings,” Tortorella said Friday. “But having said that, we need to play more consistently, especially at home. I don’t want to get too far ahead as far ...
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from TSN,
When asked to share his opinion on Stars forward James Neal’s hit on Blue Jackets winger Derek Dorsett, which cost Neal two-games via disciplinary action from the NHL, Roenick didn’t pull any punches in labeling the Stars’ leading goal scorer.
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Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
Panthers in town. Osgood’s back in net. Dennis LaRue has just signed up to be a guest hockey blogger on Yahoo.
All is right with the world.
Continue reading "Mellow Is The Man Who Hosts About 120 Live Blogs Per Year"
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from Evan Weiner at NHL.com,
One of the most overlooked front office jobs in hockey is that of a scout. The scout provides preliminary information on players, and his reports are the first to be analyzed by the personnel people.
There are different types of scouts. One might ...
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Atlanta Thrashers
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL.com
I know that this title sounds mysterious but believe me, it’s a good thing.
On Wednesday, New York Rangers forward Sean Avery was part of a Youth Hockey Clinic series that took place at Rye Playland, the team’s former practice facility.
You can check out the photos here .
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Sean Avery
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New York Rangers
from Phil Coffey of NHL.com,
But even with the season still relatively in its infancy, there still are plenty of questions, so let’s get to the answers now.
1 . How come there have been no coaching changes?—A number of teams made their changes over the summer, and some ...
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Carolina Hurricanes
NHL.com
St. Louis Blues
Dany Heatley
He was a “just in case” callup anyway after Mark Eaton’s back spasms. From the Penguins:
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-assigned defenseman Chris Lee to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced by Executive Vice President and General ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Eaton
Carolina Hurricanes
From friend of the blog Jim Cerny at Rink Rap:
I am not sure if it’s a black cloud or a full moon, but there’s something wreaking havoc on the National Hockey League so far this season.
As discussed here before, the amount of injuries to star players is off the charts. Plus ...
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Carolina Hurricanes
Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Smyth
Evgeni Malkin
Ilya Kovalchuk
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I might be in the minority here, but
I support the idea behind the “intent to blow
the whistle” rule. Refs are human and that means that they need to take time, however minuscule it is, to comprehend what they’re seeing, grab the ...
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from Carl Steward of the Oakland Tribune,
This year’s Cal-Stanford game is being televised exclusively on Versus, which was dropped from the DirecTV lineup at the end of August when its contract to carry the network expired. Negotiations on a new deal between Versus and DirecTV have ...
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from Sean Gordon of the Globe and Mail,
We take great pride in knowing our beloved city and province inside and out, but it doesn’t mean we aren’t surprised by new things from time to time.
For instance: we had no idea Montreal was a really dangerous place to be a left ...
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Brian Gionta
Hal Gill
Andrei Markov
Yeah, yeah. You guys guessed it, and I knew you would.
And Tyler? Don’t scoff at Blind Faith. Ever.
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From Rick Carpiniello at The Rangers Report:
Anyway, here are my first-quarter report cards. As always I’d love to hear what you think, or how you’d grade them:
Michael Del Zotto: A …He’s going to get stronger and a little meaner and he might be a star.
Dan ...
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Carolina Hurricanes
Tom Renney
Wade Redden
Marian Gaborik
From Dan Rosen at NHL.com:
One problem has been consistent throughout.
“Obviously our biggest weakness is that we are not getting any secondary scoring,” Rangers coach John Tortorella said. “We just aren’t creating enough.”
That was the Rangers’ ...
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New York Rangers
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL.com
John Tortorella
The boss sent this piece from British paper The Guardian over to me yesterday. It’s a view of puck rock (the punk sub-genre, not the occasional feature I run interviewing hockey folks about their music tastes) and Vancouver’s punk pioneers DOA from across the pond. This particular ...
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Vancouver Canucks
via Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider ,
Ryan Smyth will be out of the lineup for up to one month, Terry Murray said after practice today. Murray would not detail what Smyth’s “upper-body” injury is. As expected, Alexander Frolov will skate on the first line. Teddy Purcell ...
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Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Smyth
Alexander Frolov
Robert Scuderi
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via Jason Seidling of PittsburghPenguins.com ,
Head coach Dan Bylsma announced after practice Wednesday that defenseman Jay McKee will be sidelined the next two-to-four weeks with a finger infection.
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Unbelievable.
Defenseman Jay McKee is the next Penguin to find himself out of the lineup, out 2-4 weeks with an upper-body injury .
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From the National Post:
Hockey star Sidney Crosby will carry the Olympic torch in Halifax on Wednesday. The captain of the Stanley Cup winning Pittsburgh Penguins is making a brief stop in his home province to join the Olympic torch relay festivities.
The event will be memorable, ...
