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puckupdate.com - 31 hours ago
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It’s hard to know what to say about
the Blues and their 20 points in 21 games....
On the one hand, you could say they’re a team that’s struggling. On the other hand, they also struggled last season and then made a miracle push into the playoffs. So maybe this is just a team ...
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Lack of Blues Power
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puckupdate.com - 2 days ago
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Dallas coach Marc Crawford is mellowing and maturing
. He realizes his overplayed his angry coach hand...
in Los Angeles, and it caused him to first lose his team and then his job. So now in Dallas, he seems to be on more of an even keel. Which has to be a little bit frustrating sometimes, ...
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Crawford Mellows in Dallas
puckupdate.com - 6 days ago
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A tough night for Pittsburgh in Ottawa last
night. The Penguins had Max Talbot and Sergei Gonchar...
back and they still blew an early lead to the Senators . Pittsburgh looked tired. It could just be the time of season or it could be all of the injuries the healthy players have had to compensate ...
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Pittsburgh Tired; Vultures Circle Ducks
puckupdate.com - 8 days ago
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I love that the NHL owns the Coyotes.
Now, whenever NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman talks about the...
viability of the team, it has the desperation of someone trying to unload a used car they can’t afford to keep for any extended amount of time. Bettman was in Phoenix this week, just so he ...
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Bettman: ‘This Team Only Played on Sundays; They Played ...
puckupdate.com - 9 days ago
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I know this is hardly the most important
story of the day, but I have to point...
out Jocelyn Thibault’s goaltending consultancy gig in Colorado : Rather than being with the team full time, as goaltending coach Jeff Hackett was the past few seasons, Thibault still lives in Montreal and is ...
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Thibault Phones-A-Friend; Redden Reclamation Project ...
puckupdate.com - 13 days ago
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Mike Heika did his weekly question-and-answer session with
his readers and while it’s all usually really good,...
I wanted to spotlight one of this week’s answers from Heika: Q: What do you feel are the reasons for the Stars’ road success this year? And why hasn’t that ...
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Being the Line Change Not Always a Great Idea
puckupdate.com - 14 days ago
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Forbes released their annual NHL franchise valuations and
things actually look pretty good for the league. Or...
at least for some of the franchises. The average operating profit was $6.1 million, aggregate income increased, as did average franchise value. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an ...
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NHL Is a Two Financial Tier League
puckupdate.com - 16 days ago
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How shocking! Adrian Dater is hearing Peter Forsberg
is a bit undecided about his NHL comeback ....
Although, this is actually a comeback from a comeback. Dater thinks Forsberg is going to give the NHL another go once he’s extensively tested his foot. Do they not get NHL news in Sweden? ...
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LL Cool J to Foppa: ‘We Should Call This a Comeback’
puckupdate.com - 17 days ago
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Tim Panaccio took a quick look back at
Brett Hull’s career . That amazing wrist shot from...
the circle? It was actually his dad, Bobby Hull’s, idea. Which is shocking, since Bobby Hull is synonymous with the slapshot. But the elder Hull said the quicker NHL game required a quicker ...
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Darwin: ‘Hull Evolved More Than Most’
puckupdate.com - 20 days ago
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Wednesday night’s Avs-Coyotes game was a Colorado record
for low attendance. Adrian Dater asked fans what happened...
and he got back some very interesting responses . According to Dater, a lot of fans reported ticket prices weren’t the only factor keeping them away from the Pepsi ...
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Avs Winning Games and Losing Fans
puckupdate.com - 21 days ago
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The Devils seem to agree with the conventional
wisdom that the Caps aren’t the same team without...
Alex Ovechkin . New Jersey beat the Capitals 3-2 at home, where the Devils have been pretty awful. The Devils had a lot of comments relating to how the Capitals seem bummed about playing ...
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Caps Miss Ovechkin
puckupdate.com - 22 days ago
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What a crazy season. Jeff Gordon says he’s
already hearing trade chatter from certain NHL GMs ,...
with many already thinking about giving up their season and trying to dump salary. What separates NHL GMs from most other sports, is that NHL GMs only seem to think about salary ...
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Some NHL GMs Already Prepared to Surrender
puckupdate.com - 23 days ago
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Jake Voracek of the Columbus Blue Jackets seems
like an awesome guy. He’s got long 70s hair...
and a love of 80s music . Coach Ken Hitchcock says Voracek is on the verge of becoming an elite player, although when Hitchcock says that, I kind of wonder if he means Voracek is some kind of ...
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Columbus Discovers Long Hair and Logan’s Run
puckupdate.com - 27 days ago
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Are we too impatient with first-round draft picks?
Maybe. Even though he finished last season relatively strong,...
Steve Stamkos was written off as a bust, or at least as someone with the potential to be a huge bust. Now, 10 games into Tampa’s season, Stamkos has nine goals and five ...
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Stamkos Busts the Bust Myth
feedproxy.google.com - 28 days ago
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A couple of weeks ago, the Wild signing
Petr Sykora seemed like a brilliant move. I know...
I sure loved it . It’s still a little early to say it’s not working out, but Sykora was a healthy scratch against Nashville last night . That came after getting less than 10 minutes against ...
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Sykora Possibly Not Born to be Wild

















