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Panthers' David Booth: 'I hate doing nothing. I feel like a slob'
Since going on the ice on a stretch, David Booth has been in a long, slow recovery.
The Florida Panthers play a rare game in Detroit on Friday and they'll do it without forward David Booth, a Detroit native who wanted to make the trip but ...
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David Booth
Florida Panthers
Mike Richards
Philadelphia Flyers
Brendan Shanahan: 'It was just me, my dad and Stanley'
Larry Wigge
It's a warm and humid Saturday afternoon in early August 1997 in Toronto. The sky is cloudy. Weathermen are talking about the possibility of thunderstorms. But for Brendan ...
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Brendan Shanahan
Detroit Red Wings
New Jersey Devils
Shanahan: The shot, the summit and other things
Brendan Shanahan announced his retirement on Tuesday and immediately the speculation began over what he'll do next. He's already being hailed as a possible savior for the NHLPA, although it was the league, not the NHLPA, that announced his ...
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New Jersey Devils
Brendan Shanahan
Salary cap hockey picks, November 18
Ben Valentine
Getting off to a fast start is always preferable in any competition but this year in salary cap hockey, it seemed to mean more. With so few teams having strong schedules ...
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NHL Power Poll: Are Devils really this good?
If they haven't already, most teams will pass the quarter pole this week. It's a fair time to evaluate. Contenders who started out slow, like the Red Wings, have had time to work things out. Fast-starters like Colorado are showing signs they might be ...
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New Jersey Devils
Seabrook's OT goal lifts Blackhawks over Sharks
Associated Press
CHICAGO -- Brent Seabrook scored 41 seconds into overtime, lifting the Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, Chicago's seventh consecutive ...
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No longer captain, Patrick Marleau still leading way for Sharks
With 23 points in 20 games, Patrick Marleau matches his pace from 2008-09.
It didn't take long for San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson to disprove a theory on Patrick Marleau. Marleau is off to a fantastic start with 23 points in 20 games, ...
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San Jose Sharks
Patrick Marleau
Heatley on Sharks: 'It's a great bunch of guys'
With 11 goals in his first 20 games as a member of the San Jose Sharks, it's clear Dany Heatley is fitting in just fine with his new team. During a recent chat with Sporting News' Craig Custance, Heatley shared what it has been like in his first ...
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Dany Heatley
San Jose Sharks
Coyotes work hard to rebuild ticket base
By Tripp Mickle / SportsBusiness Journal
Drawing fans to Coyotes games? Difficult and challenging.
Ticket reports told Phoenix Coyotes chief operating officer Doug Moss not to ...
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Phoenix Coyotes
Finally, positive steps in addressing hits to the head
TORONTO — It has been nine years since the NHL general managers started discussing hits to the head and, finally, there is serious progress.
On Wednesday morning, the GMs wrapped up their two-day meeting and as they were leaving the ...
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Head hits will come to a head today
Panthers star David Booth is carted off the ice, a scene that's all too familiar -- and one GMs hope to address.
TORONTO — The debate has to wait. The NHL general managers concluded Day 1 of their meetings on Tuesday, and the biggest ...
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Panthers' Clemmensen rips defense; coach fires back at goalie
Sporting News staff reports
Florida Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen, who was signed to a three-year, $3.6 million free-agent contract after a breakout season in New Jersey, told the ...
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Scott Clemmensen
The Morning Skate: Penguins limp into Boston
Ron Smith, Sporting News
What to watch for in hockey today:
Streakers
The Pittsburgh Penguins, toting their first two-game losing streak, will play at Boston tonight against a Bruins ...
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Boston Bruins
Nashville Predators
Toronto Maple Leafs
San Jose Sharks
Minnesota Wild
Even Hall of Famers know they couldn't do it alone
The Class of 2009: from left, Brett Hull, Lou Lamoriello, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman.
TORONTO – The numbers get overwhelming. The thousands of goals and assists. The countless All-Star games. The Stanley Cups.
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NHL Power Poll: Here we go again: Sharks surface at the top
We have fallen for the Sharks. Again.
The C removed from on his sweater, Patrick Marleau has been an on-ice leader in San Jose.
Patrick Marleau is playing great without the pressure of being the captain. Joe Pavelski is back from an injury ...
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San Jose Sharks
Red Wings lose Jason Williams for two months
Sporting News staff reports
The suddenly goal-challenged Detroit Red Wings suffered another blow Saturday night when forward Jason Williams fractured his fibula in a 5-1 loss to ...
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Johan Franzen
Valtteri Filppula
Marian Hossa
Jiri Hudler
Morning Skate: Devils' architect gets his due
Ron Smith, Sporting News
What to watch for in hockey today:
Honoring Lamoriello
Lost in the shadow of a star-studded Hall of Fame class that features former players Brett Hull, Steve ...
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New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles Kings
Chicago Blackhawks
When GMs meet, trade talk begins
Craig Custance, Sporting News
It's inevitable. Get all of the NHL's general managers together, and there's going to be trade talk—even if November deals are a rarity.
League-wide ...
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GMs will talk plenty at meetings about head-hunting
Florida's David Booth was leveled by Philadelphia's Mike Richards on an open-ice hit.
Detroit general manager Ken Holland thinks hockey is in a good place. Ratings are up, especially locally. There's parity, exciting lead changes and plenty ...
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The Morning Skate: Oilers slow while Avalanche roll
Ron Smith, Sporting News
What to expect in the NHL today.
Hot and cold
After a 6-2-1 start that surprised even the most optimistic fans in Edmonton, the Oilers have fallen on hard ...
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Edmonton Oilers
Colorado Avalanche
St. Louis Blues
Atlanta Thrashers
Team for the ages: Detroit's 2002 Cup champs
Kings hero Luc Robitaille reailzed his Stanley Cup dream by signing with the Wings.
Hockey players know when they're around greatness. At least Kris Draper did in 2002. After his Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup that year, the longtime ...
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Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup
Study: How to keep cash-strapped Jackets in Columbus
Jeff Bell, Business First of Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At best, the Columbus Blue Jackets lost $30.4 million over the past three years, and at worst $43 million, according to a ...
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Columbus Blue Jackets
Rash in key player injuries create rush to exploit opportunities
In Vancouver, Andrew Raycroft is stepping through his window of opportunity.
You know things are bad when Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal is not playing. The NHL's iron man sat out Wednesday's game against the Florida Panthers with ...
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Alexander the exception: Salary cap hockey picks, November 4
Ben Valentine
Even if he's not 100 percent, Alex Ovechkin might be fantasy hockey's top player.
The hockey world was abuzz this week as Alexander Ovechkin suffered an upper-body ...
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Alexander Ovechkin
Washington Capitals
Bruins missing opportunities — and Kessel's scoring
Marco Sturm is one of the guys who was supposed to replace Phil Kessel's skates.
DETROIT — On the night Phil Kessel made his much-anticipated debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs, his former team was shut out. Again. The Boston Bruins ...
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U.S. goalies putting pressure on Bruins' Thomas
As his Team USA rivals make headlines, Tim Thomas stays busy doing his job.
On Tuesday, USA Hockey announced that it will reveal its Winter Olympic roster during the broadcast of the Winter Classic on Jan. 1. There should be good news ...
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Boston Bruins
Morning Skate: What to watch for in hockey today
Craig Custance, Sporting News
Kessel could debut
Assuming he passes a few last tests on his surgically repaired shoulder, Phil Kessel is expected to make his long-awaited Toronto Maple ...
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Phil Kessel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston Bruins
Anaheim Ducks
Eric Staal to sit with upper-body injury
Sporting News staff reports
Carolina Hurricanes forward Eric Staal is expected to miss a few games because of an upper body injury suffered Sunday against the San Jose Sharks.
The ...
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Eric Staal
Carolina Hurricanes
San Jose Sharks
NHL Power Poll: Carolina trying to rebound from stormy start
The Carolina Hurricanes surprised us all with a run to the Eastern Conference finals last spring. They're surprising us again, only this time it's not pleasant. The Hurricanes own the NHL's longest losing streak, one that hit nine games with an ugly ...
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SN archives: Goalies discuss Plante's innovation
Sporting News
For its March 5, 2003, issue Sporting News carried a transcript of a conversation on Hockey Night in Canada involving Ken Dryden, Patrick Roy, Grant Fuhr, Martin Brodeur ...
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Fifty years after Plante's breakthrough, goalie mask is about sanity, not toughness
For today's goalies, it's not a matter of toughness. It's a matter of sanity. November 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the first goalie to wear a mask during an NHL game, when Montreal legend Jacques Plante refused to re-enter a game until he was ...
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Montreal Canadiens
Desert storm: Coyotes play like a team on a mission
In addition to his win-now mentality, Dave Tippett brings a direct, clear coaching style to the Coyotes.
The five-year plan doesn't exist for Dave Tippett. Neither does the five-month plan. Five days? Maybe. The man who replaced Wayne ...
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Phoenix Coyotes
The Morning Skate: What to watch for in hockey today
Ron Smith, Sporting News
Switching gears
With anticipation of tonight's Alexander Ovechkin-Ilya Kovalchuk shootout dashed by news of Kovalchuk's broken foot, Atlanta fans will turn ...
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Chicago Blackhawks
Atlanta Thrashers
Sample size: Ultimate Salary Cap Hockey picks, October 28
Ben Valentine
We're a month into the NHL season, and you may be surprised at some of the names at the top of the SNP per game lists. Anze Kopitar? Michael Del Zotto? These were not the ...
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Phoenix Coyotes
Dany Heatley
San Jose Sharks
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
Vancouver Canucks
As Kopitar's stock rises, so do the Kings
Anze Kopitar: Fitness is key to his start.
They spent $13.6 million to lure Rob Scuderi away from the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. They dealt for veteran Ryan Smyth and his annual salary cap hit of $6.25 million. And when it ...
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Los Angeles Kings
Anze Kopitar
The Morning Skate
Ron Smith, Sporting News
What to watch for in hockey Tuesday.
Who are these guys?
They take an uncharacteristic 3-4-2 record into tonight's game at Vancouver and the Detroit Red Wings ...
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Detroit Red Wings
Philadelphia Flyers
Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Avalanche
NHL Power Poll: Avs move up the mountain
The NHL Power Poll is a cheap shot-free zone.
The same can't be said this week for the NHL, where big hits (some legal, some not) are dominating the debate. And while talk remains focused on who should be fined/suspended and whether or not the hits ...
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Colorado Avalanche
Morning Skate: What to watch for in hockey today
Ron Smith, Sporting News
Torts gets serious
Forget that 7-1-0 start. Egos were deflating quickly Saturday night as Rangers coach John Tortorella fumed his way through a third straight ...
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New York Rangers
Chicago Blackhawks
Anaheim Ducks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Phoenix Coyotes
Minnesota Wild
Pens' Gonchar skating, but return far away
Sporting News staff reports
It might be a while before Pittsburgh defenseman Sergei Gonchar plays another game, but that doesn't mean he will be out of sight. Gonchar, in fact, already is ...
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Sergei Gonchar
Pittsburgh Penguins
St. Louis Blues
Devils suffer a double loss in victory; Martin, Pandolfo injured against Penguins
Sporting News staff reports
The New Jersey Devils finally accomplished what only one other team had done over an 11-game span—they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night. But ...
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New Jersey Devils
Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Martin
Jay Pandolfo
Bill Guerin
Penner finally producing for Oilers
Sporting News staff reports
It hasn't always been smooth since Dustin Penner signed a four-year deal worth $21.25 million to join the Edmonton Oilers, but he's clicking under new coach ...
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Edmonton Oilers
Dustin Penner
Vancouver Canucks
Calgary Flames
Cory Sarich
Blue Jackets on the mend, but still missing top players
Sporting News staff reports
Two of league's up-and-coming teams square off tonight when the Blue Jackets travel to Los Angeles to take on the Kings, but Columbus will be a little ...
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Columbus Blue Jackets
Los Angeles Kings
Mike Commodore
Jan Hejda
R.J. Umberger
Flyers coach no fan of in-game tweets
Sporting News staff reports
When the San Jose Sharks play the Flyers tonight in Philadelphia, there's only one certainty: There won't be any Philadelphia players updating their Twitter ...
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Philadelphia Flyers
San Jose Sharks
Flyers GM defends Richards' hit on Panthers' Booth
Sporting News staff reports
While Florida Panthers general manager Randy Sexton expressed disgust over what he called a dirty hit by Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards that resulted ...
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Florida Panthers
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David Booth
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The Morning Skate
Craig Custance, Sporting News
Return of the Monster?
The Maple Leafs might be getting some help in their bid to win a game. Any game. Goalie prospect Jonas Gustavsson has been out with ...
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San Jose Sharks
Phoenix Coyotes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Agents of change: Five NHL summer signing paying off early
Free agency isn't necessarily the best way for an NHL general manager to rebuild a roster. It's expensive, for one. And it doesn't come with any guarantees, as any fan of the Lightning can attest after Tampa Bay made a huge splash last summer, only ...
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Atlanta Thrashers
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New York Rangers
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Old dog Chelios has new trick: AHL tryout
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Custance: Chelios has role in NHLPA probe of union chief's firing
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Chelios on NHLPA committee regarding Kelly
CHICAGO—Chris Chelios may be playing now for the AHL's Chicago Wolves, but he's still the NHLPA player rep for the Detroit Red Wings—and that won't change anytime soon. On Wednesday, the players' association voted to include Chelios on a ...
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Win in Chicago puts Canucks on road to better things
CHICAGO – Mikael Samuelsson wasn't with the Vancouver Canucks when the Chicago Blackhawks eliminated them from the playoffs in ugly fashion last spring. But Samuelsson realized the importance of Wednesday's game all the same.
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Chicago Blackhawks
Penguins' Sergei Gonchar out up to six weeks
Sporting News staff reports
Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will be out four to six weeks because of a broken wrist, according to an ESPN.com report.
Gonchar sustained the injury in ...
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