tsn.ca - 10/31/2008
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MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens suspended Pavel Valentenko without pay on Friday after the prospect left the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League to sign a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. Valentenko was in the second year of a three-year, entry-level deal with the Canadiens ...
canada.com - 10/28/2008
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canada.com —
The suggestion was made to meet Carolina Hurricanes
goaltender Michael Leighton yesterday morning for a casual chat...
in his team's downtown hotel, away from the media scrums at an afternoon Bell Centre practice. But the former Canadiens netminder, who ...
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Home at last - with 'Canes
globesports.com - 11/8/2008
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globesports.com —
MONTREAL Surely, there is something wrong with
this picture. The Montreal Canadiens are at practice. The...
drill is like something you would see in atom house league: 5-on-5 at each end of the ice, a goaltender in each net, the players desperate to be ...
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The Flying Canadiens
blogs2.startribune.com - 10/30/2008
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blogs2.startribune.com —
Made that early morning flight back from Dallas
and got to the X in time for the...
Montreal Canadiens and Wild optional skates this morning. This morning was all about the Koivu Brothers, and like I wrote today, Canadiens captain Saku Koivu is a ...
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Possible Future for Koivu Brothers in Minnesota?
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Habs suspend Valentenko without pay
Habs Inside/Out —
The Canadiens have suspended Pavel Valentenko without pay after the blue-line prospect left the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs to join the Dynamo Moscow of the KHL.
Read the full article here.
Valetenko is just a family guy
Four Habs Fans —
Hmm. I'm sort of torn on this. Apparently, Pavel Valetenko supports his entire family on his hockey salary. His Hamilton salary just wasn't cutting it, so he had to go home to make more in the KHL. I can appreciate someone who just wants to do right by his family. Here are some money quotes about the situation: - His goal was to play in the NHL, but financially, playing in the AHL wasn't cutting it. - He came over here to make the NHL. He didn't just run home. He had to do it. He knows he shouldn't have done what he did contractually, but he had to. It's not a Radulov situation. Those quotes are courtesy of ...
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