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Crosby Can Draw Attention To The NHL
Published 5/20/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... better even to these eyes than that other great game nobody watches — soccer. But now, thanks to Sidney Crosby and the young and exciting team from Pittsburgh, there’s interest and buzz and — if you can believe it — a growing TV audience. When Detroit eliminated Dallas on Monday night, the NHL has everything it had been hoping for ever since it canceled an entire season and almost committed labor-relations suicide three years ago. continued

Penguins and Red Wings: Preparing for the Letdown
Published 5/20/2008 at Puck Daddy
... Look, I'm a born cynic (thanks Jersey) and a die-hard pessimist (thanks, NY Jets fandom). When I read curmudgeonly NBC Sports columnist Mike Celizic get on his knees for ...

Someone broke the internet
Published 5/24/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... I've also been following the NHL since 1956," Devellano said. "The best defenseman and the best player I ever saw was Bobby Orr. But the second-best defenseman I have ever seen or been associated with is far and away Nicklas Lidstrom. "I'll tell you why it's pretty special for a guy like me to say that: I'm the guy who drafted Denis Potvin. And he was a pretty good player in his own right." NBC Sports : NBC Sports' Mike Celizic believes that the Wings-Penguins final will prove that hockey finally matters again, while Michael Venture counters that it will remain a ...