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Controversial hits making headlines, and what is Bob thinking?
Each week, Hockey Night in Canada's Elliotte Friedman brings you his take on the world of sports. Click, peruse, debate, comment. It was a brutal week for controversial hits/contact – people spent more time watching Mike Richards, Steve Ott, Rob Scuderi, Tuomo Ruutu, Slava Kozlov, Evgeny ...
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Afternoon Delight: Head Games
IllegalCurve.com — ... Here is Elliotte Friedman’s new must-read Monday morning column.  Him and Scott Oake do a tremendous job on the sidelines for HNIC and Friedman is using that insight and knowledge to his advantage with terrific posts on the CBC cite.  Great read. ...

Afternoon Line
KK Hockey — Stunning to watch Anaheim. Last year, the Ducks cost Detroit the Stanley Cup. Just brutalized the Red Wings in the playoffs. Now, they’re getting pushed around – not the same hard-edged team without Pronger and Beauchemin. Lost their identity. -Elliotte Friedman of CBC.  Much more from Mrl Friedman…

CBC's Friedman: Red Wings have shot down trade requests
Snapshots — ... October 26, 2009, 9:26PM The CBC's Elliotte Friedman reports that the Red Wings have officially stayed the course despite their 3-4-1-and-1 start and the loss of Johan Franzen to a torn ACL: October 26, CBC Sports : A GM who called the Red Wings about a trade was told no thanks. “They’re going to let their young players learn the hard way this season. No panic deals for them.”Also of note regarding the NHLPA: Word is that Mike Richter is seriously interested in replacing Glenn Healy at the NHLPA.

Tuesday Morning Fly By: Flyers prepare for Capitals in DC, Hernia surgery for Gagne?
Broad Street Hockey — ... of the Internet. Get ready, this list is long: Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy, Adam Proteau at The Hockey News, Colin Campbell via NHL.com, Ryan Lambert at Puck Daddy, Bangin' Panger, Jim Cerny at Rink Rap, Scott Burnside at ESPN.com, Mick Kern at NHL Home Ice (not a permalink, may not be the first story on the page), Josh Yohe at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, George Malik of MLive.com, and Elliotte Friedman at CBC.ca. There's 11, and I probably missed a bunch. You ...

Around the Boards: Thurs. Oct. 29th
My NHL Trade Rumors.com — ... : If the Thrashers are unable to sign Kovalchuk, the Bruins might be a fit. The trading of Kobasew and the with Lucic and Savard on the IR, it has saved the club some much valued cap space. They also have lot of draft picks to dangle. Elliotte Friedman of CBCSports.ca : Has Halak taken over the goalie of the future for the Canadiens? Are the Canadiens playing Halak more lately in an attempt to motivate Price. A quote mentioned in the Friedman’s blog (link above) … Ilya Bryzgalov on being named NHL first star of the week. “I don’t care,” according to the Arizona Republic. “I ...

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