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Finding the Switch (Ten Years After)
This is Miro Satan. One of the truly hilarious quotes from Ron Low was this about one season after Satan had been dealt: "He could always score but he was a very streaky scorer. We've got streaky scorers here too, but they're all streaking the wrong way. Miro's become a lot more complete ...
Could cap crunch make Max movable?
Could cap crunch make Max movable?
3rdmanin.wordpress.com — Interesting little piece I came across yesterday by David Staples of the Edmonton Journal: (more) Could cap crunch make Max movable?
Weight, Guerin are used to the trade rumors -
newsday.com — EDMONTON, Alberta - Trades are a fact of life in the NHL , where few players spend their entire careers with the same team no matter how good they are. The Islanders' visit to Edmonton to play the Oilers last night at Rexall Place stirred happy ... (more) Weight, Guerin are used to the trade rumors -
Weight, Guerin are used to the trade rumors
newsday.com — EDMONTON, Alberta - Trades are a fact of life in the NHL, where few players spend their entire careers with the same team no matter how good they are. The Islanders' visit to Edmonton to play the Oilers last night at Rexall Place stirred happy ... (more) Weight, Guerin are used to the trade rumors
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Island in Oil: Dynasty ashes meet
Lighthouse Hockey — ... that's not too shabby. But the stop-and-go development of fitful young pups always triggers knee-jerk panic in some fans, so when a kid struggles -- or if he's fine but his counting stats struggle -- there's always one segment of a fanbase ready to dump him at the first offer. ...

Island in Oil: Dynasty ashes meet
Lighthouse Hockey — ... that's not too shabby. But the stop-and-go development of fitful young pups always triggers knee-jerk panic in some fans, so when a kid struggles -- or if he's fine but his counting stats struggle -- there's always one segment of a fanbase ready to dump him at the first offer. ...

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