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canada.com - 10/24/2008

Price-less moment in sun for St-Pierre

— canada.com — Priceless. That was the clever wordplay goaltender Kim St-Pierre used to describe her experience yesterday when she joined the Habs for their practice at Denis Savard Arena. Priceless in the sense that she realized a lifelong dream to test her skills ... (more) Price-less moment in sun for St-Pierre

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sports.espn.go.com - 10/26/2008

Pierre LeBrun Blog

— sports.espn.go.com — We're in tough economic times, but NHL players will get a nice surprise sometime over the next month: A big fat check from their teams. The final tally is in from last season's escrow calculations, and the net result is that each player will earn ... (more) Pierre LeBrun Blog

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sports.espn.go.com - 10/28/2008

Pierre LeBrun Blog

— sports.espn.go.com — Steve Yzerman will likely make the jump to NHL GM one day. But that day won't come any day soon. The moment Yzerman accepted the job of executive director of Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics, the Detroit Red Wings vice president essentially ended any ... (more) Pierre LeBrun Blog

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Thursday’s GM Meetings
KK Hockey — From Pierre LeBrun at his ESPN blog: The NHL’s 30 general managers met in Chicago on Thursday and left with some homework. They’ve got to chew on three rule change recommendations before reconvening at their next meeting in March and possibly voting on them. • The first is the Larry Pleau idea that I first detailed last weekend, essentially changing the delayed penalty rule to the penalized team having to fully clear the puck from their defensive zone to get a stoppage in play, as opposed to simply having puck possession. The St. Louis Blues GM believes, and he’s probably right, it would create more ...

Slow Motion Not So Instant Replay - Oct. 24 Early Edition
The Jumbotron — The old cherry pick behind the net trick. They never see it coming! Every Sunday night / Monday morning The Jumbotron will present you with “Slow Motion Not So Instant Replay” to provide general NHL information and hilarity from the week, so that you can stave off as much work as possible on a Monday. Yes, I know how ...

BoG meetings scuttlebutt
Snapshots — The NHL's general managers attended the league's Board of Governors meetings in Chicago on Thursday, and ESPN's Pierre LeBrun says that the GM's plan on pondering three potential rule changes over the next three months (the Board of Governors meets again in Naples, Florida on March 9-11, 2009): October 23, ESPN : The first is the Larry Pleau idea that I ...

Press review
Habs Inside/Out —  Big news on a no-news day for the Canadiens: Jaroslav Halk starts against the Ducks tomorrow.  • Update on Christopher Higgins, itching to play • Kim St. Pierre's excellent adventure  • Jaro gets second straight start  •  Josh Gorges says Canadiens have to tighten their defensive play • ESPN Power Rankings: Canadiens second  • Pierre LeBrun on the GMs meeting and Bob Gainey's idea about a new shot-blocking rule     

GMs dedicated to removing defense from professional hockey
Puck Daddy — There is perhaps no better measurement of the NHL's complete slavery to ticket revenue than its stubborn refusal to expand the playing surface of its rinks. The idea that had support from players, executive and media less than five years ago. The rules changes coming out of the lockout, that were intended to juice scoring, have tabled the notion of increasing the ice surface. Now, NHL power brokers are much more content to tweak or revise every single facet of defensive play in the game rather than remove a few rows in the lower bowl. And that leads us down the road to silly ideas like widening the nets rather than substantial ...

Bob is a radical thinker
Four Habs Fans — So Bob shocked the GM meetings yesterday with a radical approach to boost offense. From LeBrun: The third idea, and perhaps most interesting of all, is an idea from Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey. He proposes that players in the defensive zone must have at least one skate on the ice when blocking shots. So, instead of having players collapsing all over the ice and sliding all over the place, Gainey believes this would allow for more pucks to get through from the point and, hence, create more scoring chances. The sight of a $9 million forward sliding to block a shot in the Playoffs with the potential to get hit in the balls ...

Possible rule changes talked about at the GM meetinsg
Chuqui 3.0 — ... ESPN - Pierre LeBrun Blog: • The first is the Larry Pleau idea that I first detailed this past weekend, which essentially would change the delayed-penalty rule so that the penalized team would have to fully clear the puck from its defensive zone to get a stoppage in play rather than simply needing to possess the puck. The St. Louis Blues GM believes it would create more offensive chances with the sixth attacker on the ice for a bit longer before a whistle blows. He's probably right. I like this one. • The second has to do with hand passes and ...