sports.espn.go.com - 10/26/2008
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A pair of injuries are worth making note of as we head into the final week of the NHL's opening month. The Columbus Blue Jackets can ill afford any kind of injuries if they're to challenge for a playoff spot, let alone an injury to their starting netminder. They already have had a half-dozen ...
sports.espn.go.com - 10/23/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
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 ...
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waitingfornextyear.com - 10/31/2008
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waitingfornextyear.com —
Blue Jackets’ head coach Ken Hitchcock likes to
break the hockey season up into eight 10-game mini-seasons....
He challenges his player to win each 10-game mini-season, and with that in mind I’ve elected to break down the team at each 10-game mile marker along the way. Admittedly
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First 10: It’s Been A Bumpy Ride
blog.dispatch.com - 10/30/2008
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Tuesday was a dark day for the Blue
Jackets. I've been around this club from its inception....
I've witnessed lots of ugly losses and walked into lots of losing dressing rooms. I've covered lots of morning-afters where the sun coming...
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On The Brink
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Johan Franzen out 3-4 weeks with knee sprain
Winging It In Motown —
... Update (October 27): Sounds like the GR Griffins' PR staff got a little excited about seeing their 96th player get time in the NHL. Leino was not actually recalled, but if the Wings start thinking Johan Franzen's injury will keep him out past three weeks, they will recall someone from GR (likely Leino). As of right now, Detroit only has room for someone else under the cap if Franzen is added to the IR list. ...
Wings Dealing With Franzen Injury
KK Hockey —
from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
“Obviously, we were concerned,” Wings GM Ken Holland told ESPN.com from Los Angeles on Monday. “We left him behind in Chicago on Saturday night. He flew back to Detroit on Sunday morning and had an MRI. It’s a Grade 2 MCL sprain. Right now, the doctor feels it’s 3-4 weeks. We’re going to wait 2-3 days, and if he feels pretty good in 2-3 days, then maybe we’re looking at less time than three weeks.
“If in 2-3 days he’s still pretty stiff, then we’re probably looking at 3-4 weeks and we might consider putting him on LTI so we can get another body up ...
Puck Headlines: Wild, Blackhawks and new hotness on Versus
Puck Daddy —
Here are your Evening Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Preview: Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild (8 p.m. EDT; TV: VS). The Wild are 5-0-1 and are winning without star Marian Gaborik, who was placed on IR. But they're not perfect, having given up leads in their recent games. The Blackhawks have recalled defenseman Cam Barker from the AHL. This will be Chicago's ...
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Wild survive review, top Jackets 2-1 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 10/26/2008
The Minnesota Wild nearly gave away another game. Rick Nash's high stick and a favorable video review helped them hang on. Owen Nolan came off injured reserve to get an assist and his first goal for Minnesota, and the Wild beat the Columbus Blue ...
Wild winning without injured Gaborik (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 10/26/2008
Marian Gaborik isn't playing, and the Minnesota Wild are rolling along just fine without him. Despite the absence of their star right winger due to an unspecified injury to his lower body, the Wild are the only Western Conference team without a loss ...
