sports.espn.go.com - 10/28/2008
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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 chance of taking the next step in his NHL ...
sports.espn.go.com - 10/23/2008
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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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sports.yahoo.com - 10/28/2008
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The last time we had a backstage clip
this hilarious involving someone with Buffalo ties, it featured
doughnuts, Jim Schoenfeld and physical comedy. So thank you, Adam Mair of the Buffalo Sabres , for your unmitigated anger outside the Ottawa ...
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NHL looking into Sabres/Senators postgame locker room ...
sports.espn.go.com - 10/26/2008
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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 ...
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Scratch Yzerman Off Your GM List
KK Hockey —
Kukla's Korner Hockey Previous entry: Small Crowd In Columbus Scratch Yzerman Off Your GM List by Paul on 10/28/08 at 10:09 AM ET Comments (0) from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, We bring this matter to your attention, fellow puckheads, because if Bryan Murray’s GM job should ever come under fire with the Senators, and we certainly hope not, I guarantee you Yzerman’s name would be at the forefront of the Ottawa media’s wish list. Given that Yzerman is an Ottawa native, a GM in waiting and, not to mention, one of the game’s greatest players ever. But, for now, all other NHL teams will have to take a rain check. “This is an opportunity of a ...
Puck Headlines: Getting revenge for the Brandon Sutter hit
Puck Daddy —
Here are your Morning 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. • Interesting comments from New Jersey Devils Coach Brent Sutter, whose son Brandon Sutter was sent to the hospital by that vicious (but legal) open-ice check from Doug Weight. Sutter told the Star Tribune that when he played, "If a player got hit in the head, whether it was clean or dirty, you knew what was going to happen. It was going to be a long night for the guy who did the hitting. And the ...
Yzerman discusses Olympic responsibilies, desire to remain in Detroit with LeBrun
Snapshots —
Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman spoke to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun about his status as Team Canada's executive director for the 2010 Olympic games. Yzerman admits that any chances of him becoming a team's GM have been shelved until at least March, 2010: October 28, ESPN : "Yes, that's true," Yzerman told ESPN.com. "First of all, part of the reason I was given the responsibilities of the Olympic team is that I have a little bit more flexibility, a lot more flexibility really, than a general manager of an NHL team. I talked with [Hockey Canada president] Bob Nicholson about it, and one ...
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Bleacher Report - NHL 10/28/2008
On Saturday night, Sergei Fedorov scored the 474th and 475 goals of his career, making him the all-time leader for a Russian-born player in the NHL.
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Fedorov ...
