sports.espn.go.com - 12/29/2008
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Posted by Pierre LeBrun Claude Lemieux still has a long way to go before his NHL comeback becomes a reality, but the 43-year-old winger inched closer to his improbable goal Monday when the San Jose Sharks signed him to a two-way contract for the remainder of the season. We were quick to mock ...
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sports.espn.go.com - 12/30/2008
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Posted by Pierre LeBrun CHICAGO -- It wasn't
quite Claude Lemieux after five years away from the
game, but skating for the first time in 15 months was a comeback story of my own Tuesday. Wonky knee aside, it was a thrill to hit the ice at Wrigley ...
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sports.espn.go.com - 12/28/2008
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Posted by Pierre LeBrun You may remember we
recently talked about next season's plans for the NHL
to have six teams open the regular season in Europe. It may still happen, but we are told the Premiere Games in Europe are hanging in the balance. We ...
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ESPN's Pierre LeBrun discusses the reasoning behind the Sharks' signing of Claude Lemieux (who will remain in the AHL) and the status of Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom's bruised ankle: December 29, ESPN : We checked in on the status of six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom. He absorbed a Shea Weber slap shot last Friday night and suffered an ankle injury. It would be a crying shame if he missed Thursday's Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. "He's day to day," Wings GM Ken Holland told ESPN.com Monday. "He's doubtful for tomorrow [Chicago at Detroit in Joe Louis ...
Puck Headlines: Could Detroit get shut out of all-star starters?
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Here are your Evening Puck Headlines and Previews: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • As of 6:42 p.m. EST on Monday night, the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings are under 10,000 votes for Scott Niedermayer away from not having a single representative in a starting position in the NHL All-Star Game. Not that this would make the ASG voting a total joke or anything, being that it already is. Help them Nicklas Lidstrom ... you're their only hope ... [NHL Fan ...
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