sports.yahoo.com - 11/25/2008
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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. Preview: Vancouver Canucks at New York Rangers (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: TSN, MSG). Markus Naslund ...
hockeygodonline.com - 11/30/2008
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hockeygodonline.com —
Tree Huggers Cover Your Ears & Eyes! Toronto
To Get Tougher! Saturday’s press conference at the Air...
Canada Centre to announce Brian Burke as the new President and General Manager was for any Leaf fan a home run of sorts! Burke while on the interview ...
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battleofcalifornia.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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Welcome to the second installment of Brian Burke
Week, as I ponder back on the Anaheim yester-legacy...
of the mouthy one. Yesterday I made a case for three moves that I think Burke gets too much flak for; today it's time for Part II: Criticizing three Burke moves that I don't think get enough flak.
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Burke Week #2
torontosun.com - 12/1/2008
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torontosun.com —
Brian Burke will give the Maple Leafs the
clout they've lacked in league dealings. Toronto's new general...
manager knows how the system works because he was once part of the machine.
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Your Sportsmen Ain’t S#!t #4: Josh Hamilton, Kurt Warner, Stephen Curry, Nick Lidstrom, and the Anderson Monarchs
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... Why NICK LIDSTROM ain’t s#!t: A hockey player not named Ovechkin even being nominated for this is a joke. Still Puck Daddy’s Greg Wyshynski semi-endorsed Lidstrom, saying “we fully expect him to win, provided Michael Phelps gets caught wearing counterfeit Speedos in a meth lab.” [Insert follow-up Josh Hamilton joke here.] Lidstrom apparently had a nice season, but neither he nor the Red Wings winning yet another cup is a story that transcends hockey’s sadly limited following. Even if we all lived in Canada, I still ...
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NYDailyNews.com - Hockey 11/27/2008
Markus Naslund scored a pair of goals in the second period and added one in the shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist made 27 stops in regulation and overtime, then two more in the breakaway contest as the Rangers beat the Lightning, 3-2, Wednesday night.
