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Carolina Hurricanes Make Two Deadline Deals
Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford decided to stay relatively quiet in his trade deadline moves by trading costly winger Jussi Jokinen and bringing in power-play specialist Marc-Andre Bergeron.
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Buffalo Sabres: Still in A State of Limbo
Analyzing the Buffalo Sabres past week and how three points in two games and a pair of off-ice moves keep the Sabres in a state of limbo.
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Who Could Help the Hurting Detroit Red Wings Defense?
After the tough 6-0 shut out loss to St. Louis in the season opener, the offensive wheels have finally begun moving in the motor city. The big offensive players like...
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Top 10 Undersized NHL Players
Often deemed too small by NHL scouts, small, undersized, but skilled players, often have a harder time convincing NHL executives and coaches to give them a chance at the pro...
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Bang For The Buck: November Edition
A month ago I started a segment in which I look at who the top bargain players in the NHL are on a month-to-month basis. October saw Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Marc-Andre...
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Fantasy Chutes And Ladders: Ice In The Veins
We have survived many calamities this early fantasy hockey season but not comes the first November edition of “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can...
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Making the Grade: NHL First Midterm Report Card
Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist As we prepare to close the book on the first month of the NHL season, there have been some real surprises this year, and just...
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Bad Blood Brewing Between the Islanders and Lightning?
Last Thursday the New York Islanders defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 in a game that saw its fair share of scuffles, and trash talk during and after the game....
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Montreal Silences Penguins’ Stars, Even Up Series
Injuries might be taking a toll on the Penguins. Combine that with a hot goalie, and a trapping opposing team, and the result isn’t good. The Canadiens once again capitalized...
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Do the Montreal Canadiens Play to the Level of Their Opponents?
***Just a note: This article was written prior to Monday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators. Sometimes it’s a little bit difficult to understand the 2009-2010 version of the Montreal...
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A week of thought about the Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens will play their 9th game of the season tonight vs the N.Y. Islanders. While there are still many questions surrounding the Canadiens in this young season and...
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Bouwmeester Signs in Calgary; Summer of the Blueline?
Soon to be unrestricted free agent Jay Bouwmeester’s rights were traded at the 2009 draft to the Calgary Flames in return for the rights to defenseman Jordan Leopold and a 3rd round selection with which the Florida selected RW Josh Birkholz out of the USHL. This trade marked the second deal for a big name defenseman on draft weekend with Chris Pronger shipping to Philadelphia being the trade that kick started a rather slow trading weekend, but nearly everyone expected the highly touted Bouwmeester to test the waters of free agency.