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What Can Brown Do for the Royal You?
The simplest answer is usually the best one. The Los Angeles Kings have a core group of younger players that have led the team from the nadir of the 2006-07...
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Game 1 Analysis: Ten Points to Ponder
VANCOUVER – To a man, players from both teams said Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was everything they expected. Great goaltending, tight-checking, physical play, back and forth action....
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Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Detroit Forces Game 7
Has anyone seen Dan Cleary and Richard Dreyfuss in the same room at the same time? Like Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw in the blockbuster 1975 action flick Jaws,...
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Detroit-San Jose preview
“Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.” — Voltaire There are two camps when it comes to long breaks between playoff series: some believe the rest is...
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From Abdelakder to Zuccarello – 19 April 2011
Did you work late last night? Did your significant other make you run errands while the game was on? Did your dog chew off your TV cable wires? Have no...
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NHL Playoffs: Which Team Down 2-0 Has the Best Shot at Coming Back?
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent When playoff time rolls around in any professional sport, there are a ton of adages that come out of the mouths of pundits and writers alike...
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From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 25 Feb 2011
First off it is part of our namesakes birthday so a special Happy Brithday shout out to the Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader. Now onto the games… Detroit Red Wings...
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Your Kid Should Play Like Homer
It’s an odd thought to some, perhaps. Especially if someone isn’t familiar with Tomas Holmstrom outside of cursing him while the long time Wing sets up in front of their...
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Eric Tangradi Could Be Diamond In Rough For Penguins
By Mike Colligan When the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Ryan Whitney to the Anaheim Ducks in February of 2009 they were dealing from a position of strength. With a surplus of...
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NHL Preview: Jim Neveau’s Western Conference Predictions
Jim Neveau, THW Reporter-at-Large Last year saw the rise of the Phoenix Coyotes to NHL prominence, the Colorado Avalanche coming back from the depths of mediocrity, and the return of...
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Spezza Unhappy, Briere’s Reemergence, and Marleau’s Real Value
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
~ Jay Feaster has nothing but good things to say about Steve Yzerman and the new Tampa Bay Lightning. (Missing from the glowing article is the small tidbit of disclosure that Feaster is still being paid by the Lightning and has to be hoping for a spot within the new management ranks):
“Last Tuesday’s announcement put Vinik back on a winning streak. Yzerman is world class and he’s as great a person as he was a hockey player. He learned from one of the best organizations in professional sports, working under people such as Jimmy Devellano, Ken Holland, Jim Nill and Mike Ilitch. Yzerman brings instant credibility, a Rolodex of connections and contacts and he arrives in Tampa carrying hope on his shoulders.”
~ Tomas Kaberle trade rumors will likely continue from now up until draft day, but reports indicate Buffalo is in hot pursuit of the offensive defenseman for a quick fix on the powerplay:
With [Kaberle] at the point, Vanek will instantly score 10+ more goals than last season. Kaberle is a skilled power play quarter back, and a great offensive dman. He’ll get shots to the net. Vanek’s bread and butter on the power play (tipping shots) was in effect not an option for him this season due to the Sabres sub par power play.
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Flames Surge and Slip Anew
After winning four straight, Calgary dropped critical games to rival Vancouver and Detroit, the team with whom they are competing for the final Western Conference playoff berth. They then split their next six games to leave them in precarious standing to earn the final Western Conference playoff berth.