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When Will Zetterberg Play

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 08:13 AM ET
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from the blog of Helene St. James at the Detroit Free Press,

I think it’s safe to say Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg won’t play again before the regular season ends.
Mike Babcock said after Tuesday’s game that Zetterberg would not play Thursday at Chicago, leaving only Saturday’s game against Chicago remaining before the regular season ends.

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When They Were Good

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 08:10 AM ET
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from the Chicago Daily Herald,

Today, in the first installment of our three-part series on the Hawks, we look back on a time when the franchise meant something in the city — and Chicagoans overflowed with pride when wearing that Indian head sweater.
’60s and the last Cup
It has been 46 years since the Hawks won the Stanley Cup.
That’s three years before the Beatles came to America, three years before the Ford Mustang hit the roads, eight years before man walked on the moon.
Yes, it has been a long time.
Newspapers looked different, too. Today there are special sections when a team reaches the playoffs — back then The Chicago Daily Tribune devoted only about 60 percent of its front page to the Hawks when they clinched the Cup with a 5-1 victory over Detroit.

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JFJ Not Happy with Head Hit

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 07:57 AM ET
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from the Toronto Sun,

There was blood oozing from Matt Stajan’s face and steam coming out of John Ferguson’s ears.
All thanks to Philadelphia Flyers forward Ben Eager.
A livid Ferguson needed all his composure to keep from publicly ripping referees Bill McCreary and Greg Kimmerly for allowing Eager’s head shot on Stajan late in the third period to go unpunished.
“At some point I’m just going to have to open my mouth and pay the (bleepin) fine,” the Maple Leafs general manager said, referring to the potential financial consequence of criticizing officials.

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Questionable Lineup For Renney

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 07:44 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

But if the Rangers weren’t at their best, neither was Tom Renney. Apparently fearing the Isles’ physical game, the coach did not dress his best lineup, instead choosing to scratch Petr Prucha so that he could use both Ryan Hollweg and Colton Orr.
It was an astounding decision by Renney, who prior to the match stated that the Rangers would need to take charge rather than watch what the Islanders would do, yet who himself reacted to what he thought the Islanders might do instead of forcing his opponents to contend with his team’s best lineup.

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Preds Need To Regroup

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 07:40 AM ET
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from the Tennessean,

After positioning themselves in a race for the President’s Trophy, the Predators are now desperately clinging to the Western Conference’s fourth seed.
Trotz acknowledges that there is likely to be a lot of finger-pointing in the Predators locker room in the next few days, but despite its recent tailspin Nashville is not ready to call it quits.
“Everybody is going to be doubting everybody in our room,” Trotz said. “Our group has to stay galvanized, fix what we can fix and have a real good effort on Thursday (vs. St. Louis).”

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Carolina Eliminated

by Paul on 04/04/07 at 07:34 AM ET
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from the News & Observer,

There will be no title defense. Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning made sure of it, the Hurricanes blowing a two-goal lead to put themselves on the brink of playoff elimination. Fifteen minutes after they left the ice, their embarrassment was assured when the Montreal Canadiens completed a 2-0 victory over the Boston Bruins.
“It’s a weird feeling, a tough feeling that our year is over,” Hurricanes defenseman Mike Commodore said.
“It’s just really disappointing, I guess, to sum it up. It’s tough to find the words right now. We had a great season last year. I guess it was the best year last year, and we kind of followed it up by the most disappointing.”

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Janet Gretzky Strikes Back

by George James Malik on 04/04/07 at 07:06 AM ET
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from Unnati Gahndi of the Globe and Mail:

The woman behind hockey legend Wayne Gretzky says the intense media coverage of her alleged involvement in a U.S. gambling ring blew things “out of proportion.”
In her first in-depth interview since the coverage of the betting scandal hit the stands last year, Janet Jones tells Chatelaine magazine that the media scrutiny put a strain on the family, including the couple’s five children.
“It’s unfair that Wayne and I have had a great marriage for 20 years and a nice family, and the people in the media could care less if they are trying to cause friction in your marriage, trouble in your family, and make your kids feel a certain way,” she told Chatelaine in a story published in the May issue.
“That was a little hurtful because it was like, ‘Why? What have we ever done to you?’ ”

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The entire article can be found here, but there’s nothing more to it.

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It’s Not Exactly The Kiss Army…

by George James Malik on 04/04/07 at 07:05 AM ET
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from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun:

“As far as (Julien’s) on-ice approach, it’s not much different than what we’ve been doing. I never talked to (Lamoriello) about (Julien) at all,” said Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, the longest-serving veteran in Lamoriello’s Army.
“I had lots of different conversations with (Julien) about coaching or whatever. You always turn around to look at yourself when these things happen."That’s tough to do here because we gave him 102 points. It’s hard for us to feel bad. When coaches are fired, it’s because the players aren’t responding. Well, we’ve done our share, I think.”

The players aren’t just players here. They’re disciples of the system. They live by Lamoriello’s strict rules of no facial hair and mandatory shirt and tie on the road — and the players seem to enjoy it.

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Charter Reaches Agreement With Versus

by Paul on 04/03/07 at 09:04 PM ET
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from MultiChannel News,

With threats of pulling the networks looming, Charter Communications reached new carriage commitments with Comcast-owned The Golf Channel and Versus.
Sources familiar with the situation indicated that the distribution deals that Golf and Versus (nee OLN) negotiated separately with Charter expired around 15 months ago. And while extensions have kept the services on Charter’s air to date since early 2006, the parties have now evidently ended a stalemate over Charter’s intention to move Golf and Versus to a sports tier from their current basic positioning.

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Thanks to a KK reader for the tip and as I said in the KK Forum today and to numerous people who emailed, me, they have been trying to get it settled. 
Some people tried to make this a lot bigger deal than it was.\

added 9:33pm, More on this from Ray Slover at the Sporting News,

Good news, puckheads: If you watch Versus on cable TV you won’t miss a second of playoff action. And there was much rejoicing.

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All Joe Thornton

by Paul on 04/03/07 at 06:06 PM ET
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Joe Thornton took part in an NHL tele-coference today…

Q. Could you just address the impact that the acquisition of Bill Guerin and Craig Rivet have had on the team?
JOE THORNTON: Well, obviously, we’re pretty young in the back, so Rivet just brings us some more toughness back there. He’s pretty rugged. He plays the power plays, the right?handed shot, which we needed, as well. So he fills so many voids that we didn’t have before. He’s a guy that’s been there, done that, and he’s going to be great going to the playoffs.
Obviously Billy winning the Cup I think in ‘95 or ‘96, he’s a good, veteran guy that works really well with Patty Marleau, and he’s another right?handed shot. He’s physical, he’s big, he’s strong and just two very, very valuable pickups that we definitely needed coming down the stretch here.

Q. I’d like to ask another question. I’ve got to ask you, last season late you just went on an amazing rampage, and you’ve done it again this season. How do you explain the late season surges that you have?
JOE THORNTON: I don’t know, it’s just ?? obviously especially this year, playing with Milan Michalek, he’s been playing great lately, and Cheech has been putting the puck in the back of the net. But I don’t really know the rhyme or reason that it happens. But like you said, it happened last year and again this year, but I don’t know the reason why.

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