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What You Won’t Find On Any Draft Breakdown

by SENShobo on 06/25/09 at 07:20 PM ET
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As the afternoon buzzed away today, rumours flying everywhere, there was a quieter, gentler setting for a few of the top prospects at this year’s draft. Tavares, Hedman, Duchene, Kane, Schenn, and Despres where whisked away from the luncheon to the mainland and the Canadiens’ practice rink, joining a couple dozen young and very fortunate hockey players for some practice time.

It’s the story no one might care about, but the story that I’ll take to heart anyway.

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Canes’ No Goal Points Out NHL’s Tech Gap

by SENShobo on 05/05/09 at 10:32 AM ET
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but word on the street, or out of the NHL’s head office at least, is that the National Hockey League has the most tech savvy fans of any major league sport.

I know it’s been two days now since Carolina evened their series in Boston, but yesterday’s cause was defending 5-on-5 overtime. Those who watched the game appeared to be treated to the Canes taking a 3-0 lead not once, but twice.

You can’t help but find a hint of something there between those two statements, whether you label it irony, contradiction, or just some kind of philosophical mismatch, and certainly one that needs attention.

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Do Or Die, But Keep Overtime The Same

by SENShobo on 05/04/09 at 10:02 AM ET
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Over 100 shots on goal. Over 100 hits. Over 100 minutes of hockey.

That was Anaheim’s 4-3 win in Detroit yesterday, just over a minute into the third overtime period.

Don’t be fooled though; that represents exactly what hockey should be, whether it’s over in 60 minutes or still filled with smouldering hate after 120.

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These Playoffs A Compelling Lot

by SENShobo on 04/29/09 at 09:39 AM ET
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Who could ask for anything more?

Playoff series have always been filled with motivation, excitement, and bad blood by the end. This season it’s gone into overdrive, and left, right, and centre, every one has been a promising player in the mind, even when a brief on-ice pause may have been in effect (see Washington’s play against New York last night, periods one and two).

For 14 teams’ fans, April brought much of the excitement to a close, another 8 now joining them, but the storylines have managed to put up quite a fight in the meantime.

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Sens On Fire, Fans Awaiting The Sprinklers

by SENShobo on 03/24/09 at 09:04 AM ET
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It’s been quite a ride through the past two seasons, the rise and fall of the Senators and the current stirring of the once disregarded beast.

No one really knows how any of it happened, or where the team will go from here, even as countless minds dwell on the matter. Still, it’s not often that teams in this position get to experience a dose of excitement this late in the season, and certainly rarely this futile.

Update - Post Spreadsheet Fixed

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Oilers Make Sens Look Slick

by SENShobo on 03/06/09 at 09:02 AM ET
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Ok, so when I said that it was Ottawa’s turn to play spoiler this season, I did not necessarily have it in mind that we would be spoiling the playoff hopes of a fellow Canadian team, let alone one I might find myself rooting for come mid-April (my playoff allegiances are a complex lot, and will be challenged earlier than ever this year).

A powerful 4-2 win over Edmonton would normally be reason to cheer, or at least cheer for more than the moment. But it is a strange place to be, thinking of what lies ahead. After 11 straight years of playoffs, I’m not quite sure how to deal with this, let alone how other franchises have gotten by.

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Someday Hockey Fights Will Be Introduced To The Dodo

by SENShobo on 02/25/09 at 11:03 AM ET
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Yesterday I posted a story regarding a Violence in Hockey Symposium, a good quick read with some very telling tales.

It’s a far cry from a strong League-wide open discussion or stance on the issue, but that day will come.

Fighting will never completely disappear from the game, but evolution is only natural, with more issues entwined herein than a Buffalo-Ottawa melee.

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More Blows Directed At Fighting In Hockey

by SENShobo on 02/24/09 at 08:17 PM ET
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From the CP, via TSN,

Former NHL referee-in-chief Bryan Lewis says fighting in hockey is on the way out.

Lewis was part of a Violence in Hockey Symposium staged Tuesday by the Middlesex-London Health Unit, a gathering of hockey officials, coaches, media members and a former professional player at the London Convention Centre.

“I believe the screw is finally being turned,” Lewis said in an interview.

“I think it’s slowly being removed from the game.”

The symposium, attended by 98 coaches, trainers and administrators, sought recommendations leading to a decrease in injuries resulting from gratuitous violence on the ice.”

Read on for some very good points and telling tales. I expect I will be adding to this discussion sometime this week.

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ASG - A Reflection

by SENShobo on 02/03/09 at 11:24 AM ET
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It’s been a week now since the All-Star Game was played, the heroes returned to their teams, and Montreal returned to a slightly less exuberant heartland of hockey.

There were cheers and jeers all around, at the rink and hundreds of miles away, for the event, what it stands for, and all that it cannot hold a torch to.

I was fortunate enough to be welcomed into the event by the League, with all the access and privileges of the mainstream media.

Without a doubt — and not just because it was the first time I donned media credentials — the weekend will forever rank amongst my most cherished hockey memories, and always it will remind me why there is a need for an event such as this.

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ASG - SuperSkills Manages To Bring Pleasant Surprises

by SENShobo on 01/24/09 at 11:39 PM ET
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It’s half over now, the SuperSkills being put on display for 150 countries around the world to see.

For the veterans of all walks of life, the event may have been old hat, but for the crowd, it worked out exactly as advertised.

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