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Niklas Kronwall Out After Knee On Knee Hit By Laraque

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/09 at 07:51 PM ET | Comments (0)

Wings announced Kronwall will not return to the game after taking a knee on knee hit from Laraque.  Earlier on the same play, Laraque high-sticked Darren Helm so Laraque received 4 for high sticking and 2 for tripping.

added 8:15pm, video of the hit…

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Brian Mullen’s Heart Still With The Rangers

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11/21/09 at 06:07 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Matt Caputo of the NY Daily News,

Sixteen years after his NHL career was cut short by a stroke, Brian Mullen is still on the ice.

Much of his life has revolved around Madison Square Garden, but on this day, the former Ranger and Islander is standing on the practice rink at the Prudential Center in Newark, coaching the New Jersey Rockets junior hockey team.

“Coaching these guys is a lot of fun. They soak everything up,” says Mullen, pointing out his 19-year-old son, Chris, warming up before a game. “I loved broadcasting and working for the NHL, and it’s good to be around the game again. If something like an NHL coaching job happened, I’d jump at it.”

Since his playing days came to an end in 1993, when he was 31, Mullen has worked for the Islanders, the Rangers and the NHL.

These days his office is about a mile north of the Garden at the CBS’ “The Early Show” where he is a stagehand for the popular morning program.

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Create Your Own Headline For The Wings/Habs Live Blog

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By IwoCPO

11/21/09 at 06:00 PM ET | Comments (476)

Bill asked me (Paul) to put up a post for the game tonight.

He called me from Ann Arbor at about 3:45pm today, sounded depressed, wonder why?

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Atlanta Is A Sleeper Team

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11/21/09 at 12:32 PM ET | Comments (1)

Last year, the Atlanta Thrashers finished with the fourth worst record in the NHL.  Nobody thought too highly of the team that went through the 2008/09 season with 35 wins and 47 losses.  This year (so far) has gone much better, though the Thrashers have not received much notice yet in part because the Thrashers have played a league least 18 games so far.  Through that, they have a 10-8 record (with two regulation tie points), which has the team in 22nd when the standings are sorted by points.  If you sort the standings in terms of points per game, Atlanta is 11th (11 positions better than their total points spot).  Faux rumors shows this with their projected final standings (which has Atlanta on pace to get 100 points this year).  That would make this the best season in Atlanta Thrasher history.

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Dealing With A Make-Shift Lineup

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11/21/09 at 11:23 AM ET | Comments (6)

from Ted Leonis of Ted’s Take,

We lost by one goal. We lost yet another player to injury.

Last year, we were fourth in man games lost to injury. We are giving it a good run again this season to be a leader in man games lost.

Tom Poti was hurt in the first period. Hence we didn’t have Poti, Jurcina and Morrisonn on D in the lineup. We didn’t have Semin, Knuble, Gordon, Laing and Nylander in the lineup front. We didn’t have Theodore either in goal. That is goofy, huh? $25 million in payroll NOT playing.

We still could have won that game but missing this many players does scramble the game plan and the rhythm of the team. No one feels sorry for us. We can’t use injuries as an excuse. We just have to tough it out.

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Sutter Trying To Find The Fire In The Flames

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11/21/09 at 10:28 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald,

So Brent Sutter finds the corporate culture inside the Calgary Flames locker-room too casual for his liking.

Craig Conroy respectfully takes exception with that contention.

“I have a big problem with that,” the Flames alternate captain told reporters Friday before the team boarded a charter flight for Los Angeles to prepare for an afternoon clash today with the Kings.

“I’d like to know what people want us to do inside that locker-room. We’re trying to lead the best we can and do it and be positive.

“It’s not always positive. There are times when there’s yelling, and guys are on each other.”

Maybe so, but the new sheriff behind the Calgary bench wants his charges to show more outward disgust and loathing in the aftermath of a National Hockey League defeat as humiliating as the 7-1 spanking administered by the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

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Covering The Hockey Song

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11/21/09 at 09:05 AM ET | Comments (0)

2 year old thinks he is Stompin’ Tom Connors.

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Cory Stillman Out With Knee Injury

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11/21/09 at 08:56 AM ET | Comments (0)

via George Richards of the Miami Herald,

The one negative out of Florida’s 2-1 overtime victory over the Red Wings on Friday was that Stillman—who had goals in six of eight games coming in—sustained a left knee injury. Stillman was driven into the boards midway through the second period, and coach Pete DeBoer said he will be out for some time.

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What’s Troubling The Avalanche?

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11/21/09 at 08:46 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Adrian Dater of All Things Avs,

What the results of late are telling me is this:

- This team still has too many guys who get self-satisfied with a little success and want to take a breather once they do. You’ve absolutely got to identify those guys and try to fix it fast, or else get rid of them.

That is Joe Sacco’s big challenge right now.

- Too many guys maybe never believed they were as good as their record. I could be wrong on that, but instead of getting wild with excitement over their fast start, I just sensed a little too much “Wow, how did that happen?” attitude around some players.

It’s a good bunch of guys and I do think this team is going to be competitive most nights, but something is really missing right now and it’s hard to define. It just seems like some guys aren’t buying into the system all of a sudden. Or, maybe they want to buy into the system, but still don’t know their roles.

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Rangers Need More Consistent Play

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11/21/09 at 08:30 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Jeff Z. Klein of the New York Times,

“Twenty-one games into it, it’s way too early to be looking at standings,” Tortorella said Friday. “But having said that, we need to play more consistently, especially at home. I don’t want to get too far ahead as far as what’s going to happen if we lose. But we have concerns about our consistency, and that’s what we’re trying to work on.”

The Rangers are 6-4 at the Garden — not a good sign, because, as Tortorella said, “You have to take care of business at home.”

There are other signs of diminishing returns. The explosive attack that yielded 46 goals in the first 12 games has produced only 17 in the nine games since — and one of those 17 was a goal the league automatically credits to the team that wins a shootout.

Only the kinetic pairing of Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal has continued to score at a high rate, while almost everyone else has hit a slump. Gaborik has 15 goals, tied with Washington’s Alex Ovechkin for most in the league, and 27 points, second only to Anze Kopitar of Los Angeles.

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