Different Name, Same Results
02/11/12 at 11:54 PM ET | Comments (1)
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
The Campbellization of the NHL Department of Player Safety is complete.
No doubt that while acting as the league’s chief discipline officer, Colin Campbell believed in his heart he was acting in the league’s best interest when he combed through the rule book searching for technicalities in order to grant leniency to miscreants who came before the bar.
Now, his successor, Brendan Shanahan, apparently has adopted the same philosophical approach in dealing with defendants who come before his court after having begun his tenure with a heavy gavel that caught everyone’s attention and suggested victims of senseless aggression on the rink would finally get justice.
The decision not to suspend the Lightning’s Dominic Moore after his head-high shoulder concussed Ruslan Fedotenko at the Garden on Thursday — because the shoulder knocked the Ranger’s stick into his own head — is straight out of the previous script that apparently has reappeared as the NHL’s bible.
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Video- Sundin And Roenick Honored By Their Respective Teams
02/11/12 at 11:50 PM ET | Comments (0)
from NHL.com,
Mats Sundin thanked his family, teammates, coaches and the fans of Toronto before a banner honoring his No. 13 was raised to the rafters of the Air Canada Centre prior to the Maple Leafs’ game against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
The Leafs also honored Sundin, the franchise’s all-time leader in goals (420) and points (987) by having all of their players wear jerseys with his uniform number during warmups. He was saluted with a video presentation of career highlights and a roaring, tumultuous ovation when he was introduced to the sellout crowd – many of whom wore jerseys with his name and number.
from Jerry Brown at NHL.com,
Before a standing-room only crowd packed with Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks fans, Jeremy Roenick entered the Coyotes Ring of Honor on Saturday – but not before coming up with one more stunning effort on the ice.
He held his acceptance speech to less than the allotted four minutes.
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Watch both ceremonies below…
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Randy Carlyle Ready To Coach Again
02/11/12 at 11:31 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Adam Kimelman of NHL.com,
“I have to make sure I’m ready and have an understanding of what’s going on in the League and there’s no better way than to have a presence in the buildings,” said Carlyle. “Just your presence in the building shows people you’re active and still out there and trying to stay current. That’s the message you want to send to everybody. It’s important. It’s important to meet people. In Anaheim, in the press box, I’ve probably met every general manager, every assistant general manager, every director of player personnel, all the pro scouts that go through the West that watch the hockey clubs out there—it’s all part of the process of keeping yourself current.”
His new perspective on the game has allowed him to gain some new perspective on what went wrong for him and the team this season. Carlyle went 283-182-61 in 516 regular-season games and 36-26 in 62 playoff contests. The Ducks made the playoffs five times in his six full seasons, including winning the 2007 Stanley Cup.
However, they were 7-13-4 and 14th in the Western Conference when he was let go Nov. 30.
Since then, Carlyle said he’s been doing “self-improvement” that he believes will help him in his next job.
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Just Another Game For The Wings?
02/11/12 at 11:18 PM ET | Comments (1)
from Brian Hedger at NHL.com,
The purists have already spoken up.
They say that even if the Detroit Red Wings beat the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena for their 20th straight victory on home ice – tying the NHL record shared by the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and 1975-76 Flyers – it should come with an asterisk.
They argue that because neither of those old Bruins and Flyers teams had the advantage of winning games in overtime or shootouts, their home winning streaks are still more impressive and more “legit” than the current run the League-leading Red Wings are riding.
If that logic bothers the Wings, however, it’s near-impossible to tell – not because they’re so focused on joining the NHL’s history book yet again, but because they seem so nonchalant about the whole ordeal.
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Video- Flyers Lose 5-2 At Home To Rangers
02/11/12 at 11:14 PM ET | Comments (0)
Philadelphia defenseman Kimmo Timonen discusses the game after today’s loss.
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Video- Lars Eller Goal, Good Offense Or Bad Defense?
02/11/12 at 10:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
Or maybe a combination of both?
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Hockey Talk In the Middle Of February
02/11/12 at 10:48 PM ET | Comments (1)
from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
• My Leaf Alumni team for the Comerica Park game has to include: Goalies: Curtis Joseph, Ed Belfour, Mike Palmateer; Defence: Salming, Todd Gill, Dave Ellett, Jim McKenny, Al Iafrate, Bryan McCabe and if he’s able, Brian Glennie. Forwards: Gilmour, Sundin, Clark, Steve Thomas, Darcy Tucker, Gary Roberts, John Anderson, Vince Damphousse, Tie Domi, Rick Vaive, Bill Derlago, Sittler, Lanny McDonald and if they’re up to it, Frank Mahovlich, Ron Ellis, Paul Henderson and Eddie Shack. And the elephant in the room, as always: What do you do with Keon?
• A hockey quandary: If his last name is Hainsey, what’s his nickname?
• One of the reasons HBO hasn’t committed to a Winter Classic 24/7 series for next season is the NHL hasn’t committed to a season.
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Garrioch Rumors
02/11/12 at 10:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
• While it’s a long way from being reality because there’s a negotiation for a CBA ahead, sources say several GMs have asked the NHL to consider a one-time amnesty clause in the next agreement to buy out one contract that wouldn’t have a cap hit….
• If the Rangers are going to deal for Columbus RW Rick Nash — and sources say GM New York Glen Sather is interested — it’s going to come with a big asking price. The word is the Blue Jackets may demand C Brandon Dubinsky, prospect C Chris Kreider from Boston College and a No. 1 pick. Kreider was New York’s No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL draft. The talk in Columbus is Nash may waive his no-movement clause to get a deal done.
• The Oilers were trying to move D Andy Sutton, but his agent, Pat Morris, was in Ottawa Saturday to see if he could get a one-year contract extension done with the Oilers.
• There’s a lot of pressure on Chicago coach Joel Quenneville to get the slumping Blackhawks turned around. GM Stan Bowman is trying to find a second-line centre and blueliner before the deadline. The word is Bowman is interested in Buffalo C Derek Roy. He’s not big, but Roy would bea nice fit with the ’Hawks.
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Video-Shane Lehman, Always A Hockey Player
02/11/12 at 06:10 PM ET | Comments (0)
Kelly Hrudey during Hockey Day In Canada with a feature on Shane Lehman, who is waiting for a heart transplant but still playing the game of hockey.
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Pens Thrash Jets 8-5
Blog: Benny and the Jets By BMS
02/11/12 at 05:15 PM ET | Comments (2)
Tim Stapleton, Kyle Wellwood, and the Penguins’ Jordan Staal all drew back in to their respective lineups on Saturday afternoon, and each factored into the scoresheet. Having said that, it wasn’t hard to pick up a goal or assist in this game, as the Winnipeg Jets fell 8-5 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Consol Energy Center.
Evgeni Malkin had five points as Ondrej Pavelec had one of his trademark stinker games – these types of performances by him are less frequent as of late but clearly still lurk in the shadows. Granted, he faced 39 shots, but he probably should have been pulled at the end of the second period at the latest, when the Jets were down 5-3.
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