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The Western Conference playoff logjam vs. the NHL trade deadline
(Please note these images are meant to represent teams and not players who will move at the deadline. OK, except for that dude in the middle.) To put the Western Conference playoff race in some...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for deadline preview, Game Show Friday
It's a Friday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more:• This photo rules. That is all. • Game Show Friday! It's time for Moller Madness, as two contestants...
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Bourne Blog: The problem with missing and scoring empty netters
In an interview earlier this week Jarome Iginla was discussing a play from the opening round of the Stanley Cup 2004 playoffs (1:20 mark) when he narrowly missed an empty net to seal Game 7. The puck...
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Puck Headlines: Sturm on waivers; not OK to boo Red Wings at home?
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • First we had Matthew...
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Trending Topics: Feel free to make other plans for trade deadline
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad...
View ArticleVideo: Rangers' Derek Stepan takes out Mike Green with headshot
Larry Brooks of the NY Post reports tonight that the NHL will review this hit by Derek Stepan of the New York Rangers to the head of Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green in the first period on...
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Friday's Three Stars: Calvert, Bishop with firsts; Clowe's heroics
No. 1 Star: Matt Calvert, Columbus Blue Jackets In his 20th NHL game, the Blue Jackets rookie tallied a natural hat trick and added an assist in their 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. He scored a...
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Reim Time: How James Reimer has the Leafs thinking playoffs
He's a tall goalie; a presence in the net that shrinks the options for shooters. Some nights he's unbeatable. Other nights he stops the shots his team needs him to stop. But most of all, his stellar...
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Capitals snag Marco Sturm, Jackets claim Craig Rivet on waivers
Lots of waiver wire action today ahead of Monday's trade deadline, including three significant claims: Marco Sturm to the Washington Capitals, Craig Rivet to the Columbus Blue Jackets and Nick Boynton...
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Bryan McCabe takes his talents to the New York Rangers
The New York Rangers have Wade Redden stashed away in the AHL and just traded for Bryan McCabe of the Florida Panthers. So while many are screaming "redundancy!" today, let's talk about how Panthers...
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Saturday's Three Stars: Lucic returns home; Goligoski impresses
No. 1 Star: Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins Lucic returned to Vancouver where he was born and played junior hockey and broke a 1-1 tie late in the third with his 27th goal to help give the Boston Bruins a...
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Are Paul Stastny, Brayden Schenn safe from deadline deals?
The problem with being GM Dean Lombardi is that the world knows there's pressure to make The Move; you know, the one that's going to take the Los Angeles Kings from middling contender in the Western...
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Florida Panthers are ruining most of our Hugh Jessiman jokes
The first members of the 2003 Entry Draft's first round to make their debuts were Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes (No. 2) and Nathan Horton of the Florida Panthers (No. 3) on Oct. 9 of that year....
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Blackhawks ink Brent Seabrook to five-year, $29 million extension
Didn't Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman get the memo that big trades before Deadline Day are all the rage, not re-signings?On Saturday morning, TSN's Bob McKenzie Tweeted that the Blackhawks and...
View ArticleVideo: Columbus no-goal controversy exposes NHL review flaws
The Columbus Blue Jackets' loss at the Nashville Predators on Sunday was notable for a few reasons. It was the home debut for Nashville product and fourth generation NHLer Blake Geoffrion. It was the...
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Scratch Chris Phillips off wish lists; inks 3-year deal with Ottawa
When you've earned yourself a no-trade clause (or you've been given one), this is the type of power you wield at the trade deadline. Defenseman Chris Phillips of the Ottawa Senators has one, and was...
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Brad Boyes traded to Buffalo; Blues fans get cap, headache relief
The optimistic view of the Buffalo Sabres' trade for St. Louis Blues forward Brad Boyes on Sunday night, costing them a second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, is that he's shown a penchant for...
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Sunday's Three Stars: Kiprusoff blanks Blues; Tortorella vs. refs
No. 1 Star: Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames The Flames keeper continued his strong play in 2011 with a 27-save shutout, as Calgary blanked the visiting St. Louis Blues, 1-0. David Moss had the...
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What We Learned: Has Chicago GM Stan Bowman learned nothing?
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each...
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Puck Daddy's 2011 NHL Trade Deadline Chatter Box
Two years ago, we created the Chatter Box for three reasons: As a place for puckheads to get all of their breaking news and insider insight in one place; to have, at the end of the day, a chronological...
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