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Steven Stamkos Watch: GM, agent updates; media vs. Tampa?
It's July 7, and Steven Stamkos hasn't been re-signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning Hence, the StamkosWatch continues. Damian Cristodero of the St. Pete Times spoke with Lightning GM Steve Yzerman on...
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Predators make four RFA problems go away, but not Kostitsyn
When Dale Tallon and the Chicago Blackhawks made their titanic restricted free agent qualifying offer blunder in 2009, the NHLPA filed a grievance in an attempt to help eight players go unrestricted....
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Bourne Blog: Summer hockey etiquette for playing the pros
So many things in life are who you know, not what you know. I fell onto the right side of this equation as junior hockey player, and stumbled into what I'd wager is one of the best summer shinny games...
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Red Wings fan fined for octopus throw has case tossed
One of the more frustrating aspects of the 2010-11 NHL season was the sudden crackdown on a decades-old tradition: The throwing of octopi on the ice during Detroit Red Wings games at Joe Louis Arena,...
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Mike Commodore 64 update: Pledge drive surges, Commie speaks
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Mike Commodore this week suggested that he might finally wear No. 64 next season, producing a not-at-all-coincidental tribute to the Commodore 64 personal computer that...
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Jersey Fouls: Detroit sparkles; the $1,295 Maple Leafs Foul
Jersey Fouls is our ongoing exploration of the rules and etiquette for proper hockey jersey creation and exhibition. If you spot what you think may be a foul in your arena, email a photo to us at...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Rangers, Panthers, octopi talk
It's a (gettin' down on) Friday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star 1: Jesse Spector of the New York Daily News joins us to talk RFA...
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YouTube made the NHL star: Players who went viral before pro
When Tomas Jurco was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, the first thing that came to mind wasn't that he played for Saint John in the QMJHL or scored 56...
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Predators, Kostitsyn will avoid hearings with 1-year deal
On Thursday, GM David Poile alleviated four potential headaches for the Nashville Predators in re-signing a quartet of restricted free agents. All four players could have become unrestricted free...
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Puck Headlines: Trading Alex Semin; worst NHL announcers
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. • In case you haven't heard,...
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Bourne Blog: The high stakes of NHL prospect camps
On Thursday, I went to the Phoenix Coyotes prospect camp to watch the likes of goaltender Mark Visentin (Canada's starter at the World Juniors), Hobey Baker Award winner Andy Miele, and highly touted...
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Report: After Coyotes mess, Matthew Hulsizer feeling Blues
The differences between the Phoenix Coyotes and the St. Louis Blues are many. One might be that there are wealthy people who would consider owning the Blues without receiving eleventy-seventy billion...
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Trending Topics: So you signed a big NHL free agent…
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...
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Dean Lombardi not pleased at all with Oilers over Fraser injury
When we last left the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings they had just completed the Ryan Smyth trade, but one hangup from the deal was the discovery that Colin Fraser had a fracture in his foot,...
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Why the super-conference is horrible for NCAA hockey
It was revealed this week that at least six teams from the WCHA and CCHA will break off from their conferences and create their own "super-conference" in the 2013-14 season, the same year that the new...
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Breaking down the new NHL/KHL player agreement
The NHL and the KHL signed yet another Memorandum of Understanding. The current MOU confirms that both sides agree to recognize and respect each other's contracts to avoid conflict situations with...
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A graphical look at the first week of NHL free agent spending
In the two days after the NHL's free agency period opened on July 1, over $400 million was spent on players. We can mostly thank Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon for that as he overhauled his roster...
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All aboard the Jonathan Cheechoo train; next stop, St. Louis
The headline on TrueHockey.com, which broke the news of Jonathan Cheechoo signing with the St. Louis Blues: "Blues Sign Former 50 Goal Scorer." Which is a bit like using "From The Director of 'The...
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Behold Steve Mason’s gruesome new ‘Evil Dead’ Civil War mask
Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason tweeted images of his new goalie mask on Tuesday, with one side covered in the red, white and blue of the Ohio state flag and the other side straight out of the...
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Admiring the salary cap floor for Avalanche, Islanders
The Colorado Avalanche handed restricted free-agent forward T.J. Galiardi a new contract on Tuesday for 1 year and $700,000. It's actually a pay cut according to Adrian Dater of the Denver Post, as...
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