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Isles’ Kirill Kabanov making strides to erase past lapses
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Being on time wasn't really New York Islanders prospect Kirill Kabanov's forte last season. After being selected No. 65 overall at the 2010 NHL Draft (during which he gave us one of...
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Smaller nets equal big potential for the NHL
The next Brendan Shanahan Carnival of Wacky Notions (a.k.a. the NHL Research and Development Camp) is scheduled for next month in Toronto, and we're hoping for the same balance between reasonable and...
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Stanley Cup goes missing at airport on Nathan Horton’s day
Before his scheduled day with the Stanley Cup on Sunday, Nathan Horton's last several weeks with the Boston Bruins had already been a tad surreal: Scoring game-winning overtime goals in the playoffs;...
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Where was the Stanley Cup on Nathan Horton’s day?
As you may have heard, Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton's day with the Stanley Cup in Dunnville, Ont. was short-circuited by an air travel snafu: Horton was there for the Sunday afternoon...
View ArticleVideo: Watch Joe Sakic sink a $1 million hole-in-one
The 17th hole at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe is 162 yards and a par-3. After Sunday, you can add another detail to its legacy: It's the hole on which former Colorado Avalanche star Joe...
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What We Learned: Why do we overvalue playoff performance?
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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Gallery: Boston Bruins Bear Photoshop Contest Roars Ahead
Gallery 1 of our Boston Bruins Bear Cup Celebration Photoshop Contest was a cavalcade of bloody images, ingenious jokes and beer references. As you can see from this entry by reader Eric Pratt,...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for NHL stars ‘in name only’
It's a Monday edition of Puck Daddy Radio -- which, as you know, is now weekly for the summer -- and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star: Craig Custance of the...
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Japanese player battles nerves, language barrier in NHL camp
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Of the almost 50 players that attended the New York Islanders' developmental camp last week, there was one invitee that really stood out -- for geographic reasons. Mei Ushu, a...
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Alexei Yashin’s NHL comeback: Possibility or negotiating ploy?
It must be that time of the year again. The weather is warm, the pools are crowded and Alexei Yashin's agent is making noise about an NHL comeback. Almost a year to the day from the last time they...
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Puck Headlines: Islanders arena update; Bruins Bear contest winners
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. • We're having a hard time...
View ArticleVideo: The Stanley Cup is an essential prop for any wedding
We can see no reason why passing around the Stanley Cup can't join the dances with parents, removal of the garter and tossing of the bouquet as essential components of the modern wedding. Hell, make...
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Chris Osgood, Red Wings face their future
That a conference call on July 19 between Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland, free-agent goalie Chris Osgood and the media has sparked so much interest speaks to either the scarcity of news at this point...
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Review: Boston Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Champions DVD
HBO has ruined a lot of things for us. Hour-long dramas on language-filtered network television. The ability to see Jeremy Piven as anyone but Ari Gold. Hippie nudist communes (thanks again for that...
View ArticleVideo: Islanders’ Ryan Strome takes it to new level in shootout
Anyone that's attended summer camp knows it's a place for exploration and experimentation. The same goes for summer camp in the National Hockey League, as New York Islanders rookie sensation Ryan...
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Retiring Chris Osgood, Red Wings make the right call
Now this makes more sense. Instead of having 38-year-old Chris Osgood and his wonky groin backing up Jimmy Howard next season, the Detroit Red Wings will instead bid the veteran farewell on Tuesday as...
View ArticleVideo: Brain cancer survivor asks Stanley Cup for a date
If Internet video pleas can convince Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake to attend the Marine Corps Ball this November — both having accepted invitations from members of the Armed Forces — there's really...
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Did the worst power plays in the NHL get any better?
The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup with one of the worst power plays in NHL postseason history: Scoring 10 goals on 88 chances for a putrid 11.4-percent conversion rate. It's a primary reason why...
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Bourne Blog: Five sneaky tricks to hockey goal-scoring glory
I was never the guy with the naturally heavy slapper or blazing speed, but I was decent offensively thanks to a good head for the game and a functional set of hands. Those Ovechkin/Stamkos types with...
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Chris Osgood Hall of Fame debate: Why he’ll make the cut
Is Chris Osgood a Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender? This is question being asked by everyone from fans to media to ex-jocks on the occasion of Osgood's retirement, which was formally announced on...
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