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Alexei Kovalev torches Ottawa sportswriters, ex-Sens coach
Last week, Alexei Kovalev signed a contract with Atlant Mytischi in the KHL, where he will join Nikolai Zherdev next season. After not getting any firm offers in the NHL that were to his liking,...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Avery, Weber, show future
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: James Mirtle of the Globe...
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Mike Comrie doesn’t retire despite all the reasons he should
Mike Comrie has been in the NHL for 10 seasons, is married to a rather attractive Hollywood star and is poised to make bank when he inherits that money from The Brick. He's got a few reasons why his...
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Puck Headlines: Ducks coach gets new deal; Avery LAPD request
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. • Two things about this Alex...
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Dan Carcillo calls out Canucks, solves ‘Entourage’ mystery
New Chicago Blackhawks brawler Dan Carcillo, a.k.a. "Carbomb," admits that he wasn't a fan favorite when he arrived to play for the Philadelphia Flyers in 2009. "I wasn't very liked when I got to...
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Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, among legends coming to NHL 12
The tagline for EA Sports' upcoming NHL 12 has been "Be The Next Great Legend". Before Steven Stamkos was named the cover boy in June, there was some thought that Wayne Gretzky would find himself on...
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Hockey Guilty Pleasures: Randy Hahn, San Jose Sharks announcer
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
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Puck Treasures: Would you wear an NHL division champs ring?
Puck Treasures looks to find those hidden hockey treasures from the past and present, and gives them their proper remembrance. Seen an interesting piece of hockey apparel? Send us an email at...
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Are the San Jose Sharks the best in the West next season?
"Who's your Cup pick?" This was asked over email recently, and it felt like my mother had just told me we were going back-to-school shopping at K-Mart. It's that moment at which the tiny switch in...
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Brad Richards, New York Rangers captain?
The departure of Chris Drury means the New York Rangers are one of eight NHL teams without a captain, a role that carries with it some standard functionality and a hefty amount of symbolism. Which...
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On 23rd anniversary of trade, Bruce McNall and the ‘Gretzky Tax’
The 23rd anniversary of Wayne Gretzky's trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings has inspired the annual remembrances and NHL alternate histories that acknowledge the magnitude of the...
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Puck Headlines: NHL rule change options; Kovalev rebuttal
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. • Adam Clendening of Team...
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Hockey Guilty Pleasures: WWE superstar Dolph Ziggler
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
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Bourne Blog: The unfiltered truth about hockey players
I'm coming off five days at the fourth annual Hockey Greats Fantasy Camp in Kelowna, BC, an event hosted by my dad. He pulled together a dozen ex-NHL beauties whose verbal filters pretty much went the...
View ArticleVideo: Witness disorienting glory of inline hockey helmet cam
Helmet cams used to suck because the technology wasn't ready for them, and every time a player would move his head the screen would get scrambled like a porno station on basic cable. (R.I.P. porno...
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Four NHL rule changes that would revolutionize power plays
When the NHL creates a new rule on the ice, it's either a reaction to some player safety issue or an attempt to inflate offensive numbers. It's inside the power play that these two aims intersect....
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Nashville buys out Brett Lebda, former Stanley Cup champion
"The Toronto Maple Leafs, for reasons known only to them, have signed free agent defenceman Brett Lebda." That was the first line of Pension Plan Puppets' post on Lebda's 2-year, $2.9 million deal with...
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NHL jerseys re-imagined as soccer kits? Yes, please
Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday that NBC had acquired a package of games that will air on the network and on its cable affiliates, such as The Channel Formerly Known As VERSUS. We expect...
View ArticlePuck Daddy Hockey Rumors Live Chat!
We'll be talking season predictions, available free agents, trades that should happen and hockey guilty pleasures in our weekly live chat! Please join us beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT today for our...
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Fight Video: Ukraine goalie not weak, but a little insane
While NHL teams are about a month away from the beginning of training camp, European clubs are already in the middle of their preseason. During an exhibition game last night between Slovakia's HK...
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