Posts Tagged ‘ hockey writers reporters and bloggers ’

Helene Elliott and I disagree on the definition of “scrimmage”

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September 6, 2009

Led by Coach Terry Murray, the youngsters went through a vigorous, two-hour morning practice that included a lengthy scrimmage. via Kings’ rookie camp begins — latimes.com. I was there from 10:00 until about three minutes to noon. There was no scrimmage. But I guess it’s possible they started a scrimmage after I left. In...
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Battle of California Name-Check Madness

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August 28, 2009

Do you enjoy wearing sweatpants, eating nacho cheese and not talking to women?  Congratulations, you may already be a blogger! SBNation is looking for dedicated people to start up new blogs for the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks because they secretly hate Earl and me but don’t have the heart to shut us...
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From Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog: Can’t You Remember?

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August 25, 2009

Quote of the day, from Dany Heatley: “I love playing in Canada. I think there were some Canadian teams on the list that I gave the Senators earlier in the summer.” via KuklasKorner : Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog : Can’t You Remember? . Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online...
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From Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog: The Heatley Soap Opera

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August 24, 2009

An interesting counter-point to the Heatley mess, from Tom Benjamin: The level of vitriol being directed at Dany Heatley from the media seems astonishing to me. Dan Barnes, for example. I’m not a big fan of Dany Heatley (the person, not the player) but there is another way to see this story. While Heatley’s behaviour...
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From Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog: Defending McDonough

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July 16, 2009

Tom Benjamin blogs on/for/re the Canucks and weighs in on the Hawks fiasco: The good news going forward was that the excellent young team grew into an excellent team period. The bad news was that they did this despite the fact that Tallon did little to demonstrate competence. Indeed he made several mistakes –...
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According to Helene Elliott and Terry Murray, Teubert has gone pro

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July 12, 2009

The situation is different for defensemen Thomas Hickey and Colten Teubert, who turned pro late last season. Hickey was a controversial No. 4 pick in 2007 and Teubert was 13th in 2008. “They’ll have a chance. They’ll get a very good look,” Murray said. “They’ll probably end up playing all six exhibition games. ....
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From Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog: Bettman’s Nightmare

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July 12, 2009

This a Tom Benjamin post from February, so factor in personnel changes etc. since then. Revenues would have to fall by about 15% to get to a $46 MM salary cap, so this may be a very pessimistic view. Nevertheless, if it happens, the NHL is screwed. The Leafs are in good shape but many...
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From Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog: Reacting to the New York Post (Brooks) article

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July 12, 2009

I don’t know whether Brooks is right about CBA relief or not, and I’m not sure that I care. What I care about is the way these lengthy contracts – all of them – obviously circumvent the salary cap. I don’t think the Flyers should be able to get a $7 MM a year...
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HockeyBuzz.com – Matthew Barry – KINGS FANS NEED TO CALM THE HELL DOWN

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July 1, 2009

Several teams have left themselves ripe for raiding: How does Chicago pay for Kane and Towes and Keith who are RFA’s next year, not to mention Versteeg and Seabrook? Who does Calgary dump? 40 million for just 8 players? The Rangers have 40 million committed to just 15 players, I’m still trying to figure...
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From Bob McKenzie @TSN: HEATLEY REJECTS TRADE AFTER DEMANDING TRADE??

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June 30, 2009

Now, it gets interesting. Dany Heatley did not waive his no-movement clause to facilitate an agreed-upon trade between the Ottawa Senators and Edmonton Oilers that would have sent Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid to Ottawa. For now, and quite possibly forever, the deal is dead. via TSN . Evernote lets you save...
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