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Amazing Malkin

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/10/08 at 10:28 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Every night Gary Roberts watches, and every night he finds something else to be amazed by.

It isn’t just that Evgeni Malkin scores goals. It’s how he scores. And when he scores. And just about everything else in between.

“He is taking it to a whole new level,” the veteran Roberts said. “Both goals tonight came late in shifts. By then, most of us are dead tired. He’s on the ice a minute, a minute and a half into his shift and he finds the strength. I don’t think he’s human like the rest of us.

“And then he makes these plays ... I’ve never seen anything like him before.”

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You have to love the ‘shorty’ by Malkin last night= Watch below…

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Pens Beat Flyers At Their Own Game

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/10/08 at 10:08 AM ET | Comments (0)

from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,

When the NHL playoffs started, the Pittsburgh Penguins liked to tell people they could play any way their opponents wanted.

Then they proceeded to back it up. The first round didn’t count, since the Ottawa Senators lay down and died for them, but the New York Rangers found out the Penguins could win in a shootout or a checking game.

But coming into the Eastern Conference final, there was one game the Penguins had not played: a physical, hard-hitting battle along the boards and in front of the net. The Philadelphia Flyers, even if missing top defenceman Kimmo Timonen, brought one of those games last night.

Guess what? The Penguins beat them at that, too.

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Could Patrick Roy Return to the Avs?

Blog: KK Hockey By Alanah McGinley

05/09/08 at 09:10 PM ET | Comments (0)

From Adrian Dater at the Denver Post,

Roy, who retired in 2003 with the Avs, has coached the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since then. Speculation has begun that he might be ready to return to the NHL with the Avs behind the bench.

“Am I interested? Right now I am very happy in Quebec with the Remparts. I really haven’t thought about one day making the move to the NHL. Right now this is only a rumor or speculation,” Roy told RDS.

But Roy seemed to leave a little wiggle room that he might be interested.

“We’ll see what’s going to happen. Francois Giguere will certainly have a list of candidates that he would like to meet.”

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Note: Reported earlier today, coach Joel Quenneville was informed his contract won’t be renewed

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Take It Or Leave It

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/09/08 at 08:10 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

GM Don Waddell has been asked by the Atlanta Thrashers to give up his duties and accept another management position, ESPN.com has learned.

Waddell, one of the managers of the U.S. entry in the World Championships, will apparently make his decision after the tournament, a source close to the team said Friday….

The assumption, the source told ESPN.com, is that if Waddell declines to take the as-yet-unidentified management position, he will leave the organization.

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Ducks Must React

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/09/08 at 08:08 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Pierre LeBrun at Sportsnet,

The Anaheim Ducks, surely, will wake up one day soon and realize they’ve got to let their GM, Brian Burke, talk to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

If not, they’re making a terrible mistake.

This is going to be a distraction for them every single day until Burke’s contract expires after next season. Especially if two things happen:

1) The Ducks can’t get Burke to sign a contract extension.

2) The Leafs hire Burke’s friend Dave Nonis in some form of front-office role while very much keeping the big job open. Nonis, fired as Vancouver Canucks GM last month, is meeting with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment early next week.

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Pens/Flyers Ready To Meet

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/09/08 at 07:34 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated,

There are 46,055 square miles in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which means it is obviously not big enough for two NHL teams in May.

On the one end of this great, diverse state is Philadelphia, now 25 years removed from its last pro sports championship. At the other end is Pittsburgh, which, relatively speaking, collects titles the way Lindsay Lohan attracts the paparazzi. Other than license plates and garrulous, sports-loving governor Ed Rendell, these cities, and their hockey teams, share almost nothing other than a healthy dislike for each other.

Thank goodness.

The rivalry is back in the NHL.

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Get The Puck

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/09/08 at 06:12 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Neil Stevens of the CP via Yahoo,

Considering that a forward’s average shift is about 40 seconds, it is of tremendous important to get the puck as soon as possible after jumping onto the ice.

“Instead of chasing the puck for 20 seconds, it’s nice to have it right away,” says Henrik Zetterberg, who won 12 faceoffs and lost only five. “Most of the time, if you win a lot of the faceoffs, you take the momentum in games.”

During Wings practices, coaches will work two players at a time through faceoff drills that incite laughter and good-natured teasing.

“You have to have fun out there,” Zetterberg said after practice Friday. “We usually do it at the end of practice.

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Coach Tippett Answers Questions

Blog: KK Hockey By Alanah McGinley

05/09/08 at 05:42 PM ET | Comments (0)

Transcript from a press conference with Dallas Stars coach Dave Tippett:

Q. What’s your off-day skate looking like? A lot of coaching going on there?

        COACH DAVE TIPPETT: That’s what happens when we didn’t get a lot of time between the last series and this one. We felt we had a few things we wanted to address out there. Not a strenuous day, but certainly some things we want to look at that we have to be better at.

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Dive Fans: They Just Keep Getting Smarter

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By IwoCPO

05/09/08 at 05:34 PM ET | Comments (0)

I hate to pile on a fanbase in pain today, smarting from another coach dismissed due to utter failure against the Wings.  But this is just too good to pass up.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—An 18-year-old man went to the hospital after he was burned trying to steal gas, according to published reports.

The man peered into a portable gas tank with a cigarette lighter “to see how full it was” the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported.

The fumes ignited, and his clothes caught on fire. He had burns on his hands.

Thanks for the pointer, Tom.  You’re a fine American.

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Bubba’s Bitterness Abounds

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By IwoCPO

05/09/08 at 05:31 PM ET | Comments (0)

Nope. Not talking about Dallas. But dem rednecks sure is sticking together.  Anybody read John Glennon’s blog today in The Tennessean?

If the first round of the NHL playoffs earned notoriety for the so-called ``Sean Avery rule,’’ then this round of the postseason should focus on a ``Tomas Holmstrom rule.’’

Specifically, here’s what it should be: Any goal scored by Holmstrom gets automatically reviewed by the NHL.

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