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Fedorov Ready For The Challenge

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12/14/05 at 11:05 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Detroit Free Press,

Gallant said when word spread through the locker room that Fedorov was joining them, some players asked, "Does he really want to come here?" Fedorov insists that he did. In Columbus, he was closer to his parents, who still live in Detroit. He was closer to his off-season home in Bloomfield Hills (he splits his time between there and Miami). And he was familiar with the ways of middle America, even though his new city is dominated by Ohio State football. At a down-home diner north of campus famous for its $5 plates and opinionated locals, a conversation popped up last week about the nascent hockey team. "You hear Sergei Fedorov got traded here?" "Who the hell is Sergei Fedorov?" "A hockey God." "Oh."

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Giving And Taking At The BOG

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12/14/05 at 10:38 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Globe and Mail,

However, there is much potential for conflict in the discussion that will follow on hockey revenue and revenue sharing. The wealthy club owners who will contribute to the revenue-sharing pool ("revenue giving," as one of them likes to put it) will be keeping a sharp eye and perhaps a sharp tongue on the less fortunate, who will be collecting. This may be the season for giving, but these governors may be looking to tighten the criteria for those looking to receive.

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Look Around- Groin Pulls Everywhere

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12/14/05 at 10:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Philadelphia Daily News,

So what's the cause? Are players really not prepared to play this type of game? The answer is yes. After being off for an entire season and then coming back to a different game, players and coaches are finding that they are going to have to change. For the players, how they prepare, and for the coaches, how they train their players. "There's definitely a lot more skating," Forsberg said. "People are used to holding and grabbing and all that stuff where you couldn't skate before. "But it's probably a combination of that and guys being out that long. But there is definitely more skating up and down the ice and back and forth and the way the game is now you have to be ready to skate every time you're out there."

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Fedorov Opts Out Of Olympics

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12/13/05 at 11:52 PM ET | Comments (0)

via the AP,

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Sergei Fedorov will not play for Russia in the Turin Olympics Fedorov, a six-time NHL All-Star and former Detroit player who turned 36 on Tuesday, said he needed the time to recuperate from a nagging injury and to adapt to his new team. "I don't think it is appropriate to delay my decision about the Olympics any further," Fedorov said in a statement released through IMG, which handles his business affairs. "As much as I would enjoy representing my country in Italy, I'm afraid that at this point in the season my focus has to remain with the Columbus Blue Jackets."

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Cloutier Out Four Months

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12/13/05 at 09:01 PM ET | Comments (0)

via TSN,

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Dan Cloutier will undergo knee surgery to repair a damaged Anterior Cruciate Ligament, the team announced Tuesday. Cloutier injured his knee in the first period of the Canucks game at Anaheim on Sunday, November 20th. Cloutier will have the procedure done on Thursday, December 15th and is expected to be out of the Canucks lineup for up to four months.

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Tougher Than You Think

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12/13/05 at 08:56 PM ET | Comments (0)

I could only get two of the other three, the player I didn't get right surprised me. from the STATS Blog at NHL.com,

Rod Brind’Amour got his 900th career penalty minute in the ‘Canes last contest in San Jose on Saturday night---since joining the league in 1989-90, Brind’Amour is one of just four active skaters to accumulate that many PIM and tally 900+ points during that span.

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Trouble Brewing

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12/13/05 at 08:41 PM ET | Comments (0)

from TSN,

The civil war within the NHL Players’ Association went to a new level of nastiness on Wednesday in Chicago, where certified agents representing NHL players got together for two separate but stormy meetings. Sources say Lanza told Saskin that if Saskin were to agree to step aside during an “independent review” by a law firm of the dissidents’ choosing, Lanza said the dissident group would stand down and not pursue any further action until the conclusion of the review. Sources say Saskin emphatically rejected that notion, which prompted Lanza to threaten a federal lawsuit against Saskin and the NHLPA.

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The Game Is Evolving

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12/13/05 at 08:34 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Pierre LeBrun of the CP via Yahoo,

"If you compare the hockey we have now to two years ago, I think it's a tremendously more exciting and more entertaining brand of hockey," said Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland. "And I also think for the most part, the players I've talked to enjoy the style of hockey in this new NHL. But like anything else, when you're making a transition, from the old standards and the old rules to the new standards and the new rules, I think there's probably some things that we need to iron out. But I think Colin Campbell and his people are doing a good job or working with the referees to work on the standard."

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Our Captain

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12/13/05 at 08:32 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Christian Science Monitor (now that is a first),

Inside a small souvenir shop at Joe Louis Arena, just off the Detroit River, a cashier is on the phone. "There's only one Yzerman hat left. Send up some more," she says. There's only one problem: There are no more. The stockroom is out. "OK, well, if you get more we could use some." She looks over the register. "We sell a lot of Yzerman hats here. We sell a lot of Yzerman everything." Indeed, if one wanders the streets here on a night when the Detroit Red Wings are playing at home, it can seem like a large portion of the city is named Yzerman.

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Fischler Reports Yzerman To Retire After The New Year

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12/13/05 at 08:11 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Maven of MSG Network,

-With all the fuss – and speculation – about Steve Yzerman’s future, one of his closest pals predicts that the Wings’ captain will hang up his skates after the New Year. -Best sign that there’s a wholesome thawing in NHL-NHLPA relations is Association leader Ted Saskin’s upcoming appearance at this week’s governors’ meeting. -Andrew Ference tells us that too much fuss has been made about broken sticks: “Somebody on TV got all excited and thought that the composite sticks were breaking a lot more. There’s a reason guys use composite sticks -- because they’re stronger and better.”

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