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Follow The Cup

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11/27/05 at 07:09 PM ET | Comments (0)

PJ Swenson at Sharkspage has a post entitled "Real World Czech Republic, Stanley Cup edition". A must read for any hockey fan. To wet your whistle a bit...

I think the real significance of this story hit me after one all-nighter in the Czech town of Pisek. As dawn approached, I found Lightning player Stan Neckar lying on his back on the cobblestone sidewalk near a 14th-century bridge, the oldest in the Czech Republic. Two baguettes served as pillows beneath his head; he was hugging the Cup to his chest.

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Problems For Columbus

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11/27/05 at 06:27 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Sportsnet,

Despite the team's recent struggles on the ice, the Columbus Blue Jackets deny the mood in the dressing room is growing sour. Sources tell Sportsnet veteran defenceman Luke Richardson gave up his captaincy Saturday after being a healthy scratch in the team's 5-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Friday night. However, Columbus president and general manager, Doug Maclean refutes any claim this is a result of a tattered dressing room.

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Konowalchuk Out For The Year

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11/27/05 at 04:10 PM ET | Comments (0)

via the CP,

Colorado Avalanche winger Steve Konowalchuk needs surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right wrist and will miss the remainder of the season, the team announced Sunday. Konowalchuk suffered the injury in a game against the Calgary Flames on Nov. 21. "Further examination along with an MRI confirmed that Steve has torn ligaments in his right wrist and that surgery is necessary," Avalanche head trainer Matt Sokolowski said in a statement. "We anticipate the recovery time to be between six and seven months."

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Aussies Invade Canada

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11/27/05 at 03:17 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Penticton Western News,

On first glance they look a lot like any other hockey team. Same skates. Same sticks. Same helmets. Very little about them suggests they are anything out of the ordinary. Very little that is, until they speak. The players get out on the ice and start chattering amongst themselves with an accent that immediately brings to mind visions of Crocodile Dundee and The Crocodile Hunter. One suddenly feels compelled to shout aloud, 'The dingo ate me baby!' Turns out this group of players comprises Australia's under-20 national team and they are here to see first hand how Canadians play hockey.

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Fleury Belongs In The NHL

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11/27/05 at 02:24 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Pitsburgh Post-Gazette,

Mario Lemieux believes there is a place for goalie Marc-Andre Fleury on the Penguins' major-league roster, and said yesterday that he believes general manager Craig Patrick is trying to figure out how to get him to the NHL. "I haven't talked to Craig about it," Lemieux said, "but that's certainly something I'm sure he's looking at." The problem is not with Fleury's credentials -- he is, by any measure, the top goalie in the American Hockey League this season -- but with his contract: Fleury could earn between $4 million and $5 million in salary and bonuses in the NHL, and that's a financial hit ownership is unwilling to take.

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Goalies Need Protection

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11/27/05 at 01:51 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Phily Burbs,

Goalies, like quarterbacks in football, are probably the single most important players in their sport. Which is why the NHL should take a cue from what the NFL did a while ago — namely, find a way to protect these valuable talents. The football brass saw what was happening to its signal-callers: Helmet-to-helmet hits were causing concussions at an alarming rate. Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Steve Beuerlein topped a list of QBs who had their bells rung too many times. So the NFL basically outlawed any helmet-to-helmet contact. The situation is a little different in hockey but the concern level should be no less.

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Hab Not Happy With Refs

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11/27/05 at 12:55 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Toronto Star,

There's all kinds of ways to lose a hockey game and Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien saw several last night. Not that he wanted to spend too much time talking about the frustrating particulars of the Habs' 4-3 overtime loss at the Air Canada Centre. "Guys, I can't answer too many of these questions," Julien said when the post-game queries continued to come back to the evening's refereeing. "You know what that's going to mean and my wallet's not thick enough."

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NHL Poster Boy- Sean Avery

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11/27/05 at 12:49 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the News & Observer,

In an increasingly anonymous league -- one that promotes a faceless player in its own commercials -- Avery is providing a welcome dose of animosity. He may be insensitive, wrong and impossible to love, a reprehensible diver and an execrably mediocre hockey player, but the NHL could sure use a few more like him.

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Luongo To Colorado Talk

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11/27/05 at 12:07 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

Nearly 10 years after pulling the Dec. 6, 1995 deal with Montreal for unhappy, elite goaltender Patrick Roy that positioned his team to become an NHL power, Colorado GM Pierre Lacroix is closing in on a trade for unhappy, accomplished Florida netminder Roberto Luongo, Slap Shots has been told by a league GM who's been involved with other talks with the Avalanche. The Panthers, like everyone else in the league, love rookie winger Marek Svatos. He, defenseman John-Michael Liles and freshman goaltender Peter Budaj all are earning the league minimum $450,000, and as such have both talent appeal to Keenan and financial appeal to the cheapo Florida ownership.

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Primeau May Be Out For The Season

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11/27/05 at 12:02 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun,

There is fear in Philadelphia that Flyers captain Keith Primeau may miss the entire season. It has now been one month since he was elbowed in the jaw by the infamous Alexander Perezhogin of the Montreal Canadiens and suffered another concussion. If the fears are realized, the loss to the Flyers would be monumental.

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