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Cap Will Rise

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 06:16 PM ET
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via the CP,

The NHL's spirited comeback from its labour lockout appears to be good news for the bottom line next year. A source at the NHL board of governors' meeting said current projections show next season's salary cap will be between $40 million and $45 million (U.S.).

update 6:20pm, from the Toronto Star,

More precisely, Bettman told owners Thursday that current projections call for revenues to be just over $2 billion this season. Under the CBA, the next season's salary cap is based on the previous year's revenue total. Revenues of exactly $2 billion for this year would correspond to a $41.6-million salary cap next season, $2.1 billion in revenue would give a $43.4-million cap, and $2.2 billion would bring on a $45.3-million cap. If attendance dips in the coming months and revenues instead total $1.9 billion, the cap would be $39.8 million next season. "I know historically the projections we get at this point in the season, they could still be two, three, four per cent off," Bettman said after the four-hour session. "And so what we did is, with some degree of comfort and intuitiveness, said this is where we think we're going to be. But I think it looks pretty clear that it's going to start with a two ($2 billion or more). "Clearly the cap is going up this year and that's good for everybody."

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It Was Garth, Not Larry

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 05:44 PM ET
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Brooks addresses NHL owners' meeting When I first read the headline from TSN, I thought Bettman had lost his mind. Inviting Larry Brooks to speak to the Board Of Governors was a death wish! from the CP via TSN,

Country music star Garth Brooks had the floor at the NHL's board of governors meeting Thursday, explaining to owners and GMs why his charity foundation does so much work with hockey. "I'm a fan of the game but I can't skate worth a damn - with a butt like this, of course, you knew that," Brooks said after his presentation. "I love the game. I love the speed of it, and truthfully I've fallen in love with the players because these guys are the sweetest. And they're just kids, so it's nice to see."

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Breaking Down Olympic Hockey Teams

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 05:14 PM ET
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from Sports Illustrated,

We're less than a week away from the United States and Canada naming their Olympic hockey rosters (Dec. 19 for the U.S., the 22nd for the Canadians). It should be a tough tournament for both teams, who will vie with 10 other countries for medals.

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Mogilny Latest Russian To Drop Out Of Olympics

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 04:37 PM ET
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via TSN,

The chance to play for former linemate Pavel Bure was not enough to lure Alexander Mogilny to Turin, as the veteran winger told TSN that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for Team Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Players Got Olczyk Fired

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 04:29 PM ET
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from Barry Melrose of ESPN,

Make no mistake about it -- the players cost Olczyk his job. The players have the most responsibility, the players are the ones out there playing. The team can sit around Thursday, talking about how tough it is that the Penguins let Eddie go, but the players are the ones that got him fired. They got him fired because they didn't play well. The team started out the season with so much hope. Sidney Crosby came to town, ticket sales were up, attendance was up.

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Czech Coach Calls For Changes

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 04:21 PM ET
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from the Czech Business Weekly,

Following a disastrous showing in the second tournament of the Euro Hockey Tour, Czech national hockey team head coach Alois Hadamczik has called for a change to the limits on how many players in the top-flight Czech Extraliga can play for the national team. The reigning World Champion Czechs finished last in the annual Karjala Cup tournament in Helsinki, Finland, Nov.13. The Czechs lost to Sweden and Russia, and managed only one win against Finland. Currently the Czechs rank last, behind Sweden, Russia and Finland. At the root of the problem is the restriction, Hadamczik lamented. “All the top Extraliga players should be available for the national team, but an agreement among [Extraliga] clubs doesn’t let me take more than only three players from each club.”

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Islanders Thank Fans

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 02:40 PM ET
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from the NY Islanders,

As a thank you to Islanders season subscribers for their extraordinary support this season, Islanders owner Charles B. Wang made the following announcement today: All current Islanders full season subscribers will have their 2005-06 prices frozen for their 2006-07 season tickets, PLUS an additional 10% off. "The loyalty of Islander fans this season - most notably our season ticketholders - has been amazing. Especially around the holidays, what better time to do something special and let them know how much we appreciate them?" said Wang.

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Minor Leaguer Battling Through Crohn’s Disease

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 02:05 PM ET
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from the Dayton Daily News,

• The 27-year-old civilian contractor at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and his wife, Pam, had just moved into a new home in Fairborn and he was in the process of converting the basement family room into his own museum/sports den. He'd matted and framed the 200-plus hockey autographs in his collection — including everything from a Miracle on Ice team photo with every player's signature to a letter signed by Lord Stanley of Stanley Cup fame — and planned to hang them on the wall alongside his signed hockey sticks and jerseys. • He'd bought the NHL Center Ice package and every night he planned to sit back and watch a game or two on his big screen TV. • He was coaching a 7 and 8-year olds' hockey team, was helping coach the Beavercreek High School hockey team and might even play for a glorified Huff 'n Puff adult team this winter. Now, everything has changed.

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Pull The Goalie

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 12:24 PM ET
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from USA TODAY,

As goals-against averages swell because of smaller pads and offense-friendly rules, goaltenders are being pulled once every 5.6 games. They were pulled once every 7.2 games in 2003-04. If this pace keeps up, there could be 28% more in-game goaltending changes this season: • Of 80 changes through Tuesday, 61 were coach's decisions. Nineteen were the result of injuries. Only the Philadelphia Flyers haven't made a switch. • Florida's Roberto Luongo has been pulled five times in 28 starts, matching his total in 72 starts in 2003-04 when he was a Vezina Trophy finalist. St. Louis' Patrick Lalime, pulled four times, was sent to the minors Tuesday.

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Day-To-Day For Spezza

by Paul on 12/15/05 at 12:01 PM ET
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from the Ottawa Citizen,

Spezza has always been a stand-up guy, though not usually quite as literally as this. Invited to sit down for a brief interview, Spezza politely declines. To his painful right hip flexor, standing beats sitting; a straight leg trumps a bent one. On Tuesday, when the Ottawa Senators flew home from Denver, Spezza stood for much of the flight, receiving treatment to try to keep the hip from tightening up. The day before tonight's game at the Corel Centre against the Dallas Stars, Spezza offers the proverbial "day-to-day" assessment on a hip that slowed him in Vancouver and Calgary and kept him out of the lineup on Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche.

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