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Wild Still Trapping

by Paul on 12/11/05 at 10:37 AM ET
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from the Journal News,

"Certainly of the teams we've seen, they do it more than anyone else," Rangers coach Tom Renney said. "They can forecheck with the best teams in the league when they choose to do that. When they choose not to, then they obviously trap. I'm not sure too many teams are as contained as they are, or pull out (of the offensive zone) as quickly. Whether or not that works for them in this new game, only 82 games will tell." So far, the results have not been good.

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Numbers Don’t Add Up- Dafoe Leaves Russia

by Paul on 12/11/05 at 10:20 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,

One month into his tour, though, Dafoe found the one great difference in the Russian game that he couldn't tolerate. Unlike an NHL contract, with the dollars promised in print, and payable twice a month, he quickly found that the document he had in hand didn't mirror the figures on his paycheck. ''That's what it all came down to, really -- contract," he said. ''Mentally, I was all set. Before I left I said, 'OK, I'm going to be away from my family for X number of months, I can handle that. Then, 30 days in, come payday, they just decided to change it around."

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Rejuvenated Rolston

by Paul on 12/11/05 at 02:28 AM ET
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from Shawn P. Roarke of Fox Sports,

Makeovers for your face, for your wardrobe, for your car, for your home and even for your significant other abound, all televised to feed society's thirst for re-invention. Heck, even the National Hockey League made itself over during its long winter of discontent. So, thought Brian Rolston, why don't I try my hand at this makeover game?

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Daze Trying To Get Back On The Ice

by Paul on 12/11/05 at 01:41 AM ET
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from the Chicago Tribune,

"The last month or two I just had to get rid of the pain before I could do more and get stronger," he said recently after a rehab session at the United Center. "I'm able to push more and do more now because I'm basically pain-free." He hasn't started skating yet, but he points to possibly getting back on the ice shortly after the first of the year. For now, he's trusting the plan set forth by his doctors. "I would like to go on [the ice] as quickly as I can," he said. "We'll see. I'm just really happy with the way things [are going]."

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Salary Cap Projected To Be Higher Next Season

by Paul on 12/11/05 at 01:20 AM ET
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from the CP via Slam,

NHL owners will get their first look at the projected salary cap for next season when the board of governors convenes Wednesday and Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz. And they may be surprised to learn the salary cap is not expected to be lower than the $39-million US limit it currently sits at this season, The Canadian Press has learned. In fact, it will be higher based on current projections.

more from the Globe and Mail,

NHL Players' Association executive director Ted Saskin has been telling players and their agents that the cap will definitely be higher next season, according to NHL sources. This is also what those on the management side are being told. "You can take to the bank the fact that the cap won't drop next year," said an NHL source familiar with the revenue figures. "League-wide revenues this year will be far more robust than we first anticipated."

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Dandenault Finally Home

by Paul on 12/10/05 at 03:55 PM ET
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from the Montreal Gazette,

The fulfillment of Mathieu Dandenault's dream is the result of many things. It is about hard work, paying dues, a willingness to accept less money in exchange for a greater quality of life. It is leaving all he'd known as a professional hockey player when this dream emerged suddenly from the abstract to become very real and quite within his reach. A decade after his National Hockey League career began in Detroit, where he won three Stanley Cups under coach Scotty Bowman, Dandenault has come home this season to join the Canadiens, the team he worshipped as a boy playing shinny in Sherbrooke.

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Olczyk On Hot Seat

by Paul on 12/10/05 at 03:37 PM ET
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from Bob McKenzie of TSN,

Sources suggest that the Penguins' home game on Saturday against the Colorado Avalanche could be pivotal in terms of Olczyk's future in Pittsburgh. Both owner Mario Lemieux and general manager Craig Patrick have been strongly supportive of Olczyk, but if there are many more games like the 5-0 loss to Minnesota, the Penguins may have no choice but to consider a coaching change.

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Lemieux Will Not Play In Turin

by Paul on 12/10/05 at 02:22 PM ET
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from TSN,

Mario Lemieux has decided not to play for Team Canada at the Olympics in Turin, Italy. Details to follow...

update 12:23pm, via CP/TSN,

Lemieux said Saturday that he informed Team Canada staff, including Wayne Gretzky, that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the team.

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Creativity And Speed Back In The Game

by Paul on 12/10/05 at 11:31 AM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Modano was always one of the more rational critics of the way in which the NHL product degenerated over the past decade. Given his record, how does he see the state of the game, now that two months are in the record books? "Overall, for me personally, there's not a thing that I've found frustrating or disliked," Modano said. "You're finally seeing the creativity and the speed of the game. That's something I've always harped on, because we've had such great players, including a lot of great players from Europe. "But you've never really seen them showcase their talents because they'd come here and get bogged down in clutch-and-grab hockey."

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Ice Time Cut

by Paul on 12/10/05 at 11:21 AM ET
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from the Daily News,

Nothing speaks to players more clearly than a reduction in ice time, and in Thursday's loss to Carolina, coach Andy Murray swung that hammer and directed it toward the Kings' supposed top players. Pavol Demitra was benched for the first 14 minutes of the third period. Jeremy Roenick played 11:50, five minutes under his season average, and Luc Robitaille, for a third consecutive game, played 12 minutes. Those three players are earning a combined total of almost $10.5 million this season, just under one-third of the team's total payroll, but the Kings mounted a stirring comeback Thursday with less-heralded players such as Sean Avery, Eric Belanger and Jeff Cowan logging major minutes.

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