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Flames Sign Marchment

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 04:14 PM ET
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Veteran defenceman Bryan Marchment has agreed to a one year deal with the the Flames. He is expected to join the team tomorrow.

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Shootout Makes For Great Radio

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 03:32 PM ET
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We need a little of Buccigross today. Check him out and I still think he would have made the perfect host at OLN. Clement belongs in the booth doing color. from ESPN,

While driving to ESPN for work Saturday night, I was scanning the NHL games and was able to catch the Predators and Ducks just as they were beginning their shoot-out. I have written in this space for the past three years the various reasons why I thought making the two-line pass legal and implementing the shoot-out would be a wise move. As far as the shoot-out is concerned, you can add another reason: it is great radio.

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OLN Had Technical Problems

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 02:04 PM ET
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According to a few sources I have talked with today, OLN is claiming they had some technical issues last night, therefore many NHL fans were blacked out from viewing the game last night. In my conversations with them, I asked why did the game last week go off without a hitch but this week there were problems? To be truthful, they could not answer that question. They assured me "most" of th issues will be resolved by tonight, but cannot say all of the viewers expecting the game will actually receive it. Hopefully, a press release will be made available later today.

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Debating Visors

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 01:30 PM ET
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from the San Francisco Chronicle,

Al MacInnis sees the light now. Of course, just the fact he can see at all is a blessing. The hard-shooting defenseman had injuries to each eye late in his career -- both requiring surgical procedures to repair partially detached retinas and to correct blurry vision. MacInnis retired after 23 seasons and still works for the St. Louis Blues. The issue of whether visors should be required for all players arose again last week when Toronto's Mats Sundin had a close call. "I wish I had one on a few years ago," admitted MacInnis, the third high-scoring defenseman in league history. "I don't know why anyone would take one off."

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Handling The Puck

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 01:19 PM ET
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Marty Brodeur seems to adjusted to the trapezoid area. from Chuck Gromley of NHL.com,

"There's no red line," Brodeur said with a smile, "so it gives me the opportunity to move the puck further up. It's kind of fun and exciting for the fans to see long passes from goaltenders." "As far as playing the puck and making long passes, I'm able to maneuver myself between the lines and be OK," Brodeur said. "I think where (the No Roam Zone) is going to affect me the most is with my defensemen. I can't really help them out as much as I used to by poking the puck away from a guy if it's in the corner. Now I have to stay back, so my defensemen definitely have to work harder."

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Heads Up

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 10:59 AM ET
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-Gary Bettman is scheduled to apper today on "Quite Frankly" with Stephen A. Smith. Ths show runs on ESPN2 at 6:30pm EDT. -Mike Ricci of Phoenix will sit out against the Stars tonight after breaking his nose in the third period of Saturday’s contest against Minnesota. -The Corel Centre in Ottawa was about 1000 seats short of capacity for the Leafs/Sens game last night. Also, about 1000 empty seats were spotted at the JLA although the game was announced as a sell-out.

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OLN Forum Cleaned Up

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 09:53 AM ET
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Last night the OLN forum was being hit hard with NHL fans voicing their displeasure over the problems they experienced trying to get the OLN game. This morning, the mods made a clean sweap of many of the topics, but fans are very vocal although the language needs to be cleaned up. Hopefully, we will get an explanation today from OLN and Comcast.

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Wild Doing Just Fine

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 02:46 AM ET
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from the Twin Cities Business Journal,

The Minnesota Wild hockey team has positioned itself to be wildly profitable compared to its NHL counterparts following a yearlong lockout. The team is one of the few in the National Hockey League to win back its season-ticket base without cutting prices. It's also brought back most of its corporate sponsors while some teams have not. The NHL's 30 clubs have reported a combined season-ticket renewal rate of 87.7 percent this season, nearly three percentage points higher than before the lockout. The Wild reported a 95 percent season-ticket retention rate. Another 6,500 people remain on a season-ticket waiting list, and single-games seats for Wednesday's opener sold out in just 15 minutes.

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Hockey’s Best Kept Secret

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 12:25 AM ET
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from the NY Times,

After Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is the most highly regarded rookie in the National Hockey League. Ovechkin, 20, scored the winning goal Monday in the Capitals' 3-2 victory over the Rangers, his third goal in four games this season. "Crosby's a star," the Russian-born Ovechkin said with a laugh after he was named the game's first star Monday. "Me, not." But most fans in the nation's capital do not seem to have noticed him. "What fans?" the Rangers' Jaromir Jagr said. "Somebody forgot to tell them it was a 1 o'clock game." The announced attendance for the Columbus Day afternoon game was generously reported at 10,760, at an arena that holds 18,277 for hockey. That included tickets distributed for the game; the actual attendance appeared to be closer to 5,000.

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OLN Broadcast

by Paul on 10/11/05 at 12:04 AM ET
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AS many of you know, OLN, Comcast and the NHL monitor Kukla's Korner so let me know if you received the game tonight. Make sure you state what cable or satellite system you are on and if OLN is available to you on the basic tier, digital tier and/or if you have to pay extra for the OLN channel. My understanding is if OLN is part of your basic tier or at least 40% of the subscribers receive OLN, you should have received the game tonight. I am surprised to read in various forums that many Comcast subscribers did not get the game. Also, for Comcast subscribers, all of the HD broadcasts will now be on INHD2. Last week the game was on INHD, but they are now scheduled for INHD2 until further notice.

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