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Brian Burke Files Defamation Suit Against People Who Made Comments On The Web

by Paul on 04/26/13 at 07:59 PM ET
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from Matt Kieltyka of MetroNews,

The former Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs general manager’s lawyers have filed an action in B.C. Supreme Court Friday alleging defamation against several unidentified Internet commentators who “have spread lies about Brian over the internet, following Brian’s dismissal as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs.”

Burke, through lawyer Peter Gall of Heenan Blaikie LLP, is suing for damages and an injunction preventing the defendants “John Does #1 to #18” (identified only by their blog and comment forum user names) from posting any more defamatory statements online.

The comments in question were posted on numerous blogs and hockey forums “explaining” why Burke was fired as Leafs GM in January 2013.

The notice of civil claim says the Internet commentators were spreading lies, alleging Burke had a sexual relationship with a female sports reporter, and may be the father of her child.

continued with the usernames of the commentators...

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Video- Hit Of the Night Goes To Francois Beauchemin

by Paul on 04/23/13 at 07:55 AM ET
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Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks rocks Teemu Hartikainen of the Edmonton Oilers.

Good, clean, hard hit, a joy to watch.

Video via Sportsnet, hit at the :15 second mark.

 

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Spending Time With Teemu

by Paul on 04/19/13 at 01:56 PM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,

Bobby Heravi did not want his son, Faryan, to hear the doctor's verdict and so made sure the boy's head was turned away when he asked about his son's chances of surviving an aggressive form of lymphoma.

"With my mouth expression I said, 'What percent?' And the doctor just did this," Heravi said, splaying three fingers. "Because he was diagnosed as Stage 4. Stage 4 means terminal."

The family, which lives in Irvine, was at its lowest ebb last May when Faryan, a Ducks fan who played street hockey through the club's SCORE sports and educational program, was visited in the hospital by future Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne. The Finnish winger is often asked to spend time with kids who are the toughest cases, the most seriously ill. Faryan was exhausted, his dark hair gone following grueling chemotherapy treatments.

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Videos- It Was A Night Of Strange And Weird Goals

by Paul on 04/18/13 at 08:23 AM ET
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Dave Steckel  with a pop-up goal...

 

 

Steve Begin with two strange goals and Johan Franzen scores on a backhand from center ice, all wrapped up in one video below...

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Morning Line

by Paul on 04/11/13 at 09:11 AM ET
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After losing to Colorado 4-1 last night...

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Will Anaheim Boo Justin Schultz?

by Paul on 04/08/13 at 03:56 PM ET
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from Derek Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun,

Justin Schultz is not sure what to expect when he steps on the ice at the Honda Center Monday to face the Anaheim Ducks.

Perhaps the biggest boos will rain down from the seats of the Ducks executive, having failed to come to terms with the talented defenceman, allowing him to pick his destination.

Schultz will face the Ducks for the first time when the Oilers round out their four-game road trip against one of the top teams in the Western Conference.

"We'll see when game time comes, whatever happens, it is what it is," said Schultz. "I've thought about what it would be like. But I've played a lot of games before this, so we'll see what happens.

"But I think being able to get into the league and play a lot of games before coming here might make it a little easier."

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Ducks Hunting For A Forwad

by Paul on 04/01/13 at 09:05 AM ET
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from Eric Stephens of Ducks Blog,

The Ducks can use another impact forward, particularly a center that can anchor the second line. Neither Nick Bonino, still out because of a lower-body injury, nor Bobby Ryan or Peter Holland have been a solution there.

Because of the recent eight-year contract extensions to Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, the Ducks would likely need to look at someone with an expiring contract given other existing big-money commitments to Ryan, Cam Fowler and Jonas Hiller.

The trade market isn't overflowing with top-flight talent that could be available but there are possibilities. Washington's Mike Ribeiro, who knows the conference after several years with Dallas, tops the list if he doesn't sign a contract extension.

Dallas center Derek Roy can also become an unrestricted free agent in July but the Stars might hold onto him, especially with three consecutive games against the Ducks beginning Monday night. Toronto seems playoff-bound and could keep Tyler Bozak.

Buffalo appears ready to ship off more talent. The Sabres would rather deal Drew Stafford than captain Jason Pominville but Stafford has been a major disappointment.

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TiqIQ Ticket Preview: Blackhawks vs. Ducks

by Paul on 03/28/13 at 01:15 PM ET
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By Matthew Feuerman of TiqIQ,

Once the darlings of the NHL and American sporting lure as a whole, the Chicago Blackhawks, having gone the first 24 games of the 2012-2013 campaign without a regulation loss, have fallen back down to earth ever so slightly since the Avalanche broke their record on March 8. Since that date, the team is a more mortal 3-3, though they did beat the Dallas Stars by seven goals two weeks ago. That shellacking is indicative of what the Hawks are able to do to teams when they’re at their best--score at will and cede nothing in their own end. Their six regular defenseman are all on the plus side and their worst plus/minus offender, Sheldon Brookbank, is a paltry -4. That’s a number the team is willing to live with.

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Video- And People Wonder Why Corey Perry Is Disliked Around The League

by Paul on 03/28/13 at 12:28 AM ET
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Nice shorthanded goal by Tommy Wingels to put the Sharks up 4-0 over the Ducks, but watch Corey Perry with a needless shot to Dan Boyle who was following the play.

No penalty  on the play but Boyle and Perry did go at it soon after this goal.

 

added 8:58am, added video of the tussle between the two below...

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Afternoon Line

by Paul on 03/21/13 at 03:16 PM ET
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"We’re not the same team that mouths off to all the refs you can look. We don’t have a two-minute unsportsmanlike penalty yet this year. I would venture to guess we're at the bottom of the league in misconducts for talking.

"So it's not us being -- or the officials saying, 'Hey, listen if you're going to act like dinks, we're going to treat you like that.' That's not the case. It's tough because our guys are hurt. That's where we've got to draw the line a little bit."

-Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau after beating Chicago last night.  Boudreau was upset about some of the non-calls and you can read more about it from Eric Stephens of the Ducks Blog.

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