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Hockey Notes On A Saturday Night

09/24/2016 at 8:46pm EDT

from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- ... In the week before the Leafs opened camp, two hockey men closely associated with Lupul’s career, told me that he was having difficulty dealing with not being wanted. Neither indicated he was physically unable to play.

So here’s what I wonder now, not necessarily buying the Leafs version of events on Lupul failing the physical exam: If he is healthy enough to play, why not go the Players’ Association and challenge the Leafs position on this? And if he isn’t healthy enough to play, why hide and skip the Leafs golf tournament and avoid interviews?

All this doesn’t pass the smell test and likely it’s not the last we’ll hear of it.

- The World Cup sourpuss award goes to Buffalo’s Jack Eichel, who didn’t much care for being relegated to also-ran status on Team North America and didn’t seem to be one of those check-your-ego-at-the-door kind of kids.

- There’s Bob Cole. And there’s Danny Gallivan. And then there’s the rest of those who call hockey games. And please don’t tell me Foster Hewitt. He was the first famous hockey announcer, the pioneer of the craft. When you listen now, you realize he was nowhere close to Chris Cuthbert, Doc Emrick, Jim Hughson or Gord Miller.

- I wonder if the people of Ottawa have watched Erik Karlsson in the World Cup. There may be softer players in the tournament, but I haven’t seen one of Karlsson’s level who wasn’t wearing American colours.

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