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Video- The Latest Edition Of Coach’s Corner

by Paul on 03/09/14 at 06:25 AM ET
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Don Cherry and Ron MacLean discussed a few topics and in my opinion, the top two were Cherry talking about the Luongo trade to Florida and the Callahan/St. Louis deal.

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Video- You Make The Goal Call, Phoenix/Washington Tonight

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 08:55 PM ET
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via the Situation Room Blog,

At 12:11 of the first period in the Coyotes/Capitals game, the Situation Room initiated a video review to further examine a play after the puck entered the Washington net. The referee informed the Situation Room that Phoenix's Brandon McMillan pushed goaltender Jaroslav Halak's pad and puck across the goal line. According to Rule 78.5 (ix) "Apparent goals shall be disallowed by the Referee when a goaltender has been pushed into the net together with the puck after making a save." This is not a reviewable play therefore the referee's call on the ice stands - no penalty and no goal Phoenix.

Watch the video and make sure to catch the last replay from the goalie cam...

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Rostislav Klesla Has Had Enough Hockey For The Year

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 08:35 PM ET
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from TSN,

Rostislav Klesla will not be joining the Buffalo Sabres.

The 31-year-old defencemen was traded from the Washington Capitals alongside goalie Michal Neuvirth to the Sabres for goalie Jaroslav Halak and a third-round selection on Trade Deadline day.

Klesla was traded the day before from Phoenix to Washington.

"With all due respect to the Sabres organization, I decided this week not to continue playing hockey this season. It has been a tough year for injury and moving several times to new teams,” Klesla said in a statement.

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Blue Jackets Lose Ryan Murray For 4-6 Weeks

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 03:39 PM ET
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from Aaron Portzline of Puck-Rakers,

Blue Jackets rookie defenseman Ryan Murray will likely miss the rest of the regular season, and the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs should the Jackets qualify, after having knee surgery yesterday.

The official word is that Murray will miss 4-6 weeks. There are five weeks remaining until the regular season ends April 12 in Florida....

The Blue Jackets lost Fedor Tyutin to an ankle injury in the Olympics. Then Murray went down. On Thursday in Chicago, Nikita Nikitin suffered a head injury. He, too, will miss tonight's game in Nashville.

But Murray's lost has cast a pall over the club for the past 72 hours.

"You lose Tyutin and take Murray out of the lineup … that’s a lot of quality minutes," Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said. "They were playing big minutes and tough minutes.

"Ryan's a young kid, so it’s something he’ll be able to get over. He still has a long career ahead of him. The impact right now … it’s a big impact. He was a real, real bright spot for us all year."

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Evgeny Kuznetsov And Washington Capitals Agree To Entry Level Terms

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 02:01 PM ET
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have agreed to terms with forward Evgeny Kuznetsov on an entry-level contract beginning this season, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Kuznetsov, 21, played in 31 games with Chelyabinsk Traktor of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) this season, recording 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) and 12 penalty minutes. The 6’3”, 200-pound center ranks fourth on the team in points and assists. Kuznetsov led Chelyabinsk in scoring in each season from 2010-13 and finished tied for sixth in the league in scoring (44 points) last season. Kuznetsov was named to the KHL All-Star game in 2012.

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Paying To Watch Hockey Games Online In Canada

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 12:37 PM ET
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from Dan Tencer at The Huffington Post/Canada,

From "The Daily Show" to "Hockey Night in Canada," popular shows are disappearing from the online sphere, or going behind subscription walls that only customers of traditional cable and satellite TV will be able to access.

“Cord-cutters who’ve gotten used to watching Hockey Night in Canada streaming on the CBC site for free will be out of luck next season,” writes Terry Dawes at tech news site Cantech Letter. That’s thanks to the $5.2-billion deal between Rogers and the NHL, which gives CBC the right to broadcast HNIC for a few more years, but all the rights and revenues from that and other NHL broadcasts will belong to Rogers.

With the exception of that one Hockey Night per week on CBC, "your only option for watching the games will be to pay Rogers” by paying for its channels on cable, Dawes explains.

more Canadian broadcasting talk...

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NHL Short Notes

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 12:03 PM ET
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FRANZEN, NYQUIST LEAD RED WINGS OUTBURST
Scoring came in bunches in a 7-4 Detroit victory over the New Jersey Devils. Johan Franzen (2-2—4) and Gustav Nyquist (1-3—4) each led the way with four-point nights. According to the Elias Sport Bureau, over the last seven seasons, there were only two other games in which a pair of Detroit players each recorded at least four points: a 5-2 win over St. Louis on Dec. 15, 2010 (Nicklas Lidstrom - 4, Henrik Zetterberg - 4) and a 7-2 victory against Columbus on March 26, 2012 (Todd Bertuzzi - 4, Zetterberg - 4).

* During a seven-goal second period, the teams combined to score the fastest six (7:38) and seven (11:27) goals by any two teams this season. The Devils scored three times in 2:21, and the Red Wings later tallied three times just 3:14 apart.

*David Legwand earned his first points as a member of the Red Wings, registering (1-2—3) for his third three-point game of the season.

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Roberto Luongo Posts A Shutout In Florida’s 2-0 Win Over Buffalo

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 08:39 AM ET
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from George Richards of On Frozen Pond,

Luongo had a triumphant return with the Panthers as he made 25 saves in Florida's 2-0 win over Buffalo at BB&T Center.

It was Luongo's 66th career shutout and 27th with the Panthers. He had three with Vancouver this season before coming back to Florida in a trade Tuesday afternoon.

"It was nice, a great reception from the start and I thought the boys played extremely well,'' said Luongo, in a Florida sweater for the first time since beating the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1 in overtime in the 2006 season finale.

"We're a really fast team. I was impressed by the speed that we generated. The future is very promising.''

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Video- Joe Nieuwendyk Forever A Flame

by Paul on 03/08/14 at 08:24 AM ET
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from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,

Glassy-eyed with his wife and three young children in his arms Joe Nieuwendyk stood at centre ice watching his name and number hoisted to the rafters.

Capping off one of the most prolific hockey careers of a generation, the former Calgary Flames captain was welcomed home Friday night with three separate standing ovations as part of a stirring induction into the exclusive Forever-a-Flame club.

It was a fitting celebration for a man of tremendous class, ability and accomplishment.

"Having spent almost half my career in this wonderful city, I'm overwhelmed by this humbling honour," said the former captain as part of a memorable two-minute speech as 15 teammates from the championship team of 1989 looked on.

continued and below, watch Nieuwendyk's number retirement speech...

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Brodeur Just Wants To Play

by Paul on 03/07/14 at 06:54 PM ET
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from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of Yahoo,

From the outside, it might be hard to understand. Why does Martin Brodeur keep talking about playing elsewhere? He has spent his entire career with the New Jersey Devils. He has made millions of dollars. He has won 684 games – more than any other goaltender in NHL history – and three Stanley Cups. Why not go out with grace? What more does he need?

But Brodeur isn’t afraid of hanging on too long. He’s afraid of not hanging on long enough. He isn’t worried he will regret leaving the Devils. He’s worried he will regret leaving the game. In the end, he said, he doesn’t want to sit there and say to himself, “I should have done something.”

“That’s what I’m scared of the most – not living to the fullest in the NHL,” Brodeur said. “If they let you play, you might as well play.”

Brodeur is 41 and at the end of his contract. He is unhappy backing up Cory Schneider, a 27-year-old the Devils acquired from the Vancouver Canucks last year for the ninth overall pick in the draft. All season, he has talked about being open to a trade if he could play more, if he had a chance to win the Cup and if it helped the Devils.

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