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Pens Ticket Sales Are Brisk
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 03:05 PM ET
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from the Pittsburgh Penguins,
Imagine working for 14 hours, six days a week with your phone ringing off the hook. Now you know what it’s like to work in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ticket sales department. While most people would cringe at the high demands of the job, the Penguins’ 20-member staff wouldn’t have it any other way. The Penguins have not seen a ticket-selling frenzy like this in years. Mario Lemieux’s return from retirement in December, 2000 was close, but that came in mid-season, when a large amount of ticket inventory had already been sold. Penguins tickets are among the the hottest in all of sports and the team has already sold more seats this year than during the last season in 2003-04.
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Brad Richards In Pain
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 01:57 PM ET
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from the St. Petersburg Times,
Center Brad Richards continues to feel pain associated with his January surgery for a tear in his abdominal wall. It's not enough to keep him from playing, and tests show the pain likely is coming from scar tissue, not from the surgically repaired area. He doesn't appear to be at risk for reaggravating the abdominal wall. But he doesn't feel 100 percent. "I've been told it's probably going to take a year to get back to feeling 100 percent," Richards said. "I'm not worried. It only bothers me some days and it's not enough, I don't think, to affect my play. I expect to be able to do what I've always done on the ice.
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OLN Oops
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 01:38 PM ET
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Anyone see a problem here. Plus, OLN needs to start ramping up for the NHL season. The same logo announcing the opening game is getting quiet boring. update 12:35pm, A reader just pointed out that the error has been corrected.
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Datsyuk Delay
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 11:05 AM ET
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The arbitrator for the Datsyuk case is in "Portugal for the week" is the reason given for the delay in the hearing. Plus, Datsyuk only signed a preliminary contract, not a full contract. Read the full translation of this article in the comments of this post.
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Oiler Fans Ready
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 10:51 AM ET
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from the Edmonton Sun,
It's a year without hockey. It's the Oilers back as a club that can compete again. It's Chris Pronger. It's Mike Peca. It's the room in the budget to add even another talent. It's the new rules, which might bring back Oiler Hockey. Roll it all together and it's really rather remarkable. Today is the on-ice start of training camp around the NHL. Not a big event in some cities. It's worthy of the mayor declaring a civic holiday in the Heartland of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame play-by-play man Rod Phillips is going to call the Joey Moss Cup tomorrow night, the Blue & White game, live on 630 CHED. "Can you believe that? An intrasquad game,'' marvels Phillips. "How do you do a play-by-play of the Oilers vs. the Oilers?''
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Get It Settled
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 10:35 AM ET
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The NHLPA needs to get this settled quickly before it takes over the talk of camps opening. from the CP via TSN,
Ted Saskin has taken the high road and decided to let the executive board of the NHL Players' Association vote again on his five-year deal as the new executive director - this time via secret ballot. Despite overwhelming support from player reps during a late-night conference call with the executive board Monday night, Saskin decided to re-open the vote to once and for all end the criticism from a small group of players who questioned the process by which Saskin had been hired.
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Watching The Cap
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 10:31 AM ET
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from the San Francisco Chronicle,
New Jersey, managed by one of the game's most respected GMs, Lou Lamoreillo, has 21 players signed for $43,748,929. Tough decisions await a team that already lost cornerstones on defense and huge figures in the Devils' identity when Scott Stevens retired and Scott Niedermayer signed with Anaheim. Toronto has $39,177,600 committed to 21 players, plus two more salaries that are undisclosed, and that does not include $5,627,000 for ex-Shark Owen Nolan, whose salary is in dispute. And they are not the only teams on the financial edge. Five others -- Dallas, Colorado, the New York Islanders, Tampa Bay and Vancouver -- are within $3 million of the ceiling. These teams don't want to be that close because it limits their ability to add pieces as the season unfolds, and all, with the exception of the Isles, would be considered Stanley Cup contenders, at least in the recent past.
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The Goodenow Story
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 03:46 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
Bob Goodenow was dismissed by a unanimous vote of the NHLPA executive board in Toronto on July 21, and informed as much just prior to the press conference announcing PA ratification of the CBA that afternoon, union sources have told The Post. Three individuals involved with the process made the disclosure to The Post under condition of anonymity in the wake of recent allegations by dissidents that Goodenow's dismissal was a result of an unconstitutional power play by PA president Trevor Linden and a minority of executive board members. "Bob had told us he was willing to serve out the remainder of his term, but it didn't seem appropriate with him being so against the deal and having nothing to do with negotiating it," one member said. "So we had a meeting that morning. And the vote was 7-0 in favor of terminating Bob." Linden is joined on the NHLPA executive board by Bill Guerin, Daniel Alfredsson, Bob Boughner, Arturs Irbe, Trent Klatt and Vincent Damphousse. Brendan Shanahan, who joined the PA negotiating committee in late May, sat in on the meeting but did not have a vote. Goodenow, who declined to respond to a Post inquiry, is under contract through the end of the 2007 calendar year, with a sum of $8.475M remaining on his deal. Two sources told The Post that, contrary to reports, a severance agreement has not been reached with Goodenow by the Players' Assn. "It remains to be negotiated," one individual said.
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Parrish Inks One Year Deal
by Paul on 09/13/05 at 12:29 AM ET
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via Newsday,
Mark Parrish was not on the Islanders' chartered plane that arrived here last night, but the veteran winger was believed to be en route from his home in Minnesota. Parrish has accepted a one-year, $1.9-million contract and will be on the ice with his teammates for this morning's first practice.
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Messier Retires Too Late
by Paul on 09/12/05 at 10:48 PM ET
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from Shawn Roarke of Fox Sports,
Mark Messier announced his retirement Monday, formally ending a Hall of Fame-worthy career that featured six Stanley Cup titles and enough big-game moments to cement his legacy as one of the sport's best "money" players. That being said, Monday's announcement is at least a couple, if not several, years too late. Before the howls of protest begin, let's make it very clear that No. 11 was a good player every day of his career up until the day he skated off the ice for the final time March 31, 2004. There can be no arguing that. But, Mark Messier was never a player meant for goodness; he was a larger-than-life hero only comfortable in the glow of greatness. Unfortunately, that glow — almost blinding for the first 15 years — dimmed significantly in the twilight of Messier's career. It's an undeniable fact that he either could not, or would not, acknowledge. Until Monday
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