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100 Players Should Not Be In The NHL

11/21/05 at 05:05 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

Toronto Maple Leafs senior scout Craig Button, former GM of the Calgary Flames, said this week he thinks there are 100 players currently in the NHL who cannot play in the league. Some of these players have big contracts that make it difficult to weed them out in the short term, although they may see their ice time dwindling. Those without the big contract are more apt to find themselves being pushed unceremoniously from the game.

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NHL POW

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 04:22 PM ET | Comments (0)

via the CP,

Defenceman Bryan McCabe of the Toronto Maple Leafs is the NHL's offensive player of the week after scoring three goals and adding four assists in three wins. St. Louis Blues goaltender Curtis Sanford is the defensive player of the week after going 2-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and .971 save percentage. Also considered for the offensive award were Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vaclav Prospal, who posted seven points (3-4) four games, Colorado Avalanche forward Pierre Turgeon (2-5 in three games) and Edmonton Oilers forward Ales Hemsky (2-5 in three games). Sanford, meanwhile, turned aside 68 of 70 shots in two games as the Blues posted consecutive victories for the first time this season. Lightning goaltender John Grahame (3-0-0, 2.00 GAA) and Maple Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour (2-0-0, 1.00 GAA) were runners-up for the defensive award.

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First NHL Game

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 03:47 PM ET | Comments (0)

Lang Whitaker of Sports Illustrated attended his first NHL game,

So, Saturday afternoon I went to my first real NHL game. And what better place to go than Madison Square Garden, the World's Most Famous Arena, to see one of the "original six," the New York Rangers, against the Carolina Hurricanes. Walking into the seating area at The Garden, seeing that huge expanse of gleaming ivory ice, it was a breathtaking sight. Well, it was a mix of the sight and the cold. I was guessing the arena would be chilly, but I also figured by now they'd have a way to cool the ice and keep the building warm. Guess not. What I enjoyed the most about the experience of going to a hockey game was the relative peace and quiet of the game. Go to an NBA or NFL game, and you're assaulted by loud music, flying t-shirts, hopped-up dance teams. There was music at The Garden, but unless you count Sweet Caroline as a club banger, it was like spending an afternoon at a pizza joint with an outdated jukebox. During timeouts (are they called timeouts?) an organ would play, and people would be able to talk to their neighbors. It was as if hockey was saying, Here we are -- love us or leave us. And despite the extended lockout, the fans seem to have come back in full force. They love it.

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Ducks Claim Marchant

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 03:21 PM ET | Comments (0)

via TSN,

The Ducks put in a waiver claim on the 32-year-old veteran centre who was put on waivers twice in the last week by the Columbus Blue Jackets.

update 12:24pm, Bill Watters on Leafs Lunch said he can see Marchant not reporting to the Ducks, he wants to stay in the Eastern part of North America. He said Burke may dangle Marchant as trade bait.

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Surprising Stat

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 02:14 PM ET | Comments (0)

The three teams at the bottom of this stat is surprising to me; Road Game Attendance %: 28. Pittsburgh, 29. Washington and 30. is Tampa Bay. You would think fans would want to see Crosby, Ovechkin and the defending Stanley Cup Champs in action, maybe it is a reflection of the teams they are playing.

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Quarterly Award- Best TV Broadcaster

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 01:00 PM ET | Comments (0)

One of the side benefits of Kukla's Korner is being able to watch as much hockey as I like. I now have a built in excuse; "It is part of my job", but I still get the look of disbelief from a person who will remain unnamed. I have probably watched 70% of the games available on Center Ice, either catching them live or on the DVR. I am very interested in how the game is broadcast and I must say there are a couple of play by play guys who need to pick it up a bit, if I were not a true fan, I just might fall asleep listening to them. On the other hand, a few guys need to tone it down a bit. Then we have one guy in particular who almost sings whenever he anticipates a home team scoring chance. I really enjoy the work done by Randy Hahn, the PxP man for the San Jose Sharks. He knows the game, gives credit to the opposing team, and seems well prepared on a daily basis. His style in even keeled and one I could listen to every day. Doesn't become the star of the game, just describes what he is seeing and does it very well. In making this choice, I eliminated my home team broadcaster Ken Daniels and I also eliminated all Canadian PxP guys for the simple reason I have heard most of them for years and they have an unfair advantage; it is in their blood. I would be interested in your choices, but don't pick your home team broadcaster, unless you have a really good reason.

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Larmer Actions Sounds Alarm

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 10:38 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Globe and Mail,

When Chris Chelios squawked, it was easy to roll your eyes and say, "Pour some quick-dry cement in this guy's mouth. He's a-l-w-a-y-s griping about something." When Tie Domi screeched, you wanted to dig a hole and bury your head in it. Then when Trent Klatt went off -- Trent Klatt, for heaven's sake, a spare-part player if ever there was one -- it seemed a sure sign all sanity had vanished. But then along came Steve Larmer, a virtuous man and former National Hockey League star. And when he wrote that the National Hockey League Players' Association "had taken a giant step backwards, back to the days of [Alan] Eagleson where a select few made decisions for the group," that's when it became clear: it's time to listen to the squawkers. They have a point.

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A Second Chance

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Miami Herald,

Serge Payer sat inside a library with a very worried father, the two thumbing through medical guides to find out what in the world he had been diagnosed was. Is it as bad as cancer? Paul Payer remembers his son saying once he found out what Guillain-Barre Syndrome was. The answer was no, but to a frightened teen, that was of little comfort. Serge Payer knew his body -- one that had carried him to glory on the hockey rink since he was a young boy in Ontario -- was battling him from the inside.

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Sens Drawing Big Crowds

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 10:20 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Ottawa Sun,

So much for a lockout hangover.Ottawa Senators ticket sellers are giddy after another record-breaking weekend of ticket sales. After sizzling sales Saturday -- when the Senators put single-game tickets for the second half of the season on sale -- Senators president Roy Mlakar said the club is on pace to break its single-season attendance mark. "We're on target to sell out 31 of our 41 home games right now," said Mlakar, "and that can only get better. We'll beat the attendance record."

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Looking For The Big Play

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/21/05 at 10:11 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Eric Weinrich, special to the Kennebec Journal,

You see it happen every day. An underdog knocks off a top team and a team in utter despair finds a way, some strength, a moment that turns around a tough stretch. Well, in our case it could have been a number of instances in our game against Columbus. Again, Curtis Sanford got the start, and he made the most of it. I guess you can figure my choice for the big play. If you saw the game, a third period save on a breakaway kept the score at 0-0, and gave us the lift we needed.

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