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Marchant Should Be On Another Team In 24 Hours

11/20/05 at 04:03 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Bob McKenzie of TSN,

Sources tell TSN the Columbus Blues Jackets, as is their right, put Marchant on waivers on Saturday, which means he'll either clear by noon Monday or be selected by another team. And the betting is this time, unlike last week when he was put on waivers for the first time, Marchant will be claimed. Teams are permitted to put a player who has cleared waivers on waivers again without ever having sent that player to the minor leagues and that is what Columbus is doing. Columbus had been trying to trade Marchant, but that was made difficult as Marchant has a no-trade clause in his contract.

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NHL Attendance

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 03:59 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Ottawa Sun,

Attendance statistics are an integral part of determining success within the NHL, but they don't tell the full story. Padded or legitimate, they need to be taken with a grain of salt from a fan's perspective, because this is one area of math that isn't black and white.

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Expect A Mish-Mash At the Olympics

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 02:51 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Philadelphia Inquirer via the Rutland Herald,

Federation president Rene Fasel said, in a written bulletin: "For the first time in hockey history we have the opportunity for the IIHF and the NHL to be on the same page when enforcing the rules and calling restraining fouls like hooking, holding and interference." But Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, told us Friday that the NHL doesn't expect its rules to be followed with full compliance. "This process has and is not an easy journey," Campbell said, referring to the months of meetings needed to get the NHL clubs to agree on rule changes. Can a new obstruction policy "be applied at the Olympics with a mixture of players and officials who are, and are not, exposed to it? It will be difficult.

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Adjusting To The New NHL

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 01:59 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Calgary sun via Slam,

With harsher penalty standards in the new NHL, if obstruction isn't gone, it's certainly on the decline. That has led to less clutching and grabbing and more scoring. That's great news for fans and some players. But other players are having a nightmare adjusting to the new era. Today, Sun hockey writer Steve Macfarlane examines which players have benefitted and which ones are looking totally lost.

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Change The Shootout

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 12:28 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the St. Petersburg Times,

Traditionalists hate the NHL's new shootout to break ties. Lightning coach John Tortorella hates the shootout, too. Of course he does. The Lightning can't win one. But most players say they like it. That's good because, Tortorella said, from what he has heard the shootout is here to stay. However, the NHL should consider tweaking it a bit for next season. Instead of having three shooters a team, the league should do what international hockey does and have five shooters each. Nowadays, if a team falls behind by a goal in a round, it almost never comes back to win. Five shooters give teams a chance to come back. There are two reasons the NHL might have gone to a three-round shootout. One, it was worried about the amount of time five rounds would take. Two, there was a concern that five rounds would put too much strain on the goalie.

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What About Integrity

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

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

from Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun,

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman loves to preach about the "integrity" of his league. For those not clear what that word means in the new NHL, it manifests itself in many ways: Teams such as the Pittsburgh Penguins sending the guy who is far and away their nest goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, to the minors so they don't have to pay his bonuses. The New Jersey Devils announcing that Alexander Mogilny is a healthy scratch when he is, in fact, suffering from a concussion. Teams like the Vancouver Canucks practising with only one goaltender because the league created a system that would require them to waive the goalie they wanted to call up while the regular starter was injured. Apparently, as far as the NHL is concerned, "integrity" means never compromising the standards of the game -- as long as doing so doesn't interfere with the profit margin.

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Air Under The Puck

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

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

via the Bradenton Herald,

We know the NHL season is almost six weeks old, but there's been so much going on in the world of sports, there's been no time to sit down and watch the new-and-improved National Hockey League. There were the baseball playoffs, culminating with the Chicago White Sox winning their first World Series since 1917. The college football season has had the office buzzing since day one. And we're all anxiously looking on, wondering if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can hang in the playoff race. But finally, on Tuesday night, an opportunity presented itself - the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Washington Capitals on the Outdoor Life Network. oy, did we pick the right game to watch. It went the distance, so we got to see our first NHL shootout - and it was not impressive. Players have complained about the ice being bad in the shootout, and it looked like Vinny Lecavalier and Vinny Prospal had trouble getting any air under the puck. The announcers went on and on about Caps rookie Alexander Ovechkin, but he did nothing for the first 58 minutes, 45 seconds. Then he scored the game-tying goal late in the third period and had the only goal in the shootout, handing the Bolts a disappointing 4-3 loss. We were entertained but won't pay much attention until the playoffs.

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Rumors By Bruce

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 09:50 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

There is talk Columbus GM Doug MacLean, who dealt for C Sergei Fedorov last week, has until Christmas to turn the club around or he'll be looking for work. There are rumours the Russian Ice Hockey Federation will bring legal action against the Washington Capitals for signing standout rookie W Alexander Ovechkin, who was supposed to playing for Moscow Dynamo this season.

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Yzerman Wrong

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 09:48 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Ottawa Sun,

Steve Yzerman has earned respect. The Nepean product and captain of the Detroit Red Wings has been a marvellous player, represented his country with honour and is a lock for the Hall of Fame. But he was wrong when he did a rip job on the NHL product these days. "Everybody keeps saying this is great. It's not great. It's not hockey," he said. Sorry, Steve, but you're in the minority on this one.

continued This by Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Steve Yzerman doesn't like the new NHL. Brendan Shanahan is one of the authors of the new style of play. Wonder how that will play out in the locker room of the Detroit Red Wings?

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This Magic Moment

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

11/20/05 at 09:23 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

There will be no Zen warriors Tues day in Pittsburgh; no scantily clad women in the locker room helping the athletes dress, at least none that we know of. Rather, when Alexander Ovechkin and the Caps visit Sidney Crosby and the Penguins that night in the first above-the-title matchup of the two marquee freshmen, it will be the new NHL's first big chance, for it will present the new NHL with a Magic-Bird moment, as in Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, two people who may have saved another pro sport two decades ago. Hey, Gary Bettman might even be able to identify. For the sake of everyone invested in the league, let's hope Bettman and the NHL do understand that. Let's hope the NHL understands that it has an obligation to promote each of the two magical kids equally, regardless of their respective birth places. Let's hope the NHL understands how important each one of these rookies is to the league's future.

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