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Hotstove Talk

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 09:56 AM ET | Comments (0)

A summary of the Hotstove talk from last night... P.J. Stock takes a look at Craig Anderson, Elliotte Friedman talked coaching jobs including Patrick Roy in Colorado, Glenn Healy talked about the NHL participating in the Olympics with things looingk very positive and the last topic was the $100,000 fine Doug Wilson was hit with but why wasn't George McPhee?

 

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Morning Line

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 09:47 AM ET | Comments (4)

 

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Not The Time For A Slumping ‘King’

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 09:35 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

It is difficult enough for the Rangers to win even when Henrik Lundqvist is at the top of his game. It is all but impossible for the Blueshirts to even come close when The King plays as if he’s a plebeian.

Which goes a long way in explaining yesterday, when it appeared as if the Bruins were shooting pucks made out of Kryptonite rather than vulcanized rubber at the Rangers’ Superman in the 5-2 Game 2 victory that sends the Blueshirts back to New York facing their second consecutive 2-0 series deficit.

“The game was about hunting down the puck, and it was tough,” said Lundqvist, who has yielded four long ones overall in consistently being forced to contend with traffic in front, including Johnny Boychuk’s 50-footer at 12:08 of the second that snapped a 2-2 tie. “It was definitely a tough game to play.

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Crosby Plays On

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 09:32 AM ET | Comments (11)

from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star,

The pillowy lips part to reveal a mouthful of ruin, a graveyard of tombstone teeth and mutilated gums.

There’s a gap between the lower bicuspids, a V-shaped hollow through which sibilant sounds emerge, a whistle of consonants and vowels.

Sidney Crosby is lisping.

“Thith is going to be the toughetht tetht yet.’’

Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against the Senators-at-home, he meant: Toughest. Test. Yet.

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Caught On Video

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 09:17 AM ET | Comments (2)

First up, John Tortorella not happy with a no-call at the end of the 2nd period yesterday.

 

 

Next up is Jason Spezza surviving this hard from Craig Adams...

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Jonathan Toews vs. the World, I mean Red Wings?

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/20/13 at 08:55 AM ET | Comments (4)

Sportsnet posted quite the clip hyping the "Red Wings and Henrik Zetterberg vs. Jonathan Toews' frustration" angle heading into Game 3 between Detroit and Chicago this evening (7:30 PM EDT, NBCSN/CBC/97.1 FM, post-game on FSD). Toews! Zetterberg! Babcock!

Kronwalled? Not likely, but TSN duly noted that the Hawks possess a 9-1-and-1 record at Joe Louis Arena since 2010, and that's plain old scary.

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Senators Back In The Series With 2-1 2OT Win Last Night

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/20/13 at 08:53 AM ET | Comments (1)

Colin Greening wth the goal in the 2nd OT giving the Senators a 2-1 win and the series is now 2-1 Penguins with game 4 on Wednesday.

 

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Sabres Sign Scott To Extension

Blog: The Sabres Observer By @DaveDavisHockey

05/20/13 at 08:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

From the Sabres:

BUFFALO, N.Y. (May 20, 2013) --- Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier today announced that the team has signed forward John Scott to a one-year contract extension.

Scott (6’8”, 270 lbs., 9/26/82) played in 34 games with the Sabres in the 2012-13 season after signing with the club as a free agent on July 1, 2012.

Prior to the Sabres, Scott split the 2011-12 season between the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers, tallying one assist and 53 penalty minutes in 35 games. In five NHL seasons, the native of Edmonton, Alberta has appeared in 180 career games with the Sabres, Rangers, Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild, recording five points (1+4) and 305 penalty minutes.

RDS is reporting that the one-year deal is worth $750,000.

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GDT - WCSF Game 3: Red Wings (1-1) host Hawks (1-1) 7:30

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By Jeff OKWingnut

05/20/13 at 07:05 AM ET | Comments (34)

Who are these guys?  After getting skated into the ground and taken to the woodshed in game 1, DET pawned CHI in game 2.  The Wings were so damn good, the 'Hawks Captain, having no excuses for his teams ineptitude, accused them of cheating:  “I’m not going to go off and complain about some calls that I thought should have been called or whatever,” Toews said, before essentially doing just that. “If that’s the way they’re going to play, we need to play the same way."  That - is - just - embarassing.

Zetterberg has been a freaking beast, and quite obviously is in Toews head (and determined to stay there).  Dittys like this are priceless,  Hank, discussing his physical play in game 2:  “It’s part of playoffs,'' Zetterberg said. “I think he plays better when it’s more physical and I play better when it’s a little more physical. It’s a give and take.''  If I didn't know better, and I do not, I'd say the gauntlet has been thrown.

Said Babcock: “It was great we had an (extra) off day. It's unbelievable how well that worked out for us. Now we're freshened up. Series on.''  Indeed.  LGRW.

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Red Wings-Blackhawks Game 3 set-up: exceeding one’s performance envelope

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/20/13 at 02:34 AM ET | Comments (8)

The Detroit Red Wings will face literal and figurative heat tonight as they attempt to carve out a 2-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks (7:30 PM EDT, NBCSN/CBC/97.1 FM, post-game on FSD). The Hawks are going to make a lineup change in adding Viktor Stalberg, they're still determined to make this series a short one, and the local weatherpeople are forecasting temperatures of 85-90 degrees in Southeastern Michigan for this afternoon, so Al Sobotka's has his work cut out for him ensuring that both teams aren't skating on gravel, too.

This game is obviously a little different if you happen to believe that momentum transfers from game to game: just as there was a two-day break between Games 1 and 2, the Wings and Hawks won't play Game 4 until Thursday and Game 5 on Saturday (at 8 PM EDT), and as you already know, Jonathan Toews' complaints about a lack of hooking and holding penalties called will probably fall upon rabbit ears, not deaf ones, so it's going to be an uphill climb for the Wings...

In no small part because the Blackhawks have absolutely owned Detroit at Joe Louis Arena of late--they swept the Wings in two games this season and have absolutely dominated the Wings at home over the course of the last couple of regular seasons, with the Chicago Tribune's Chris Kuc pegging Chicago's record at JLA at 9-1-and-1 since the 2010-2011, so the Hawks told Kuc that home ice is what you make of it...

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