Koivu Re-signs with Habs
08/15/05 at 04:16 PM ET | Comments (0)
from RDS (translated from French to English), Canadian of Montreal announced today the setting under contract of the captain Saku Koivu for the season 2005-2006. The terms of the agreement were not revealed.
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Chicago Wants to Win Every Race
08/15/05 at 03:22 PM ET | Comments (0)
Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the team has named Olympic speed skating champion Dan Jansen as their new skating coach. “We are excited to have Dan on board,” Tallon said. “Not only is he a world class athlete, he’s a world class person. He will bring a fresh, innovative approach to helping our players improve their skating skills.”
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LeClair a Penguin
08/15/05 at 03:09 PM ET | Comments (0)
via ESPN, John LeClair has finally found a home. The Penguins have signed free-agent left wing John LeClair, the team announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Nyet to IIHF Deal
08/15/05 at 01:37 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the AP via TSN,
The Czech and Russian ice hockey federations have refused to sign the proposed player transfer agreement between the NHL and the sport's world governing body as the Monday deadline for a deal expired, according to the International Ice Hockey Federation. ''We really don't know about the ramifications of those two countries saying no to the proposed deal,'' IIHF spokesman Szymon Szemberg told The Associated Press. The IIHF and NHL are still in talks to decide their next course of action.
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The New Bertuzzi Or the Old One
08/15/05 at 12:31 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
Todd Bertuzzi is back. Deal with it. Of all the story lines crossing and crisscrossing the new NHL landscape, few have or will continue to evoke the kind of visceral response that Bertuzzi's return to the game has. As it should be. His shameful attack on Steve Moore on March 8, 2004, has exacted a terrible toll on everyone connected to the incident, from Moore and his family, to Bertuzzi and his own loved ones, to the Canucks and to the entire game itself. On Monday, before or after the first on-ice session for players being considered for Canada's Olympic team, the disgraced power forward is expected to make his first public statements since being reinstated by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. This will mark the first time he has publicly discussed any of the events that have unfolded apart from the brief, teary media apology two days after the hit. It will mark a seminal moment in this tawdry, unfortunate tale.
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Ban Fighting
08/15/05 at 08:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Ottawa Citizen,
This was supposed to be a new beginning for the National Hockey League after a season-long lockout. But the league's decision to reinstate Todd Bertuzzi suggests it's business as usual -- and that business is fighting. The NHL, in making sweeping rule changes this summer, missed a golden opportunity to ban fighting and other forms of gross violence -- probably in the belief that fists appeal to fans. That might be true in places such as Philadelphia where the Broad Street Bullies appealed to knuckle-dragging fans who craved violence. But that's not the case in many other cities such as Ottawa, where patrons yearn for skill. If Philly and other punch-drunk stops wants that kind of game, start an X-league with all the accoutrements of wrestling. In fact, wrestling fakes the violence. In the NHL, the thugs and the pain are real.
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Colorado Fans Not Happy with May Signing
08/15/05 at 08:04 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Rocky Mountain News,
Turns out, free speech isn't that useful these days without an e-mail link. Who knew? Lots of people wanted to tell the Avalanche what they thought of the Brad May signing. They just couldn't figure out how to do it. The fans that sent these messages used words like "reprehensible" and "inexcusable." They asked questions like, "Where is your conscience?" The most popular adjective was "disgusted." Some said they will not attend Avs games or purchase Avs merchandise until May is gone. Many said they believed the Avalanche was a better organization than this.
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Will You Come Back
08/15/05 at 07:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Toronto Star,
It has often been said, wisely, that it is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. With an enemy it is easier to understand, if not like, meanness and stupidity. With friends we expect so much more. Maybe that's the way it is with the NHL and its fans. The league and its players fought a bitter 301-day lockout and it is fair to say those who suffered the most as a result were the ones who got dragged along — the secondary employees and the fans. A pox on both their camps, the players and the owners. Are you ready to forgive the greedy idiots, the bunch of them? Ready to lay down hard-earned cash to grease the gears and get the Great Zamboni back up and running? On the one hand Canadian fans are understandably eager for the NHL's return, but at the same time the love of the game runs deeper here than it does where hockey is still viewed as a niche sport. That makes the forgiving harder, more genuine. Hockey's not the enemy, anyway — it is the people running the NHL who have betrayed it, and us.
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Luongo Hurt by Arbitration
08/14/05 at 11:19 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the Sun-Sentinel via the Mercury News,
The Panthers are in a quandary. Roberto Luongo's heart, the one that bleeds "Panthers," is bruised. Luongo says he's hurt, and you don't want your star goaltender, the man who is the only face of your franchise, the man who will determine how far you will go, to be hurt. "I just can't believe they're taking me to arbitration," Luongo said. "It's the last thing I thought would happen. They wanted to sign me for five years and I was so happy. Then they were only trying to sign me for two. Now one? To think they're taking me to arbitration, it's the route I expected the least." The Panthers feel they've been more than fair with Luongo. They offered him a three-year deal averaging $3.75 million a season, more than double the $1.8 million they had to qualify him at.
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Lemieux Not Attending Canadian Camp
08/14/05 at 09:49 PM ET | Comments (0)
via TSN,
Mario Lemieux will not be attending Canada's Olympic Orientation camp in Vancouver and Kelowna due to commitments to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Vancouver Caucks forward Brendan Morrison was named as Lemieux's replacement for the camp, which runs from August 15-19.
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