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I’ve been looking through the attendance numbers for most of the games played this season for every team and I have noticed that a few U.S. cities are having trouble putting people in their seats.
As usual all six Canadian teams are selling out almost every game. But some of the teams that suprised me this […]

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Love him or hate him, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am sick and tired of seeing Crosby on every NHL Network commercial.
 

I know he is good for the sport and all, but my goodness… He had better end up being one of the greatest players ever for all of the […]

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Well, some teams are a quarter through the season, with most hitting the quarter mark tonight.
How is your team doing in regards to where you thought they would be?
Personally, you will probably think I’m a headcase for this.
The Sharks are 2nd in the West, 1st in their division, and playing well as a team, yet […]

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Ok so it’s not ground breaking and won’t save the sport in the US, but I’d like to see it none the less.
The Big Idea:
Why not allow the players the option to take off their helmets during the shootout. It’s a small detail but for hockey cards, promotional / marketing commercials and so […]

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The Trade:
Jack Johnson and Oleg Tverdovsky for Eric Belanger and Tim Gleason.
Was Jim Rutherford nuts?
He trades away one of the best NHL prospects for a 30-year old centre who has never scored more than 40 points in a season and was slated to become a UFA at season’s end, along with a defenseman who had […]

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With each passing game, we hear more and more criticism aimed at the man child that is Guillame Latendresse. My question is, “What was everyone expecting, a 50 goal season?” Being a 20 year old French Canadian playing for the Habs brings with it expectations that no 20 year old could measure up to (Okay, […]

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I find that “coach of the year” debates normally end up being highly dependent on the unique situations that each coach faces in a given season. People end up talking a lot about year to year improvements, or pointing to teams that are playing better than they look on paper. With these kind of factors […]

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