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Marchand-Bergeron-Recchi line dominates finale – Game Seven Neilson Numbers
It was a great night for Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand in Vancouver on Wednesday, not so much for Henrik Sedin and crew. * * * One of the weirdest Stanley Cup Finals in memory wound down to...
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Comparing The Oilers Rebuild To Mike Milbury’s New York Islanders
No team in the NHL exemplifies the perma-build model so well as the New York Islanders. After a long run of playoff success, best exemplified by four consecutive Cup wins from 1979-83, followed by a...
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Does A Cory Schneider Offer Sheet Make Sense For The Oilers?
An offer sheet is a rare thing; not many have been made since the NHL lockout, and those that have been made typically result in all sorts of acrimony between the parties involved. Interestingly, of...
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You Can’t Draft Goalies And Neither Can Anyone Else II
The New York Islanders thought they were securing their goaltending future when they passed on Dany Heatley and Marian Gaborik to make Rick DiPietro the first overall pick in the 2000 NHL Draft. In the...
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Vancouver Canucks fans write Gotye parody
One of the reasons I love playoff hockey — apart from the action on the ice — is the songs written by fans in support of their Cup-chasing teams. The best and perhaps only one making the rounds — so...
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Should the Edmonton Oilers try to trade for Roberto Luongo?
Take Our Poll Roberto Luongo, who was in the net when Canada won gold in Vancouver at the Olympics, is on the block. Should the Oilers be interested? For the last two years, Luongo has had a slightly...
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Putting a whip in the “tail” of those exasperating mega-contracts
Take Our Poll * * * Splitting out age-35+ years for cap purposes would put a stop to the nonsense * * * Zach Parise is taking his talents to Minny As a hockey fan I find it extremely frustrating when...
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Why the Edmonton Oilers should be interested in Roberto Luongo
It’s been a few days now since Vancouver Province reporter Jason Botchford tweeted that the Edmonton Oilers had made an offer for Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo. Jason Gregor had a nice...
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Is Jordan Eberle the only player on the Edmonton Oilers good enough for...
Ray Ferraro of TSN has projected Team Canada’s Olympic roster for the 2014 games in Sochi, and Eberle is the only Oiler to make the cut. The following is Ferraro’s version of what the Canadian entry...
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Edmonton Oilers blank Vancouver Canucks, 4-0; Preview of coming attractions,...
The great ones make it look easy, don’t they? Taylor Hall sure did Saturday night in fashioning a three-goal hat trick in Oilers franchise record time of 7:53 from the start of the game to lead the...
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Jay Bouwmeester was always going to wind up with the St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues’ pursuit of defenceman Jay Bouwmeester has never been a secret. At the NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas last June, Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock had accolades for Bouwmeester when...
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Vancouver Canucks should have paid part of Roberto Luongo’s contract to deal him
Not sure why the Vancouver Canucks were so upset about the Toronto Maple Leafs telling them they wanted Vancouver to eat a percentage of Roberto Luongo’s contract. The Buffalo Sabres are doing it for...
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Tampa’s Martin St. Louis is one for the ages
1. Martin St. Louis, who turns 38 in June, becomes the oldest guy to win the scoring race. OK, he had help because Sidney Crosby missed all of April eating food out of a straw, but this...
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Vancouver Canucks’ coach Alain Vigneault is excellent bench boss but may pay...
After the San Jose Sharks scored two goals in nine seconds in the third period Sunday or about the same time as it takes to spell Couture and Marleau, Vancouver Canucks’ coach Alain Vigneault went from...
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Vancouver Canucks should change gears and trade Cory Schneider not Roberto...
Agree whole-heartedly with the under-current around the Vancouver Canucks’ shocking playoff ouster to the San Jose Sharks in four games: trade goalie Cory Schneider and keep Roberto Luongo in net, and...
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Which goaltender should start for Team Canada at the Sochi 2014 Olympics?
Less than a year away from the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, there is no clear consensus choice for the role of starter for Canada’s Olympic team. The incumbent starter has been reduced to the...
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New Jersey Devils working hard to re-sign David Clarkson
David Clarkson is without question one of the top players with the chance to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. The 6’1”, 200 pound winger hits hard and often, fights, and scores goals – 30...
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Top 10: Who could get traded at the NHL draft
We keep hearing this will be an active draft weekend with bodies flying around, changing teams for draft picks or top prospects as teams look to downsize with the NHL salary cap coming down, but how...
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Where were all the big trades on NHL draft day?
OK, where were all those deals? Sure, Vancouver’s supposed No. 1 goalie Cory Schneider went to New Jersey, shocking one and all on the draft floor, and certainly Roberto Luongo, who probably fell out...
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Devan Dubnyk surprised by Edmonton Oilers’ pursuit of other goalies
Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk probably feels like the guy at the school prom whose date keeps asking other guys to dance. Like, what’s going on here? Like, am I that bad-looking? Dubnyk is...
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