Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | yesterday
More photos » by Ryan Remiorz - AP Komisarek's ready to go. Browse more photos » Puck Drop: 7:00PM ET, Sportsnet Ontario Goaltenders: Backstrom v Gustavsson Fret not, after leaving Saturday's decisive win over Detroit with an injur, Mike Komisarek practiced this morning and will be in the lineup tonight against the Minnesota Wild . The Wild are 15th in the Western Conference and 28th in...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: " LET'S GO PENS! LET'S GO PENS! " 19:40: Sidney Crosby rushes up the ice and challenges Brent Burns one-on-one from the right wing. Burns hacks the puck off Crosby's stick. 19:10: Chris Bourque, Ruslan Fedotenko and Jordan Staal are on a line once again. Bourque snaps off a wrister from the top of hte slot. Backstrom knocks it away. 17:53: Matt Cooke, Craig Adams and...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, Five games into the season, the pressure’s already mounting for a Wild team lacking confidence and cohesion, and parked on the Western Conference floor. Three games into a five-game trip, the Wild has yet to win and faces its first Northwest Division meetings tonight and Saturday at the Oilers and Canucks. If Martin Havlat misses tonight’s game because...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
More photos » by Kyndell Harkness - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Kyle Brodziak , Martin Havlat , Shane Hnidy , Petr Sykora , Greg Zanon Who's out: Marc-Andre Bergeron , Kurtis Foster , Dan Fritsche , Marian Gaborik , Martin Skoula , Stephane Veilleux Outlook: The fallout from the playoff miss wasn't pretty, and it started only a few days after the season ended with Jacques "Trap"...
Wild Puck Banter (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
cur- mudg -eon [ ker - muhj - uhn ] -noun- a bad tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. What have I become? I attended the Wild-Bluejackets game last night with the best seats I have had the opportunity to sit in. Fourth row in the corner. I could see Derek Boogaard's pores when he went in for a hit. I could see Brent Burns give sh*t to Clayton Stoner . And the best part is that I was able to buy...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
There are going to be many months ahead for more thorough analysis of what Team Canada's Olympic entry should look like, but here's a little cheat sheet with which to watch this week's goings on at the orientation camp. Keep in mind that these categories don't reflect my choices for the team — they merely indicate where I think players slot in in the minds of the selection committee: Locks to...
Sens Chirp (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
( UPDATE- 7:57 PM )- Its quiet. Very quiet. Nothing new on the Sharks or the Wild since late this afternoon. By all accounts the Senators have gone into lockdown ,making it essentially impossible to get any information. I really gotta hand it to Bryan Murray on this one. He has done an amazing job keeping this thing under wraps but at some point the fans need to know whats going on. Hoping to speak...
Sens Chirp (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
With only two days to go till the supposed deadline its looking more and more unlikely that something will get done on the Heatley front. The Ranges appeared to be making a push late yesterday but talks hit a snag when they were unable to get Dubinsky to sign a deal under 2 mil. Murray has shown an interest in Dubinsky all along but would like to see him signed to a reasonable deal before hand. The...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail at CTV Olympics, With the Olympic orientation camp roster down to 45 players following Joe Sakic’s retirement, how will executive director Steve Yzerman and his staff cut down to 23 names by December? And with a dozen or more all-but-guaranteed spots, which players among the longer shots have a legitimate chance of cracking the roster? According to former...
An Arizona Cheesehead's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
The Rocket Scientist, Crime Dog and TFMCD caravaned up to Utah for a house concert with Brent Burns. CD and TFMCD broke away from us at Beaver, UT so they could go to the Cache Valley Cheese Factory. I was all over with the "buy me some curds!" request. There's nothing like the squeaky cheese. It reminds me of the homeland and my family always brings some back at AZ after visiting Wisconsin....
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
More photos » by Winslow Townson - AP Browse more photos » Hockey Canada announced on Thursday the roster of 46 players that will attend Canada’s National Men’s Team orientation camp from August 24-27 in Calgary. These 46 players have been identified as candidates for upcoming international events in the 2009-10 season: the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and 2010 IIHF World Championship....
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
from Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune, With former offensive defenseman Todd Richards set to become the Wild’s next coach, even Nick Schultz—known more for his defense on the back end—might have carte blanche to step up in the play. After a recent meeting with new GM Chuck Fletcher, Schultz was told the handcuffs were coming off. “I said, ‘Can you get your butt up ice?’”...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
Defenseman Brent Burns is the latest Minnesota Wild player to have surgery since the season ended.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
Defenseman Brent Burns is the latest Minnesota Wild player to have surgery since the season ended.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
Defenseman Brent Burns is the latest Wild player to have surgery since the season ended.
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