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The Puck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
One issue to address in the sabermetrics and hockey problem of adjusting +/- ratings is the quality of teammates a player has. Since players will play different roles on their teams, different players will share ice time with different quality of linemates. Some players will play with better linemates than others. This will show up in their +/- rating. Players who play with better quality
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Last season, when the NHL rolled out new Reebok uniforms, the "upgrade" flopped. They were too tight. They ripped. Sweat rolled off the jerseys and drained into gloves and skates.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The puck will drop to begin the NHL season in Europe for the second consecutive season, as the league announced its full 2008-09 slate on Thursday.
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Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
There was always a racial element to how Ray Emery was treated in the court of public opinion that the media was reluctant to even acknowledge. It sucked that those with a larger platform didn't think to correct, say, callers to The Team 1200 or letter writers would go on about his "bling," his tattoos or the ex-Sens goalie being "a rap singer on blades." The situation was begging for a reasoned
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
High-scoring winger spurns long-term deal with Penguins for one-year contract with Detroit High-scoring winger spurns long-term deal with Penguins for one-year contract with Detroit
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Marian Hossa lost the Stanley Cup to the Detroit Red Wings last month. Now, the star forward is joining the champions to help them repeat.
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Scarlett Ice (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Greetings Scarlett Icers and allow me to introduce myself, I am Dany Heatley Speedwagon. Some of you may already know me from my regular commenting on deadspin as well as the Battle of Ontario and a few other Senscentric blog corners of these here internets. For those of you that don't know me it's a pleasure to be here and I hope you keep coming back and enjoy my comedy stylings and take on Senators...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
A prominent hockey memorabilia dealer faces a bizarre $3 million lawsuit several years after police raided a store in Vaughan and seized photos and hockey cards that featured allegedly forged signatures of NHL star Steve Yzerman.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
There’s been much discussion this week about adding bans on motorcycles to NHL contracts. Some thoughts from Hugh Adami via Canwest News: And, if a motorcycling ban was put into place, where does the NHL draw the line the next time something bad happens to a player involved in an activity that isn’t prohibited? What if avid golfer Daniel Alfredsson is bopped in the head by an errant golf ball and misses...
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Japers' Rink (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
By now you've no doubt seen that Alex Ovechkin was named Sporting News Hockey Player of the Year (as voted by his peers) and that he and Mike Green were named to the publication's All-Star team. You might have also seen that the Sporting News named Mike Babcock its Coach of the Year and handed Patrick Kane its Rookie of the Year (again, peer-voted). Does this make it any more or less likely
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Covers.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Oh Canada ! When Dany Heatley scored with 40 seconds left against the United States during the IIHF World Championship, it pulled my three-game parlay out of the trash and lifted my spirits in a major way. Canada had blown a 4-2 lead...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
QUEBEC CITY (CP) -- Losing to Russia left Dany Heatley in no mood to celebrate being named most valuable player at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. "Not right now," the
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Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
The come-from-behind win at Quebec City gave the Russians their first world title since 1993. ...
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The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
The Russians pulled it off . Down 4-2 to Canada after Dany Heatley scored a goal mid-way through the second period of the World Hockey Championship final, the Russians stormed back to tie the game late in the third period on a goal by Ilya Kovalchuk. Then, with Rick Nash in the penalty box for the Canadians after taking a delay-of-game penalty, the Russians completed the comeback on a power play goal...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime, giving Russia its first title at the world hockey championships since 1993 with a 5-4 win Sunday over Canada.
