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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
from Curtis Zupke of Ducks Blog at the OC Register, The Register checked in with longtime Blackhawks beat writer Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald before Chicago came to Honda Center on Friday.... Q: Speaking of goaltending, Nikolai Khabibulin (above) has recently taken over the No.1 spot after he split time with Cristobal Huet, who was brought in during the offseason for $5.62 million. Is the goalie...
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Two for Elbowing (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
How bad is Khabibulin? | DailyHerald.com Blogs: We might not know until Friday how badly Nikolai Khabibulin and Aaron Johnson are hurt. Khabibulin went down in the final minute of the second period of Wednesday's 3-2 OT loss to the Sharks with what appeared to be a groin or hamstring problem. Johnson's injury (his left shoulder?) didn't look good. He was drilled into the boards by Mike Grier, who drew...
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Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
SHARKS GOALTENDER #20 EVGENI NABOKOV RETURNS AFTER 7 GAMES #37 BRAD LUKOWICH STRIPS PUCK FROM #24 MARTIN HAVLAT GOALTENDER #39 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN INJURED ON THIS SAVE IN 2ND More notes from the San Jose Sharks 3-2 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks will be posted soon. A photo gallery from the game is available here .
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
from Tim Sassone of Between the Circles, We might not know until Friday how badly Nikolai Khabibulin and Aaron Johnson are hurt. Khabibulin went down in the final minute of the second period of Wednesday’s 3-2 OT loss to the Sharks with what appeared to be a groin or hamstring problem. Joel Quenneville didn’t know if Khabibulin would be examined Thursday in San Jose, where the Hawks were to practice,...
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Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
BLACKHAWKS (10-4-5) FACE THE SHARKS (17-3-1) TONIGHT IN SJ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GOALTENDER #39 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN More notes from the morning skate will be posted soon.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Unbeaten in six weeks, Nikolai Khabibulin is keying the Blackhawks' surge in our latest Power Rankings. See where they land.
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
The Blackhawks are on a serious roll after opening their annual circus trip with three victories. The offense has been terrific with 14 goals in that span, but equally important is who's been in goal: Nikolai Khabibulin.
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Kris Versteeg scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 30 seconds left in the second period, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 31 shots to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Thursday night.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
After the lockout, in 2005 the Chicago Blackhawks thought they had the solution to their goaltending. They signed reigning Stanley Cup winning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin to a four year $27 million contract. The problem was Khabibulin was never able to maintain that success in Chicago. In fact, it wasn’t too long after the signing that I wrote that he had been the worst free agent signing of the...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Nikolai Khabibulin made 36 saves through overtime, then stopped two shots in the shootout as the Chicago Blackhawks edged the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Tuesday night.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
from Scott Cullen of TSN, What kind of package could the Blackhawks offer for Spezza? It’s not as easy as it sounds when the two most similar salaries in Chicago belong to winger Martin Havlat and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, because both will be unrestricted free agents at seasons’s end and it would be downright nuts to trade a long-term asset like Spezza for less than a full season of another player....
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Andy McDonald scored his second goal on a power play 2:15 into overtime to give the Blues a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks on Friday night in Chicago. With Dave Bolland off for hooking, McDonald fired the winner past Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, In the post-lockout NHL, the trading game usually grinds to a halt between the second week of the season and the middle of February, but the one player that may legitimately get moved is the Blackhawks’ Nikolai Khabibulin, who inches closer to free agency every day; sees the dollars click off that $6.25-million (all currency U.S.) annual salary – and continues...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
from Tim Sassone of the Chicago Daily-Herald, But general manager Dale Tallon didn’t rule anything out Thursday, even trading Nikolai Khabibulin or Cristobal Huet if it meant improving the team going forward. “I’m not going to mess with a successful situation right now, but they’re assets, and we have great assets (in goalies Antti Niemi and Corey Crawford) in Rockford as well,” Tallon said. “We’ll...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- P.J. Axelsson scored the deciding goal of an overtime shootout Wednesday, giving Boston a 2-1 victory over Chicago. Tim Thomas out-dueled Nikolai Khabibulin in a tremendous goaltending battle, making 31 saves in regulation and overtime. Thomas also stopped Blake Wheeler in the first round of the shootout and Dave Bolland in the third round. Axelsson then got one past Khabibulin,...
