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I Believe The Children Are Our Future...
Caps prospect Michal Neuvirth was traded twice during this past OHL season and Ken Campbell is calling shenanigans.
Clarifying Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell of The Hockey News is a hell of a hockey writer, but I've got to take issue with something he wrote in today's edition of Campbell's Cuts, in which he notes the urgent need for a new transfer agreement between the NHL and the KHL as highlighted by Alexander Radulov's decision to head...
Goodbye Khabi, Hello Nyls?
You had to know this was coming:"If Chicago Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon thought he was fooling anybody this summer when he said Nikolai Khabibulin had a future in Chicago after signing Cristobal Huet, that sham came to an end Monday when the Hawks put Khabibulin on waivers."The Blackhawks are trying...
Tuesday Roundup
[Note: If you want to skip a bunch of self-indulgent fantasy hockey talk, there's a link dump below it.]A couple of Saturdays ago I drafted a pair of fantasy hockey squads, including one - the JapersRink All-Bums - in the Mirtle Hockey Blogger Invitational league (check out Wyshynski's squad here,...
Where's This Stuff In "The Code?"
A couple of weeks ago, Columbus Blue Jackets blueliner Ole-Kristian Tollefsen caught Leafs forward Jason Blake skating out of his defensive zone with his head down and made him pay for his mistake, one that a guy who has been in the League as long as Blake has (or for any amount of time, for that...
Ovechkin's Slow Start
Well, it's taken seven games for the "what's wrong with Alex?" columns to start. Ken Campbell chimes in with his thoughts:"Ovechkin is undoubtedly the most elite physical player in the NHL. Perhaps he is too focused on playing a rugged game and is looking for the big hit too much. With 22 hits in...
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