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The New CBA: A Path To Contraction
Scott Niedermayer wants to play for the Canucks. Or the Flames. Or the Pens. Eric Lindros wants to play for the Leafs. Or the Bruins. Or the Flames. Jeff O'Neill wants to be a Leaf. Several "big- name players could seek out [the] Coyotes." What? No one's eager to head to Carolina? Peter Forsberg...
CuJo To Sign With The Desert Dogs
Remember when Brian Boucher was the best goalie on the planet for about two weeks? Neither does Coach Gretzky. TSN.ca is reporting that goaltender Curtis Joseph is set to sign with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Sucker Punched
The reinstatement of Todd Bertuzzi had me thinking on the role the League and the media play in how hockey is marketed. With the ink on the CBA still fresh, rule changes, and new strategic partnerships the League is charged with the ambitious task making the game profitable. It might not be next...
Wednesday Roundup/Gamenight: Sens @ Caps
[Gameday Preview]It's a matchup of nations' capitals as Ottawa brings their high-powered offense to D.C. tonight. Even without a couple of big guns (Daniel Alfredsson and Martin Havlat are out, Jason Spezza and Dominik Hasek are questionable), the Sens have more than enough talent to give the Caps...
And The Award For Best-Timed Promotion Goes To...
Outrage over "Wagergate" (so coined, perhaps, by The Acid Queen) has been screamed from rooftops across the hockey world and well beyond. People who, before this week, thought that a "faceoff" was related to the procedure that this woman had suddenly are comparing Wayne Gretzky to Pete Rose and...
Surprise Thursday Roundup: There's Still An NHL?
While the eyes of the hockey world are still on Turin, most of the NHL that remained on this side of the pond for the fortnight is back to work today, and that includes your nation's Capitals. In case you've forgotten how the team is doing, Dave Fay has a decidedly pessimistic article about what...
Monday Roundup: Mailbag
With no game to recap, no game to preview and no Caps coverage in today's local papers, The Rink turns to TSN.ca's mailbag for filler. Here are this week's Caps-related questions, with the relevant portions bolded (you'll notice a common theme):Q. I recently got into a debate with a friend over...
Ovechkin Named Sporting News Rookie Of The Year
The latest issue of The Sporting News contains their picks for a few NHL awards, and it should come as a surprise to no one (though the comments at the bottom of the link indicate otherwise) that their pick for Rookie of the Year (as well as the "SN All-Star" left-winger) is Alex Ovechkin:It was...
Appeasing J.R.
Rink fave Jeremy Roenick is running his mouth for a change, this time complaining that his new team (the Phoenix Coyotes for those who care) won't be on national broadcast television in the U.S. this coming season (they will be on OLN Versus one time).Despite the fact that the 'Yotes had a losing...
Shots On Goal And Shots At Goal
As Wayne Gretzky famously said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Well, you also miss 100% of the shots that never make it on net. In this morning's Roundup I noted that "[t]he Caps need to work on getting pucks to the net on the powerplay. Too many shots either don't get through or are...
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