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September 28, 2009
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FAN SHOOTOUT
MATT BEKENDORF FROM MILLET, ALTA., ASKS What is your favorite city to play in? My favorite is Calgary. The fans are great and there’s always a lot to do around the city. JOSH JACKSON FROM STEVENSVILLE, ONT., ASKS Who is the hardest player to play against and why? Ryan Getzlaf. He is big and strong, so he’s hard to knock off the puck and yet he has great hands. SAM GORMAN FROM ANTIGONISH, N.S., ASKS How do you know the perfect time to pinch and try to hit a forward coming up the boards? The most important thing is to make sure you have someone covering for you before you decide to pinch, so you don’t get caught and put your team in a bad situation with an odd-man rush the other way. As for…
Carolina
FIRST, PAUL MAURICE was relieved. Then he was elated. And it had nothing to do with Carolina’s decision to elevate him from interim to once-again-permanent coach. Maurice was around for more than a few off-seasons where the Canes were treading water at best, hamstrung by their financial inability to compete in the free agent market. But in his first off-season back with the team, not only did the Hurricanes not lose anyone of note, they actually added re-inforcements. Forwards Erik Cole and Chad LaRose spurned offers elsewhere to re-sign with Carolina, maintaining the status quo up front. And, the Canes were able to use their excess cap space to tweak the roster, bringing back Aaron Ward from the Bruins while signing free agents Andrew Alberts, Tom Kostopoulos and Stephane Yelle. “At first, it…
Montreal
WHO KNOWS? Anyone who thinks they can accurately predict the Canadiens’ performance this season is dreaming in technicolor. Even GM Bob Gainey doesn’t know what to expect. Two years ago, the expectations in Montreal weren’t high, yet the Habs finished first overall in the East. Last season, with the pressure on to take the next step in their centenary, they crashed and burned. After a quick start last October (9-1-1), Montreal was only three games over .500 the rest of the way. By March, coach Guy Carbonneau was fired. The Habs finished eighth in the East, but were swept in the first round by Boston. Faced with attempting to re-sign 11 unrestricted free agents, Gainey instead blew the team up, revamping the forward corps and blueline. The GM traded for playmaking center Scott Gomez…
It would be like not letting Sidney Crosby or Vincent Lecavalier play in Vancouver
BLACK OUT Thank you DirecTV for deciding not to deal with Comcast and, therefore, to not carry Versus. Now – as long as this drags out – not only will I miss six Devils games, but I will miss most playoff games as well. What a great thing to do with less than a month until the NHL season starts. Let’s see if you can make it right and return Versus to us before the season begins. In the meantime, thanks for breaking this hockey fan’s heart. Jean Sagarese, Mendham, N.J. LOVE HURTS In spite of everything that has happened in recent years, from the Todd Bertuzzi and Marty Mc-Sorley incidents on the ice and the lockout and the current mess that is the Phoenix Coyotes situation, I still love the game. No matter what happens, I…
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