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April 18, 2011
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Highs & Lows
Erik Karlsson doesn’t search long for the words when asked to summarize his season. “Some ups,” said the Senators defenseman, “some downs.” The Senators knew they were getting an incredible talent when they used the 15th overall selection in the 2008 NHL draft to select the now 20-year-old Swede, who played in this season’s All-Star Game. As Karlsson’s second season winds down and a trip to the World Championship appears in the offing, there’s still plenty of risk/reward to his game. He was leading Ottawa in points with 43 and sporting a minus-33 rating, 865th in the NHL. “It’s been a rough season,” he said. “It’s had its good parts and its bad parts. Overall, I think it’s been an improvement over last year.” There haven’t been many bright spots during this horrible…
CROSSWORD
ANSWERS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE AND AT THN.com/xword ACROSS 1 A ref who ___ down lets nothing go 4 Rick Nash is a Blue ___ 9 Carolina hosted the 58th ___-___ Game 10 Wired or keyed up 11 He wore No. 17 in Edmonton 12 Pavol ___ was with Slovakia at three Olympics 13 Carolina’s ___ Cole 15 Ex-Blackhawk ___ Graham 18 Stephane ___ is a Star 21 Former netminder ___ Malarchuk 23 Johnny Bower was dubbed ‘The ___ Wall’ 24 Amount of action a player sees 25 Legendary bench boss ___ Bowman 26 One of the Sedins DOWN 1 Records a victory, ___ one up 2 More skilled 3 All-Star Game MVP ___ Sharp 5 Winger Arron ___ 6 Anze ___ also played at the 2011 All-Star Game 7 One who can score at any time 8 Dallas’s ___ Richards, pictured 14 Mike ___ is another Star 15 Colorado’s Matt ___ 16 Fight 17 Series…
Jersey Hound
MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS | 1980-81 Long a Jersey Hound favorite, the Milwaukee Admirals have always dressed in style, but this sweater mixes the histories of two sartorially excellent franchises. Like many old Milwaukee jerseys, the cartoonish admiral mascot is front and center here, but the background is pure Quebec Nordiques. Ironic, because the Ads were never affiliated with Nords – but they did have a host of French-Canadians on the roster during the time, therefore the mini-tribute seen in this sweater.…
Solid Core In Big Apple
It’s not as though they’re clamoring for it, but here’s a piece of free advice for GM Glen Sather and the New York Rangers: We know the temptation will be great, perhaps even painful, given your history when it comes to chasing big-money free agents just because they’re out there, but how about you just sit out the Brad Richards Sweepstakes and see where that takes you? That is not a reflection on Richards, who’s as high a quality player and person as you’re going to find on the free agent market this summer. It’s an indication the Rangers, who have made a cottage industry out of throwing good money after bad, finally have a solid base and they’re doing it in a very un-New York way. Let’s face it. It’s pretty…
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