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August 1, 2011
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Xcel Energized With Snipers
In Minnesota, Wild fans couldn’t care less why he asked off the Senators. They couldn’t care less why he didn’t want to play for the Oilers. All they care about is that on his July no-trade list, Dany Heatley didn’t list the Wild. And, so far at least, he has said all the right things about his excitement over going to Minnesota. With fans craving a bona fide sniper to provide the franchise its first game-breaking threat since the days of Marian Gaborik, the Wild and San Jose Sharks teamed up for a second blockbuster 10 days apart July 3 when Martin Havlat was flipped for Heatley. On June 24, the Wild traded defenseman Brent Burns and a 2012 second round pick to San Jose for Devin Setoguchi, prospect Charlie Coyle (San Jose’s…
Culture Change
For Sharks GM Doug Wilson, close is not good enough. Finish among the top two teams in the West three consecutive years? Become the only NHL team to make the third round of the playoffs the past two seasons? This isn’t horseshoes. So Wilson did more than the usual summertime tinkering. “I think you’ll see an addition on our defense,” he said five days before the NHL draft. Anything else? “Do I look at our penalty killing and think it was good enough? No. We were 24th in the league, that’s something we’ve got to fix.” Wilson didn’t wait long. Eight 2011 playoff performers won’t be back. And a day after signing three-time 20-goal man Devin Setoguchi to a three-year contract extension, Wilson dispatched him to the Minnesota Wild as the centerpiece of a…
THN INBOX
Submit your letter at: thn.com/letters EMPTY NEST My son and I attended 25 Thrashers games this past season (and would have made more if it were not for our own hockey practices/games). You should have seen the sadness in my son’s eyes as I had to explain to him there would be no more NHL hockey in Atlanta. How many six-year-olds do you know who like to look at old issues of THN by the pool while on vacation? How many do you know who remember to ask, “Dad, what time does the Stanley Cup start tonight?” when surrounded by sun. Any suggestion native Southerners aren’t true lovers of the game is simply a misstatement. My son and I are proof. Lofton Spencer, Atlanta Phailure in Philly The Flyers have made a huge mistake. I…
PLUS MINUS
+PLUS HOORAY FOR HOCKEY TRADES Young stars being dealt around the league? We love it, GMs. –MINUS COULDN’T TREAT CRAIG BETTER? NHL back in Winnipeg certainly a feel-good story, but we feel a little less good about how Atlanta coach Craig Ramsay was initially left twisting in the wind by Jets ownership. +PLUS KARIYA CALLS IT; A HUG FOR DOUG NHL bids farewell to a pair of fine players as Paul Kariya and Doug Weight hang up their skates for good. Too bad injuries limited Kariya’s sniping potential. –MINUS GENERAL MADNESS We love the action of UFA signings, too, but the dollars and terms thrown around boggle the mind.…
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