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September 19, 2011
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ACROSS 1 Vladimir ___ is at center in St. Louis 4 Angela ___ is a Hall of Famer 7 Gordie Howe was a Houston ___ late in his career 8 Ontario is one and so is Quebec 10 He’s GM in Detroit 12 School in the same league as Cornell (or the Kings captain) 13 Las ___ hosts the NHL Awards 14 Phoenix’s Lauri ___ 18 Kind of ovation 19 Detroit’s ___ Hudler, pictured 20 Nashville is ‘___ City’ 21 In pain DOWN 1 San Jose’s symbol 2 Blue great dubbed ‘The Red Baron’ 3 A playoff month 4 Ed ___ is now a Panther 5 Jimmy ___ was a scrappy Jet 6 He was Conn Smythe winner in 2000 9 An enforcer with the Habs and Leafs, he died young 11 Matt D’___ is also with St. Louis 12 Develop into a genuine star 15 George Imlach’s nickname 16 Sending the puck the…
The Butler Can Do It
With just 155 NHL games of experience, Chris Butler will be allowed to come along at his own pace, which ramped up in the playoffs last season. Butler, 24, came over from Buffalo in the Robyn Regehr swap at the draft. An 18-minute man with the Sabres last season, Butler soared to 23 minutes of ice per game in a first-round playoff loss to Philadelphia. “I started to find a role, find a game I was comfortable with,” Butler said. “It’s a mobile group (in Calgary) that gets up the ice and helps with the offensive game and helps with the transition game. That suits my style. That’s the way I like to play.” With Scott Hannan and Cory Sarich getting long in the tooth, Butler will be given every opportunity to prove…
Blues Go Back To The Future
What year is this…2002? That was the reaction when the Blues signed free agent forwards Jamie Langenbrunner and Jason Arnott to identical one-year, $2.5 million contracts this summer. Though Langenbrunner and Arnott both have decorated NHL resumes, they’re each 36 and coming off seasons that signal them clearly being in the twilight of their careers. Only a year ago, the Blues had no interest in re-signing Keith Tkachuk or Paul Kariya, putting the club in the hands of its young core. So why, only 12 months later, would the Blues bring in Langenbrunner and Arnott, along with fellow veterans Scott Nichol and Kent Huskins? “One thing that crystallized itself last year…having NHL-ready calibre players at (coach Davis Payne’s) disposal was something we didn’t have,” said Blues GM Doug Armstrong. “(Because of injuries) we…
Dark And Bright Days
Wade Belak’s bitterly sad and tragic death thrust the long-moribund fighting debate back into the limelight. While the details surrounding his passing were still highly mysterious and raw a couple days after he was discovered, the dots were flashing red, waiting to be connected. The three young men whose lives ended far too early this summer – Belak, Derek Boogaard and Rick Rypien – earned their stardom primarily by trading punches. Senior writer Ken Campbell examines the issue in his column on pg. 54. Be assured Campbell isn’t being an opportunist. He was an anti-fighting proponent long before the events of the past few months and, as he points out, there is no hard evidence to suggest fisticuffs played a role in the trio of deaths. It would, however, be irresponsible…
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