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THE THINKER IN REPOSE
Tim Thomas can be an interviewer’s nightmare and dream – all in the space of the same question. There are times when you put a query to Thomas and it is followed by an awkward, uncomfortable silence. That is until you come to the realization Thomas is not content to spew the standard hockeyspeak players are famous for. You soon understand Thomas is not staring into space, he’s actually thinking of an intelligent response. Thomas has an enormous amount of respect for the position he is in as a hockey spokesman and he cares about how the words come out. He speaks with a refreshing sense of honesty without sounding brash or boastful. He has a wonderful, dry wit that sometimes requires the interviewer to meet him halfway. He wants to make sure…
WICKED WEAPON
To properly assess the awesome nature of Sidney Crosby’s backhand, an astute hockey fan could point out that only by learning to trust his forehand did ‘The Kid’ become ‘The Scorer’ who was on pace for a career-best 64 goals before a concussion cost him the final 41 games last season. Had he hit that mark, Crosby would have racked up 115 goals over his fifth and sixth NHL seasons – more than any other player. As it was, he finished half a season with 32 goals last year, only one fewer than his total from the regular season that preceded the Penguins’ Stanley Cup in 2009. It was those 2009 playoffs that Crosby elevated his goalscoring, leading all players with 15 in 24 games, most of them scored from the slot…
GALLOPING GABBIE
MARIAN GABORIK AGE 29 BORN TRENCIN, SVK HT 6-1 WT 204 TEAM N.Y. RANGERS NHL SEASONS 10 DRAFT 3RD, 2000 New York Rangers star Marian Gaborik is far from the most rugged NHLer around. However, the right winger is better than any other player in one regard: skating. “He’s not fearless and he’s not durable,” one NHL scout said of Gaborik. “But look at the beauty of his (skating) strides. Because he’s so smooth, so fluid with his skating, he might come across to the average fan as if he’s not putting any effort into it. But that’s not true at all. He’s just so technically proficient at it, he doesn’t have to look like he’s squeezing all he can out of his legs. It just comes naturally to him.” The swift-skating Slovak isn’t known for going into the dirty…
PERFECTION IN PLANNING
DALLAS STARS | 1998-99 There was talent on the 1999 Stanley Cup champions, but even more impressive, there were characters. “What was great about that team was it was something interesting every day,” said Craig Ludwig. “We could have fights in practice, just dig at each other in the locker room and then have a party that same night. But no matter what happened, we all showed up ready to play.” In building the Stars, GM Bob Gainey made some impressive decisions. After trading for Joe Nieuwendyk (in exchange for prospect Jarome Iginla), he took a chance on two defensemen who weren’t fitting in with their current teams. Darryl Sydor had lost all confidence in Los Angeles, while Sergei Zubov didn’t understand what Mario Lemieux wanted in Pittsburgh. But what Gainey and assistant…
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