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March 19, 2012
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Caption CONTEST
Good thing for visors, but what could’ve led Joey Crabb and Johnny Oduya to nearly pucker up before trying to punch each other out in a February tilt between the Leafs and Jets? Send us your funny caption ideas for a shot at some THN swag. We’ll publish our favorites in the April 2 issue. To win, submit your captions at www.thn.com/caption…
POLL RESULTS
Pavel Datsyuk 24 % Sidney Crosby 23 % Evgeni Malkin 15 % Steven Stamkos 6 % Jonathan Toews 5 % Henrik Lundqvist 4 % Claude Giroux 4 % Nicklas Lidstrom 2 % Phil Kessel 2 % Erik Karlsson 2 % Ilya Kovalchuk 2 % Others 11%…
Classified In Columbus
Fedor Tyutin’s name barely registers across the NHL, in part because Columbus rarely pokes its heads up on a national stage. But in the halls of Nationwide Arena – and among the players who have faced Tyutin – he’s seen as one of the league’s best-kept secrets. “Fedor can play any kind of game you want to play,” said GM Scott Howson. “He’s (a prototype), in my eyes. I’ve always felt we were lucky to get him and fortunate to keep him.” Tyutin, 28, was born and raised in Izhevsk, Russia, where the AK-47, among other munitions, are manufactured in the center of town. It is a closed city and Tyutin is a relatively closed man – friendly and well spoken, but not known to trumpet his own abilities or personality. “I…
Radek-al Beginning
Maybe it’s the city’s Germanic roots, maybe it’s because so many NHLers have graduated from the program, but the Ontario League’s Kitchener Rangers have done quite well when it comes to attracting talent from Europe lately. The newest addition is Czech center Radek Faksa, whose stock has blossomed ahead of the 2012 draft. He is poised to become a top-10 pick according to some camps. “It’s been fun here because of all the people that come to games,” Faksa said. “It’s been amazing. In Czech juniors, there are no fans. And here the hockey is faster and harder. It’s a bigger chance for an NHL future.” In the past few years, the Rangers have welcomed Mikkel Boedker, Yannick Weber and Gabriel Landeskog to the town formerly known as New Berlin and Faksa’s…
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