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October 15, 2012
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WHO WOULD YOU DRAFT?
So does the center or the defenseman go first in 2013? It will come down to who’s picking. Our guesses based on last year’s bottom 10 teams: ANAHEIM MACKINNON MacKinnon and Ryan Getzlaf would mirror Tampa’s Stamkos/Lecavalier 1-2 punch at pivot. CALGARY MACKINNON The center position has vexed Calgary for years, but MacKinnon would be a quick fix COLORADO JONES Avs have ample talent up front, but a scoring defenseman would solve a lot of problems. COLUMBUS MACKINNON Would have been better if Nash was around, but Jackets would finally get their No. 1 pivot. EDMONTON JONES No more forwards, Edmonton! Jones would help that leaky ‘D’ corps right away. FLORIDA JONES Imagine a future where Erik Gudbranson and Jones are paired together. MONTREAL MACKINNON Going from no top centers to Galchenyuk and MacKinnon would be a godsend. NY ISLANDERS JONES Tavares and Nielsen are your pivots; but there’s no D-man with size and…
Killer Instinct In Kitchener
You can only celebrate your 50th season once. But when it comes to putting together championship-caliber teams in the Ontario League, the Kitchener Rangers know the drill pretty well. After all, they’ve done it more than a few times over the years. As the Rangers celebrate 50 mostly-very-good-and-sometimes-spectacular seasons, they do so with a mandate to make a run at a Memorial Cup championship. And they certainly have the potential to do it under coach-GM Steve Spott, the 44-year-old wunderkind who will also be behind the bench for Canada at the 2013 World Junior Championship. The Rangers made that more than clear when they acquired Ottawa Senators 2011 first-rounder Matt Puempel over the summer to join a stacked, group that includes center and MVP candidate Radek Faksa, defenseman Ryan Murphy and goaltender…
Champing At The Bit In D.C.
New Capitals coach Adam Oates just wants to get started. Washington GM George McPhee hired him June 26 – the same day Oates was elected to the Hall of Fame – and Oates was supposed to conduct his first training camp in September. The organization hopes he can build on the success the team had under former coach Dale Hunter last season while still transforming to a more offensively balanced, fanfriendly style of hockey. Instead of putting that plan in place, Oates spent his first few weeks at the team’s Arlington, Va., headquarters watching as much video as possible and simply getting to know his players as they trickled into town for informal workouts. Now, with the NHL lockout in effect, that first impression must suffice for a while. “I’m frustrated…
87 AT 25 AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1987 CANADA CUP
In 1987, the fourth (and second-to-last) Canada Cup was played over the course of two-and-a-half weeks in arenas across North America. Won by a Canadian team that featured Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and a slew of other now Hockey Hall of Famers, the tournament still is regarded by many as the highest-quality hockey ever played. THN recently canvassed several players from Canada’s championship squad for an oral history of the games. PROLOGUE The Canadians have a four-week training camp that includes stops in Banff, Alta., and Montreal. Thirty-five players are invited, but soon, coach Mike Keenan – who as Philadelphia Flyers coach has just come off a Stanley Cup final appearance against Edmonton – and Team Canada’s management have to make some incredibly difficult lineup choices. RICK TOCCHET: It could have been anybody…
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