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June 13, 2013
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ASK Adam?
QUESTION: Why doesn’t the NHL have standards for the visiting players’ bench? The bench in some arenas don’t have space for the backup goalie or direct access to the dressing room. Not having that access puts the visitors at a distinct disadvantage. It’s a player-safety concern, too. Dave Johnston, Buffalo ANSWER: The NHL has standards for both benches, but they don’t include any mention of getting both goalies on the bench. NHL Rule 3.1 states each bench must be 24 feet long and have room for at least 14 players. That’s basically it. Even instructions to situate benches across from the penalty box are qualified with “if possible.” In some ways, the layout of a rink’s benches could be construed as a slight competitive advantage. I don’t think there’s a player safety…
DEATH WAS PREVENTABLE
DESPITE ANY REVISIONIST HISTORY TO the contrary you may see in the weeks to come, understand this: the train-wreck end to the Canucks’ season was predicted by some as soon as the locomotive left the station Swept in the first round by the San Jose Sharks, Vancouver crumbled under the weight of an offensive drought and a goalie controversy that never should have been permitted to fester for a single regular season game, let alone the entire 2012-13 campaign and the playoffs. Some disasters are on the players. Some are on the coaches (and it’s a virtual certainty Canucks coach Alain Vigneault will lose his job, if he hasn’t already by the time you read this). But this one falls squarely at the feet of GM Mike Gillis. In the past…
JOHN FERGUSON AWARD
IS IT JUST US or is Zdeno Chara not the first name that comes to mind when you’re asked to name the league’s toughest player? Somehow, we’ve come to take a 6-foot-9, 255-pound monster for granted. We expect Chara to be the toughest S.O.B. in the building every night, but that doesn’t make him any less intimidating. Who’s the one player we’d be most afraid to encounter in the corner, in an open-ice collision, in a fight, in a dark alley? It’s Chara. He’s regularly among the leading shot blockers and hitters on a Boston team featuring nothing but tough players. He has the hardest shot in NHL history to match the biggest body in NHL history. He plays 24-plus minutes per game and regularly has to shadow opposing superstars. He…
THE VOTERS
JASON KAY EDITOR IN CHIEF KEN CAMPBELL SENIOR WRITER ADAM PROTEAU COLUMNIST/WRITER RYAN KENNEDY ASSOCIATE SR. WRITER RORY BOYLEN WEB EDITOR NICK COTSONIKA NHL WRITER FOR YAHOO! SPORTS GREG WYSHYNSKI PUCK DADDY (PD) EDITOR/BLOGGER SEAN LEAHY PD ASSOCIATE EDITOR/BLOGGER HARRISON MOONEY PD ASSOCIATE EDITOR/BLOGGER SAM MCCAIG NHL EDITOR FOR YAHOO! SPORTS…
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