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June 23, 2014
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VANCOUVER CANUCKS
THIRTY MINUTES AFTER THE NHL TRADE deadline, Ryan Kesler took to the practice ice in Glendale, Ariz. Thirty minutes before the deadline, it appeared he might be flying to a new home. Vancouver tried trading Kesler to Pittsburgh in a package deal and selling its no-thanks stance as a stronger push toward an unlikely playoff position. But a retool, rebuild or refocus – whatever you call it – remains the off-season objective after GM Mike Gillis and coach John Tortorella were fired in April. Rookie hockey operations czar Trevor Linden not only had to get his management house in order, but rebuild the foundation of a once-feared franchise that has serious cracks and is showing its age. The Canucks’ run to Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup final seems like…
In The CARDS
MAPLE LEAFS DEFENSEMAN BILL BARILKO scored the series-clinching goal in the 1951 Stanley Cup final. Sadly, he died in a plane crash on a fishing trip that August. The Leafs didn’t win another Stanley Cup until 1962, the year Barilko’s body was found. A few cards have been made of Barilko’s memorable goal, but a hand-colored photograph of ‘Bashin’ Bill’ – flying mid-air as the puck crosses the goal line – stands out in the 1951-52 Parkhurst set. Forty years later, Pro Set issued a card using a sepia-toned version of the famed photo.…
THE ROAD TO SLEDGE SUCCESS
GROWING UP IN SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO, TYLER MCGREGOR was like thousands of other Canadian boys: obsessed with his hockey dream. He was making headway toward that goal – playing on a AAA squad and hoping to make the jump to junior – when he broke his leg as a 15-year-old in 2009. That’s where his story took a turn, and not for the better. As his leg was healing, he received word from his doctor that something wasn’t right and needed a biopsy. One week after receiving that ominous news, he learned he had cancer and needed to have his left leg amputated above the knee. “Suddenly, everything came crashing down,” McGregor says. “It took a while for me to understand there was no reason for me to feel sorry for myself.” Once…
LITTLE BUNDLE OF TALENT
WHEN KEVIN FIALA STEPPED on the ice to represent Switzerland at the World Championship May 9, he did something no player had done for 11 years. By suiting up for his home country, Fiala became just the third player in history to play in the Under-18, Under-20 and Men’s World Championship in the same year. The only two to do it previously were former NHLer Andrei Kostitsyn and Vadim Karaga, who played in all three tournaments for Belarus in 2003. Kostitsyn, coincidentally, played for the host country in this year’s tournament as well. Fiala’s feat is quite impressive considering he doesn’t turn 18 until July, about a month after he almost certainly goes in the first round of the 2014 NHL draft. In our freshly released Draft Preview edition, The Hockey News…
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