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Season Preview 2016-17
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EXOTIC IMPORTS
“Not a real guy. You clearly made that name up.” > Will ADAM VAY become the first Hungarian to make the NHL? He blew the Wild away with his performance in net at the 2016 worlds. >DANIEL PRIBYL lit up the Czech League last season and hopes to crack Calgary’s lineup. Are expectations too high too soon? “Oh yeah. The guy from that thing.” >GUY BOUCHER last coached in the NHL in 2012-13. He returns after three seasons in the Swiss League to helm the Senators. Expect a cerebral approach from a man with a Master’s degree in sports psychology. >ALEXANDER RADULOV arrives in Montreal as a low-risk, high-gain signing. If his maturity problems are indeed behind him, does he score like he did in the KHL? “Who the heck is he?” > Does NIKITA ZAITSEV become…
FIVE TEAMS THAT STAYED QUIET THIS SUMMER AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS
AN NHL OFF-SEASON can be a funny thing. For some teams, it represents an opportunity to blow everything up real good, hitting the reset button entirely or at the very least radically changing direction. For others, it’s a chance to double down on what’s already working by loading up on the final pieces of a true contender. In either case, blockbuster trades can be made, big-name free agents can be lured, and coaches and GMs can be replaced. Things are really happening. And then there are the teams that decide to skip all of that and largely sit out the off-season. They tinker a bit, re-signing a guy here and making a minor move there, but for the most part they decide to pass on doing anything especially newsworthy. And let’s be…
THE INSTIGATOR
THN BOOK REVIEW THE RED KELLY STORY $29.95, ECW Press, 384 pgs, 6" x 9", hardcover It’s hard to believe it took 50 years after his final game for Leonard ‘Red’ Kelly to get his own book. He played 20 years in the NHL and was the first winner of the Norris Trophy yet was so offensively gifted he spent the latter half of his career playing forward. He was an integral part of eight Stanley Cup teams. He served in parliament and pushed for the re-design of the Canadian flag while he played for the Maple Leafs. The Red Kelly Story, out in October, gives the eight-time NHL all-star the attention he deserves. The 384-page book, written by Kelly with L. Waxy Gregoire and David M. Dupuis, goes in-depth about Kelly’s playing career,…
NHL
SEASON PREVIEW FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE COVERAGE, VISIT THN.COM The Hockey News PREDICTIONS 1 DALLAS STARS CENTRAL can tyler seguin play a full season? Seguin missed 11 games in 2014-15 and, including the playoffs, 22 last season. He played one playoff game before aggravating his achilles injury. He has dominated the past three seasons, but is it time to label him an injury risk? Seguin deserves a mulligan. He’s just 24 and both his injuries came from freak contact. His 2014-15 knee sprain occurred on an illegal hit for which Dmitry Kulikov was suspended, and last year’s achilles injury came when Seguin got sliced by anton Stralman’s skate. Seguin merely needs a bit of luck in 2016-17 to avoid the infirmary. is a younger blueline a better blueline? alex Goligoski, jason Demers and Kris Russell are gone,…
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