Neither Bradley’s health, nor future picture perfect

Brian Bradley doesn’t know when he will play again. In tact, he doesn’t even know if he’ll play. The headaches are still horrible. The wrist still isn’t right. And the Tampa Bay Lightning’s all-time scoring leader is no closer to resuming his hockey career than when it came to a screeching halt in early November. “I still can’t play hockey because of my wrist,’’ Bradley said. “And even if I could, I still can’t play because of my head.” Bradley has missed all but 14 games this season due to post-concussion syndrome and a lingering wrist injury that required surgery. Headaches persisted from the Nov. 6 concussion and complications arose following the Jan. 22 surgery in which two pins were inserted into Bradley’s arthritic right wrist. “It has been one thing after another with this…

James seeks early parole

Convicted hockey coach Graham James has applied for day and full parole. Just one year into a 3-1/2-year prison sentence for abuse of two former teenage players whom he coached in the Western League, James filed his request to the National Parole Board. “The board’s paramount concern is the protection of the public and the release will only be granted if the board is satisfied that he will not pose an undue risk to the community,” said board spokeswoman Elaine Cherkewich. Meanwhile, former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy, one of James’ sexual abuse victims, said he is planning a coast-to-coast in-line skate across Canada to raise money and awareness for abused children. Kennedy is fully recovered from a badly broken left leg following a motorcycle accident last summer. He is training six days a week.…

Shutout string little consolation

Neither Tommy Salo, nor Wade Flaherty may be with the New York Islanders next season, but the goalies raised their market value with a shared club-record shutout streak of 199 minutes, four seconds. The streak encompassed the last 9:37 of a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals March 31 and shutouts over the Tampa Bay Lightning (4-0 April 1), New York Rangers (3-0 April 4) and Lightning again (3-0 April 6). It ended when New Jersey Devils’ rookie Brendan Morrison scored on Salo 9:37 into what would be a 3-2 Islanders’ victory at Nassau Coliseum April 8. The streak helped keep the team’s faint playoff hopes alive for a time, but did not guarantee Salo and Flaherty Islanders’ jobs for next year. The team is likely to protect one goalie in the June…

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