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October 2, 2007
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WHO IS THE NHL’S ELDER STATESMAN? Chris Chelios, 45 51% Joe Sakic, 38 24% B. Shanahan, 38 9% Gary Roberts, 41 5% Rod Brind’Amour, 37 3% Martin Brodeur, 35 3% Mats Sundin, 36 3% Rob Blake, 37 1% Jaromir Jagr, 35 1% Mike Modano, 37 1% HOW TO REACH US E-MAIL letters@thehockeynews.com WEB thehockeynews.com CANADA Letters, The Hockey News, 25 Sheppard Ave. W., Suite 100, Toronto, Ont., M2N 6S7 USA Letters, The Hockey News, P.O. Box 904, Buffalo, N.Y., 14240-9947 Include your name, hometown & province/state. Submissions will be edited. SUBSCRIBE GET IT AT thehockeynews.com OR CALL 1.888.361.9768…
Time to strike for Capitals
The rebuilding project, designed to make the Capitals competitive on the ice and popular off it, has sputtered and 2007-08 dawns with more subplots than a soap opera. GM George McPhee and coach Glen Hanlon need to take the next step after consecutive 70-point seasons and three successive years of watching the playoffs on TV. Peers say McPhee has drafted well and shrewdly stockpiled talent and that Hanlon can’t be held accountable for the team’s lack-luster efforts, particularly late in the season. But both are on the hot seat and only a bounce up the standings makes a leadership change less likely. Alex Ovechkin is clearly one of the NHL’s most dynamic players and a scoring machine, yet he has to avoid the valleys – as in, slumps – that dotted an…
Ultimate prize eludes Sharks
This is starting to get old. The Sharks start a season with high expectations, seemingly have all the talent in place, are a popular pick to advance out of the West, and just when they are rolling along they hit a bump and completely collapse. To wit: 2004 West final: Sharks rally from an 0-2 deficit against Calgary, winning consecutive road games to bring the series home for a pivotal Game 5. Fans, whipped into a frenzy, turn on their heroes, who stink up The Tank with a 3-0 loss and are eliminated two nights later. 2006 West semifinal: Up 2-0 and looking for a goal in overtime of Game 3 to take command against Edmonton, the Sharks not only don’t get the sudden-death score, they proceed to lose four straight. 2007 West semifinal: Up…
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Hab a chance Let’s leave Bob Gainey alone for another year or two. Notice the prospects lately? Montreal is a big center away from making some noise. Hamilton won the AHL’s Calder Cup and the Habs had another good draft; people will be talking about Montreal soon enough. Also, to the press: Not getting Daniel Briere was the best thing that could happen – we don’t need another small player for $7 million. JIMMY PENEDA, JAMAICA, N.Y. McNab’s legacy In the summer of 1976, Max McNab’s first summer on the job in Washington, I wrote a letter telling him about my interest in the Capitals. He answered the letter by calling me personally and inviting me to visit him at Capital Center. That started a friendship that lasted over the years and led me to meeting others…
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