MacT pulled no punches with Dustin Penner today, saying

"He's not competitive enough or fit enough to help us, so why put him back in? He's never been fit enough to help us," Oilers head coach Craig

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From an interview at Snapshots (Tip to Paul Kukla):

Bob Wojnowski: Now Cheli, not to get you in trouble at all, but I've heard more and more talk from, like broadcasters and their players, that

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In the world of professional sports, it’s no longer acceptable to entertain with just, you know, sports. To put (and keep) butts in seats, franchises need to create things like x-treem dance

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Today is a special day for our friends south of the border as they head to the polls to elect a new president. Here now for its last-minute endorsements of both candidates is the divided sport of

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Gary Bettman can spin all he wants about the economic health of the NHL. We'll let actions speak for themselves.

Yesterday, the Miami Herald reported that the Florida

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In keeping with our tradition of celebrating thunderous bodychecks , here's a sampling of the week that was from the National Hockey League. Second Runner-Up: Riley Cote on Mike Komisarek First ...

I just didn't get it. In all but 1 of the 7 Yahoo pools I was in, Fabian Brunnstrom was still available past the 12th round. So I took him. I was baffled that people seemed to forget about the ...

More stats at CBS.

T Tags: NHL+preseason+scoring+leaders October+08+2008 ...

For a complete list of stats, check out CBS Sports.
Nice to see Jannik Hansen crack the 5-point group.
Freaky to see how much points Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes are putting up still.

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I know it's only preseason, but you have to wonder if Andy McDonald is possessed to erase his mediocre output from last year. It looks like he will. And that means Brad Boyes is going to score more ...

Can you ever really get tired of watching these? I would rank Jagr's a little higher, but there is no doubt that Denis Savard's magic against the Oilers is the best goal ever scored.
Mario Lemieux's ...

Spanning the National Hockey League, KB style... It’s all fun and games until someone tears two knee ligaments: A few days ago, we mentioned that 2006 first overall draft pick Erik Johnson hurt his ...

Translated from RDS:

Claude Lemieux ended his career in the NHL with the Dallas Stars. Claude Lemieux, 43 years old, said in an exclusive RDS that attempt a return to the game, more than five years

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Patrick Van Horn and Vince Vaughn playing NHL 94 (I believe). Love Vaughn's comments about Gretzky here.
I haven't even seen this movie before, but something tells me I should.



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Sure, this is a pathetic thing to post. But strangely enough, I think the Stars are going to win it this year as well. I'm not on that Wings repeat bandwagon.
Watch what Richards does after a full ...

Yeah, baby. That's a picture of me scoring as a member of the Manitoba Moose! NHL 09 really has delivered this time. The graphics are even smoother, the hits are massive and finally look different, ...

Thank you Ken Campbell of The Hockey News for saying this:

When Alexander Semin returned to the NHL in 2006-07, he should have been forced to comply with the final year of his entry-level contract

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Based on personal opinion mostly, in regards to off season acquisitions or losses, or just potential to turn it all around this coming season.

1. San Jose Sharks. Plenty of talent up front plus adding ...

In case you have been hiding under a rock....No one captures hockey stories (especially, he covers several sports) better artistically than BC-boy Ken Henderson. His latest Gillis cartoon (pictured) ...

From the official NHL 09 site:

An All-new physics-based checking and fighting engine featuring more than 300 new animations brings a higher-level of intensity to the game. Watch players reach for the

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So Krog is not a Canuck yet, technically. The IIHF has suspended the contracts of Krog, Alex Radulov, newly drafted Nikita Filatov and Viktor Tikhonov, Tomas Mojzis and Fedor Fedorov pending reviews ...

I'm glad about the changes made to the upcoming schedule, yet it will require more travel time.
-Each team will play every team in it's division 6 times (instead of 8 times).
-Each team will play ...

From the “didn’t we just tell you NOT to do that?” file – Nashville forward Alexander Radulov has signed a contract with the Continental Hockey League, despite the fact he still has one year ...

For the KB's version, picture this scene, except with a 1990 Buick Regal. According to those wacky sleuths at the Minneapolis Star Tribune , the NHL will play the 2009 Winter Classic on New Year's ...

-the Blue Jackets have signed Kristian Huselius to a 4-year deal at $4.75 million per season.

-the Islanders sign Doug Weight to a 1-year $1.5 million deal.

-the Atlanta Thrashers signed Ron Hainsey to ...