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Crazy money
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It's tempting to call the $57.12-million (all currency U.S.) for defenceman Brian Campbell or the $23-million for goaltender Cristobal Huet crazy money, but really, what constitutes crazy money any more in today's NHL?
In a year in which the salary cap went up to a record $56.7-million – setting off another enormous spending spree on the opening day of the 2008 free-agent season – was the combined $79.
01/07/08
9:06 PM
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Capitals lock up Mike Green2
WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals are keeping the dynamic young star with the oh-my-gosh end-to-end moves.
Alex Ovechkin? He's already under contract. Tuesday was Mike Green's day as the NHL's top scoring defenceman was rewarded with a $21-million, four-year contract extension.
He'll earn $6 million next season, which is a big raise on the $850,000 he made last year.
01/07/08
11:47 AM
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With draft over, attention turns to free agents21
OTTAWA — Having drafted what they hope are tomorrow's stars, the NHL's 30 general managers now turn their full attention to retaining some of their current ones.
Convincing those players to forgo the July 1 free-agent bonanza is another matter.
"We're all finding out right now that it seems to be hard to sign players," Minnesota Wild GM Doug Risebrough said over the weekend.
22/06/08
4:30 PM
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NHL dismisses threat of Russian league3
OTTAWA — Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has no intention of returning home to play in Russia, and the threat of a newly revamped Russian professional league using lucrative offers to poach talent is being dismissed by NHL officials.
"At this point, it's not a major concern," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said at the conclusion of the league's draft in Ottawa on Saturday. "We understand there's going to be a league.
22/06/08
2:43 PM
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Missed chances cost Canadiens106
MONTREAL — Philadelphia Flyers goalie Martin Biron was excellent, but his cause was significantly aided by the Montreal Canadiens lack of finish on Saturday evening.
Biron made 34 saves in the Flyers' 4-2 victory to knot the second-round series 1-1. But the Canadiens have only themselves to blame because they missed plenty of glorious scoring chances, especially on the power play.
26/04/08
10:57 PM
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Canadiens finally put away Bruins97
MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens surrounded and embraced their goaltender a little longer than usual in their postseries celebration Monday night.
The Canadiens were proud of the way they rebounded as a team to claim the seventh and deciding game 5-0 against the Boston Bruins, but especially satisfied with the way their 20-year-old rookie goalie, Carey Price, responded after taking a couple of backward strides in the two previous games.
21/04/08
11:34 PM
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Biron shuts out Capitals to even series4
WASHINGTON — Looking tired and frustrated, Alex Ovechkin had trouble simply getting his puck on the stick a couple of times as the game wore on. The Philadelphia Flyers had stymied him again, this time with no allowances for any late-game heroics.
The Flyers shut down the favourite for league MVP, R.J.
13/04/08
6:14 PM
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Sharks set to make a playoff splash6
If not chairs, the air is likely to be filled with zingers and wisecracks when Don Cherry, Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury are in the room.
The three hockey commentators were together not in a room, but on a conference call yesterday to promote the NHL playoffs, and it was never dull.
One of the first players to get smacked down was Marian Hossa, the underachieving forward picked up by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the trade deadline.
07/04/08
7:33 PM
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The stage is set39
So here is how it shapes up for Canada's three playoff contenders, now that the NHL regular season is finally over:
The Montreal Canadiens emerged from the Eastern Conference pack on the final weekend of the season, earning their first conference title in 19 years and the right to play their perennial punching bag, the Boston Bruins, in the opening playoff round.
See the
06/04/08
10:52 PM
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Toronto's postmortem begins in earnest58
When the cold eye of blame is cast on the Toronto Maple Leafs for this NHL season, it is clear everyone from the chairman of the board down to the last player on the roster has to share the responsibility.
John Ferguson, the general manager who made too many mistakes in putting together the team, already paid his price with his job. Head coach Paul Maurice, who has one year left on his contract, will probably pay the same price, if not this week, then after the new GM is hired.
06/04/08
9:45 PM
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Capitals clinch Southeast Division10
WASHINGTON — Make room in the playoffs for MVP front-runner Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.
Tomas Fleischmann, Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Semin scored for the Capitals, who clinched the Southeast Division title with a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. The win was also the Capitals' seventh in a row, the franchise's longest in 15 years.
05/04/08
9:57 PM
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Ovechkin's campaign for the ages15
Bruce Boudreau hesitates a moment before weighing in on the Hart Trophy race, comparing the situation to a proud parent boasting about his children. As far as he is concerned, his team will sweep the NHL's year-end awards.
04/04/08
9:08 PM
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Winging it into playoff position12
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin's record-setting goal in the first period wasn't enough to calm the nerves of the Washington Capitals, whose march toward the playoffs was being threatened by a nothing-to-play-for last place team.
His third-period blast that gave the Capitals the lead? Now, that did the trick.
03/04/08
11:14 PM
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Alfredsson knocked down, Sens rise up68
TORONTO — Hold that spot in infamy beside the 1986 Boston Red Sox, 1992 Houston Oilers, 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, Greg Norman circa 1996 and the Ottawa Senators in various years, but especially 2004.
This season's edition of the Senators is not quite ready to take a seat beside the most notorious chokers in sport.
03/04/08
10:30 PM
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Senators trying to hang on53
TORONTO — It was only fitting that the first person a hockey scribe ran into outside the Ottawa Senators dressing room on Thursday morning was the team shrink, Dr. Max Offenberger.
A sports psychologist who has helped several NHL teams for decades, including the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early 1990s, Dr. Offenberger is sorely needed by the Senators.
03/04/08
12:39 PM
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