All-purpose hockey thread...

Re: New NHL vs. the old NHL

Is there any team that is involved in more 7-6, 9-5, high scoring games than Atlanta? Is it because they are very suspect defensively and goaltending and that their very strong offense puts a lot of pressure on opponents' defenses?

 

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Atlanta's goaltending (mostly due to injuries) is flat out awful

There was a game a week or so back when they were using their BACK-UP AHL goalie.
Yikes.

 

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With Lalime out of the picture and Curtis Sanford on the shelf, St. Louis is currently running with Jason Bacashihua, who was No. 2 in Peoria at the start of the season.
It reminds me of the 2002-03 season when they finally ended up with guys from the ECHL because their own goalies as well as the AHL callups were all hurt. They wound up using seven different goalies that season.

 

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Associated Press


PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have called a 2 p.m. ET news conference at which the team is expected to announce plans to finance a new arena.

Tom McMillan, the team's vice president of communications, said the conference will address a report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the arena will be part of a $1 billion development. The newspaper says the project is being backed by an unknown gambling company that wants one of the state's new slot machine licenses.

The gambling company would pledge the new money for the arena -- which is said to be about $290 million -- as a condition of getting the gambling license.




I'm glad the Pens will stay in Pittsburgh, not only should that city have a hockey team but its good for the NHL to not have teams move becuase of financial problems in the "New NHL". But I wonder if having a team basically in bed with gambling is a good thing? Also selfishly, if Pittsburgh moved it would open the door for Detroit to move to Eastern Conference where they belong.

 

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Mr R,

Yorkdale to Ye Olde Palladium. Three hrs, 35 minutes. With a bagel stop. One handed and occasionally no handed, sipping coffee and brushing off crumbs. In snow squalls. The last halfmile to the arena, a 40 or 50k zone and Mr Tatum was doing 110, 120. Two touchdowns in demerit pts if nabbed.

As I've stated before, at some pt along the way, I believe we broke the time-space continuum ... if we had gone any faster we would have arrived before we left.

Vroom, etc

 

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I think my time of 3 hours 45 from Lansdowne Park to Royal York and Lakeshore beats that but we did ours in May. Mr. Tatum wins because of the snow squalls.

One stop at McDonald's on the 401.

 

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Would it get nipply in the Igloos?

 

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Mind youthough, they don't have much of a defence either, and that has been a chronic problem with this team since their inception, just talk to Passi Nurminen (sp?) if ou ever get the chance.

 

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Mr R,

Tatum gets points for steering with his legs.

YHS, etc

 

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If Mr. Tatum comes to next summer's SportsJournalists.com Toronto outing, maybe he can conduct guided tours of the 401 around 8:30. a.m.

 

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This still isn't a guarantee that they stay. The Pens and their partners still need to get the license which is far from being in the bag.

As far as the team being in bed with a casino, don't forget this league allowed the Rigas clan to own an NHL team. And Bruce McNall and John Spanos (sort of). Assuming they don't have the slots in the arena hallways, I'm sure the NHL won't mind.

 

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Moore, Bertuzzi locked in fight over legal fees in failed lawsuit

By JON SARCHE, Associated Press Writer
December 22, 2005

DENVER (AP) -- After losing the first round in his legal battle against Todd Bertuzzi for a hit that broke his neck, former Avalanche forward Steve Moore is trying to slash the attorney fees he will have to pay.

Bertuzzi, a forward for the Vancouver Canucks, and other defendants wanted Moore to pay almost $161,000 in attorney fees and costs after a judge dismissed Moore's civil suit in October. Moore's attorney countered with an offer to pay about $80,000.

Moore hasn't played since a March 8, 2004, game when Bertuzzi grabbed him from behind, punched him in the head and slammed his head into the ice. Moore suffered three fractured vertebrae in his neck, a concussion and other injuries.

Bertuzzi was charged with assault and pleaded guilty in a Vancouver court, where he was sentenced to probation and community service.

Moore's civil suit accused Bertuzzi, Canucks coach Marc Crawford and others of conspiring to hurt Moore after Moore hit Canucks captain Markus Naslund in a previous game. The suit sought unspecified damages.

The judge said Moore's lawsuit would be better handled in Canada, where Moore's injury occurred and where Moore, Bertuzzi and most of the witnesses live.

State law requires that plaintiffs pay the defendants fees and costs when cases are dismissed before trial.

Moore's attorney, Lee Foreman, said in a court filing that the defendants' dollar request was "overreaching and almost laughable" and contained numerous duplicate charges.

Attorneys for Bertuzzi, Crawford and the Canucks and former Canucks general manager Brian Burke did not immediately return calls Thursday. Foreman was out of state and unavailable, his receptionist said.

Foreman has notified the Colorado Court of Appeals that he will appeal the dismissal of Moore's suit. The notice keeps the door open for Moore to appeal but does not obligate him to do so.

Updated on Thursday, Dec 22