NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

Thought Vancouver was a possibility ...

 

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

Colorado signed D Wes O'Neill to a three-year deal. Touted to be the next Chris Pronger, he spurned the Kingston Frontenacs, who took him second overall in 2002, and eventually ended up at Notre Dame. He was drafted by the Islanders in 2004.

 

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I know Forsberg Senior is a somebody, but I have to laugh at the sound of Peter Forsberg's dad calling teams to say his son wants to play for them.

 

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And don't forget the Super Series is just a few days away. This is the 8 game tournament between Canada and Russia (4 games in each country) by the best under 20 players to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Summit Series, arguably the greatest hockey tournament EVER.

http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070820.wsptsuper20/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home

The first choice of Vladislav Tretiak, the current head of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation and the Soviet goaltender in the Summit Series, would have been to stage a repeat of the 1972 event involving each countries' best players.

But the logistics of getting approval from the NHL and the Players' Association to free up the big names so close to training camps was too difficult. A series between under-20 all-star teams from each country was more doable.

"To me, it isn't an exhibition series," Sutter said. "You are still playing for something

Could be a real barn-burner. It's on TSN & Sportsnet and TSN livestreams all their games.

Oh, and John Tavares will be playing for Canuckistan.

 

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That's what I was thinking. Sounds like a guy calling the local AAA Atom team to see if his kid has a shot.

 

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Smacks of Lindrossian levels ...

 

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Too bad we down here can't get the games. I'd be up to watching the series.

 

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Hockey brethern – I need my memory jogged. Which Red Wing was it that Belfour did his best to castrate in the playoffs with one quick, clean jerk of his stick between the legs. Was it Holmstrom?

 

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What year? Are you sure you don't mean MacLennan? If it was MacLennan, he took a swing at Johan Franzen.

 

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Aye me ... a proud moment in Flames history ...

 

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Linden just resigned with the Canucks.

19th Season in the league.

 

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Making up positions in San Jose ...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=216573

The San Jose Sharks announced Tuesday that that the club has added almuni Mike Ricci and Bryan Marchment to the hockey department staff.

Ricci will serve as Advisor to Hockey Operations while Marchment has been named to the position of Scout and Player Development.

Ricci, in his new role, will serve as a consultant to the club's hockey operations department and assist in player development. He will also serve various roles within the organization, including marketing, promotions and community relations.