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It was odd. He didn't seem to do much but Callahan was immediately hurt & Talbot stopped. I think it was a fluke & also hope it is not too bad. They need him.

0 & the answer was no, not a third solid period but they did enough.

lol

black label

We had a good old fashioned "no fair! do over!" in the shoot out of the B's Devils game. Seguin scored on his attempt but someone threw something on the ice behind Hedberg so Seguin had to go back to center ice and score on him again.

Yumcha

The Bruins look good. That's one tough and mean team.

Yumcha

Aside from the Leaves to win it all, my early picks are the Bruins and Blues in the Final.

black label

The Mayor of Charlestown had a fight with Barch tonight that lasted 1:15, clear win for the Mayor but no real huge shots in.

It's nice to see our first line acting like a first line though. 2 nights in a row they came up with a crucial goal late in the game.

Yumcha

The more I see Seguin, the more I stand by what I said that he should've been 1st overall by the dumb Oilers instead of drafting Hall.

Oh well, Edmonton's loss is Boston's gain.

black label

Meh, Seguins yesterdays news, we're all about Dougie now. Thanks dom.

CCColtsicehockey

Indeed. It was definitely painful to watch.

Yumcha

Waldorf can only dream of the same sort of grand larceny if Toronto ever trades with Sacramento.

Question is: Is Nonis as stupid as Burke?

Rounder

i just saw the replay. this is crazy. stop hitting people from behind, maybe.

e30cabrio

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Who hit from behind?

The altercation started without a camera on them. I didn't see anyone misbehave, what link did you see?

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http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/blog/ey...ulder-in-scrap

I looked again and see that they go to another angle later in the clip. I don't see any hitting, just both of them protecting their teammate. Callahan pulls Talbot off whoever he was checking.

Rounder

there was a net scrum and cally was slapping talbot in the back of the head...and then the fight started.

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I edited my first post. I saw it further into the clip.

97BlackAckCL

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Punching Max in the back of the head, stay classy cally

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Sure looks like a separated shoulder to me

savage

I love Dougie, but I see Seguin catching fire and tearing things up soon. He's been a bit too quiet so far...

Moog-Type-S

Well, at least we now know the Rangers Organ-eye-za-shun thinks its potential female fans are dumber than a box of rocks.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/p...ckey-fans.html

You stay classy, Rangers!!!

97BlackAckCL

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Yumcha

While that guide by the NYR is wrong, I think it would be appropriate to give it to the general US population?

TeknoKing

Rangers Injury Update: Captain Ryan Callahan has a shoulder subluxation and will miss 10-14 days of action.

Moog-Type-S

Kings twitter feed comments on the stupid of the Rangers:

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Rangers get lucky, Ryan Callahan to miss only 10-14 days

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...ulder/1877689/

The New York Rangers dodged a major injury scare as Ryan Callahan's MRI on Wednesday afternoon revealed just a shoulder subluxation. The heart and soul captain will be out for 10 to 14 days, according to the team.

Callahan was hurt in a third-period tussle with Philadelphia Flyers forward Max Talbot on Tuesday night. Callahan, who scored the winner the Rangers' 2-1 victory, skated to the locker room immediately, hunched over and wincing in pain. The initial fear was that he separated his shoulder, an injury that could have cost him the season.

"We were holding each other up and his shoulder popped out or something," Talbot told NHL.com. "It was unfortunate. I let him go. I kind of felt it, but then I saw his face as well."

The Rangers might have star power up front -- with Rick Nash, Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards -- and one of the game's best between the pipes in Henrik Lundqvist, but Callahan is the team's "heartbeat," someone who does it all on the ice and leaves it all on the line while doing so.

The second-line forward plays on the top special-teams units and is a relentless forechecker and excellent shot-blocker.

"I don't think you fill his role," coach John Tortorella said after practice on Wednesday. "I felt that in the third period last night when we were protecting the lead, that's a very big part of his game. So it comes through the team, through the team concept. Every team goes through the injuries, and just playing that much better in the situations that he's been put in through his career, it needs to be done as a group.

Callahan recorded a career-high 29 goals and 54 points last season, and his 88 blocked shots ranked third among forwards, while his 271 hits ranked fifth. He had two goals so far in this lockout-shortened campaign. The Rangers are 3-3-0.

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When I moved to Santa Monica in 1976 at 13, I was shocked by the amount of anti N.Y. material there was in the L.A. Times.

Glad to see L.A. has grown up from it's anti N.Y. obsession.

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Well he did have to score 2x in the shootout last night to get credit for 1 shootout goal...

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Rangers got lucky with Calahan.

e30cabrio

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Yes if that is all he is out for.

Sources: Coyotes' sale in question

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/88...ording-sources

Former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison, the main suitor for the Phoenix Coyotes for the past year, cannot produce the capital needed to purchase the team from the NHL and as a result a Jan. 31 deadline to maintain a critical lease agreement with the City of Glendale will pass without a deal being completed, multiple sources have told ESPN.com.

A separate group of investors is prepared to step into the void created by Jamison's failure to produce the money he repeatedly insisted he would deliver to complete the deal, but the question is whether Glendale officials will agree to extend the lease agreement to a new group given that it was Jamison who negotiated the terms of the highly contentious lease deal.

The NHL has owned the team for almost four years and, barring the emergence of a new suitor willing to start from scratch with the City of Glendale on a lease if things fall apart this week, it would seem inevitable the league will begin the process of relocation.

It's believed that Mayor Jerry Weiers, who took office after the lease agreement was passed by the previous council, would be agreeable to discussing keeping the team in Glendale with this new group, although it's believed he will want to rework the deal to make it more beneficial for the city.

Under the current lease agreement, the team's owners would receive some $308 million over the life of the 20-year deal to manage the property, an average of slightly more than $15 million annually in management fees.

It is almost certain that when Thursday's deadline passes, Jamison's role in any purchase agreement with the league or lease agreement with the City of Glendale will be at an end.

In a brief telephone conversation Tuesday, Jamison told ESPN.com there wasn't much to say, and he has told media outlets in Arizona that he still was working toward completing a deal. Attempts to reach Jamison on Wednesday were unsuccessful.

Although Weiers was not available for comment, he told the Arizona Republic earlier this week that even though he was not in favor of the lease agreement arranged by Jamison, he would honor it up until Thursday's deadline.

But Weiers told the Arizona Republic he made it clear to Jamison that the city would not honor the lease deal "one second past" the midnight deadline.

The new ownership group, which, according to sources, has arranged for financing that would allow for the purchase of the team from the league at a reported price of $170 million, is hoping to discuss parameters for a new lease agreement in the next few days, perhaps as early as Thursday.

The league has established no deadlines in relation to selling the team, although it's clear a lease agreement between potential buyers and the city is integral to keeping the team in Arizona.

"It's still a work in progress, and we'll see how the week plays out," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN.com on Wednesday morning.

If this new group and the city cannot come to an agreement on a lease agreement it likely would be the final act in the long drama that has been the Coyotes' ownership sage.

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It's still a work in progress and we'll see how the week plays out.
” -- NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly

The NHL has owned the team for almost four years and, barring the emergence of a new suitor willing to start from scratch with the City of Glendale on a lease if things fall apart this week, it would seem inevitable the league will begin the process of relocation.

There are a number of options for relocation, although none are clear-cut.

There are plans to build a new arena in Seattle if the proposed sale of the NBA's Sacramento Kings to a group that includes investor Chris Hansen and Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is completed. It's believed the city and Hansen would welcome an NHL owner to share tenancy in a new building.

But the franchise's departure from California isn't guaranteed, and Ron Burkle, co-owner of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, recently met with NBA commissioner David Stern about keeping the Kings in Sacramento.

The northwest city appeals to the NHL on many levels, especially given the potential loss of two large U.S. media markets in Atlanta, which lost the Thrashers to Winnipeg a year-and-a-half ago, and the Coyotes if the deal falls apart in Glendale.

There is also momentum to see a return of NHL hockey to Quebec City, where there are plans for a new NHL-style arena and an ownership group believed to be in place that would be interested in buying the Coyotes for the purposes of relocation.

And the City of Markham, Ontario, just north of Toronto, approved funds to build an NHL-style arena during a hotly contested council meeting Tuesday night.

CCColtsicehockey

Two shutout loses in a row. I have a terrible feeling about this season for the Avs. I know it is early but I forsee a high draft pick in our future.

e30cabrio

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The Ranger game was boring pretty much from start to finish except when it became annoying.

They played like isht.

e30cabrio

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Greg Jamison misses deadline to purchase Coyotes.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...-deadline.html

Greg Jamison has missed his deadline to buy the Phoenix Coyotes before a lease agreement with the City of Glendale expires.

The former CEO of the San Jose Sharks had until midnight Thursday to buy the team from the NHL under the terms of the lease agreement with Glendale, but was unable to get the money or investors he needed in time to hit the deadline.

"We will not be able to complete our purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes today in time to meet our deadline with the city of Glendale," Jamison said in a statement. "However, our journey to purchase the Coyotes will continue. We realize this will require additional conversations with the city of Glendale and the NHL. We still believe we can reach an agreement that satisfies everyone. We hope negotiations with the city proceed as smoothly as possible, as everyone involved wants the Coyotes to remain in Arizona."

Jamison had emerged as the latest and arguably best chance for the Coyotes to land an owner after more than three years of being run by the league. He reached a 20-year, $308 million lease agreement with Glendale for Jobing.com Arena in the fall, creating what was believed to be a clear path to ending the Coyotes' up-and-down ownership saga.

Instead, the uncertainty with the franchise will continue with still no end in sight.

"To the Arizona's sports and hockey fans, and the City of Glendale, we appreciate your patience and diligence," Jamison said. "We wish everything was completed today as we worked extremely hard on the deal. However, we have taken significant steps to keep the Coyotes in Glendale for the long-term. I've seen first-hand the wonderful support Arizona hockey fans have provided the Coyotes and we will continue our efforts to keep the NHL in Arizona."

Glendale spokeswoman Julie Frisoni said the city will have a statement on Jamison missing the deadline on Friday, after the NHL issues one of its own.

The latest twist in the Coyotes' search for an owner leaves open the possibility that new bidders could give Jamison competition to buy the team.

To the Coyotes players and coaches, it came as no surprise after years of watching stops and starts in the process.

"Obviously, it's a frustrating time, but we have no control over it," Coyotes goalie Mike Smith said. "It's something we can't really solve, otherwise we'd buy the team if we could. We've just got to worry about winning hockey games and playing to the best of our abilities, and hopefully it'll work itself out."

The ownership dilemma started in 2009, when former owner Jerry Moyes took the team into bankruptcy in a bid to sell to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, who would move the franchise to Hamilton, Ontario. The NHL vehemently opposed that plan and a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge later refused to allow the sale to go through.

With no one else stepping forward, the NHL bought the team and started running it with the intention of finding a buyer who would keep the team in Arizona. It's been a drawn-out process filled with false starts and dashed hopes.

The league thought it had an owner in place when Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer stepped forward, but his bid fell through when the conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute inserted itself into the process and warned potential bond buyers to stay away from the Glendale offering because of a looming lawsuit.

Amid speculation that the Coyotes would return to Winnipeg, where the franchise relocated from in 1996, Jamison came forward as a potential buyer last year.

The NHL announced during last year's playoffs that it had a preliminary agreement to sell the team to Jamison and he later worked out a lease agreement with Glendale for Jobing.com Arena despite opposition from Goldwater.

Jamison's bid to buy the team cleared a big hurdle when Glendale voters in November's election upheld a 0.7 percent sales tax increase designed to help the city's finances. He also reworked the lease agreement with the city, setting a Jan. 31 deadline for Jamison to purchase the team from the NHL.

But Jamison may have been hurt by the 113-day NHL lockout and was unable to secure the finances he needed to finish off the deal in time.

And so the wait for an owner continues.

"We'll just kind of move on with what we need to do on the ice," Coyotes forward Raffi Torres said. "We're not really worried with what's going on off the ice right now." They've had plenty of practice at it by now.

TeknoKing

They did play like total shit. I blame Torts, these guys have absolutely no power play. It's pathetic!

And I was hoping that someone would knock Crysby out. He is such a little bitch. Any tiny push and he makes a face like he was raped by a guy named Bubba. Fucking ballerina.

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He also played very dirty, hitting Lundy in the crease and tripping Gaborik are the two incidents that come to mind.


My main complaint is their seeming inability to shoot when they should and pass when they should. Seems they almost always get that wrong.

They hit the freaking post almost as much as they shot. INFURIATING.

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Wasn't boring for me... 3-0 Shutout on the almighty Rangers

e30cabrio

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Almighty?

And no, until the 3rd it was a boring poorly played 1-0 game.

Both teams were pathetic on giveaways, powerplays and general poor play.

I'd say it was a boring poorly played game if the result were reverse.

Yumcha

And the Sharks keep on chugging. Nice start.

Moog-Type-S

So the Yotes Jamison deal is a bust.

Yet the NHL STILL wants to keep the team in Phoenix.

Fold the franchise or move them to Ontario.

Moog-Type-S

...and then they will crash and burn in the playoffs like usual.

What else is new

khannie112

New season, another superstar - same offensive problems.

Thank God I went to the Flyers game on Tuesday and not the Penguins game last night.....

Yumcha

It may take a few games for the Rangers to round into form.

They did lose their 3rd line to get Nash...so, there's a trickle effect.



I don't see a problem with that team in the long run with what they have up front, on D, and in goal.

Yumcha

Truly, the only team the Rangers should be fearful of are the Leaves.



But, that's cuz the Leaves are winning the Cup this year. Look at the overwhelming votes in their favor.

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