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Jim Rutherford: Who Needs Defensemen, Anyway? (Updated!)
THN's Draft Preview magazine is perhaps the best thing they do; they always get some good quotes on different prospects, and provide basic information on players that are often unknown to NHL fans. They also give a snapshot into how teams think entering the draft; consider, for example, this quote...
Glass Ceiling
Ulf Dahlen is one of the few Europeans to ever gain much traction in NHL coaching or management. Alpo Suhonen and Ivan Hlinka both had one year in the job in 2000-01 (Suhonen resigned after the season, Hlinka was fired four games into 2001-02). They were the first European head coaches at the NHL...
Swedish team Timra IK interested in Byron Ritchie
The Canucks are probably not interested in bringing back the feisty guy and he is set to become an unrestricted free agent in July. I was fairly impressed with Ritchie last season, actually. Not bad at faceoffs. Can kill penalties. Rough and tough playing style. He's a good role player. He was...
Jan Hlavac to leave NHL to play in Sweden
Looks like Jan Hlavac, who I just put on my top 10 worst Canucks of all time, is stuck playing in Glasgow Scotland. How the not-so-almighty have sunk further into the depths of hockey hell.Yes, that is a Swedish paper. And no, Mats Sundin has not made a decision yet.**Correction/Update**It is being...
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