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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Analytics provide extra layer of info...to those who want it]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26207-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Analytics-provide-extra-layer-of-infoto-those-who-want-it.html</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM talks about the value of analytics and how it can make a big difference in evaluating players performances. - I have been asked a lot this past year, &amp;ldquo;Are you still doing the statistics thing?&amp;rdquo; My answer is, &amp;ldquo;analytics, not statistics]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Down the stretch drive]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/24964-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Down-the-stretch-drive.html</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM looks takes a statistical look at the teams that remain in the playoff hunt. - The 2008-09 regular season is down to the last few days]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: The Trade Deadline, again]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/23698-Mike-Smiths-Blog-The-Trade-Deadline-again.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM talks about who's buying and selling and keeping tabs on players he drafted. - The much discussed, written and speculated about trade deadline is upon us again]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Cap situations for ?letdown' teams]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/22909-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Cap-situations-for-letdown-teams.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM looks at four teams who have underachieved this season and what their cap situation is moving forward. - The All-Star Game is over]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Admiring the Red Wings management model]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/20230-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Admiring-the-Red-Wings-management-model.html</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM explains why Detroit's wealth of experience is a big reason for their continued success. - I started working for the Chicago Blackhawks well into the 1999-2000 season]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Don't give the players a CBA win just yet]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/18974-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Dont-give-the-players-a-CBA-win-just-yet.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, it seems as though the players were big winners coming out of the lockout, but things could start changing this season. - The NHL is entering the fourth season under the new collective bargaining agreement]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: The ins and outs of building through free agency]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16421-Mike-Smiths-Blog-The-ins-and-outs-of-building-through-free-agency.html</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:57:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog.]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM discussed the challenges he faced in Winnipeg and getting Curtis Joseph signed in Toronto. - The start of the Stanley Cup final signals to the non-playing clubs &amp;ldquo;it&amp;rsquo;s time to get started on next season]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: My most memorable trade]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15455-Mike-Smiths-Blog-My-most-memorable-trade.html</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:23:22 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former NHL GM Mike Smith talks about his trade for Kris King and Tie Domi in the early '90s and the story that goes with it. - I was recently asked, of the many trades I made, which had the most interesting story to it? I answered immediately, &amp;ldquo;the Tie Domi-Kris King for Ed Olczyk trade I made with Neil Smith in New York while I was in Winnipeg]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: The playoffs, three-point games and the trade deadline]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14320-Mike-Smiths-Blog-The-playoffs-threepoint-games-and-the-trade-deadline.html</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:40:21 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM talks about the importance of winning in regulation and how three-point games could influence trades. - The 2007-08 season is in the home stretch]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Looking back and looking forward at the trade deadline]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13264-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Looking-back-and-looking-forward-at-the-trade-deadline.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:32:22 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former NHL GM talks about his experiences at the deadline and what team's will be looking for this season as Feb. 26 approaches. - February has become a favorite month for the fans: The trade deadline]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Scouting talent]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12021-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Scouting-talent.html</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:08:50 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an NHL scout is tougher than it used to be, but you meet many people and discover many players. - Imagine you&amp;rsquo;re eight years old and are told: &amp;ldquo;Someday you will be a hockey scout]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: So you want to be a GM?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11436-Mike-Smiths-Blog-So-you-want-to-be-a-GM.html</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:13:38 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an NHL GM isn't always glamorous; only those who have done it can understand its pressures. - A few days ago I rode down in a crowded press room elevator with a GM]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></author>
		<title><![CDATA[Mike Smith's Blog: Where will they come from?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11030-Mike-Smiths-Blog-Where-will-they-come-from.html</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:51:06 -0500</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former NHL GM Mike Smith examines how bias in the NHL continues to shape the league's landscape. - My first NHL job was as an assistant coach with the New York Rangers in 1976]]></description>
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