http://www.thehockeynews.com The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Fri, 16 May 2008 13:08:57 -0400 60 http://thehockeynews.com/imgs/design/logo_thn_print.gif http://thehockeynews.com/ http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15910-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Flyers-need-to-avoid-penalties-especially-without-Timonen.html 2008-05-09 12:49:56 Ken Campbell's blog If the Philadelphia Flyers plan to intimidate the Pittsburgh Penguins and set a physical tone for the Eastern Conference final in Game 1 tonight, they do so at their own peril. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15826-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-History-says-PensWings-final-in-the-offing.html 2008-05-06 15:25:25 Ken Campbell's blog The Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings have positioned themselves best for the heavy lifting that will come, largely because they’ve managed to avoid a lot of heavy lifting through the first half of the playoffs. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15738-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Extra-rest-will-serve-Wings-well.html 2008-05-02 00:58:58 Ken Campbell's blog Yikes. It’s safe to say, one would think, that if the Stockholm Red Wings play the way they did in the second round of the playoffs, their players will be getting fitted for Stanley Cup rings just over a month from now. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15640-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Prices-play-put-Habs-behind-eight-ball.html 2008-04-28 23:37:11 Ken Campbell's blog Since the NHL expanded to 12 teams more than 40 years ago, only once has a team gone from being the worst in the league to playing in a conference final. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15543-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Crease-concerns-abound-for-Avs-after-Game-1-loss-to-Wings.html 2008-04-24 23:38:58 Ken Campbell's blog Well, it appears that Jose Theodore at least had an excuse for his poor play in Game 1 of the second round of the playoffs. As it turns out he was too ill to stop more than three quarters of the pucks he faced and to even sit on the bench after he was pulled. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15442-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-CapsFlyers-series-everything-hockey-should-be.html 2008-04-21 22:24:14 Ken Campbell's blog With Game 7 of the Philadelphia-Washington series set for Tuesday night, the NHL still has ample time to do something about this. Hey, if the league can change its rules in the middle of the playoffs, certainly the fellows who run the NHL have the power to mandate that the Flyers and the Capitals must play a best-of-nine…or 11…or 25. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15347-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Theodore-is-back-and-Jaromes-best-falls-short.html 2008-04-18 02:01:23 Ken Campbell's blog Oh, this is just great. For Game 6 of their first-round series, the Minnesota Wild will probably employ a 0-5 forechecking system. That’s because taking the game to the Colorado Avalanche clearly isn’t working, thanks to Jose Theodore who has either rediscovered his game or made a pact with Satan, and it’s not Miro we’re talking about here. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15249-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-AvsWild-gets-better-as-night-grows-later.html 2008-04-15 08:21:06 Ken Campbell's blog Gee, you have to wonder how the Minnesota Wild feels about the prospect of no-touch icing this morning. Well, Kurtis Foster, who’s sitting at home watching this series with a broken leg, probably still hates it. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15157-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Goaltending-underlying-problem-for-Avs-Sens.html 2008-04-12 01:32:44 Ken Campbell's blog As you go through your playoff reading this morning, you’re likely going to come across reams of glittering prose about the likes of Martin Gerber and Jose Theodore and their valiant efforts in this year’s post-season. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15043-THNcom-Blog-Why-Im-picking-the-Senators.html 2008-04-08 16:05:43 Ken Campbell's blog Only the Pittsburgh Penguins know for sure whether they threw their last game of the regular season in order to draw the Ottawa Senators as a playoff opponent. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14933-THNcom-Blog-NHL-debuts-galore.html 2008-04-04 14:56:36 Ken Campbell's blog Thursday night marked the debut of Kyle Turris of the Phoenix Coyotes, but he wasn’t the only former collegiate star to step on the ice as an NHL player for the first time that night. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14818-THNcom-Blog-Caps-Canes-go-down-to-the-wire.html 2008-04-01 11:15:27 Ken Campbell's blog One of them has not been in the playoffs since the Clinton administration and the other has gone down the sinkhole at a stunning rate of speed, but the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning could have an enormous stake in how the playoff picture forms over the next six days. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14725-THNcom-Blog-If-hockey-wont-police-itself-others-will-step-in.html 2008-03-28 18:10:36 Ken Campbell's blog The hockey fighting apologists, as expected, are apoplectic with the news that Quebec Sport and Leisure Minister Michelle Courchesne has stepped into the fray and basically demanded the Quebec League do something about hockey violence. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14613-THNcom-Blog-Culture-of-junior-hockey-has-coaches-and-managers-in-full-control.html 2008-03-25 14:18:57 Ken Campbell's blog Despite Patrick Roy's downplaying of his level of involvement in a Quebec League brawl on the weekend, I’m not buying what the Hall of Famer is selling. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14520-THNcom-Blog-Mad-Libs-with-Carlo-Colaiacovo.html 2008-03-21 09:20:05 Ken Campbell's blog You know how you sometimes get an email containing a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo at the bottom saying if you received it in error, you’ll have your fingernails pulled out one-by-one if you don’t destroy it immediately? Well, nuts to that. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14431-THNcom-Blog-McFarland-to-go-No-1-in-OHL-draft.html 2008-03-18 14:17:37 Ken Campbell's blog John McFarland was not deemed to be ‘exceptional’ enough last year, but the Sudbury Wolves are intent on giving him the chance to prove he is just that over the next couple of seasons. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14113-THNcom-Blog-Sundin-has-opportunity-to-go-out-on-top.html 2008-03-07 14:52:10 Ken Campbell's blog Wouldn’t it be nice if, just once, a hockey player decided to actually go out on top the way Brett Favre did after this past season? For example, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin, who said during the very public trade deadline ugliness surrounding the Leafs that he doesn’t know whether he’ll play next season or not. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14018-THNcom-Blog-Malkin-in-the-middle.html 2008-03-04 15:47:34 Ken Campbell's blog When Evgeni Malkin was asked after the morning skate Tuesday what Sidney Crosby's return to the lineup meant for him, he said, "It just means I have to talk less. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13922-THNcom-Blog-Jackets-playoff-hopes-vanish-with-Foote-trade.html 2008-02-29 10:41:23 Ken Campbell's blog There’s a perfectly sound reason why Columbus Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock didn’t comment publicly when GM Scott Howson moved captain Adam Foote at the trade deadline. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13714-THNcom-Blog-Koivu-for-Jokinen-would-put-Habs-over-the-top.html 2008-02-22 18:39:40 Ken Campbell's blog The Montreal Canadiens were building their team with the intention of seriously competing for a Stanley Cup in 2008-09, which coincides with their 100th anniversary. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13525-THNcom-Blog-Islanders-will-have-tough-decisions-on-trade-deadline-day.html 2008-02-15 13:16:30 Ken Campbell's blog There might not be a GM in the NHL who is in a more vexing position at the trade deadline than Garth Snow of the New York Islanders.  Here’s a guy whose team is life and death to make the playoffs, playing in a market where any ray of hope has to be desperately pursued. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13432-THNcom-Blog-Why-not-just-move-the-Preds-now.html 2008-02-12 15:58:23 Ken Campbell's blog As they say – whoever they are – the devil is in the details. The Tennessean reports that almost three months after the Nashville Predators reached a deal with the city to keep the team there for at least another two seasons, it appears the deal is getting bogged down in the small print and the local government's patience is running out. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13335-THNcom-Blog-Third-overall-pick-Kyle-Turris-likely-to-join-Coyotes-this-season.html 2008-02-08 18:16:34 Ken Campbell's blog Multiple sources have indicated the Phoenix Coyotes are pushing hard to have third overall pick Kyle Turris leave the University of Wisconsin and it's likely he'll be in the Coyotes lineup before the end of the season. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13230-THNcom-Blog-Hunting-for-revenues.html 2008-02-05 14:30:33 Ken Campbell's blog The hiring of forensic accounting giant Bob Lindquist by the NHL Players' Association was not met with any sort of alarm by those who wear the designer suits at the NHL's New York City head office, nor should it be. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13153-THNcom-Blog-Selannes-shuns-chance-to-go-out-on-top.html 2008-02-01 13:25:00 Ken Campbell's blog Chances are, Teemu Selanne will not make his debut Friday when the Anaheim Ducks visit the St. Louis Blues. And while there’s an outside chance he’ll play Saturday night in Philadelphia, the most realistic scenario will likely have him in the lineup for the first time next Tuesday when the Ducks visit the New York Islanders. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13060-THNcom-Blog-Sens-held-hostage-by-goalie-contracts.html 2008-01-29 14:33:49 Ken Campbell's blog If Ray Emery decides he wants to fight the fine the Ottawa Senators gave him Tuesday, the NHL Players’ Association will gladly take up the cause. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12977-THNcom-Blog-Darryl-Boyces-bad-luck-good-for-the-pocketbook.html 2008-01-25 10:52:39 Ken Campbell's blog At first blush, it’s a real shame that Darryl Boyce of the Toronto Maple Leafs separated his shoulder in his first NHL game last night. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12875-THNcom-Blog-Leafs-could-have-had-Brunnstrom-last-season.html 2008-01-21 21:39:26 Ken Campbell's blog A couple of months ago, we told you about Fabian Brunnstrom, a talented 22-year-old Swede who’s getting lots of interest from NHL teams wanting to sign him as a free agent. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12794-THNcom-Blog-Bigdeal-steals.html 2008-01-18 19:04:34 Ken Campbell's blog I must admit, I have been mystified by some of the long-term deals that have been handed out lately. I have a tough time seeing Patrick Sharp as a $4 million player each of the next four seasons based on one good season followed by half a brilliant one, which were preceded by four mediocre ones. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12691-THNcom-Blog-Sabres-must-get-Campbell-to-sign.html 2008-01-15 14:13:38 Ken Campbell's blog News that Brian Campbell has effectively put a halt to any negotiations with the Buffalo Sabres until after this season is nothing but bad news for a team that one calendar year ago looked like a Stanley Cup contender. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12592-THNcom-Blog-The-birth-and-death-of-a-rumor.html 2008-01-11 11:52:53 Ken Campbell's blog One of the first things you learn in this business, and most of us learn it the hard way, is to thoroughly check out any rumor you hear, no matter how credible and reliable the source from which it originates. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12489-THNcom-Blog-Pending-UFAs-yet-to-be-signed.html 2008-01-08 13:07:36 Ken Campbell's blog With the signing of Mike Ribeiro by the Dallas Stars, you can scratch another name off the list of impact forwards who will be available July 1. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12399-THNcom-Blog-USA-Sweden-oddson-favorites-for-WJC-title.html 2008-01-04 09:26:16 Ken Campbell's blog Something to ponder as you sip your morning coffee and prepare to hunker down for the semifinals of the World Junior Championship…if you care about such things. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12218-THNcom-Blog-Kevin-Lowe-Newsmaker-of-the-Year.html 2007-12-28 00:42:11 Ken Campbell's blog If you subscribe to The Hockey News, very soon you'll be receiving our annual People of Power and Influence issue in which we identify the 100 biggest movers and shakers in the game. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12167-THNcom-Blog-Canadas-domination-makes-for-boring-WJC.html 2007-12-25 11:34:41 Ken Campbell's blog I never, ever thought it would come to this. Here we are, one day before the start of the World Junior Championship. Not only do I not know Riley Hozapfel from Charles Nelson Reilly or Colin Wilson from (his dad) Carey Wilson, I'm rather perplexed and a little spooked to say that I don't really care. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12107-THNcom-Blog-The-good-and-bad-of-the-NHL.html 2007-12-21 14:53:16 Ken Campbell's blog Although NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hates to deal in "snapshots," I thought there were two recently that illustrated just about everything that is good and bad about the quality of play in the NHL. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12024-THNcom-Blog-McCabe-not-what-hes-cracked-up-to-be.html 2007-12-18 13:00:28 Ken Campbell's blog So the Toronto Maple Leafs begin life tonight facing the prospect of somehow having to muddle along without defenseman Bryan McCabe. And if local scribes are to be believed, the Leafs will somehow have to survive without the second coming of Doug Harvey. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11926-THNcom-Blog-Time-for-EIG-to-sell-Oilers.html 2007-12-14 12:24:35 Ken Campbell's blog For the better part of a decade, the Edmonton Investors Group carried out some very noble work. It saved NHL hockey in one of the league's most fertile markets and in the face of countless obstacles, weathered financial storm after financial storm. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11826-THNcom-Blog-Scandinavian-showdown-over-transfer-agreeement.html 2007-12-11 13:27:18 Ken Campbell's blog News that Sweden plans to pull out of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s agreement with the NHL should come as no surprise to anyone in the world’s best league. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11746-THNcom-Blog-Adventures-in-tagging-Part-2.html 2007-12-08 00:28:48 Ken Campbell's blog All right, the CBA has everybody whipped when it comes to the NHL's tagging rules. But, after spending much of the day trying to figure it out, Anaheim Ducks GM David McNab was kind of enough to take the time to help clear a few things up when it comes to the tagging rules and the return of Scott Niedermayer. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11717-THNcom-Blog-Tired-of-playing-tag-with-the-CBA.html 2007-12-07 15:17:13 Ken Campbell's blog I've been exchanging emails with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly all day and I was on the phone with an NHL executive for one hour, seventeen minutes and 14 seconds and I'm still no closer to deciphering the NHL's "tagging" rules than I was before the exercise. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11593-THNcom-Blog-Sam-Gagner-shootout-specialist.html 2007-12-04 14:23:47 Ken Campbell's blog If not for the points they gained in the shootout, the Edmonton Oilers would not have made the playoffs two years ago. With their success in the skills competition being a huge factor in their run to the Stanley Cup final, the Oilers are one of the few teams in the NHL that truly appreciates the value of the extra point in the standings. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11501-THNcom-Blog-Removing-red-line-did-more-harm-than-good.html 2007-11-30 12:55:07 Ken Campbell's blog As scoring in the NHL continues to drop like a rock – I mean, will Roberto Luongo ever let in another freakin' goal? – the NHL is once again faced with something of a crisis in terms of its entertainment value. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11405-THNcom-Blog-Phillys-flying-elbows.html 2007-11-27 13:47:49 Ken Campbell's blog HERE WE GO AGAIN Today we bring you our monthly installment concerning the Philadelphia Flyers and their proclivity for bashing other players’ heads in. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11322-THNcom-Blog-Letting-Bryzgalov-leave-a-crafty-move.html 2007-11-23 13:47:02 Ken Campbell's blog When Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke put Ilya Bryzgalov on waivers last week, the move was met with a fair bit of head scratching. But don't discount the possibility that giving Bryzgalov away was a calculated move that would have made the late Sam Pollock proud. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11227-THNcom-Blog-Giving-up-the-game-is-hard-to-do.html 2007-11-20 12:50:47 Ken Campbell's blog Jack Ferguson actually believed he could do it, but those who knew him best were sure it would only be a matter of time before he was skulking around arenas looking for hockey talent again. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11130-THNcom-Blog-The-real-deal-in-Big-D.html 2007-11-16 14:25:07 Ken Campbell's blog Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks may have named Les Jackson and Brett Hull co-GMs of his team, but make no mistake, Jackson will be doing virtually all the heavy lifting when it comes to making hockey decisions. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11037-THNcom-Blog-Patient-Penguins.html 2007-11-13 15:23:32 Ken Campbell's blog The Pittsburgh Penguins can say all they want about how they're still pleased with the development of Jordan Staal, but the fact remains Staal has been one of the major disappointments of the early season. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10890-THNcom-Blog-A-call-for-originality.html 2007-11-09 12:25:59 Ken Campbell's blog While discussing the lack of balanced scoring for the Calgary Flames recently, second-year winger David Moss came up with the following pearl of wisdom: “We definitely need scoring from different guys other than Iggy, Tangs, Lanks, Juice and Lombo. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10795-THNcom-Blog-Return-of-the-deadpuck-era.html 2007-11-06 12:08:37 Ken Campbell's blog Hate to be a Negative Nelly here, but it's time someone pointed out a couple of disturbing trends that have emerged in the NHL this season. First of all, goals per game are trending downward. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10667-THNcom-Blog-CBA-Can-Barely-Ascertain.html 2007-11-02 14:34:51 Ken Campbell's blog One of the first things Paul Kelly remarked upon after being unveiled as the new executive director of the NHL Players' Association was that the current collective bargaining agreement, "reads like the tax code," and that, "it has been lawyered to death. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10471-THNcom-Blog-The-big-payback.html 2007-10-29 20:54:20 Ken Campbell's blog With all the sniping and threats of lawsuits going back and forth between Chris Chelios and super agent Don Meehan, it’s hard to believe that Meehan actually once represented Chelios. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10328-THNcom-Blog-Buyer-beware.html 2007-10-23 13:00:00 Ken Campbell's blog • So, if recent reports are to be believed, Peter Forsberg has given the Ottawa Senators the privilege of being at or near the top of the list of teams he'd be willing to join at some point this season. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10326-THNcom-Blog-Happy-days-are-here-again.html 2007-10-16 00:33:00 Ken Campbell's blog Among the myriad questions facing the NHL Players' Association amidst the hiring of Paul Kelly as executive director is whether the union will trigger a clause in June of 2009 that will terminate the existing collective bargaining agreement. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10325-THNcom-Blog-Come-down-hard-on-Boulerice.html 2007-10-11 13:20:00 Ken Campbell's blog You'd hope the NHL would be capable of teaching Jesse Boulerice a lesson by suspending him for a long time for his crosscheck to the head of Ryan Kesler Wednesday night. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10324-THNcom-Blog-Hockeytown.html 2007-10-05 23:55:00 Ken Campbell's blog For almost 10 straight years, you didn't even have to look at the bottom of the summary for home games involving the Detroit Red Wings, because it always read: Attendance: 20,066. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10323-THNcom-Blog-Youth-movements.html 2007-10-02 14:13:00 Ken Campbell's blog When NHL teams finalize their rosters later today, there will likely be as many as a whopping 10 underage players on them to start the season, quashing any notion that teams are hesitant to use under-20 talent in the new NHL.