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"If Kovalchuk suits up for Khimik, he could later sign and play for the Thrashers this season as long as he does not appear for Khimik or any other Russian club after Oct. 5, the opening evening of the NHL season.

If he does and is later signed by the Thrashers, Kovalchuk would have to clear waivers, and that's a risk the Thrashers would not take. The 41-goal scorer can play for Khimik up to Oct. 5 and then sit out and hope a deal could be worked out with the Thrashers.

If that scenario transpires, the Thrashers would have until Dec. 1 to sign the restricted free agent."

Klubbarna verkar försöka övertrumfa varandra vad gäller utdelningar av gåvor mm till sina supportrar för att vinna tillbaka publiken. Detta är det senaste från Thrashers:

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Ett litet [url=www.tidningen.to/las.asp?toppid=002&omr=sp&typ=egna&id=1484276]matchomdöme från Tidningen Ångermanland[/url].

Så här skriver man om matchen på modohockey.se:

"MODO Hockey - Skellefteå 0-4 (0-0, 0-2, 0-2) och en besviken Harald Lückner fick inga positiva svar alls som han efterlyste innan matchen.

Vår utsände Hasse Andersson rapporterar om höstens stora bottennapp där MODO-iterna tycktes ha glömt viljan och inställningen hemma.

Visserligen vann man skotten med 24-21 men det var Skellefteå som vann varenda närkamp, samtidigt som MODO-spelarna mycket sällan kom in på mål ordentligt.

Ex-modoiterna Magnus Wernblom och Anders Söderberg svarade för 4 poäng (Wernblom 0+2, Söderberg 1+1) i en match som det gäller att glömma fortast möjligt om man är MODO-it.

Harald Lückner var självklart besviken efter matchen och hoppas på en bra replik i morgon i matchen mot Luleå.

- Jag hoppas och tror att killarna visar moral och självinsikt framöver, sade Harald som fortfarande jagar den första segern mot svenskt motstånd som MODO-tränare.

Karol Krizan vaktade kassen och kunde ej lastas för något av målen.

Per Svartvadet var den ende som visade lite auktoritet i MODO.

I morgon lördag spelar MODO mot Luleå kl 15.00. Ett Luleå som klart slog Skellefteå igår med hela 5-1, då krävs det en rejäl uppryckning från MODO:s sida.

Dags att slänga in lite kul information om Zäta, från Jes Gölbez webblogg, innan det är dags att sätta sig och beundra Keira Knightley

"While Pavel Datsyuk sits in Russia with an inflated sense of self-worth (aka Yashinitis), evil Swede Henrik Zetterberg has a more realistic outlook on life.

The Wings locked up the Big Z to a 4 year deal worth an average of $2.65mil per season.

At 24 years old, it's just a matter of time before Zetterberg uses his supreme stickhandling skills to wreak havoc on NHL defenses. He's no longer just a young winger stuck with an aging Brett Hull and the aforementioned Datsyuk. I know we're expecting big things from Zetterberg, and anything less than 65-70 points this season would be disappointing.

Oh, and the Wings got him with the 210th pick (7th round) in the 1999 draft.
Lucky bastards!

Looking at the stat splits, we can see that

1. Zetterberg likes home cooking...at least he did in 2003/04
Home: 32GP 10-18-28 +19
Away: 29GP 5-10-15 -4

2. He hates Mondays just like Garfield and most of the working world.
Throughout his 2-year NHL career, Zetterberg has scored just 3 goals and 3 assists in 19 Monday games. A .32PPG compared to his career average of .62PPG

3. He needs time to warm up. By the stats, it looks like he gets better later in the game.
1st period: 9-10-19
2nd period: 11-18-29
3rd period: 15-20-35"

Jäklar, det är skapliga priser i Avalanches lotteri under 10-årsfirandet.

The 10 prizes being given to fans, and the prize sponsor, are:
• Single-family home – Amber Homes
• Custom Colorado Avalanche motorcycle – Rocky Mountain Harley-Davidson
• Ten roundtrip flights – Frontier Airlines
• Trip for two on Colorado Avalanche team charter – Colorado Avalanche
• One week ski vacation – Vail Cascade Resort and Spa
• Avs game in Pepsi Center luxury suite/dinner for 10 at Elway’s – Denver Post
• Colorado Avalanche “Assistant Coach for a Day” – KeyBank
• Three-night Las Vegas vacation – Mirage Hotel & Casino
• Pool table and six-person hot tub – Pool Table Warehouse and Cal Spas
• Mitsubishi 65-inch HDTV monitor – The Big Picture

 

Så kom då nästa besked, Al MacInnis har bestämt sig för att det nu känner på alldeles för mycket att skjuta hårt. Med andra ord dags att lägga hockeyklubban på hyllan.

"This guy stops dead in his tracks and says to the group, 'That's Peter Forsberg,' " Jones recalled. "The look on his face - you'd have thought he had just seen the President or something."

Forsberg smiled broadly when asked whether he was recognized over the Labor Day weekend.

" I was walking around with Keith Jones, and I don't know if they recognized him or me," Forsberg said, laughing.

Jones, a former teammate of Forsberg's in Colorado and now a commentator for Comcast SportsNet, took the Flyers' newest center on a quick tour of Old City, Center City and Rittenhouse Square, where Forsberg is thinking of living. They also hit a few other spots - 32 Degrees, the Continental, and Swanky Bubbles.

"We went to some places, and from what I hear, this is a great sports town," Forsberg said. "People seem to be happy to see hockey back."

Jones wishes that more of the Flyers - all of whom live in South Jersey - would spend more time enjoying the city.

"I always thought that part of playing in Philly was being in Philadelphia," Jones said. "It's nice to see players hanging around downtown. They don't get to do it much during the season. In Peter's case, because he was a visiting player, the only part of the city he ever saw was his hotel.

"The impression I got this weekend was that he really liked what he saw in downtown. He seemed to enjoy the city."

Här följer en länk till den låt som Goldie Lookin Chain, på ett uppträdande inför matchen Wales-England, dedikerade till David Beckham.