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Hawerchuk: Det var tydligen politik på högsta nivå som resulterade i ett avtal mellan NHL och Ryssland
"Political pressure from Russia's hockey-mad president is behind the transfer deal between the NHL and the Russian Ice Hockey Federation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin knows a thing or two about working the power play.
Putin is a huge hockey fan and he wants nothing more than to see Russia win the 2007 World Hockey Championship tournament in Moscow.
And the best way to make sure the Russians can assemble a contending team is to have peace with the National Hockey League. And that's the backdrop to why Russia has tentatively agreed to join the NHL-IIHF transfer agreement."
Paddan: Nu är tydligen avtalet mellan NHL och Ryska Ishockeyförbundet färdigförhandlat.
"Russia’s ice hockey chiefs approved on Friday a transfer agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL), ending a long confrontation with their North American counterparts.
Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak said his country would soon sign a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the
NHL.
“With this agreement we can say we’re back as full members of the international hockey community. Common sense has finally prevailed,” the former goaltender told a news conference.
Russia had been the only major hockey power not to sign the deal, which was approved by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) last year, calling it unfair."
Lite mer kommentarer om Oilers målvaktssituation:
"It's no secret the Oilers' goaltending situation was a concern all year, as both Conklin and Markkanen were near the league-worst in save percentage (.880). (In fact, of the dozen or so Edmonton regular-season games I saw this season, the waived Mike Morrison was stronger than both.)
The smart money from all interested observers has Markkanen starting Game 2 on Wednesday."
JD: Lite kommentarer efter matchen.
"Q. How is your goalie?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: Goalie’s not good. Won’t be back in the series.
So an unfortunate set of circumstances to have happen in the game tonight obviously, with Roly playing as well as he has been. The important thing for us as a team and I know we can, I feel very confident that we can, bounce back from it. I’ve been in this situation—I was saying to the players before, with St. Louis when now broadcaster Nick Kypreos went into Fuhr and Jon Casey had been out as long as any of our two goalies have been. And Casey came in and played well. Our goaltenders are capable of coming in here and playing well, both Jussi and Ty.
I felt that we played a solid game tonight and we can recover from this. Just passed on to Roly that, job well done, and it’s up to us to take it from here and we’re capable of doing it.
Q. What’s the injury?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: Knee. I’m not an expert, but it’s similar to what Radek had, according to Kenny Lowe. So very similar to what he had.
Q. You have two goalies to choose from now, you’ve been flip-flopping them back and forth, do you know who your starter would be for Game 2 and who will get the chance to run with this thing?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: No. They have been close all year long. We’ll make that decision tomorrow in concert with the other coaches and talk to the goaltenders and get a sense. We could see platooning as well of the goaltenders, depending on the performance, obviously.
Man gör tydligen allt för att utmärka sig i NHL.
"Should a slab of Alberta beef land on the ice, as has happened immediately following the anthems during previous Edmonton Oilers playoff games this spring, Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Mike Commodore has one wish.
"I just hope it's not frozen," says the former Calgary Flamers rearguard. "I hope they thaw it out for me."
The raw meet sometimes sticks to the ice upon contact. That's okay with Commodore.
"A little blood on the jersey never killed anybody," he added. "I just hope they unthaw it."
Paddan: Inför nattens drabbning kommer här lite läsning om en man som med väldigt liten insats fick sitt namn på Stanley Cup pokalen.
"Of the 2,324 names on the Stanley Cup, one of the more obscure belongs to Harry Taylor.
In a long hockey career, Mr. Taylor skated a single shift in a single National Hockey League playoff game. He didn't score a goal or register an assist. He wasn't even assessed a penalty.
All he did was jump over the boards to take a spin on the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
Those seconds earned him a spot on the Cup, his name engraved alongside those of better known teammates from the 1948-49 Maple Leafs.
"I was blessed at being the right guy in the right place at the right time with the right team," he said."
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