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Thursday, April 30th, 2009To the untrained ear, fans of the Vancouver Canucks are the most unappreciative in the league. They’ve got the greatest goaltender on the planet in Roberto Luongo. Night after night, week after week, month after month, year after year he m…
Why the Penguins can win the Cup
Thursday, April 30th, 2009The Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to do something no team has done in 25 years. No team has lost in the Stanley Cup Final and won it the next year since the Edmonton Oilers lost the 1983 Final to the New York Islanders and then came b…
Toast of the town: Eric Staal
Thursday, April 30th, 2009When you look at the resume Eric Staal has already compiled, it’s hard to believe it’s been less than six years since he played his first NHL game. The second overall pick in the 2003 Entry Draft, the 24-year-old Staal already has becom…
Toast of the Town: Tim Thomas
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Tim Thomas is a working-class goalie in a game filled with higher-profile names. He is smaller than the goalies that dominate today’s headlines. He doesn’t play the aerodynamic butterfly style that has been all the rage for the past two de…
Ovechkin, Malkin, Datsyuk are Hart finalists
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Will Washington Capitals left winger Alexander Ovechkin, the top goal scorer in the NHL again this season, repeat as the winner of the Hart Trophy? Or will the title of most valuable player go to Art Ross Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin of the…
You have to watch
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Eight teams left. The first to win 12 more games owns the Stanley Cup for a year. Every fan base remaining is starting to dream a bit more, dream of getting the chance to hold the Cup along with their team! To really get into "playof…
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