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I don't know about you, but I'm starting to feel a little bit like a kid on Christmas Eve. All the waiting, all the patience, all the buying into the bullshit, all the daydreaming about cool new toys — some of which are sure to break just minutes after they've been unwrapped, others that will last for what feels like a lifetime — all the silly, manufactured, frantic hope. And here we are, almost there, all of us ready and waiting for Santa to stop by, whether we believe in him or not anymore. (Santa, meanwhile, has been busy tweet-ranting about the invasion of artificial...
TORONTO — He looked beat. Brian Burke was fired Wednesday after just over four years as the president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. When he met with the media Saturday he had a cold, sure, but he looked like... more »
"Yeah, I'm just excited," Sidney Crosby said. "I just want to get in that first game and get going. I know it's probably going to take a couple to feel good, but I'm just excited for the opportunity." Excited? Exciting? Crosby... more »
BROSSARD — There was no trace of Scott Gomez in the Canadiens' Brossard dressing room Sunday, in body or material reminder, even before most players had arrived for Day One of training camp.Gomez's stall, beside that of old... more »
They were lined up for the Toronto Maple Leafs open practice a half-hour before it opened on Monday morning. Sunday, as NHL teams welcomed their players back, the concerns that the fans might stay away melted like ice in a... more »
Faced with an NHL regular season 34 games shorter than the usual 82 after a rushed six days of training camp, the obvious consensus is the team with the most battle-ready players has the best chance of success. But ... more »
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