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Buys and Sells: A Look at NHL Rules

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like the American job market pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.There's been...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Chicago Stops Carolina's Winning Streak

Blackhawks 3, Hurricanes 2: The Carolina Hurricanes had their four-game winning streak snapped thanks to a 3-2 shootout loss in Chicago, though they still managed to gain an important point thanks to Tuomo Ruutu's game-tying goal with just 27 seconds to play in regulation, sending the game to overtime.With the Hurricanes...

NHL and Russian Counterparts Continue to Play Hardball

Late last week, Kontinental Hockey League head Alexander Medvedev sat for an interesting and wide-ranging Q&A session with Jeff Klein and Stu Hackel of the New York Times. As I've noted before, while the KHL was launched with much fanfare last September, the league's inaugural season has been something of a bumpy ride. So...

KHL Hands Out Suspensions in Alexei Cherepanov Case

The Kontinental Hockey League's (KHL) investigation into the death of New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov has entered the penalty phase, and the league has gotten busy kicking tail and taking names. According to the league's North American public relations firm, the following suspensions were announced at a press...

Did Book Foreshadow Cherepanov's Death?

Yesterday we passed along a story from the Associated Press that said Russian authorities investigating the death of New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov had discovered evidence of "doping" of some kind. If that's the truth, then perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. After all, it was a little more than a year ago that...