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Strong Ties Carry Redhawk Brotherhood After Brendan Burke's Death

They press on, because that is what they are supposed to do. Press on, try to remember the many good things while putting the pain in a manageable mental compartment. Brendan Burke is not with the Miami (Oh.) top-ranked hockey team any longer, but the team does not feel he has left it, so it presses on toward its goal of...

Pavel Kubina Traded to Atlanta; Toronto Signs Mike Komisarek

Late last week, Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke made it clear that his team would not be pushed around this upcoming season. Based on his first moves this offseason, he wasn't kidding. After signing tough-guy Colton Orr to a four-year, $4 million deal earlier on Wednesday, the Leafs sent defenseman Pavel Kubina,...

Brian Burke: 'I Don't Give a Rat's Ass What They Do in Pittsburgh or Detroit'

It's not uncommon for sports teams, at any level, to model other successful teams in an effort to become successful themselves. Hey, if it's good enough for them, it should be good enough for us, right? Sure. Just don't expect Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke to follow another team's example unless it...

Offseason Roadmap: Northeast Division

It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We begin our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Northeast Division. Brian Burke begins his rebuild of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dany Heatley wants out of Ottawa and just what is Boston going to do with...

ESPN's Simmons Returns to Hockey

While the NHL is sure to welcome any and all new or returning fans, they're not out implicitly begging for them. As much as the league would love to get more coverage from mainstream media outlets, they understand that they hold little control over such matters.However, the league had to smile a bit Monday, when a...

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05/26/12 UConn hockey looks to welcome gay players Source: Gant Daily - Clearfield PA The University of Connecticut men's hockey team's has shown its willingness to take any player who can help their cause, regardless of sexual orientation.
05/24/12 Leafs are no Cinderella team Source: Canoe I feel that I have the right to quote Julius Caesar in this column because I once had a dog named Brutus.
05/22/12 Thornton, Man of the Match: How Hockey Explains Life Source: Esquire It is gospel among sportswriters that, as a class, professional hockey players are by an order of magnitiude the least douchetastic of them all.
05/17/12 RCMP Emergency Response Team practise tactics near... Source: BCLocalNews.com Getting inside the erratic mind of a potential killer with innocent victims at his disposal is not an easy task â something Cpl. Brenda Daly knows all too well.
05/17/12 Predictions for the 1st Round of the NHL Entry Draft Source: Bleacher Report Nail Yakupov and 26 teams in the NHL are currently getting prepared for the draft in June.