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Tomas Kaberle Sad to Leave Toronto, Glad to Be With Contender in Boston

CALGARY -- Knowing your name is constantly being bandied about in trade rumors can be a mentally draining thing. Just ask Tomas Kaberle. He's been the subject of that talk for years. Finally, though, it became more than just talk on Feb. 18 when the veteran defenseman was traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the...

NHL Coaches, GMs on the Hot Seat

There's no shortage of NHL coaches and general managers who can take solace in how their job is safe for the time being. But when the curtain closes on the 2010-11 regular season on Sunday, April 10, watch for the pink slips to come. Maybe not as fast as in the NFL, which has Black Monday. But the axes will fall. Some...

Pink Slip Index: Will John MacLean Be First Under the Axe?

NHL teams change coaches about as often as a college kid changes jeans -- about every week or two. Throughout the NHL season, Kevin Schultz will be taking a look at the coaches who are most likely to be next up on the chopping block. Consider this fair warning. We're a week away from making it through October without any...

Vanek Back for Buffalo; Savard's Status Remains Secret

BOSTON -- Thomas Vanek may not be able to skate and stop on a silver dollar, let alone a dime. In street clothes, the Buffalo Sabres' leading goal-scorer is walking with a slight, but detectable limp. So what? Vanek is a hockey player and these are the NHL playoffs. Damaged ankle and all, he will return to the Sabres'...

Bruins Must Think Long-Term With Marc Savard's Health

A championship is not worth risking any athlete's health, let alone a first round series. This is why Peter Chiarelli and Claude Julien are wise to temper expectations for the return of dynamic center Marc Savard. This is why you hope the general manager and head coach of the Boston Bruins back up their words, even if...

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04/27/12 Footnotes from Bruins break-up Source: The Standard-Times - New Bedford MA GM Peter Chiarelli took the wind out of the sails of the Tim Thomas haters and the armageddon-ists with his statement today that he does not intend to tear up the Bruins in general and, in particular, will approach the summer looking at his goaltending the same way he did last summer.
04/27/12 Bruins center Patrice Bergeron shows true grit playing... Source: MassLive.com It's known that hockey players are one of the toughest athletes as they come.
04/27/12 Claude Julien 'Disappointed' in Racist Comments, Knows... Source: NESN That almost became the case in the Boston hockey community after racist social media comments were dug up following Game 7 between the Bruins and Capitals.
04/26/12 Gresh & Zo: The âDevastatingâ Loss To Capitals In... Source: CBS - WBZ-TV - Boston MA Gresh and Zo opened the show trying to make sense of the overtime loss by Boston Bruins to the Washington Capitals.
04/26/12 Game 7 postgame thoughts: Power play finally did... Source: Wicked Local Norfolk - Norfolk MA It turned into perhaps the momentum that won it for Washington.