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Can Emery or Crawford Save the Blackhawks?

Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman gave his netminders, and his coach, a vote of confidence on Monday, claiming that his starting goalies — Ray Emery and Corey Crawford — are not the problem. Crawford has started only two games in the month of February, allowing 10 goals in those contests while Emery has allowed at [...]

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Is Chris Pronger simply irreplaceable?

Chris Pronger brings a complete package to the table every game.  His combination of snarl and skill helped catapult the Flyers into a top-flight team and even though they mired in mediocrity during last year’s regular season his statistics were all a fantasy owner could ask for. Over the years, you could rely on the [...]

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Nightly Scrap: Goals, goals and more goals in Philly

Last night the Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning seemed to score every other minute.  Surprisingly, the eighth goal for the Lightning– which finally sealed the game– came off the stick of fourth liner Nate Thompson and was the only goal in the third period as the teams finally tightened up around their backup. Sergei [...]

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