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NHL.com: Central Scouting Draft Combine invitees

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:42:24 -0400

First Name Last Name Birthplace Team League Pos PONTUS ABERG Stockholm, Sweden DJURGARDEN SWEDEN LW JOSH ANDERSON Burlington, ON, Canada LONDON OHL RW CALLE ANDERSSON Malmo, Sweden FAR...

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NHL.com: Combine provides NHL teams with well-rounded look

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:42:24 -0400

Don't think Sarnia Sting right wing Nail Yakupov will ace every interview and endurance test at the NHL Scouting Combine just because he was No. 1 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of the top North American skaters for the 2012 NHL Draft. ...

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NHL.com: Combine could be key for players who were injured

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:42:24 -0400

TORONTO -- Will the 2012 NHL Scouting Combine play a greater role than in past annual evaluation events considering the unusually high number of injuries to top draft-eligible talent this season? It's very possible. But NHL Central Scouting's P...

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockeys 2012 Stanley Cup Finals Preview

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:12:43 -0400

Hey all! Well, the Stanley Cup Finals are finally upon us! It's hard to fathom that just a few months ago, we were all gearing up for Winnipeg's first NHL regular season since 1995. While we continue to lament the fact that the Jets will be using their summer to shake the rust off their golf swing, purchase new fishing tackle or spend cool summer nights boating on the great lakes of Minnesota, two teams have distinguished themselves as Conference Champions and will now battle in a best-of-seven series which will award the 2012 Stanley Cup trophy. Will it be the Devils or the Kings that will be crowned the league's champion in a matter of weeks?

Stick around

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockey's First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #8

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:13:09 -0400

Hey all! Welcome to Arctic Ice Hockey's first annual NHL Mock Draft. Over the next thirty days, Ryan, Tim and myself will attempt to telepathically channel the minds of NHL General Managers as they complete their final rankings in preparation for the 2012 NHL Draft being held June 22, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA.

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the eighth overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Jim Rutherford: With the eighth overall selection in this years draft, the Carolina Hurricanes

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Study: Teams Wearing Dark Penalized More

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:12:30 -0400

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a great study dealing with the effects of uniform colour, conducted by a University of Florida professor and his colleagues called and published in the May edition of Social Psychological and Personality Science. Building on past studies on the association between black uniforms and perceived aggression, the authors studied a 25 year period in the NHL from the 1984-1985 season to the 2009-2010 season - a sample size of 52,098 games and nearly one million penalty minutes - to determine whether uniform colour has an effect on penalties called in the NHL.

After the jump, I'll get into the results and potential real-world

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Winnipeg Sun: Wheels has eye on playoffs

Tue, 29 May 2012 20:42:25 -0400

What a difference a year makes for Atlanta Thrasher turned Winnipeg Jet Blake Wheeler.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Relive the Jets' return, one year later, with the Free Press

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:27:28 -0400

Although it may seem hard to believe, May 31st marks the one year anniversary of the official return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg. How do you celebrate a monumental event like that? By reliving the historic announcement, live and on the web. Join us at the Free Press News Cafe on McDermot Avenue...

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JetsNation: Picking the winner of the Stanley Cup Finals

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:42:30 -0400

So far, these playoffs have defied prediction, as our playoff prediction contest tends to demonstrate. Interestingly though, there seems to be a very clear favourite in the series between Los Angeles and New Jersey.

Writer Picks

Writer Team Games Kent Wilson LA 6 Jason Gregor LA 6 Lowetide LA 6 Vintage Flame LA 6 Ryan Pike LA 6 Jonathan Willis LA 7 Justin Azevedo LA 5

If our predictions mean anything, Los Angeles will win the Stanley Cup

Yahoo! Sports: Blackhawks sign Oduya, Mayers (The Associated Press)

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:12:28 -0400

CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a three-year contract extension with defenseman Johnny Oduya and a one-year extension for forward Jamal Mayers.

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Yahoo! Sports: Marty Brodeur likely to return next season; IIHF announces new format (Puck Headlines) (Puck Daddy)

Tue, 29 May 2012 14:12:33 -0400

• Don't stop believing, New Jersey. • Slovenia would definitely be blue. A Cup win would make Anze Kopitar a rock star over there. [ Montreal Gazette ] • In case it wasn't clear that Rick Nash is gone: "One Blue Jackets player, who didn't want to be identified, was asked recently if he had stayed in touch with Nash during the offseason. 'Nope,' he said. Asked whether that was unusual, he picked another one-syllable word. 'Yep,' he said, with a half-hearted smile. [ Hockey Journal ] • It was 20 years ago today that the Toronto Maple Leafs hired Pat Burns. [ Berger Bytes ] • Could an NHL lockout hurt Detroit's chances of getting a new arena? [ MLive ] • Martin Brodeur says he's leaning towards coming back next season:

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Hawks sign Oduya, Mayers to extensions

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:27:34 -0400

Hawks sign Oduya, Mayers to extensions

Former Winnipeg Jets defenseman Johnny Oduya has re-signed a three-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks, according to the Chicago Tribune:

"Defensman Johnny Oduya has agreed to a three-year contract extension and forward Jamal Mayers signed a one-year deal, the team announced Tuesday.

Oduya, 30, led Hawks defensemen with three assists in six games during the first-round playoff loss to the Coyotes. He had five points and a plus-3 rating in 18 regular-season games after being acquired at the trade deadline on Feb. 27 from the

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Yahoo! Sports: Johnny Oduya picks Blackhawks over free-agent frenzy, signs 3-year deal (Puck Daddy)

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:12:27 -0400

The 2012 trade deadline was atrocious, but the Chicago Blackhawks managed to land on our winners list for acquiring Johnny Oduya from the Winnipeg Jets for a second- and third-round pick in 2013. Now, he's a winner too: Earning a 3-year deal with the Blackhawks (terms to follow). Oduya had a $3.5 cap hit and a $4 million base salary last season, the last of a 3-year deal. Oduya wanna avoid free agency? Why yes, he did. (NHL.com's got nothing on our terrible puns.) When the Blackhawks traded Brian Campbell to the Florida Panthers, they gained cap relief but lost a premiere puck-moving defenseman with speed. Oduya is a poor man's Brian Campbell, but deftly filled the role in the regular season. He had five points in 18 games for the Blackhawks in the regular season, and three in six games in the postseason. He averaged 23:14 TOI in the playoffs, right behind Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook, but didn't have the strongest series against the Phoenix Coyotes.

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockey's First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #7

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:27:33 -0400

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the seventh overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Cliff Fletcher: With the seventh overall selection in this years draft, the Minnesota Wild are

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Arctic Ice Hockey: NHL Awards 2012: Arctic Ice Hockey Casts Hart Trophy Ballot

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:12:44 -0400

There's not a better way to interpret the Hart Trophy for me than to think of who was the most valuable player to their team. To simply say "the most valuable player in the league" doesn't mean anything, because if they're good they have negative values to far more teams than they have positive values...so the MVP concept should be grounded in who was most valuable to their team. Each of my picks were vital contributors to teams that would not have been successful without them, and for me that's about as close to high value as you can get.

My choices and reasoning after the jump.

My picks...

1st Place - Mike Smith

2nd Place -

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JetsNation: NHLNumbers Logo Contest Entries

Mon, 28 May 2012 13:57:27 -0400

Just over a week ago we announced a contest to design a new NHLNumbers logo. And aside from those designers who castigated us for soliciting spec work or something, the response was fairly positive. We received a number of excellent entries which we have been poring over with serious minds and profound thoughts.

It's too difficult a decision for us, I think, so we'd like reader impressions as well. We'll forgo the easily skew-able web poll in favor of yays or nays in the comments. Share your thoughts and we'll pick the winner from the finalists by the end of the day.

Thanks again to to everyone who participated.

First up we have what was obviously the strongest

Arctic Ice Hockey: Altitude Check: Monday, May 28, 2012 Winnipeg Jets News Headlines

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:12:27 -0400

Hey all! Here is our feature running Monday through Friday that will bring you up to date on what's going on in the media pertaining to the Winnipeg Jets and elsewhere in the NHL.

Ed. Note: Now that we have reached the Stanley Cup Finals, Altitude Check will only be running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Here is what's in the news for Monday, May 28, 2012:

Congrats to TSN 1290, who are atop the ratings among listeners in the latest survey. [WFP]

A look at Winnipeg's top goaltending prospect, Eddie

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockey's First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #6

Mon, 28 May 2012 10:42:28 -0400

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the sixth overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Bob Murray: With the sixth overall selection in this years draft, the Anaheim Ducks are pleased to

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Yahoo! Sports: What We Learned: Stanley Cup Final matchup has nothing to do with underdogs (Puck Daddy)

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:42:37 -0400

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. You're going to hear a lot of talk throughout the Stanley Cup Finals about how shocking all of this is. The No. 6 Devils coming out of the East to take on the ultra-dominant-and-somehow-No. 8 Kings. The first matchup since the current playoff system began in which either a 6 or 8 is guaranteed to win the Cup. The only other 6 and 8 seeds to even make it are Calgary in 2004 and Edmonton in 2006 (though more than a few 7 seeds have made it through to the finals, the most recent being Philadelphia in 2010). What intriguing underdog stories. Except not really. ( Coming Up: Simon Gagne cleared for Kings; imagining Lamoriello with the Rangers; why Shea Weber should win Norris; John Davidson and the Flames; Dominik Hasek's comeback; Zach Hamill traded for Chris Bourque; tampering by the Leafs?; Jamal Mayers and the Blackhawks; Stars move up for Alex Galchenyuk?; no Ryan O'Reilly talks yet; free Jets tickets controversy; Steve Yzerman's goalie chase; Adam Henrique's hero moment; and we're losing a great hockey joke in Cristobal Huet .)

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Arctic Ice Hockey: NHL Awards 2012: Arctic Ice Hockey Casts Selke Trophy Ballot

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:12:27 -0400

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For me, the Selke Trophy is both my favourite and least favourite award. No award is more misunderstood without some statistical clarification, but at the same time the number of metrics I'd need to look into for it is pretty large. The

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JetsNation: Nation Radio - May 26, 2012

Sun, 27 May 2012 14:12:25 -0400

Hands up anyone who picked an LAK/NJD Stanley Cup final heading into the season. Anyone? Bueller?

It's been an especially odd post-season, with favorites falling and previously apathetic fanbases awakening suddenly to their team's unexpected success. If the Kings win the cup, as they should, will that victory be met with a bang or a whimper in Los Angeles? To be fair to that city, it has been so long since their team enjoyed any notable success that they can be forgiven if they forgot about hockey for awhile.

Allan discussed this and a variety of other topics with Kent Wilson, David Staples, Kirk Luedeke and others on this week's show.

This is Nation Radio.

Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockey's First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #5

Sun, 27 May 2012 14:12:24 -0400

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the fifth overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Brian Burke: With the fifth overall selection in this years draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are pleased to

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Arctic Ice Hockey: Arctic Ice Hockey's First Annual NHL Mock Draft: Pick #4

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:42:27 -0400

In some instances, our analysis will require less insight than others *cough* *Edmonton* *cough*.

So without further adieu, we present our loyal readers with the fourth overall pick of Arctic Ice Hockey's 2012 Mock Draft.

Garth Snow: With the fourth overall selection in this years draft, the New York Islanders are

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Winnipeg Sun: Pasquale a hot prospect

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:27:23 -0400

Eddie Pasquale came into the season as a question mark and ends it as a legitimate prospect

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Yahoo! Sports: Canadiens hire Rick Dudley as assistant GM (The Associated Press)

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:27:33 -0400

MONTREAL (AP) The Montreal Canadiens will have two assistant general managers after hiring Rick Dudley on Friday.

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