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Cox: Richards hit pushed many NHL GMs to act

David Booth

They don't have a name for it yet, but the Mike Richards Rule sounds about right.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Cox: NHL head hit rule coming next year

Marc Savard hit angers Bruins

A new rule doesn't necessarily always solve the problem. Sometimes it creates new ones, as the NHL has found in recent years.

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Perkins: Bruins in tenuous situation, and they know it

Nikolai Kulemin

The Boston Bruins might be a playoff team Wednesday morning, technically, but it looks kind of temporary if Tuesday’s Taylor Hall Sweepstakes is any indication.

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Cox: Concussion conundrum faces NHL executives

David Booth

The weekend concussion of Boston's Marc Savard from a head shot illustrates the complex issue on the table at the NHL GM meetings.

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Cox: Time is ripe to put restrictions on head shots

Time is ripe to put restrictions on head shots

Once again, NHL general managers have assembled at a Floridian beach resort to wrangle over a difficult and sometimes dangerous problem in the sport.

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Cox: Luongo and Miller joust for one last precious medal

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Today's battle for hockey gold features two goalies still trying to define their careers. The Americans believe Ryan Miller is their trump card.

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DiManno: C’mon, Mr. Commish, let’s get in the Games

Alexander Ovechkin had the right idea and the cojones to state it publicly, emphatically, long before this splendid Olympic hockey tournament began.

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Cox: Bring on the Americans

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Call it the Return to Salt Lake. Just as was the case the last time the Winter Olympics were held in North America, it will be Canada and the U.S. facing off in the men's hockey final, a surprise matchup to some degree but one filled with intrigue nonetheless.

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Cox: U.S. success solidifies status of Burke, Wilson

The Leaf Nation can rest easy. Apparently, Brian Burke does knows how to construct a strong hockey team. And Ron Wilson knows how to coach one.

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Cox: All that glitters is our gold

Cold comfort after hockey gold for Irwin, Agosta

Those hockey-playing Canadian women. Always making history. If anything, the country's dedication and affection for the sport of hockey has only been deepened and broadened by both the growth of the women's game over the past two decades and the success of the national women's program.

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Cox: Canada owns the rink with mauling of Russia

Corey Perry scores

Canada didn't just win its first Olympic hockey game against Russia in 50 years last night. It delivered a stunning performance.

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Cox: Canada-Russia: Bring it on

Canada off to the quarter-finals after beating Germany

It's been 50 years since Canada beat Russia in the Olympics, a streak that won't be easily ended tonight. One thing's for sure: the whole nation will be watching.

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