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Woolsey: NHL fumbling in the dark on head shots

The NHL has been concussed once too often.

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Cox: Ovechkin, Crosby locked in duel for Rocket trophy

Alexlander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby fierce rivals

Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin and Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby are set to duel with Tampa sophomore Steven Stamkos for the Rocket Richard Trophy, awarded to the NHLer with the most goals, down the stretch.

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DiManno: Leafs can only drool over Tampa’s Stamkos

Steven Stamkos battles for puck with Kulemin

Tampa Bay is not quite in the same bracket of ineptitude, but unlike the Leafs, the Bolts have a couple of real gems amidst the paste of their lineup and, most especially in sophomore sensation Steve Stamkos, a nugget of franchise gold.

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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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