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Flipping the (playoff) switch Print
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Written by Justin Bourne   
Friday, April 09, 2010 13:35
Flipping the (playoff) switch

For teams scrapping to grab a playoff seed or to climb into a better playoff position, each game already feels like playoffs.

The intensity is there, and your team realizes the importance of each shift. 

For coaches, their job is to have their team in top form.

This battle for positioning has a wonderful ...

 
Rebuild through the draft? No thanks. Print
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Written by Justin Bourne   
Friday, April 02, 2010 12:04
Rebuild through the draft? No thanks.

Brian Burke is a confident, talented man.

When he runs your franchise, you can be damn well sure that anything less than your best will not be tolerated, whether your office is in a cubicle or behind the net. The guy makes trades like he's running an NHL team on PlayStation 3.

When he became the Toronto Maple Le ...

 
Life of the eliminated Print
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Written by Justin Bourne   
Friday, March 26, 2010 13:37
Life of the eliminated

For what seems like the past 20 years, the New York Islanders have been eliminated from the playoffs before the spring could boast so much as a single bloom. Of course, it hasn't been 20 years (they made the post-season in 2006-‘07), but time drags when you aren't having any fun.

For a number of teams around the league &nd ...

 
Should Ovie tone it down? Can he? Print
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Written by Justin Bourne   
Monday, March 15, 2010 15:03
Should Ovie tone it down? Can he?

Does Alex Ovechkin play too reckless?

Should he tone it down? 

The hit he put on Brian Campbell of the Chicago Blackhawks may have the multi-million dollar defenseman on the shelf for the rest of the season, and has re-ignited the bi-we ...

 
Picking up the pieces of USA-Canada Print
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Written by Justin Bourne   
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 17:12
Picking up the pieces of USA-CanadaThe reaction to Canada’s loss to the United States has not fallen from its rank as the No. 1 topic of Canadian conversations just yet.

I just answered a Facebook message that started like this:

“Couldn't help but chime in some thoughts.... I'm trying to move on, but ...

 
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