Word: nhl
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...gave up in the early 1990s; in his view, the quality of the 14 teams in the Czech league slipped because all the best players were lured across the Atlantic by the higher salaries of North America's National Hockey League. But this season, thanks to an NHL salary dispute, much of the top talent is back - and so is Krejci, who has already attended more than 15 games. "They have brought the game to life," he says. "It's faster, rougher, more attractive." The NHL lockout announced on Sept. 15 has been devastating for the more than 730 players...
...gets pleasure from the day-to-day grind in Russia. If the NHL salary is the same as here, they'll all go back...
Major League Baseball’s off-season has evolved into the fifth major American sport. (Sorry, check that, the fourth—I nearly forgot that the NHL has ceased to exist.) For baseball fans, it’s also the second best. And this year’s off-season hasn’t disappointed—it’s been the wildest and most exciting shopping period since the advent of free agency in the 1970s...
HOCKEY What's that? The sport has been shut down all season because of the NHL lockout. The players' latest offer--wage cuts but no salary cap--was nixed by the league...
Grumet-Morris on the other hand, while tested more frequently than Howard, was aided by his six NHL draft pick defensemen, who again saw to it that congestion in front was minimal, breakaways were few and dangerous rebounds were virtually non-existent. The overwhelming majority of shots he faced were fired from just inside the blue line and beyond the faceoff circles, ensuring he would have a view of the shot and room to breathe when making his 39 saves...