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Welch is a second-round NHL draft pick, one widely touted as one of the best two-way defensemen college hockey has to offer—but he is also a Brighton native, a skater who took in his first Beanpot as a seven-year-old in the erstwhile Boston Garden, and he has wanted that tournament trophy ever since...
...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...
...Rabat Kladno, he scored 11 goals and made 17 assists in 17 games. (In November, he moved to Siberia's Avangard Omsk, sponsored by billionaire Roman Abramovich.) The transitions have not all been smooth. The European emphasis on elegant skating and fancy puck control, for example, has challenged some NHL players accustomed to North America's narrower rinks and more aggressive play. But many are relishing the experience. "The biggest thing is the ice surface; it gives you that much more time with the puck," says Rick Nash, the 20-year-old Columbus Blue Jackets' left-winger, currently with Switzerland...
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...