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Chorney article - http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...5a-ca301b59629e

Re-read what you wrote - "these kids are" not probably are, not might be, "these kids are". And the Canucks made it clear that there was no contract violation very quickly. But hey, you can't be bothered to read, you are too busy posting about something you are ignorant of that no one apparently is supposed to read and react to.

He did not violate his contract and his agent never discussed it with him. So maybe try reading some of the articles before making such a claim.

FYI, I finally finished getting my pictures from Portland online (4/26 US practice/fan skate, 4/27 US & Sweden morning skates & 4/27 US vs. Sweden exhibition game) and there are plenty of Greene, Parise and Stafford - http://pa.photoshelter.com/package-show/P00000JV46.WJfq8

FYI, all the pictorials from the weekend for Team USA/Sweden are up now: Saturday's US practice and fan skate http://www.uscho.com/pictorial.php/126 Sunday's US and Sweden morning skates http://www.uscho.com/pictorial.php/127 Sunday's game http://www.uscho.com/pictorial.php/128

Thank you FYI, finally got the pictorial uploaded - http://www.uscho.com/pictorial.php/120/

I know Oshie, Poolman and Hakstol, but can't recognize the other kid. Thanks.

You can see Fabian on NHL Network right now. They are showing ECHL Florida vs. Pensacola

Seeing as the number 1 goalie and the number 2 goalie are both freshmen, that's not a bad thing for BC. If the sophomore who played on the club team last year was in net, I'd worry.

Not sure what kind of work you are in, but since you are Boston-based you may want to see if you know a Flynn Fund donor. If I couldn't find a single available from a fellow fan, that's what I did as I know several between our Boston office and BC alum here in NY. Pike's Peak (hockey donors) membership doesn't help afaik (I am one), just the general athletic fund.

I've usually stayed at the Terrace Inn (Best Western) , which is down Comm Ave from BC and near a stop on the T. It'd be a decent walk (with a hill) plus Conte is on the other side of the campus. Here's the BC guide - the Holiday Inn is pretty close, iirc, and on the Conte side of the campus (not that that is much of a walk). Tickets are a PITA! BC's ticket policy is part of what made me start shooting "legitimately" rather than just as a fan as I didn't like the thought of making the trek from NYC w/o a guaranteed ticket. They have started selling tickets to some games online (apparently w/ a hefty fee), but I doubt your game would be included. Buy from UND. Your seats will definitely be on the UND bench side as parents are usually hanging around my area (BC has the benches on opposite sides of the ice).

By "board froze", I meant the auction current bid listing for the final two hours. I thought someone would have bid more on the Toews sweater in the final two hours.

Clearly I didn't read the rules well enough - didn't realize they went with your top bid as opposed to doing it like ebay. Really didn't expect to win all three pairs. Yikes. Surprised the Toews didn't go up at all after the board froze.

Thanks. That should do it.

They both wear all green? (It's graduated, not solid). Are their pad designs the same as well? I just wanted to cut down on the unidentifieds and not give y'all an easy mistake (since I always seem to have atleast one error on any UND gallery) to point out :-).

Which of the backup goalies wore a green mask with ND on the chin? I'm working on my F4 practice photos and I only seem to have one goalie other than Lamoureux. Thanks, -Melissa

Wow is all I can say about Toews after spending the playoff week in Sweden. I knew he was a good player, but not as good as I saw there, but more importantly - what a great kid. His public personality is amazing, both the more public interactions that I witnessed with his teammates, interactions with the press and especially with the fans. FYI, I finished putting up the pictorials from games/practices that the US and Canadian teams participated in. The list can be found here. As time permits I be adding the full takes of everything I shot (well other than the @#$%& files I accidentally deleted from the US/Canada game) to my personal site. -Melissa

FYI, Versus (new name for OLN) has "Stanley's Summer" or something like that following the Cup around on its player visits. It's on right now (6pm EST), but will be repeated.

Pictures from the first on-ice day for the Devils, September 15. Still need to get September 16 and 22 edited and online.

Doesn't necessarily mean anything, but Zajac was part of the public Devils' practice before their AHL game tonight (fundraiser). Parise did well playing the first half of the AHL game giving up one (Naumenko only gave up the winning shootout goal).

Players buy their own insurance. As Clem put it in an interview, he expects the cost of the insurance to be taken into account when they make their contract offer.

Zajac article

Hale is in camp unsigned. The Devils have cap issues. Brian Gionta, David Hale, Paul Martin and Scott Clemmensen are all unsigned (Eric Rasmussen might also belong in that list and maybe one other - the first 4 are the ones I care about) due to cap issues. They do still have a lot of D, but hopefully those 4 will be signed. I should get some pictures up from Friday's practices tonight or tomorrow night. Jordan Parise was part of both group 2 and group 3 as there are 5 goaltenders in camp. Groups 1 and 2 are a mix of Devils and babies while group 3 is guys headed for Lowell at best. I think he should make the Lowell squad with Naumenko going down to the E. He hasn't gotten a new mask yet, but at least he isn't clinging to past glory like Naumenko still using a Ducks mask. I don't mean to be mean, but that cup of coffee with Anaheim was in 2000-01 and he hasn't played for Cincinnati since 02-03.

This photographer was following Ray Whitney around for the day, but Commodore is in a few of the pictures.

He went to camp to show the coaches that he was serious about it, but he was injured when he went and wasn't going to go on the ice. My impression (I didn't take notes) was that he was there for a few days during the camp portion and then was sent home. I'm 99% sure he was gone before I got up there on Wednesday of the second week.