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Lundi, début de semaine
Frédéric Lord
Monday, 17 November 2008
Dustin Penner trop gros? Pour une deuxième fois en autant de matchs, l’ailier gauche des Oilers qui avait paraphé un contrat de 21,25 millions pour cinq ans devrait être rayé de l’alignement par son entraîneur Craig MacTavish. Ce dernier ne semble pas porter le colosse dans son coeur.
C’est Brian Burke qui doit être crampé.
He’s never been fit enough to help us,” said Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish. “We signed him to be a top-two line player and that’s kind of where it ended. The difference was we thought the contract was a starting point, and he’s viewed it as a finish line.
“It’s been one thing after another. I can’t watch it for - certainly not another two and-a-half years.”
Derick Brassard s’impose de plus en plus sur la planète LNH. Pas seulement grâce aux points qu’il accumule, mais à la façon dont il réplique à l’adversaire.
“It was the second time I got cross-checked by (Jokinen), so if I don’t do something, they’re going to do it all the time,” Brassard said. “(Friday) was the same thing. […]
Brassard, 21, has a mean streak that belies his Keanu Reeves looks.
On continue à suivre le périple parents-enfants des Sharks.
“The dads were on hand for the practice — most of them wearing jerseys with their name on the back, which certainly made job easier.
A few crowded onto the bench to get a closer look at their sons going through drills and Ed Vlasic had a video camera with him to record the whole thing.”
