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Sabres C Connolly to have season-ending hip surgeryBy JOHN WAWROW. AP Sports Writer Buzz Up PrintBUFFALO. N. Y. (AP)—Sabres center Tim Connolly will undergo season-ending surgery to have bone chips removed from his hip. Buffalo general manager Darcy Regier said Connolly is scheduled to have surgery on Monday in Colorado. The procedure will be performed by hip specialist Dr. Marc Philipon who recently operated on Mike Sillinger and Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders. “It was a combination of the time it took to recover his inability to practice in between (games) and a rising level of pain,” Regier said Friday night during the Sabres game against Toronto. “We think he’ll be fine for the start of next season.” The injury has bothered Connolly for much of the past three months and he hoped to complete the season before having surgery. He missed 13 games from Jan. 10-Feb. 8 before returning to the lineup. The play-making center played in 14 of the next 16 games before aggravating the injury when he crashed heavily into the boards during Buffalo’s loss to the New York Rangers on March 10. Connolly hasn’t played since but with 40 points (seven goals. 33 assists) in 48 games he still ranks sixth on the Sabres in scoring. “We could certainly use him,” Regier said. “It’s what best for him and the organization.” The injury was the latest setback for Connolly who missed all but two regular-season games last season because of a neck injury and post-concussion symptoms. He also missed the entire 2003-04 season because of a concussion. Connolly has one year left on a three-year. $8.7 million contract and is scheduled to make $3.5 million next season CHARLOTTE. N. C. (AP)—Dale Jarrett on Tuesday called on Goodyear to listen carefully to Tony Stewart’s complaints about the tires the company has produced this season. Although some drivers believe Stewart went overboard in his criticism of Goodyear following Sunday’s race in Atlanta. Jarrett said the manufacturer needs to start constructing a better tire for Sprint Cup racing. “I have no problem with what Tony Stewart said. I’m a huge supporter of Goodyear and all that they have done over the years but somebody needs to wake up right now and listen to these guys,” said Jarrett the former series champion who is retiring following Sunday’s race in Bristol. Tenn. “We’re talking about race drivers that have a huge amount of talent and very seldom complain about things like that.” ADVERTISEMENT Stewart was livid with Goodyear all last weekend when he complained about a lack of grip on the hard tires the company sent to Atlanta. Following his second-place finish the two-time series champion said Goodyear gave him “the most pathetic racing tire I’ve ever been on in my professional career.” Goodyear has staunchly defended its product. But Tuesday. Texas Motor Speedway officials said Goodyear will not bring the Atlanta tire to its track for next month’s race. Atlanta and Texas are essentially sister tracks with identical layouts and the same 24 degree banking in the corners. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr were among the many drivers to echo Stewart’s complaints after the Atlanta race but a handful of drivers on Monday decided Stewart went too far. “I think he went a little overboard. He kind of made it personal,” Gordon the four-time series champion said. “We were all pretty out of control out there. I don’t disagree with him as far as the comfort level in the situation we were in. “But we have to look at all sides of this and try to give the folks that are doing their jobs the ability and constructive criticism to try to do it better.” Goodyear said in a statement Monday it was pleased it had no safety issues because of the hard compound it brought to combat Atlanta’s abrasive surface. Still the company promised to re-evaluate before returning to Atlanta in October. “Even though both Goodyear and NASCAR were satisfied with the tire’s performance in Atlanta if the drivers are not happy then Goodyear’s not happy,” the company said. “If they truly believe that they were satisfied with the way the race went … I’m more disappointed than ever,” Stewart said on Sirius Satellite Radio. “And I can’t believe that NASCAR at the end of the day is truly honestly happy with the results.” As the exclusive tire provider of NASCAR. Goodyear is not subjected to competition from other manufacturers. And NASCAR can’t allow other companies to enter the sport for risk of a “tire war” in which manufacturers are putting safety at risk while trying to develop a faster tire that teams will select. On Tuesday. Jarrett said he has gone to NASCAR before to urge the sanctioning body to mandate Goodyear develop separate tires for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. In using the same tire the rubber must be strong enough to withstand a significant amount of downforce in the Nationwide cars. “We can’t race the same tire on the Nationwide cars that is going to be any good for the Cup cars. That’s just plain and simple,” Jarrett said. “You’re not going to be able to put on a good show. These guys cannot drive these cars to the point of putting on a good race for the fans which is what our sport was built on. “So somebody is going to have to swallow their pride right now and we are going to have to have two separate tires done there.” Kyle Busch the current Cup and Truck Series points leader and winner of both series’ races in Atlanta also disliked the tires and said Tuesday he wants Goodyear to make different sets for the three different series. “You have to build a tire that’s different for all three vehicles or at least different for the Nationwide from the Cup car in order to be able to make everything work out right,” Busch said. “At Atlanta the tire was too hard for all three vehicles.” Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage is also lobbying NASCAR for a test at his track before its April 6 race in which Goodyear will use not the Atlanta tires but essentially the same compound it used last season. “Failing that we would encourage NASCAR to add practice time to the race weekend schedule to give teams a bit more time to get comfortable with this new car and tire combination,” Gossage said. “We hope after the Atlanta race that they will see the wisdom behind our suggestion.” 2 On Your Side’s Adam Benigni is at Sabres practice this morning and says Campbell appeared to be called back into the locker room when the rest of the team began practice. Sen. Charles Schumer. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with Bills owner about future February 13. 2008BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and state Sen. Charles Schumer will meet with Bills owner Ralph Wilson to explore ways to keep the team in Buffalo. With NFL approval. Wilson scheduled some Bills preseason and regular-season games at the 50,000-capacity Rogers Centre in Toronto. The decision has led to speculation that the franchise will one day move north. "Commissioner Goodell is committed to doing anything he and the league can to keep the Bills in Buffalo," Schumer. D-N. Y. said Wednesday after meeting with Goodell in Washington. The league approved the deal to send the Bills north for one game per season through 2012. They will also play three preseason games in Toronto during that period. The Toronto partners are Blue Jays owner Ted Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment which owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors. "Hey. I can't speculate what's going to happen in the future," Wilson said last week when asked about the Bills moving north. "But don't worry. Don't worry right now." Rep. Brian Higgins from also met with Goodell. In a letter to the commissioner. Higgins asked the league to consider amending its constitution to either allow full community ownership modeled after the Green Bay Packers whose fans bought the team before the NFL prohibited such arrangements or at least a minority stake. According to a website updated by his wife and the "Friends of Joe Ferguson" he is now in intensive care at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Here was the latest update as posted on the site: "Although still in ICU. Joe has made a small improvement this morning. He had a good night and is beginning to get some of his color back. He is still on the oxygen but both his blood pressure and heart rate are lower. Joe's blood count is still low but better than it was previously. Please continue with your prayers. God is good and He will hear us." BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- Ryan Miller had a good feeling Friday was going to be the night the Sabres ended their lengthy winless skid. The goalie even figured it could be a blowout. He couldn't have been more right. Drew Stafford and Derek Roy had hat tricks and Buffalo routed the Atlanta Thrashers 10-1 to end a 10-game stretch without a win. Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht each had a goal and two assists for the Sabres who got off to a fast start with four goals in the first period. It was Stafford's first three-goal game and he also had two assists for a career-high five points while Roy registered his third career hat trick and added an assist. "I said. 'You know it's just going to have to be one of those games where everybody's clicking and we win something ridiculous like 7-1,"' Miller said. "Even my one-cent prediction got blown away." And how. Buffalo which came within two games of tying a franchise-record 12-game winless stretch set in 1991 and matched in 2002 scored its most goals since a 10-1 win over Los Angeles in Jan. 2006. That was also the last time two Sabres players had hat tricks in the same game for the first time since Jason Pominville and Hecht did so against the Kings. "It doesn't happen often scoring 10 goals in a game," Roy said. "I think everybody was anxious to get out there and contribute." Daniel Paille and Ales Kotalik also scored for the Sabres who won for the first time since a 6-5 shootout victory over Philadelphia on Dec. 22. They had scored just 16 times during their 10-game winless stretch. "We weren't trying to do anything fancy we were just trying to outwork them," Stafford said. "It feels good to finally win." Colin Stuart scored for Atlanta which was playing 24 hours after losing in a shootout to Montreal. The loss coupled with Carolina's win over Edmonton on Friday dropped the Thrashers out of first place in the Southeast Division. Atlanta goalie Johan Hedberg allowed four goals on 11 shots before being pulled 12:41 into the game. Kari Lehtonen gave up three more goals on 21 shots through the second period before Hedberg returned for the third. He finished with 21 saves overall. "It's our most embarrassing loss in a long long time," captain Bobby Holik said. "I don't think the team needs losses like this to learn from." The Sabres followed their four-goal first with three more in the second. They also netted three goals on the power play overall the first time in six games they were able to convert with the man advantage. Paille scored just 1:54 in and Stafford made it 2-0 at 5:14. Roy returning after a four-game absence because of a shoulder injury capped the Sabres' opening-period barrage with two goals in under a 4-minute span. After pumping 16 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes the Sabres followed with another 16 in the second with Hecht. Roy and Vanek each scoring. Stafford made it 8-1 8 minutes into the third then completed his three-goal night with his 11th of the year at 11:38. Kotalik capped the scoring with a power-play goal with 2:18 left in the third after Thrashers forward Eric Boulton picked up 29 minutes in penalties when he instigated a scrum involving Hecht at 12:49. The Sabres will play their next seven games on the road. ... Hedberg made his first start in five games and just his eighth appearance in the past 25 games. ... Atlanta LW Brad Larsen (groin) missed his third game. ... Lehtonen was yanked after allowing five goals in 40 minutes in Buffalo's 6-0 win over Atlanta in October. ... Buffalo defenseman Dmitri Kalinin added three assists his first points since the season opener. ... Atlanta LW Ilya Kovalchuk was held without a point for the second straight game after an 10-game point streak.

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Sabres C Connolly to have season-ending hip surgeryBy JOHN WAWROW. AP Sports Writer Buzz Up PrintBUFFALO. N. Y. (AP)—Sabres center Tim Connolly will undergo season-ending surgery to have bone chips removed from his hip. Buffalo general manager Darcy Regier said Connolly is scheduled to have surgery on Monday in Colorado. The procedure will be performed by hip specialist Dr. Marc Philipon who recently operated on Mike Sillinger and Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders. “It was a combination of the time it took to recover his inability to practice in between (games) and a rising level of pain,” Regier said Friday night during the Sabres game against Toronto. “We think he’ll be fine for the start of next season.” The injury has bothered Connolly for much of the past three months and he hoped to complete the season before having surgery. He missed 13 games from Jan. 10-Feb. 8 before returning to the lineup. The play-making center played in 14 of the next 16 games before aggravating the injury when he crashed heavily into the boards during Buffalo’s loss to the New York Rangers on March 10. Connolly hasn’t played since but with 40 points (seven goals. 33 assists) in 48 games he still ranks sixth on the Sabres in scoring. “We could certainly use him,” Regier said. “It’s what best for him and the organization.” The injury was the latest setback for Connolly who missed all but two regular-season games last season because of a neck injury and post-concussion symptoms. He also missed the entire 2003-04 season because of a concussion. Connolly has one year left on a three-year. $8.7 million contract and is scheduled to make $3.5 million next season CHARLOTTE. N. C. (AP)—Dale Jarrett on Tuesday called on Goodyear to listen carefully to Tony Stewart’s complaints about the tires the company has produced this season. Although some drivers believe Stewart went overboard in his criticism of Goodyear following Sunday’s race in Atlanta. Jarrett said the manufacturer needs to start constructing a better tire for Sprint Cup racing. “I have no problem with what Tony Stewart said. I’m a huge supporter of Goodyear and all that they have done over the years but somebody needs to wake up right now and listen to these guys,” said Jarrett the former series champion who is retiring following Sunday’s race in Bristol. Tenn. “We’re talking about race drivers that have a huge amount of talent and very seldom complain about things like that.” ADVERTISEMENT Stewart was livid with Goodyear all last weekend when he complained about a lack of grip on the hard tires the company sent to Atlanta. Following his second-place finish the two-time series champion said Goodyear gave him “the most pathetic racing tire I’ve ever been on in my professional career.” Goodyear has staunchly defended its product. But Tuesday. Texas Motor Speedway officials said Goodyear will not bring the Atlanta tire to its track for next month’s race. Atlanta and Texas are essentially sister tracks with identical layouts and the same 24 degree banking in the corners. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr were among the many drivers to echo Stewart’s complaints after the Atlanta race but a handful of drivers on Monday decided Stewart went too far. “I think he went a little overboard. He kind of made it personal,” Gordon the four-time series champion said. “We were all pretty out of control out there. I don’t disagree with him as far as the comfort level in the situation we were in. “But we have to look at all sides of this and try to give the folks that are doing their jobs the ability and constructive criticism to try to do it better.” Goodyear said in a statement Monday it was pleased it had no safety issues because of the hard compound it brought to combat Atlanta’s abrasive surface. Still the company promised to re-evaluate before returning to Atlanta in October. “Even though both Goodyear and NASCAR were satisfied with the tire’s performance in Atlanta if the drivers are not happy then Goodyear’s not happy,” the company said. “If they truly believe that they were satisfied with the way the race went … I’m more disappointed than ever,” Stewart said on Sirius Satellite Radio. “And I can’t believe that NASCAR at the end of the day is truly honestly happy with the results.” As the exclusive tire provider of NASCAR. Goodyear is not subjected to competition from other manufacturers. And NASCAR can’t allow other companies to enter the sport for risk of a “tire war” in which manufacturers are putting safety at risk while trying to develop a faster tire that teams will select. On Tuesday. Jarrett said he has gone to NASCAR before to urge the sanctioning body to mandate Goodyear develop separate tires for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. In using the same tire the rubber must be strong enough to withstand a significant amount of downforce in the Nationwide cars. “We can’t race the same tire on the Nationwide cars that is going to be any good for the Cup cars. That’s just plain and simple,” Jarrett said. “You’re not going to be able to put on a good show. These guys cannot drive these cars to the point of putting on a good race for the fans which is what our sport was built on. “So somebody is going to have to swallow their pride right now and we are going to have to have two separate tires done there.” Kyle Busch the current Cup and Truck Series points leader and winner of both series’ races in Atlanta also disliked the tires and said Tuesday he wants Goodyear to make different sets for the three different series. “You have to build a tire that’s different for all three vehicles or at least different for the Nationwide from the Cup car in order to be able to make everything work out right,” Busch said. “At Atlanta the tire was too hard for all three vehicles.” Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage is also lobbying NASCAR for a test at his track before its April 6 race in which Goodyear will use not the Atlanta tires but essentially the same compound it used last season. “Failing that we would encourage NASCAR to add practice time to the race weekend schedule to give teams a bit more time to get comfortable with this new car and tire combination,” Gossage said. “We hope after the Atlanta race that they will see the wisdom behind our suggestion.” 2 On Your Side’s Adam Benigni is at Sabres practice this morning and says Campbell appeared to be called back into the locker room when the rest of the team began practice. Sen. Charles Schumer. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with Bills owner about future February 13. 2008BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and state Sen. Charles Schumer will meet with Bills owner Ralph Wilson to explore ways to keep the team in Buffalo. With NFL approval. Wilson scheduled some Bills preseason and regular-season games at the 50,000-capacity Rogers Centre in Toronto. The decision has led to speculation that the franchise will one day move north. "Commissioner Goodell is committed to doing anything he and the league can to keep the Bills in Buffalo," Schumer. D-N. Y. said Wednesday after meeting with Goodell in Washington. The league approved the deal to send the Bills north for one game per season through 2012. They will also play three preseason games in Toronto during that period. The Toronto partners are Blue Jays owner Ted Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment which owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors. "Hey. I can't speculate what's going to happen in the future," Wilson said last week when asked about the Bills moving north. "But don't worry. Don't worry right now." Rep. Brian Higgins from also met with Goodell. In a letter to the commissioner. Higgins asked the league to consider amending its constitution to either allow full community ownership modeled after the Green Bay Packers whose fans bought the team before the NFL prohibited such arrangements or at least a minority stake. According to a website updated by his wife and the "Friends of Joe Ferguson" he is now in intensive care at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Here was the latest update as posted on the site: "Although still in ICU. Joe has made a small improvement this morning. He had a good night and is beginning to get some of his color back. He is still on the oxygen but both his blood pressure and heart rate are lower. Joe's blood count is still low but better than it was previously. Please continue with your prayers. God is good and He will hear us." BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- Ryan Miller had a good feeling Friday was going to be the night the Sabres ended their lengthy winless skid. The goalie even figured it could be a blowout. He couldn't have been more right. Drew Stafford and Derek Roy had hat tricks and Buffalo routed the Atlanta Thrashers 10-1 to end a 10-game stretch without a win. Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht each had a goal and two assists for the Sabres who got off to a fast start with four goals in the first period. It was Stafford's first three-goal game and he also had two assists for a career-high five points while Roy registered his third career hat trick and added an assist. "I said. 'You know it's just going to have to be one of those games where everybody's clicking and we win something ridiculous like 7-1,"' Miller said. "Even my one-cent prediction got blown away." And how. Buffalo which came within two games of tying a franchise-record 12-game winless stretch set in 1991 and matched in 2002 scored its most goals since a 10-1 win over Los Angeles in Jan. 2006. That was also the last time two Sabres players had hat tricks in the same game for the first time since Jason Pominville and Hecht did so against the Kings. "It doesn't happen often scoring 10 goals in a game," Roy said. "I think everybody was anxious to get out there and contribute." Daniel Paille and Ales Kotalik also scored for the Sabres who won for the first time since a 6-5 shootout victory over Philadelphia on Dec. 22. They had scored just 16 times during their 10-game winless stretch. "We weren't trying to do anything fancy we were just trying to outwork them," Stafford said. "It feels good to finally win." Colin Stuart scored for Atlanta which was playing 24 hours after losing in a shootout to Montreal. The loss coupled with Carolina's win over Edmonton on Friday dropped the Thrashers out of first place in the Southeast Division. Atlanta goalie Johan Hedberg allowed four goals on 11 shots before being pulled 12:41 into the game. Kari Lehtonen gave up three more goals on 21 shots through the second period before Hedberg returned for the third. He finished with 21 saves overall. "It's our most embarrassing loss in a long long time," captain Bobby Holik said. "I don't think the team needs losses like this to learn from." The Sabres followed their four-goal first with three more in the second. They also netted three goals on the power play overall the first time in six games they were able to convert with the man advantage. Paille scored just 1:54 in and Stafford made it 2-0 at 5:14. Roy returning after a four-game absence because of a shoulder injury capped the Sabres' opening-period barrage with two goals in under a 4-minute span. After pumping 16 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes the Sabres followed with another 16 in the second with Hecht. Roy and Vanek each scoring. Stafford made it 8-1 8 minutes into the third then completed his three-goal night with his 11th of the year at 11:38. Kotalik capped the scoring with a power-play goal with 2:18 left in the third after Thrashers forward Eric Boulton picked up 29 minutes in penalties when he instigated a scrum involving Hecht at 12:49. The Sabres will play their next seven games on the road. ... Hedberg made his first start in five games and just his eighth appearance in the past 25 games. ... Atlanta LW Brad Larsen (groin) missed his third game. ... Lehtonen was yanked after allowing five goals in 40 minutes in Buffalo's 6-0 win over Atlanta in October. ... Buffalo defenseman Dmitri Kalinin added three assists his first points since the season opener. ... Atlanta LW Ilya Kovalchuk was held without a point for the second straight game after an 10-game point streak.

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Sabres C Connolly to have season-ending hip surgeryBy JOHN WAWROW. AP Sports Writer Buzz Up PrintBUFFALO. N. Y. (AP)—Sabres center Tim Connolly will undergo season-ending surgery to have bone chips removed from his hip. Buffalo general manager Darcy Regier said Connolly is scheduled to have surgery on Monday in Colorado. The procedure will be performed by hip specialist Dr. Marc Philipon who recently operated on Mike Sillinger and Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders. “It was a combination of the time it took to recover his inability to practice in between (games) and a rising level of pain,” Regier said Friday night during the Sabres game against Toronto. “We think he’ll be fine for the start of next season.” The injury has bothered Connolly for much of the past three months and he hoped to complete the season before having surgery. He missed 13 games from Jan. 10-Feb. 8 before returning to the lineup. The play-making center played in 14 of the next 16 games before aggravating the injury when he crashed heavily into the boards during Buffalo’s loss to the New York Rangers on March 10. Connolly hasn’t played since but with 40 points (seven goals. 33 assists) in 48 games he still ranks sixth on the Sabres in scoring. “We could certainly use him,” Regier said. “It’s what best for him and the organization.” The injury was the latest setback for Connolly who missed all but two regular-season games last season because of a neck injury and post-concussion symptoms. He also missed the entire 2003-04 season because of a concussion. Connolly has one year left on a three-year. $8.7 million contract and is scheduled to make $3.5 million next season CHARLOTTE. N. C. (AP)—Dale Jarrett on Tuesday called on Goodyear to listen carefully to Tony Stewart’s complaints about the tires the company has produced this season. Although some drivers believe Stewart went overboard in his criticism of Goodyear following Sunday’s race in Atlanta. Jarrett said the manufacturer needs to start constructing a better tire for Sprint Cup racing. “I have no problem with what Tony Stewart said. I’m a huge supporter of Goodyear and all that they have done over the years but somebody needs to wake up right now and listen to these guys,” said Jarrett the former series champion who is retiring following Sunday’s race in Bristol. Tenn. “We’re talking about race drivers that have a huge amount of talent and very seldom complain about things like that.” ADVERTISEMENT Stewart was livid with Goodyear all last weekend when he complained about a lack of grip on the hard tires the company sent to Atlanta. Following his second-place finish the two-time series champion said Goodyear gave him “the most pathetic racing tire I’ve ever been on in my professional career.” Goodyear has staunchly defended its product. But Tuesday. Texas Motor Speedway officials said Goodyear will not bring the Atlanta tire to its track for next month’s race. Atlanta and Texas are essentially sister tracks with identical layouts and the same 24 degree banking in the corners. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr were among the many drivers to echo Stewart’s complaints after the Atlanta race but a handful of drivers on Monday decided Stewart went too far. “I think he went a little overboard. He kind of made it personal,” Gordon the four-time series champion said. “We were all pretty out of control out there. I don’t disagree with him as far as the comfort level in the situation we were in. “But we have to look at all sides of this and try to give the folks that are doing their jobs the ability and constructive criticism to try to do it better.” Goodyear said in a statement Monday it was pleased it had no safety issues because of the hard compound it brought to combat Atlanta’s abrasive surface. Still the company promised to re-evaluate before returning to Atlanta in October. “Even though both Goodyear and NASCAR were satisfied with the tire’s performance in Atlanta if the drivers are not happy then Goodyear’s not happy,” the company said. “If they truly believe that they were satisfied with the way the race went … I’m more disappointed than ever,” Stewart said on Sirius Satellite Radio. “And I can’t believe that NASCAR at the end of the day is truly honestly happy with the results.” As the exclusive tire provider of NASCAR. Goodyear is not subjected to competition from other manufacturers. And NASCAR can’t allow other companies to enter the sport for risk of a “tire war” in which manufacturers are putting safety at risk while trying to develop a faster tire that teams will select. On Tuesday. Jarrett said he has gone to NASCAR before to urge the sanctioning body to mandate Goodyear develop separate tires for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. In using the same tire the rubber must be strong enough to withstand a significant amount of downforce in the Nationwide cars. “We can’t race the same tire on the Nationwide cars that is going to be any good for the Cup cars. That’s just plain and simple,” Jarrett said. “You’re not going to be able to put on a good show. These guys cannot drive these cars to the point of putting on a good race for the fans which is what our sport was built on. “So somebody is going to have to swallow their pride right now and we are going to have to have two separate tires done there.” Kyle Busch the current Cup and Truck Series points leader and winner of both series’ races in Atlanta also disliked the tires and said Tuesday he wants Goodyear to make different sets for the three different series. “You have to build a tire that’s different for all three vehicles or at least different for the Nationwide from the Cup car in order to be able to make everything work out right,” Busch said. “At Atlanta the tire was too hard for all three vehicles.” Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage is also lobbying NASCAR for a test at his track before its April 6 race in which Goodyear will use not the Atlanta tires but essentially the same compound it used last season. “Failing that we would encourage NASCAR to add practice time to the race weekend schedule to give teams a bit more time to get comfortable with this new car and tire combination,” Gossage said. “We hope after the Atlanta race that they will see the wisdom behind our suggestion.” 2 On Your Side’s Adam Benigni is at Sabres practice this morning and says Campbell appeared to be called back into the locker room when the rest of the team began practice. Sen. Charles Schumer. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with Bills owner about future February 13. 2008BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and state Sen. Charles Schumer will meet with Bills owner Ralph Wilson to explore ways to keep the team in Buffalo. With NFL approval. Wilson scheduled some Bills preseason and regular-season games at the 50,000-capacity Rogers Centre in Toronto. The decision has led to speculation that the franchise will one day move north. "Commissioner Goodell is committed to doing anything he and the league can to keep the Bills in Buffalo," Schumer. D-N. Y. said Wednesday after meeting with Goodell in Washington. The league approved the deal to send the Bills north for one game per season through 2012. They will also play three preseason games in Toronto during that period. The Toronto partners are Blue Jays owner Ted Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment which owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors. "Hey. I can't speculate what's going to happen in the future," Wilson said last week when asked about the Bills moving north. "But don't worry. Don't worry right now." Rep. Brian Higgins from also met with Goodell. In a letter to the commissioner. Higgins asked the league to consider amending its constitution to either allow full community ownership modeled after the Green Bay Packers whose fans bought the team before the NFL prohibited such arrangements or at least a minority stake. According to a website updated by his wife and the "Friends of Joe Ferguson" he is now in intensive care at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Here was the latest update as posted on the site: "Although still in ICU. Joe has made a small improvement this morning. He had a good night and is beginning to get some of his color back. He is still on the oxygen but both his blood pressure and heart rate are lower. Joe's blood count is still low but better than it was previously. Please continue with your prayers. God is good and He will hear us." BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) -- Ryan Miller had a good feeling Friday was going to be the night the Sabres ended their lengthy winless skid. The goalie even figured it could be a blowout. He couldn't have been more right. Drew Stafford and Derek Roy had hat tricks and Buffalo routed the Atlanta Thrashers 10-1 to end a 10-game stretch without a win. Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht each had a goal and two assists for the Sabres who got off to a fast start with four goals in the first period. It was Stafford's first three-goal game and he also had two assists for a career-high five points while Roy registered his third career hat trick and added an assist. "I said. 'You know it's just going to have to be one of those games where everybody's clicking and we win something ridiculous like 7-1,"' Miller said. "Even my one-cent prediction got blown away." And how. Buffalo which came within two games of tying a franchise-record 12-game winless stretch set in 1991 and matched in 2002 scored its most goals since a 10-1 win over Los Angeles in Jan. 2006. That was also the last time two Sabres players had hat tricks in the same game for the first time since Jason Pominville and Hecht did so against the Kings. "It doesn't happen often scoring 10 goals in a game," Roy said. "I think everybody was anxious to get out there and contribute." Daniel Paille and Ales Kotalik also scored for the Sabres who won for the first time since a 6-5 shootout victory over Philadelphia on Dec. 22. They had scored just 16 times during their 10-game winless stretch. "We weren't trying to do anything fancy we were just trying to outwork them," Stafford said. "It feels good to finally win." Colin Stuart scored for Atlanta which was playing 24 hours after losing in a shootout to Montreal. The loss coupled with Carolina's win over Edmonton on Friday dropped the Thrashers out of first place in the Southeast Division. Atlanta goalie Johan Hedberg allowed four goals on 11 shots before being pulled 12:41 into the game. Kari Lehtonen gave up three more goals on 21 shots through the second period before Hedberg returned for the third. He finished with 21 saves overall. "It's our most embarrassing loss in a long long time," captain Bobby Holik said. "I don't think the team needs losses like this to learn from." The Sabres followed their four-goal first with three more in the second. They also netted three goals on the power play overall the first time in six games they were able to convert with the man advantage. Paille scored just 1:54 in and Stafford made it 2-0 at 5:14. Roy returning after a four-game absence because of a shoulder injury capped the Sabres' opening-period barrage with two goals in under a 4-minute span. After pumping 16 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes the Sabres followed with another 16 in the second with Hecht. Roy and Vanek each scoring. Stafford made it 8-1 8 minutes into the third then completed his three-goal night with his 11th of the year at 11:38. Kotalik capped the scoring with a power-play goal with 2:18 left in the third after Thrashers forward Eric Boulton picked up 29 minutes in penalties when he instigated a scrum involving Hecht at 12:49. The Sabres will play their next seven games on the road. ... Hedberg made his first start in five games and just his eighth appearance in the past 25 games. ... Atlanta LW Brad Larsen (groin) missed his third game. ... Lehtonen was yanked after allowing five goals in 40 minutes in Buffalo's 6-0 win over Atlanta in October. ... Buffalo defenseman Dmitri Kalinin added three assists his first points since the season opener. ... Atlanta LW Ilya Kovalchuk was held without a point for the second straight game after an 10-game point streak.

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got in the lay of a fight. I don't want to have to pay consequences desire that. Thankfully this is an online fisticuff of sorts and my teeth are in no immediate danger. But my express often subdued and not as vivaciously opinionated as others usually takes the lay road. As I'm wont to do now. I can't say that I agree with everything RudyKelly says in fact. I'm not sure that I agree at all. Hockey to me has always been associated with Canadians and Europeans (in a general sense). It's the equivalent of American Baseball - the national feature the heart the "favorite pastime" of Canada. (Speaking personally. I've never honestly cared for baseball. I've tried jumping on the Angels bandwagon a few times and I just never cut in like.)That's the thing about this game - I don't see it necessarily as "Canadian" or "American". I see it as "mine". Now before any Canadians go away to bristle that I an American girl born and raised in Southern California without so much as a millimeter's exposure to "real snow" would act to affirm hockey as my own let me inform. No one else in my family cares about hockey. I've spent alone in my fandom developing a like for the game little by little. I stumbled across the sport via the Disney movies the cartoon hoopla and ultimately the basic local coverage provided by KCAL9. Thirteen is an obsessive age for girls and maybe that's what propelled me to sit prior to the every-house-has-internet days and meticulously pencil out who was on the team what position they played what jersey number was on their back. I wrote fan letters to Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne (so for those of you wondering. not much has changed in 11 years of fandom). I collected cards though I had (and still have) no knowledge of separate worth or whatever. It was then that I started collecting pucks. I insisted on purchasing the after every regular season game in order to keep track of how my aggroup was doing. I clipped stories highlighted key phrases and put together a scrapbook from that first run at the Cup that I still undergo locked away in my storage unit!I loved the game and my aggroup passionately and totally. You can't say that it isn't love when I trodded to my local public library to borrow books on the game. Anything that would help me understand how the bet was played the rules and regulations the positions and penalties. In the hockeywasteland of California. I had to actively desire to hit the books the game proactively examine for a way to cater the need. Over the years my love for the feature has expanded and deepened. I've grown to acknowledge all aspects of the game grown to respect all kinds of players and all kinds of teams. No one taught me the game no one took my hand and walked me through showing me the wonders of all things hockey. It was brought to me by chance in a market deemed "non-traditional" for the feature. And it was left entirely up to me what I would do with the bet. To love or to forsake?The sport has room to change and a potential audience that would fall in like with it if only they Canada has had a desire passionate affair with the feature. They ordain love it forever and in my mind it ordain forever be theirs. I would never want to take that from them. But it's more about sharing the wealth promoting the feature as it was meant to be played: roughhousing and stylistic beauty paired together on ice. (FYI: Roughhousing does not include attempts to bodily harm another player... Chris Simon). But I too undergo a desire passionate affair with the bet. Self-established not given to me as a birthright but taken in as an adoption. I've argued with others about the relevance of American hockey stood up against the bemock the game gets here (I convey really how many times do I have to comprehend. "Who cares about hockey?" only to emit back. "Me! I do!") and I've entangle the heartache that comes when your aggroup comes thisclose to victory and loses it (Stanley Cup Finals Game 7. 2003) as well as the exultation that comes when your aggroup emerges victorious (Stanley Cup Finals bet 5. 2007). You lucky Canadians don't undergo to argue your love of the game but those of us here in the "non-traditional hockey underbelly" often do. Tell me how many times someone has told I did that. Stanley Cup Finals Game 6. 2003 at the Las Vegas ESPN Zone when I watched my Captain get K. O.'d on a compete by the Devils' Scott Stevens and it was not accompanied by any choose of reaction around me. People thought I lost my mind when I jumped to my feet and called the one person on the planet that I knew was watching the bet at that time. And tell me how much ridicule you had to allow when your team won the Cup and then was told by other fans that they didn't be it because it wouldn't be "properly appreciated" - citing the fact that the Ducks held a Heh you may also inform out that not every Canadian is gung-ho on hockey. The idea that every single Canadian sits around watching hockey every measure it's on is silly -- not that I accept you think that's the case. But many people do. In fact the number of die-hard fans in Canada is probably only slightly higher per capita than in the States. The simple truth is that hockey here is desire football or baseball there -- exactly as you said. How many populate do you experience that sit and check every football game? Not that many. I'll bet.. or at least not anywhere near the number of people you know that will be tuning into the Superbowl. And that's just it. Hockey fervor comes and goes. As the playoffs come 'round the culture buzzes all the louder. But year-round populate just keep tabs on things mostly by asking those who go closely. So though some Canadians would say you have less right to the bet. I would suggest that you undergo more alter to it than 80%-90% of Canadians. How's that for ceding fasten? :D "express me how many times you've had to label multiple sports bars ahead of time to find out if the game was on - and when you said "the hockey game" they told you they wouldn't be playing any hockey games."I've had friends of exploit from here in BC say the same thing when they went to a bar in the States. For sure we (or I) don't like the game more than you personally do. I was offended by Rudy's piece because it was do by IMO. And I didn't appreciate the stupid stereotypical jokes. It's ludicrous to accuse Canada for the failure of hockey in the States. Great affix. I really enjoyed it and good on ya for loving the best sport on the planet! Brava. Finny! Bravissima! Great post. Even here in a pretty solid hockey merchandise of the greater NYC area. I've experienced a lot of the same problems you undergo. I especially feel your pain on the Cup rally lie (although I will criticise that your Ducks somehow spun it so that the word "parking lot" isn't mentioned as frequently as it is in NJ. :P). Nebcanuck thank you for saying what I've been thinking. I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with some really great Canadians. My first thought is always. "Yay. I'll finally undergo someone to talk hockey with!" And every measure they turn out to be one of those many many many Canadians who don't compassionate about hockey any more than 90% of the Americans I experience who don't care about football. This is a debate that would be come up served to always mouth with the caveat that we're talking about Canadians Who desire Hockey and Americans Who Care About the bet not all Canadians and all Americans. *deep breath* okay here we go:bethany: you're welcome and i heart you. I know what you mean about feeling like a 'lesser fan' nebcanuck: you're absolutely alter about the football/baseball thing. I don't know too many die-hards that watch every bet or anything. desire any sport playoffs always acquire everyone's attention and thanks for that ground btw. :)zanstorm: yeah it doesn't affect me that your BC friends had trouble locating a game stateside... I'm glad you liked hte post too and saw that I was trying to come the whole thing as a lover of the game. And I understand why RudyKelly's post would've struck a nerve. I just found the argument interesting so I wanted to communicate it kristin: convey you for the support. I was hoping to get that message across.. and yes we've all had to do something like sit alone in a sports bar watching it. Prior to last season? I used to GO to games ALONE. What a sad picture eh?tracy: aww chills!!!! I Great affix!I be in the deep South where NASCAR and college football are king in a city where there is no NHL and in a county where the local government had to be convinced that keeping our ECHL team was a good idea. It's depressing (to say the least) on its own but when people go away bickering over who "owns" hockey who has the "right" to apply it or what makes one a "bigger" fan it makes me be to scream. All photographs used are property of the Associated Press the Canadian Press. Getty Images or in some cases personal property unless otherwise noted.

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The best bet out of this group is the Thrashers puck line. The Blues and Coyotes are worth about the same size bet at these prices. Atlanta Thrashers +1.5 (-180)% of Bankroll: 5%St. Louis Blues +1.5 (-240)% of Bankroll: 3.35%Phoenix Coyotes +1.5 (-175)% of Bankroll: 3.19% Toronto Maple Leafs / Tampa Bay Lightning OVER 1.5 (-130) 1st Period% of Bankroll: 1.11% This period total is a bit undervalued. You don’t however want to bet it at anything worse than -130. I was able to bet this at -105 but you’re not going to find that anywhere anymore. I’d bet this as if the fair value is -130. As such prices like -115 and -120 comfort have value. UPDATE: If you have them available to you there is also some value with this alternate puck line: Washington +1.5 (-300). XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong> : Looks like the “cutoff time” has changed for some; I’ll remove the stale ones now.

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First off sorry about the desire measure between posts. bring home the bacon for me has gotten work and my kids' sports schedules undergo been crazy lately. I promise a more regular posting schedule once the season gets going again in less than 3 weeks. Training camp starts today and it sounds like 2 roster spots are available for the youngsters. be for James Sheppard. Benny Pouliot. Petr Kalus and former Gopher (*) Danny Irmen to battle for the spots. Personally I'm hoping Kalus and Sheppard make it but with Lemaire anything is possible.(*) I'm trying real hard not to let this cloud my judgment. Those new to this communicate will go to realize that I'm not the biggest fan of the UM-Twin Cities aggroup. why not? why the gopher hate? is it because they are the yankees of college hockey? or is it they win/disappoint too much? Don't fault danny irmen he's just a kid from north dakota. He doesn't experience any exceed (I convey he should!). In that situation. I can see how it's a toss up between spending a few years in Grand Forks or Minneapolis. He would've been great playing for the Sioux.

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Martin Brodeur is one of the best goalies of all measure. He is a three-time Vezina Trophy winner and well on his way to a Hall of Fame go where he might retire the all measure wins and shutouts leader. However he is a contreversial figure when looked at from a. It is often hard to. It is the most aggroup dependent statistics of wins and shutouts where Brodeur has most excelled throughout his go and some years he has not been among the unify leaders in the somewhat more team independent measure of saves percentage (which is still aggroup dependent because of ). So how good is Martin Brodeur? This controversy gets discussed in my posts and comments and. If we look at him using the which is originated by we can begin to get an idea. Here is Martin Brodeur's career in terms of goals saved: Since goals saved is not a normal statistic it is likely necessary to think about what these numbers convey. The number of goals saved a goalie has is the be of goals he would undergo saved relative to the add up goalie in the league that season if he played on the average team. Thus a goalie with adjust goals saved is an add up NHL goalie. There is plenty of value to being an average NHL goalie so a season with zero goals saved is not a bad season. One problem with the number is that it is compared to the add up that toughen which tends to resize it from one toughen to the next and it is often helpful to act in object what the league leader did that year as a reference point. Form looking at these numbers we see that Brodeur was the person who should have won the Vezina last season according to goals saved (and ). It is the only Vezina he ever deserved. He won in 2003 and 2004 with above add up seasons that were well behind Marty Turco and Roberto Luongo respectively. Several Martin Brodeur accomplishments are not measured at all with this analysis. His playoff preserve is not measured and he has an accomplished playoff preserve. Brodeur has won three Stanley Cups with the New Jersey Devils. He led the playoffs in goals against add up three times and in shutouts three times. He has the beat set of playoff numbers in recent history (at least since Patrick Roy). His international success is also not measured. He has been Canada's be one goalie in the measure two Olympiads with one gold medal win where he led the Olympics in goals against add up. None of this is taken into be and all of it is an important part of Martin Brodeur's legacy. The goals saved statistic is flawed because it does not act into be shot quality. Brodeur has consistently faced very low quality shots. New Jersey has consistently been a very good defensive aggroup and played a very strong defensive system. Through much of his tenure he played behind and. If Brodeur faces weaker than average shot quality then his goals saved numbers will be inflated. This is a common criticism of Brodeur and his legacy. The goals saved statistic is also flawed because it does not take into be plays where a goalie is involved where no shot on goal is registered. In Brodeur's inspect this is particularly true of dump-ins. Martin Brodeur is often regarded as the beat puckhandling goalie in the NHL today and adds a lot of his value to his team by fielding dumpins before they become scoring chances. This was particularly adjust under the pre-lockout NHL rules where there was no prevention of goalies playing the puck outside the trapezoid behind the goal. Shot quality data does not exist before the 2002/03 season and dump-in statistics do not exist at all so it is hard to quantify any of this. It is certainly possible (though hard to verify) that Brodeur really was much more of a Vezina Trophy candidate in 2003 and 2004 than goals saved tell us because of his puckhandling ability however this difference would have to be larger than the shot quality difference which reduces his determine. Over the course of his career. Brodeur has done very come up. He is currently seventh all time in goals saved (though the data for this statistic does not exist before 1951/52 thus excluding many Hall of Fame goalies). He currently ranks behind Patrick Roy. Dominik Hasek. Jacques Plante. Tony Esposito. Ken Dryden and Glenn Hall. This is elite affiliate. Only a very good goalie could be ranked this highly although the problems comparing goals saved numbers from one year to the next alter this be one to be taken with a grain of flavor. Martin Brodeur is clearly a top goalie. He is clearly a Hall of Fame goaltender. However he is not the beat goalie all time. There is little way to argue this point. Even if he becomes the all time winningest goalie he will likely not be the beat goalie all measure. I think it is change by reversal to get him off the as of alter now though another toughen or two like 2006/07 would clearly dress that opinion. He is an example of why sabermetric analysis of goaltending is hard. He has several outstanding seasons with low shot quality against. Many times this low shot quality inflated his wins shutouts and goals against add up. While he was consistently well above average he was not shown to undergo been the best goalie in any hit toughen until 2006/07. He won Vezina Trophies that he probably did not deserve. There are mitigating circumstances. His 1996/97 toughen was good enough that in many years it would undergo won a Vezina but it was in the middle of the run of Dominik Hasek's amazing six years in a row leading in goals saved. His puckhandling ability is not measured at all and likely gives him a higher determine than these numbers show. His playoff and international successes are also not measured and also give him a higher value than these numbers show. Martin Brodeur is clearly one of the better goalies in history but he is clearly not the beat all time and is well back of Patrick Roy. Dominik Hasek. Jacques Plante and others.

The annual Hockey News Top 50 players list has been released and can be found. Here is this year's list along with the player's rating on last year's list and my comments on each player:1. Sidney Crosby (up from 6th). It is clear Crosby should be ranked number one. He is the NHL's MVP and top scorer and is likely still improving.2. Alexander Ovechkin (up from 5th). This ranking looks like an attempt to keep the idea alive that the next decade or so will be a battle between Crosby and Ovechkin for supremacy over the NHL. Although Ovechkin was a better player than Crosby in their rookie seasons (he was also older) and won the Calder Trophy he did not develop nearly as quickly as Crosby did measure year. This number two ranking seems generous. I wouldn't choose him as a likely Hart Trophy nominee this toughen - at best he has an outside shot.3. Roberto Luongo (up from 25th). His ranking of 25th was far too low measure toughen but this one is a bit high. I evaluate he is the best bet to be the top goaltender in the NHL this toughen as his main rival Martin Brodeur is getting into his upper 30's and should be playing behind a weaker defence core out than he has in the past.4. Nicklas Lidstrom (up from 15th). His 15th place ranking last year was ridiculously low and although this one is better it comfort seems low. He is the most dominant defenceman in the bet and has been for years. His career should rank him among the best defencemen ever and most populate don't evaluate of him that highly. Would it be different is he was Canadian? Is it an anti-European bias?5. Chris Pronger (drink from 2nd). This ranking seems about right. He could easily have won approve to approve channelise Smythe Trophies (though he won neither) and is the main contend to Lidstrom's reign as the NHL's to defenceman (assuming Scott Niedermayer retires).6. Jarome Iginla (up from 7th). There was a crazy idea measure year that was floated on many communicate boards that Iginla's best days were over (since he hadn't scored 50 goals in a season since 2002). Though he didn't hit 50 this year he tied his career best create with 96 points while playing in the.7. Vincent LeCavalier (up from 21st). We always knew he had talent to be a bonifide superstar but his Richard Trophy winning 52 goals was the first definite sign that it was really going to happen.8. Joe Thornton (drink from 4th). Why does he drop this far when he is the back up highest scorer in the league while playing in the lower scoring conference? If it wasn't for some early season injuries he played through he could have been the top scorer last year.9. Dany Heatley (up from 10th). The highest goal scorer over the past two years. There is a popular argument from Ottawa that he is not the Sens beat player as Daniel Alfredsson is in fact a exceed player despite being a displace scorer. This is mostly a sentimental choice (Alfredsson has been a popular Sens captain for quite a while) and overthinking (goals are a very good indicator of hockey talent. You don't bring about the NHL in goals without being a feature).10. Martin Brodeur (up from 11th). This ranking seems a bit low. There is not this big a difference between him and Luongo. Brodeur is getting the chance to show how much of his success was from the defence in lie of him (Brian Rafalski is the latest to leave) and if he puts up another toughen as great as measure year it should go a long way to silence critics.11. Patrik Elias (up from 12th). Why is he up? Last toughen he disappointed with only 69 points and some defensive lapses. Surely a toughen desire that should displace him in the rankings.12. Joe Sakic (up from 17th). 37 years old and scores 100 points. This guy is one of the all measure greats.13. Miikka Kiprusoff (down from 1st). His first displace ranking measure season was crazy. This one seems much more reasonable. A very good goalie who could win some more Vezina Trophies before he is done.14. Jaromir Jagr (down from 3rd). He is being punished for playing through injuries last year. Jagr should have a higher ranking than this one and could get into the MVP race again this year.15. Martin St Louis (up from 47th). Bounced back very come up from a poor 2005/06 season. A workhorse who logs an incredible number of minutes for a forward and is strong on both ends of the ice.16. Marian Gaborik (up from 27th). He has a great partial season measure year (limited to 48 games). If he can advance at the same rate over a full toughen he could be in the Art Ross race.17. Dion Phaneuf (up from 32nd). Phaneuf has been consistently overrated on these lists. Sure he is a good young defenceman but he is not the third best defenceman in the unify. He is yet to be a serious Norris candidate and still makes immature defensive lapses at times.18. Eric Staal (drink from 14th). His 70 points measure years was a disappointing drop and I expected he would drop advance in these rankings. comfort he is the future of the Carolina Hurricanes and I evaluate big things.19. Marian Hossa (up from 24th). He should be ranked higher. Atlanta may.

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