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Puck Headlines: Asking Bettman to resign; Chicago trade talk

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

• Fancy pants! George Richards gives us a teaser of what the new Florida Panthers third jerseys will look like by showing us their spiffy new bottoms. The new duds are set to debut this evening. [On Frozen Pond]

• Georges Laraque had his hearing with the NHL this morning for his knee-on-knee hit with Niklas Kronwall that'll sideline the Detroit Red Wings defenseman for at least a month. According to TSN: "Because the meeting was still considered an in-person hearing by the NHL, the league can suspend Laraque five or more games if it so chooses." [TSN]

• Brian Burke appears willing to take veteran defenseman Brent Sopel's contract from the Chicago Blackhawks, provided the 'Hawks kick in a draft pick in the salary dump. Spector has more on Fadoo. [Globe & Mail and Toronto Sun]

• San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price and Ottawa Senators center Mike Fisher have been named the NHL 'Three Stars' for the week ending Nov. 22. [NHL]

• Speaking of Fisher, he had an interesting chat with the Sun about his celebrity relationship with Carrie Underwood, ranging from marriage plans to Regis Philbin calling him a "good-looking brute." Which has to be somewhat life-fulfilling. [Sun Media]

• Making excuses for the Ottawa Senators' attendance issues this season. [Cornwall Standard]

• NHL Fan Association co-founder Jim Boone has asked Gary Bettman to resign in an open letter to The Hockey News, and for some reason it's getting some play today. It's sarcastic "go out on top" tone clashes with its occasional indictments of his tenure as commissioner, making it ineffective as a call to action. The logic behind the NHL becoming as chaotic at the top as the NHLPA for the sake of labor peace is lost on us. But hey, give it read; maybe you think it's the rhetorical right hook to the jaw that could be delivered three dozen ways based on Gary's fumbles. [THN]

• Preparing for the glories of "Uwe Krupp Night" at the Pepsi Center for the Colorado Avalanche. He played three seasons with that Avs; or nearly two more than that No. 77 hanging from the rafters. [All Things Avs]

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:23 pm EST
• Puck Daddy
• By Greg Wyshynski
• 68 Comments

What We Learned: At quarter pole, NHL's biggest surprises

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.

Prior to the start of the season, everyone was just brimming with optimism. Hockey was, after what felt like a painfully long summer, almost back. The glee was palpable.

As so many pundits do, I made what I called 20 bold predictions (where "bold" usually either meant "sarcastic" or "painfully obvious" but occasionally bordered on "somewhat daring").

Now that every team in the league has played at least 20 games and we're more than a quarter of the way through the season, I figure it's as good a time as any to see how those predictions are coming along.

My guess: Not well. Feel free to hold me accountable.

[Coming up: Your ol' pal Lambert looks at his miserable failures, Anaheim needs to hire new doctors, Kyle Okposo loves him some mediocre AHL players, the best ever fight between two French Canadians, St. Louis will keep but maybe not keep Alex Pietrangelo (I swear), Rick Nash goes on a European Vacation, the top 10 reasons it hurts to watch the Avs, and Evgeni Nabokov doesn't like your line of questioning.]

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:40 am EST
• Puck Daddy
• By Ryan Lambert
• 72 Comments

Have Another Bowl And Shut Up: Hawks 1 - Nucks 0

Hawks-Nucks wrap

• Mon Nov 23, 2009 EST
• Second City Hockey
• By SamFels

The Hawks Drink The Oilers Milkshake, They Drink It Up: Blackhawks 5 - Oilers 2

Recap for the game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers. Chicago wins 5-2 on two goals from Jonathan Toews

• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• Second City Hockey
• By Matthew Dirt

Kick The Holiday Off With Second City Hockey (or at least 2/3rds of it)

Another Blog Get Together

• Fri Nov 20, 2009 EST
• Second City Hockey
• By SamFels

Bomb.Repeat.Bomb. - Blackhawks 7 - Flames 1

Recap for the Blackhawks rout of the Calgary Flames: Chicago - 7 Flames - 1

• Thu Nov 19, 2009 EST
• Second City Hockey
• By Matthew Dirt

Isn't It A Little Early?

Links to David Haugh's obvious fluff piece in the Chicago Tribune on John McDonough. Wonderful.

• Thu Nov 19, 2009 EST
• Second City Hockey
• By McClure