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Handing out the NHL's halfway hardware
We have pretty much reached the halfway mark for most teams in the 2011-2012 NHL season, which means it is time to hand out the hardware and foreshadow who the eventual winners may be.
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Hiring right coach is tricky business
It has been uttered on many of occasions: "It is easier to fire one coach than 20 players." This may be truer than ever in the cap world.
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Debut in the books, Pens will adjust to Crosby
With his sensational debut in the books, how will Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the officials, and the NHL, be impacted by his returned?
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Offside is offside
I've watched many games since my retirement in 2001 and I think it's time for the league to revisit the delayed offside.
Coaching minor hockey and working with young players has made me realize how this change has affected the puck and passing skills of defencemen.
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Firing Perry Pearn part of larger strategy?
There will be no shortage of theories regarding the dismissal of Montreal assistant coach Perry Pearn 90 minutes prior to their game vs Philadelphia. Was it GM Pierre Gauthier's media deflection to rid his team of some serious negativity or possibly philosophical differences or maybe, simply, a sucker punch, a cheap shot, shocking a hockey team to their senses.
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Battle to eliminate headshots will take time
A new disciplinarian takes over in hopes of educating and sternly acting upon players who continue to tiptoe across the line in the sand. Brendan Shanahan has doled out some pretty substantial suspensions already and the season has just begun.
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Those humbling Smythe Division battles
Hockey's best turns 50 in a few days and I guess everyone should wish him the happiest of birthday celebrations. Let's face it: He was awfully good at celebrating. If you were lucky, like me, to have had the pleasure of playing against him, you would know what I mean.
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Home ice no longer an advantage
Winning home games creates energy in your city and is a sure fire way to increase revenue. (Duh!). Yet the powers that be in the NHL give the home team very little advantage or opportunity to send their faithful home happier on a more regular basis.
Garry Galley
Garry spent 16 seasons in the NHL playing in over 1,000 games, signing initially as a fifth-round pick with the L.A. Kings in 1983. He would go on to play defence with the Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Buffalo Sabres and the New York Islanders. During his 1,149-game career, he scored 125 goals and 474 assists for a total of 599 points, and appeared in two NHL All-Star games (1991 and 1994).
Galley’s previous work as a broadcaster includes a radio show on Ottawa’s Team 1200 and serving as an analyst on Rogers Sportsnet for Ottawa Senators games.
Training the defencemen and goaltenders of the future is the focus of position-specific hockey camps Galley runs through his company, 3-G Hockey Consulting Inc. He lives in Ottawa with his wife Terry-Lynn and three children, Shaylnn, Wyatt and Blake.
