Canucks' Naslund Changes Mind About Sweden
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Canucks captain Markus Naslund changed his mind about playing for a Swedish club during the NHL lockout and will return to Vancouver to train with teammates.
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European hockey has taken on an NHL look. With an NHL lockout in place, more than 150 players have signed to play in European leagues, including Markus Naslund with Modo (Sweden), Jaromir Jagr with Kladmo (Czech Republic) and Ilya Kovalchuk with AK Bars Kazan (Russia).
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Peter Forsberg's future with the Philadelphia Flyers is still uncertain, even after a meeting Sunday with team chairman Ed Snider.
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Peter Forsberg said Saturday he has closed the door on playing for the Avalanche this season, regardless of whether there is an agreement to end the current NHL lockout.
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England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has ruled out wholesale changes ahead of Wednesday&#39;s World Cup 2006 against Poland. The Swede was responding to criticism following a disappointing 2-2 draw against Austria
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Going into the game in Poland, Eriksson was a man courting headlines for the wrong reasons. Indeed, following revelations about the his private life, and the subsequent capitulation of his team in Saturday&#39;s
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John LeClair understands that the financial landscape in the NHL has to change, the Philadelphia Flyers forward just doesn't like the way the owners propose to fix things.
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So Alexei Kovalev was asked: Why did he bother with the World Cup of Hockey? &quot;Why?&quot; Kovalev said, sounding disgusted at the question.
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New York Islanders defenseman Janne  Niinimaa has walked out on Finland ahead of their World Cup  quarter-final against Germany due to a personality clash with  coach Raimo Summanen.
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When Wayne Gretzky has watched Team Finland, he has viewed it as having the disposition of a guard dog rather than an underdog. He believes the Finns are in the World
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The assessment of Kovalchukâs game â and attitude â has been turned upside down since he entered the N.H.L.
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TORONTO -- Some of his former teammates said he didn&#39;t want to come. People close to the negotiations were doubtful he would come.
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The scattered tickets outside the Globe Arena told the story. There were no souvenirs from this one. In yet another important game that demanded the team be at its best, Sweden was at its worst.
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Peter Forsberg can worry about his future in Philadelphia another day. For one game at least, he had some fun, scored a goal and brought back memories of the way so many Flyers fans thought games would turn out when he signed as a free agent.
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Sarunas Jasikevicius is just another international nobody who is too slow and too anchored to the floor to play in the NBA. He is not what we want, not our style.
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Eggert Magnusson says the Premier League should consider switching games to the USA to boost its profile.
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The National Hockey League lockout featured a return to stern rhetoric on Friday after two days of futile discussions.