Hockey media tends to thrive on well-established clichés often being oblivious to the obvious. If you want examples just take a look at some of the coverage of the 2007-08 NHL regular season which is set to conclude tonight.
Alexander Ovechkin got himself a pretty good deal. At least that's the way things are looking now. But will they be the same in 13 years or even in 5? Here's our take...
To find out: - who attended the camp - how many days a week they train - how heavy are weights Ovechkin lifting - what happened to Gonchar after debut season at Penguins - and more... please read in Sovetsky Sport's special report filled with images
Alexander Ovechkin Photo provided by Pavel Lysenkov (Sovetsky Sport)
By the end of August, a training camp will take place in Chicago for Russian NHLers. This sort of events will occur first time in Russian hockey history, and will be managed by president of Russian Hockey Federation.
Metallurg Magnitigorsk was one of several Russian clubs that submitted a written letter to the Russian Hockey Federation asking it not to sign on to the current IIHF player transfer agreement. Metallurg's GM Gennady Velichkin was one of the loudest critics of the aforementioned agreement and insists that Malkin is likely to remain with Metallurg next season. Nevertheless, Pittsburgh's 2nd overall pick Evegeny Malkin has reaffirmed his intent to play in the NHL next season.
The coming season should present us a few breaking records for Russians in the NHL. For example, Sergei Fedorov needs to play just twelve games in order to get over 1000 games in the league!..
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