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<title><![CDATA[KHL prez shouldn't be rushing to judgment]]></title>
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You wonder if Alexander Medvedev is at some point going to realize that silence is a better option.  The KHL president's continued criticism of the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 14, 2013 12:31:44 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gonchar: Players might stay in the KHL]]></title>
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Sergei Gonchar plans on returning to Ottawa if there's an NHL season, but he's not so sure about some fellow Russian stars.  A month after Alex Ovec...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 12, 2012 11:58:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nail Yakupov OK'd by Hockey Canada for KHL play]]></title>
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Nail Yakupov gets to play at home after all.  Hockey Canada announced Saturday that the first overall pick in the 2012 NHL entry draft was now free to play in his native KHL.]]></description>
<pubDate>September 29, 2012 02:11:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Signings roundup: Thornton, Nash to Davos]]></title>
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Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and a list of other Russian and European NHLers, as expected, have found temporary lockout homes in their home countries...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 17, 2012 10:44:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees -- It's about time that Pavel Bure got recognition]]></title>
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Pavel Bure's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame is long overdue, writes Pierre LeBrun.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 26, 2012 10:40:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 Stanley Cup playoffs - Nashville Predators still considering leaving two Russian stars out of the lineup]]></title>
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Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn might not play in Game 4 either, Pierre LeBrun writes.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 03, 2012 14:43:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Five most valuable in-season acquisitions]]></title>
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Pierre LeBrun reviews the five most valuable in-season acquisitions.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 08, 2012 17:57:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radulov heading to Predators?]]></title>
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Alexander Radulov appears headed back to the Nashville Predators, although the NHL team itself was holding off confirmation until they saw the whites ...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 19, 2012 07:52:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Source: NHL waiver list includes Philadelphia Flyers' Nikolay Zherdev, Buffalo Sabres' Craig Rivet]]></title>
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Philadelphia Flyers winger Nikolay Zherdev, Buffalo Sabres captain Craig Rivet and Nashville Predators winger Marek Svatos were placed on waivers, according to the list provided to ESPN.com by a source.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 23, 2011 07:18:32 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2010 Winter Olympics -- Tretiak on Russia's early exit: 'Team Canada was stronger']]></title>
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vladislav Tretiak has devoted most of his life to Russian hockey, both as one of the greatest goalies of all time and n...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 28, 2010 08:53:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[KHL will aggressively pursue New Jersey Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk]]></title>
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The president of the KHL confirmed Saturday that the Russian-based league will aggressively pursue star winger Ilya Kovalchuk once his NHL contract expires on June 30.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 27, 2010 11:57:56 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Your NHL rants answered! Pierre LeBrun on Alexander Semin's deal, NHL schedules and Russian roulette]]></title>
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<pubDate>December 29, 2009 04:31:18 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL blog -- Is Russian national hockey team playing with fire by testing roster provision?]]></title>
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The most fascinating thing coming out of Russia's 2010 Olympic team announcement on Christmas Day, at least to me, was the comment from coach Vyachesl...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 26, 2009 19:28:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The story on a young, brave Russian kid]]></title>
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The story of Kirill Kabanov is one of a young man who has already shown tremendous character in his 17 years on earth. But it's also the global hockey...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 16, 2009 09:14:05 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jiri Hudler's signing with Dynamo Moscow opposed by NHL]]></title>
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NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the league has opposed Jiri Hudler's signing with Dynamo Moscow, officially communicating its concerns to the International Ice Hockey Federation and the Kontinental Hockey League.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 11, 2009 03:14:28 PDT</pubDate>
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