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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Could new Hockey Ops president Pat LaFontaine deal Sabres goalie Ryan Miller without a GM in place? (Bill Wippert/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Allan Muir&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;An annotated guide to this morning's must-read hockey stories:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Would Pat Lafontaine deal Ryan Miller before hiring a new GM? The Hotstove boys discussed that possibility, and dished on trade talks involving the Blackhawks, Oilers, Panthers and Canucks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 If only Martin Brodeur could be less enigmatic about his feelings regarding playing for Canada in Sochi...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 The Ottawa Senators have been a major disappointment through the early going, but a week of doing this has them finally moving in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 One of the NHL's signature concepts was born like so many of history's greatest ideas...over a couple of beers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Chris Stewart is really carrying a grudge against his former teammates in Colorado. Might want to go ahead and set the DVR for the next Blues/Avs game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 It's not quite on the level of Daryl Sydor crawling to the net to block a shot, but you have to admire Nikolai Khabibulin's guts on this play.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Khabby might be out of the lineup for some time after hurting himself making the original save.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 This guy looks like the early leader in the \"worst free-agent signing of the summer\" category, doesn't he?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Kevin Allen says the Predators need to address the loss of Pekka Rinne before it's too late to salvage this season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Short-staffed at center, the Maple Leafs hit the trade market looking for someone to fill the void. They managed to land a former first rounder from the Ducks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Maybe that deal will work out a little better for the Leafs than the one where they sent the NHL's leading goal scorer to the Blues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Adrian Dater says the honeymoon is over in Denver, where the Avs have lost three straight and are starting to look a lot like the team that sucked the life out of fans last season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 There's good news for Team Canada, and there's  really, really bad news.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Aaron Portzline explains why hockey has become a secondary concern for Columbus forward Nick Foligno.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Ted Nolan has John Scott on a short leash, but it didn't stop the enforcer from taking a cheap shot after the game. Pretty funny listening to Scott rip a guy who sees more action most periods than he will in a month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 You think Buffalo's fans were happy with last week's shakeup? Wait'll you hear what the Sabres' alumni had to say.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Larry Brooks does his best to play matchmaker between the Sabres and Neil Smith, and quick hits America's forwards for Sochi, Marian Gaborik and the big mistake made by both the Rangers and Islanders.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 One reason why Pittsburgh's offense has gone quiet? Evgeni Malkin has taken nine shots since Halloween.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Ed Willes says it would only benefit the Canucks to repair the rift with the most influential figure in franchise history.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Boston's inconsistent play in the early going is easy to explain, says Steve Conroy.\n\u2022 Don Cherry talked Ted Nolan, Tyler Seguin and Steve Ott on another can't-miss episode of Coach's Corner.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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