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A look around the league on a sunny autumn day in the B-Lo: *The Sabres played back-to-back home games this weekend and barely resembled the team from the first four outings.

Atlanta's Nik Antropov, left, looks on as San Jose's Patrick Marleau, centre, and Manny Malhotra track a high puck in front of Atlanta's Nik Antropov in the third period.

An unfamiliar sight: The Canadiens have scored only 15 goals in seven games this season.

Little ready for big year. Bryan Little goes through a drill during an Atlanta Thrashers practice on Sunday in Elmira.

It's not often that Kovalchuk doesn't get a shot on goal but that was the case in the Thrashers' 4-2 win at New Jersey on Friday.

The tears still flow when LuAnn Snyder talks about her son, even on this, such a happy occasion.

Members of the Atlanta Thrashers are in for an emotional practice on Sunday. The Thrashers plan to practice at the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena in Elmira, Ont., the day after Saturday's game in Buffalo against the Sabres.

Here is your early morning report from Thrashers practice. Your last for nearly a week.

This week the Thrashers Insider caught up with Colby Armstrong, the forward who is known for his humor and quick wit in the locker room.

There have been a few very memorable opening night games at Philips Arena over the past decade.

Heatley skated with San Jose Sharks center and right wing Devin Setoguchi , who make up one of the most potent top lines in the NHL.

With one trade on the opening day of training camp, the Sharks answered two of the major questions circulating around the NHL all summer: How will the melodrama end in Ottawa? And will San Jose ever make the blockbuster move everybody has been expecting since that embarrassing first-round playoff exit last spring? The Sharks acquired the ...

The Sharks gave up Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo and a second-round pick to acquire Heatley, who had been involved in a lingering dispute with the Senators because he felt he was not being properly used by the team.

That's what a prominent Canadian sports psychologist thinks Dany Heatley and Ottawa Senators coach Cory Clouston should do before the hockey star closes the door on his future in Ottawa.

That's what a prominent Canadian sports psychologist thinks Dany Heatley and Ottawa Senators coach Cory Clouston should do before the hockey star closes the door on his future in Ottawa.

While listening to erstwhile NHL star Dany Heatley on Friday awkwardly try to explain why he has asked the Ottawa Senators to try to trade their best player, we kept coming back to one word -- empty.

As reported by TSN.ca, it appears Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke has made his choice regarding the man standing behind the Marlies bench this coming season... TORONTO - FEBRUARY 17: Assistant coach Dallas Eakins of the Toronto Marlies looks on against the Syracuse Crunch at Ricoh Coliseum on February 17, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Leafs new signing weighs in on Heatley In this March 28, 2009, file photo, Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Garnet Exelby, left, body-checks Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza, rear, into the boards during the third period of an NHL hockey game at Philips Arena in Atlanta.

Dany Heatley has become public enemy No. 1 around Ottawa after the star winger first demanded to be traded by the Senators but then snubbed a move to Edmonton.

Another offseason. Another big free-agent signing by the Blackhawks. Here are five things you should know about Marian Hossa: 1. He's pretty durable Hossa has appeared in at least 80 games in six of his 11 years in the NHL.