Michael Farber

On The Fly

04:10 PM ET 10.08

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Periodic thoughts and musings from the desk of ...The first rule of the NHL is don't start a fight when your team is a few goals up because you don't want to wake up the opponents. The second rule of the NHL is never underestimate a Ted Nolan team.Nolan can coach. Period. While he might not be a Mensa quality X-and-O guy, there is no coach who can whip his team into such a fine froth before a game and wring so much out of his talent. Nolan is a maestro at pushing the us-against-the-world button, probably squeezing out three or four wins a year on raw emotion alone. With the New York…

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On The Fly

12:17 PM ET 10.05

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Periodic thoughts and musings from the desk of...The best arena, ton-for-ton, in the NHL is the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota and the most vibrant is the new Forum in Montreal, but my favorite is a little off the charts if not quite off the map - the new Aud in Buffalo.(Quick digression. Yes, I know that the pleasure palace in Montreal is now the Bell Centre after starting life as the Molson Centre, and my pet in Buffalo takes its name from some bank's initials -- but that's just it: when the new arena opened there, it was named after a different bank, Marine Midland. I am as…

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On The Fly

11:36 AM ET 10.03

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Periodic thoughts and musings from the desk of ...The moustache is less prominent and the hairline is somewhere north of Lethbridge now. But while the follicles change, The Mike Keenan Follies don't. Not really. Keenan is back in Calgary with his battle-tested plan of high energy, high tempo and high tension that marks his coaching reign wherever he goes - and Keenan has been so many places that Flames general manager Darryl Sutter should call his marketing department to work out a sponsorship with Samsonite. Of all the stories to keep your eye on the first month of the NHL season,…

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