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News & Views: Selanne's goal, Fehr's role, Classic home

Teemu Selanne says joining the exclusive club of 600-goal scorers means more to him than breaking childhood idol Jari Kurri's career total.

Teemu Selanne and Jari Kurri share a laugh as one Finnish great nears his hero's scoring mark. (AP) Selanne needs only two goals to surpass Kurri as the NHL's highest scoring player from Finland, but Anaheim has only seven games left and the Ducks 39-year-old star is likely to retire after the season.

Whatever his final total, Selanne will go down as the greatest offensive player his country has ever produced. And he will join Kurri in the Hall of Fame as soon as he is eligible.

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Power Rankings: Wings peaking when it matters most

Does this look familiar? Seeing the Detroit Red Wings on top of the power rankings, we mean.

Brian Rafalski and Nicklas Lidstrom lead a strong blueline corps. (US Presswire) It has been more than a year, and it still seems strange considering the Wings are in the middle of the Western Conference standings and have yet to actually clinch a playoff spot.

But those are just details. Detro with a very good mix of offense and defense. In other words the Red Wings, with all their talent and experience, are playing the kind of hockey they are capable of and at just the right time.

With less than two weeks rema...
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Ratto: NHL should use head, add more to head-shot rules

The National Hockey League struck with del and when we say "deliberate," we mean not as fast as they want to take credit for being.

But that's a quibble. The league did something positive to reduce the number of gratuitous head injuries in its sport, and we would give it full credit if it weren't already claiming credit for itself.

Gary Bettman is proud of the rule as is, but more should still be done. (Getty Images) And we also would give it full credit if not for the fact that there is currently no immediate punishment that goes beyond the perpetrator, and we suspect strongly that there won't be.

And without i...
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Sophomore slump? Lightning's Stamkos strikes 43 times

Turns out the strong finish told a lot more about Steven Stamkos than the weak start.

Good thing for the Tampa Bay Lightning, since it has translated into the 20-y not to mention a lot faster than what might have been reasonable to expect. If nothing else, that's something upbeat for the Lightning to hang on to as another demoralizing season winds down.

Stamkos has grown stronger and smarter in only his second pro season. (US Presswire) These days, Tampa Bay is all but officially playing out the string after being the thick of the playoff race in February. The coach and general manager have acted as though they are at od...
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