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According to the Russian paper Sport-Express, the drug cordiamine (banned central nervious system stimulant) was found to have been administered to Cherepanov 3 hours before his final game. The investigating commission still maintained that miocardytis was the cause of death. No mention of any steroids. The doctors of his team, Avangard, are suspended indefinitely.

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It's amazing, how spoiled we the Wings fans are. The current record, projected over 82 games, would end up being 56-16-10 or 56 W and 26 L, if you prefer. That is a better record than every President Trophy winner has had since at least 2000, except the one year when the Wings had 58 wins. Relax and enjoy the ride. Yes our team D is not performing as it had last year. But I would become concerned only if that continued into February. Before that, there's plenty of time to make corrections. And it's not like it is costing us too many points. EDIT - Heres an ESPN.com article on this topic that I agree with 100%.

Friday: Ottawa @ New Jersey Los Angeles @ Buffalo NY Islanders @ Minnesota Chicago @ Calgary Anaheim @ Edmonton Saturday: Carolina @ Boston Washington @ Philadelphia Buffalo @ Montreal Dallas @ Ottawa Toronto @ Pittsburgh Tampa Bay @ Atlanta Los Angeles @ Detroit NY Islanders @ Nashville Minnesota @ St Louis Columbus @ Phoenix Chicago @ Vancouver NY Rangers @ San Jose Sunday: Philadelphia @ New Jersey Colorado @ Florida Boston @ St Louis Carolina @ Montreal

Friday: NY Rangers @ New Jersey Ottawa @ Washington Toronto @ Buffalo Boston @ Atlanta Detroit @ Dallas Chicago @ Colorado Florida @ Calgary Saturday: Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia Minnesota @ Los Angeles Atlanta @ Boston Washington @ Montreal Tampa Bay @ Ottawa Buffalo @ New Jersey Carolina @ NY Rangers NY Islanders @ Columbus Dallas @ Nashville Detroit @ Phoenix Vancouver @ Edmonton St Louis @ San Jose Sunday: Columbus @ Chicago Minnesota @ Anaheim Florida @ Vancouver

Friday: NY Islanders @ Boston Carolina @ Philadelphia Tampa Bay @ Minnesota Chicago @ Anaheim Colorado @ Phoenix Montreal @ Washington Pittsburgh @ Buffalo Nashville @ Atlanta NY Rangers @ Florida Columbus @ Detroit San Jose @ Dallas Saturday: Edmonton @ St Louis Chicago @ Los Angeles Detroit @ Boston Philadelphia @ Toronto Buffalo @ Montreal Ottawa @ NY Islanders Washington @ Columbus New Jersey @ Pittsburgh Minnesota @ Nashville Tampa Bay @ Colorado San Jose @ Phoenix Vancouver @ Calgary Sunday: Florida @ NY Rangers St Louis @ Atlanta Edmonton @ Dallas Anaheim @ Carolina

Friday: Florida @ Boston NY Islanders @ New Jersey Phoenix @ Carolina Philadelphia @ Buffalo Nashville @ Tampa Bay Anaheim @ St Louis Saturday: Vancouver @ Pittsburgh NY Rangers @ Ottawa NY Islanders @ Buffalo Chicago @ Toronto Phoenix @ Philadelphia Columbus @ Atlanta Boston @ Montreal St Louis @ Minnesota Anaheim @ Dallas Detroit @ Calgary Colorado @ Los Angeles Washington @ San Jose Sunday: Nashville @ Carolina New Jersey @ Tampa Bay

Friday: New Jersey @ Washington Columbus @ Buffalo Carolina @ Atlanta Detroit @ Florida St Louis @ Chicago Nashville @ Anaheim Saturday: Toronto @ Vancouver Philadelphia @ Montreal Washington @ New Jersey Ottawa @ NY Islanders Boston @ NY Rangers Buffalo @ Pittsburgh Columbus @ Minnesota Dallas @ Phoenix Colorado @ Edmonton Nashville @ Los Angeles Sunday: Tampa Bay @ Carolina Montreal @ St Louis San Jose @ Chicago Atlanta @ Philadelphia Los Angeles @ Anaheim

Friday: Ottawa @ Carolina Montreal @ Columbus Atlanta @ Buffalo Dallas @ Anaheim Saturday: Buffalo @ Boston Montreal @ Toronto Pittsburgh @ NY Islanders Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia NY Rangers @ Washington New Jersey @ Detroit Calgary @ Columbus Nashville @ Colorado Florida @ Phoenix Minnesota @ Vancouver Dallas @ San Jose St Louis @ Los Angeles Sunday: Atlanta @ Carolina Calgary @ Chicago Edmonton @ New Jersey Florida @ Anaheim San Jose @ Phoenix

Your point would be very valid, if you were talking about USSR circa 1975. In 1990, the situation was very different. Perestroika was at its peak, and Fedorov knew very well that neither he nor his family had much to worry about. If he waited 8 months or so, he could have left normally just like dozens of other Soviet hockey players. He was impatient, and he didn't want to go through complicated bureaucratic procedures and psychological pressures. I respect the heck out of Fetisov and Larionov for bulling through the Soviet sports bureaucracy and leaving honorably and legally, although it cost them a lot of money and nerves. They opened the gates for the younger players. Fedorov went along the path of least resistance. Just like Radulov, and now Valentenko. I may sympathise with their desire to "strike iron while its hot", but that doesn't make them heroes or villans. It's just a business decision.

Friday: Dallas @ Chicago Vancouver @ Anaheim Saturday: Edmonton @ Carolina Dallas @ Boston Washington @ Buffalo NY Rangers @ Toronto Atlanta @ New Jersey Montreal @ NY Islanders Chicago @ Columbus Ottawa @ Tampa Bay Florida @ Nashville Pittsburgh @ St Louis Minnesota @ Phoenix Calgary @ Los Angeles Sunday: Edmonton @ Philadelphia Toronto @ Carolina Florida @ Atlanta Calgary @ Anaheim San Jose @ Colorado Detroit @ Vancouver

Friday: Anaheim @ Ottawa Philadelphia @ New Jersey NY Rangers @ Columbus San Jose @ Florida Atlanta @ Detroit Los Angeles @ St Louis Saturday: New Jersey @ Philadelphia Atlanta @ Boston Ottawa @ Toronto Anaheim @ Montreal Carolina @ NY Islanders Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers San Jose @ Tampa Bay Los Angeles @ Nashville Columbus @ Minnesota Washington @ Dallas Detroit @ Chicago Florida @ St Louis Buffalo @ Colorado Edmonton @ Vancouver Calgary @ Phoenix Sunday:

Friday: Phoenix @ Ottawa Toronto @ NY Rangers Nashville @ Columbus Vancouver @ Buffalo Edmonton @ Calgary San Jose @ Anaheim Carolina @ Los Angeles Saturday: Colorado @ Dallas Phoenix @ Montreal Boston @ Ottawa Toronto @ Pittsburgh New Jersey @ Washington Buffalo @ Atlanta NY Islanders @ Florida NY Rangers @ Detroit Minnesota @ Tampa Bay Columbus @ Nashville Chicago @ St Louis Calgary @ Edmonton Philadelphia @ San Jose Sunday: Vancouver @ Chicago Carolina @ Anaheim

Friday: NY Islanders @ New Jersey Chicago @ NY Rangers Florida @ Carolina Montreal @ Buffalo Washington @ Atlanta Nashville @ St Louis Columbus @ Dallas Saturday: Montreal @ Toronto Detroit @ Ottawa St Louis @ NY Islanders NY Rangers @ Philadelphia Chicago @ Washington Atlanta @ Florida New Jersey @ Pittsburgh Carolina @ Tampa Bay Dallas @ Nashville Boston @ Minnesota Columbus @ Phoenix Los Angeles @ San Jose Vancouver @ Calgary Sunday: Phoenix @ Anaheim Colorado @ Edmonton San Jose @ Los Angeles

If they are really concerned about future development of their game, they all should start learning Chinese.

So, on top of the 2.33 mil. a year, Radulov also gets some extra vacation? Those IIHF bastards!

I see where you are coming from. It's just that this topic is being discussed on then basis of almost no facts at all. Even less then with most internet discussions. But what the heck, here's my take, based on the almost nothing that we know: This property is obviously a vacation/investment property. The real estate market in Florida tanked, especially in the higher price segment. That means that a home in South Florida now may be worth 70% of what it was worth 1 year ago. If it was bought in late 1990s, any equity that Fedorov up built in it is now gone. Any investment adviser would recommend cutting your losses and letting the bank take the property over, so you wouldn't have to pay mortgage, upkeep, taxes, etc. on a property that you have no equity in and can't sell for anything close to the amount you owe on it. A lot of real estate investors do this as a routine matter when the market tanks. Why shouldn't the real estate investor by the name S. Fedorov do the same?

You must have missed the sarcasm emoticon But seriously, I doubt that out of 1000 randomly selected Americans 50 would have ever heard of a Sergei Fedorov. So I don't think he ranks in celebrity anywhere near MC Hammer or Barlley, or any actress/entertainer/pro athlete (non-hockey), as someone compared him to above.

And my point was that we don't know much at all. Ity could be fraud, it could be failure to pay on his debts, it could be an honest business dispute, it could be that someone else used him as a loan guarantor, it could be a straight business decision based on what the market value of the collateral is vs the outstanding loan, it could be a million of other things. It could be a newspaper fubrication. We don't know. And yet you jumped to an unflattering conclusion , when you could have gone either way. This is really almost a pure test of one's subjective attitude toward Fedorov. Give one a barest minimum data, that in itself is neutral, and see which way their judgement goes.

Since when are the hockey players, especially foreign born, are celebrities in the US?

I can not believe that this idiocy lasted for 2 pages already. We know virtually nothing about this. All we know is that a bank claims that a loan was taken out in the name of SergeI Fedorov and that payments on this loan were stopped. We don't know anything else. And in this thread, folks who don't like Fedorov took an opportunity to bash him once more, and the folks who like him wanted to defend him. One can constract an equally plausible case for or against Sergei. Either will fit the few facts that we do know. For example, do we know who lives/lived in the Florida house? How much was the price of it and is 2 mil. the initial loan or a residual? When did the payments stop? Why? What is the market value of the property vs. the outstanding loan amount? Are/were there any other parties to the deal? If I wanted to bash Sergei, I'd conclude that maybe the value of the property fell a lot and it is now worth much less than he owes on it. So it is cheaper to walk away. Maybe the collateral horse went lame? Alternatively, if i wanted to defend him, I'd think that maybe this is he Miami mansion of the certain Anna K. which she got in the divorce, when Feds got the mortgage. See, we simply don't know enough to make any kind of judgement based on more than whether we like or dislike him. Not to mention that this is really a personal matter and the media had no business sticking their noses in it. It's not like Sergei is running for office and the public needed to know.

According to the leading Russian sports paper "Sport-Express", Nashville forward Alexandr Radulov signed a lucrative 3-year contract with "Salavat Yulaev" of the Russian league. He had 1 year remaining on his rookie contract with Nashville. Radulov scored 62 pts last season. EDIT-spelling

Sport-Express This is the article in the Russian paper, use your own translator. The headline reads: Aleksandr Radulov: "Ufa is better."

I kind of don't fully believe it yet either. Life in Nashville really must suck for Radulov to do this. He made the NHL the hard way - through the minors. As to the "gentlemen agreement" between the leagues, Columbus just signed Filatov who has a year left on his contract with CSKA. Until they actually sign an official treaty with IIHF and the other European hockey countries, any handshake deal would be a non-starter.

Freezing? Colder than he is used to in Tampa, maybe. Its not like he was playing outdoors. The temp at the ice level should be in the low 50s. Flue is caused by a virus. Not any "unhealthy conditions". Diarreah, cholera, e-coli etc. are caused by unsanitary conditions. Which would be hard to find anyway, in the $1000/night hotels that he was staying at. Own toilet seat is just another "small" detail that the writer got wrong. To be sure, the story about the toilet paper (or lack thereof) is more plausible. But only if Vinny was using a free public restroom in a high traffic area, like a railroad station. If he used a paid one, there would have been an attendant there with all the supplies that may be needed. Hole in the floor type "Turkish" toilets do still exist in some places. It is embarassing. While they are uncomfortable for a 50-year old fat woman, they should not really be a problem for a fit young guy.