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Why morning skates are useless

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, November 17, 2005

It's madness. It's the single stupidest thing in hockey -- except, perhaps, for Sean Avery's mouth. It's outdated, unnecessary and counterproductive. The first coach to have the pucks to junk the ridiculous ritual will give his team an immediate advantage. The reason it will take such pucks is that it would provide one more outlet for second-guessing a coach if and when things don't go well. But it still would be the right thing to do. It is the morning skate, the light workout on the ice ...

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