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Why all the suspensions? Just don't tell me it's 'code'

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Sunday, April 22, 2007

At a time when the National Hockey League should be celebrating its finest, it instead finds itself putting out a seemingly never-ending series of brush fires started by maniac backup goaltenders, juicers and goons. Let's start with the performance put on by the Calgary Flames this weekend. Considered among the elite franchises in the NHL, one wonders how long coach Jim Playfair can hang on after his team self-immolated against the Detroit Red Wings. After clawing back from a 2-0 deficit to ...

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