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CALGARY – Sam Bennett remains with the Calgary Flames to start the season, but when he’ll make his NHL debut is unclear.

TORONTO – Stephane Robidas knows from his 885 career games spanning 14 seasons what it’s like to play in the NHL. But that doesn’t mean the new Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman is any less excited about playing the Montreal Canadiens on opening night.
LETHBRIDGE, – Wayne Gretzky would have been playing for the Detroit Red Wings if his wife would have had her way in the 1988 trade from the Edmonton Oilers that gutted Canadian hockey fans.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is flattered that North American cities without hockey teams are interested in adding one to their towns, but it just isn’t in the plans.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is fully comfortable with being the dean of those in charge of major North American sports. Being the oldest well, that is a different story.
TORONTO – The glowing puck experiment in the 1990s was a loathed and derided bust. Rogers hopes hockey fans will be much more supportive of a few experiments it’s integrating into broadcasts this season.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Buffalo Bills to Terry and Kim Pegula.
It has been a while since the NHL had a dynasty.
TORONTO – When the Toronto Maple Leafs brought Stephane Robidas in for a free-agent visit over the summer, team brass told the veteran defenceman what they envisioned him doing if he signed.

CALGARY – Mason Raymond will have to adjust on the fly to his new team.

TORONTO – Brendan Shanahan wants the Toronto Maple Leafs to “own the puck,” but he’ll wait and see how the team’s identity develops over his first season as president.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman would have no problem with Chris Pronger working in the league’s department of player safety even while the former defenceman is still on the Philadelphia Flyers’ payroll.

CALGARY – A lack of goal scoring has been identified as an area of concern for the Calgary Flames and, sure enough, on Wednesday night as the regular season got underway it was an issue.

CALGARY – Radim Vrbata continued what’s been a seamless fit with Vancouver Canucks linemates Henrik and Daniel Sedin into the regular season.
Wednesday’s Games

TORONTO – From P.K. Subban’s passionate fist pump and through a series of fluky bounces, the Montreal Canadiens showed in their regular-season opener the kind of poise that helped them reach the Eastern Conference final.

“The real home of hockey is where everyone is watching it.”

TORONTO – When two of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ best players in the season opener were Brandon Kozun and Stuart Percy — two rookies making their NHL debuts — it doesn’t speak well of the team’s big-money stars.

VANCOUVER – Luca Sbisa’s life has changed drastically both on and off the ice since joining the Vancouver Canucks.

TORONTO – Richard Panik hopes to develop some more consistency with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who improved their forward depth by claiming the winger off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.

TORONTO – Frans and Allison van Riemsdyk only recently started thinking about what it would be like to watch sons James and Trevor play against each other in the NHL.

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams is suing the Telegram daily newspaper in St. John’s alleging he was defamed in an editorial.

WASHINGTON – The Montreal Canadiens looked like a team playing its first back-to-back of the season. They let the Washington Capitals take the first 14 shots and spent far too much time in the penalty box during the opening period.
EDMONTON – It didn’t take long for Mason Raymond to make an impact with the Calgary Flames.