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Monday, January 8, 2007
Kozlov back for Montreal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just got back from practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal - - it’s quite different covering a hockey practice in Montreal than in Atlanta. There was a ton of media, and Bob Hartley did two post-practice interviews - the first and longer of the two was in French. I guess I’ll be taking French classes this summer to see if I can pick up more of what he’s saying, the only words I understood were Kovalchuk and Lehtonen. This kind of stuff doesn’t go on in Duluth.
But more important than all that is the fact that Slava Kozlov returned to the team today. He practiced and afterwards he said he was feeling fine after taking a shot to the head on Friday against the Coyotes. Kozlov missed Saturday’s loss to Washington but will likely play against Montreal.
Hartley is changing Kozlov’s line a little bit and he confirmed that Niko Kapanen will center the Hossa/Kozlov line, saying he’s hoping somebody steps in and really earns that spot. We’ll see if Kapanen is the answer.
The Habs are hurting right now, with a serious case of a gastro-intestinal virus going around the lockerroom, according to the Montreal Gazette, about half of the Canadiens are recovering from the bug that induces vomiting, diarrhea and exhaustion. Excuse me while I go wash my hands. It’s so bad they cancelled practice today. Maybe the Thrashers are catching them at the right time, since they seem to be reeling a bit right now.
I’ll try to jump back into this blog and add some links, there’s some interesting reading out there. But first I’d better file my story for the morning paper.
