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The Illegal Curve Hockey Show – April 2, 2011

We’re talkin’ about practice

• Sidney Crosby returns to practice with Penguins
• TJ Oshie skips practice (unexcused) and then returns to the ice
• Daymond Langkow to play Friday
• Daniel Alfredsson returns to practice

Mike Colligan

• The Evolution of Ray Shero – Hossa to Hamhuis
• Penguins Blueprint: The Botterill Factor

The week in injuries

• Doug Weight out for the season
• Anze Kopitar to have surgery on sprained ankle
• Jordan Leopold out indefinitely
• Dennis Wideman hospitalized with leg contusion
• Dan Hamhuis suffers concussion
• Marc Savard dealing with memory loss

Playoff races

• Vancouver Canucks clinch President’s trophy
• Calgary Flames tying goal disallowed
• San Jose Sharks claim playoff birth
• St. Louis Blues score 10 on Red Wings
• Tampa Bay clinches playoff birth
• New York Rangers struggling—in 8^th in East

Senators talk with James Gordon

• Ottawa Senators get college Free Agent Da Costa

Leaf’s news with James Mirtle

• Ron Wilson to return as Leafs coach

Drama in the Desert

• Will the NHL be back? definitely maybe (Winnipeg Free Press)
• Dave Naylor: Which team is most likely to end up in Winnipeg? (TSN)
• Is Reinsdorf back in the Coyotes picture? (The Globe & Mail)  

For all of your daily updates on the current ownership situation in Phoenix, stay tuned to IllegalCurve.com for our daily “Drama in the Desert” series.

Cheers & Jeers

• Brayden Schenn impersonator