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NHL Morning Papers (Sunday Edition): Rangers sign Prospal, Messier returns to NY and an easier summer for the Red Wings

Brian Burke tells Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe that a player’s performance at Team USA’s orientaiton camp will not supersede how a player plays over the first half of the 2009/10 season.
Bruins winger Shawn Thornton won’t be at any Olympic orientation camps, but that doesn’t mean he is taking it easy this off-season.
Patrick Kane will comment on the cabdriver incident on Monday morning, reports Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune.
Mike Babcock thinks it is easier for the losing team of the Stanley Cup Final to recover for the next season because that team isn’t partying as much as the winner.
Chris Higgins is a real New Yorker, which is why he is ecstatic to be a New York Ranger.
Speaking of the Rangers, the organization has signed Vaclav Prospal to a one-year contract, worth $1.1 million.
The Prospal news will probably be overshadowed by the Rangers’ announcement that Mark Messier has been named special assistant to the President.
The Canadians defeated the Russians at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial.
With “Teeder” Kennedy’s passing, the Toronto Star lists all the Maple Leafs captians over the years.
“If this has a ripple effect on the young players in the Muslim community to take up hockey, then that’s a wonderful side-effect,” said Brian Burke about his team’s draft pick, Nazim Kadri.