Toronto, finally showing some pop with coach Randy Carlyle working with a clean slate from the start of the season, will be on Causeway Street Thursday night. Maybe the Maple Leafs can shift the discussion away from, “Thank you, Phil Kessel,’’ for one night, especially now that top pick Nazem Kadri is putting up numbers, including his first career hat trick in a 5-4 OT win vs. the Islanders last week.
Of Lebanese descent, Kadri pronounces his first name NAH-zem. But a few PA announcers around the league have referred to him as nah-ZEEM, leading teammates to refer to him as “Nah-ZEEM the Dream.’’
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Hey KPD, I love reading your hockey notes and usually agree with most of your thoughts and ideas with one BIG exception. As a transplanted Rhode Islander living in the nations Capital, though a Bruins fan for over forty years I get to see alot of the capitals and Mike Green. To me this guy is the most overrated player I have virtually ever seen. He is a defenseman who neither likes to hit or be hit, Never clears out in front of his net, hates going into the corner to get the puck if there is an opponent with ten feet. All this guy want to do is send a long breakout pass out of his end which usually goes for icing or the other team bring it right back in for a scoring chance. He also just want big shots from the point but I would say I average he misses the net 75% of the time. To sum him up, he is a defenseman who doesn't play a lick of defense, hates contact, has tons of giveaways and can't stay healthy.