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	Back-to-back blowouts have left Shanahan and the Blueshirts feeling under the weather. Dave Abel/Getty Images

Brendan Shanahan stood up after the Rangers' 6-1 thrashing by the Devils had mercifully ended and challenged his teammates to stop pitying themselves - or not to start. Hit by the flu and an eye infection himself, he declared talk of illness and injury to be both self-defeating and self-serving and, therefore, off the table.
  -- New York Daily News

Who will be the next NHL coach to lose his job? Keep an eye on the Phoenix situation. The Coyotes are losing and coach Wayne Gretzky is getting frustrated.
  -- Detroit News

The Montreal Canadiens are looking for help at center and could be eyeing veteran Sergei Fedorov. The Jackets aren't shopping Fedorov and his $6-million U.S. contract, but the talk is president/GM Doug MacLean would be willing to listen if the Habs really are serious about making a deal.
  -- Toronto Sun

The Maple Leafs are not only intent on keeping Mats Sundin, they're exhausting every avenue with the NHL to make it happen under the salary cap. TSN reported earlier this week that the club's autumn-long, behind-the-scenes lobbying to terminate next season's club option of $4.56 million U.S. in favor of working out a new cap-friendly agreement with the captain continues to be rejected by the league.
  -- Toronto Sun

Add Toronto businessman Frank D'Angelo and a billionaire partner, Dr. Barry Sherman, to the list of prospective buyers for the Penguins. D'Angelo told Canadian Press yesterday that he and Sherman are considering making an offer for the franchise. He also was adamant that he would keep the team in Pittsburgh.
  -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Phil Kessel, the Bruins' 19-year-old rookie center, suited up last Saturday night against New Jersey and skated every shift asked of him, already having been told he had testicular cancer. The young cancer survivor could be back skating and practicing with his teammates within a couple of weeks, and possibly return to the lineup a short time later.
  -- Boston Globe

Peter Forsberg will visit a neuro specialist this morning for baseline testing, hoping to get clearance to play tomorrow after suffering a slight concussion on Saturday. He and the Flyers' equipment staff also will fine-tune a new right skate boot that could cure a long-standing issue with his odd-shaped foot and the accompanying balance problems.
  -- Toronto Sun

The fact Jose Theodore hasn't played well enough this season to take a stranglehold on the Avalanche's No. 1 goaltending job lends credence to the argument that Colorado isn't getting sufficient bang-for-the-buck impact from Theodore in the salary-cap age.
  -- Denver Post

With Mike Modano out of the lineup for the last six games, Mike Ribeiro has gone from a solid offensive role player to the team's No. 1 center. But with Modano working out and hoping to return to the lineup for Wednesday's game against Anaheim, Dave Tippett has to decide what to do with a crafty playmaker who has five points in the last six games.
  -- Dallas Morning News

Shawn Hunter, the Kings' president of business operations, said that the Southern California market can support two NHL teams and that the Kings' drop in attendance can be cured with victories on the ice. The team has experienced five-year lows in attendance for some games this season.
  -- Los Angeles Times

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