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NHL's condensed regular season not a bad thing at all

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Patrick Sharp skates during an informal NHL hockey workout at Johnny's Icehouse, Thursday. Mike Spellman says This season's shortened 48-game NHL schedule should provide fireworks.

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Sometimes a work stoppage has some hidden benefits, most prominently a shorter regular season. Spellman's Scorecard talks about that,along Phil Emery's coaching search, the Wolves, the Blackhawks and much much more.