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PHT Morning Skate: Dallas fans should thank Canada?

Jim Lites, Tom Gaglardi

The Dallas Stars’ new owner, Tom Gaglardi, left, acknowledges cheers from fans as new team president Jim Lites, right. looks on during a ceremony before an NHL hockey game between the Stars and the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

Leave it to Toronto to deliver one of the more condescending headlines of the season. Apparently, the Dallas Stars success over the last week is thanks to a Canadian. (The Globe and Mail)

It’s not just veteran NHL players that have to deal with concussions. Check out the story of a 19-year-old player from the WHL who had to call it quits after five concussions (Ottawa Citizen)

First the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan said the Maple Leafs (um, MLSE) were for sale. Then last week they said they were NOT for sale. But Michael Grange says they’re still on the market—for the right price (Sportsnet)

Nino Niederreiter has been a healthy scratch for three straight games in Long Island. But don’t expect the Islanders to send him back down to his junior team in Portland (ESPN New York)

Dave Tippett on his team’s effort against the Canucks: “We didn’t start very good, we didn’t have a good middle and we didn’t end very good. So that pretty much sums it up right there.” Ouch. (Arizona Republic)

Did anyone really doubt that Pavel Datsyuk was going to figure things out this season? (Detroit News)

Should Alex Pietrangelo be mentioned in the same breath as guys like Duncan Keith, Shea Weber, Kris Letang, and Drew Doughty? New head coach Ken Hitchcock certainly thinks so. (Post-Dispatch)

Sergei Gonchar says that Evgeni Malkin was much more focused over the summer as he was rehabbing his injured knee; adding that Malkin felt he had something to prove after a season that wasn’t as successful as some people expected. Just what the other 29 teams need: a motivated Malkin (Post-Gazette)

Avalanche coach Joe Sacco says the team plays better when they play with enthusiasm. His goal: find a way to bring that out in his young team. (All Things Avs)

Eric Stephen from the OC Register and Lisa Dillman from the LA Times both follow the Ducks on an everyday basis and agree: it’s time for the Ducks to make a trade. (OC Register)

Finally, who says that a 1-0 game doesn’t have fireworks? (NHL)