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Updated: May 12, 2004, 1:49 PM ET
By Jim Wilkie
Palffy
Palffy
Los Angeles Kings: Los Angeles is trying to keep star forward Ziggy Palffy from becoming a free agent July 1. The Kings increased their offer to a three-year deal reportedly worth between $16 million and $18 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. That would be a paycut from last season, when Palffy made $7 million, because of uncertainty over any new labor agreement.

San Jose Sharks: San Jose obviously missed big defenseman Kyle McLaren Tuesday night in their 4-1 loss to Calgary in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. But head coach Ron Wilson wasn't pinning the blame on rookie blue-liners Rob Davison and Tom Preissing for falling into an 0-2 hole in the series.

Calgary Flames: Miikka Kiprusoff gets much of the credit, and deservedly so, for helping Calgary get as far as it has in the playoffs. But the Flames defense often comes to his rescue, as Andrew Ference did Tuesday night by blocking the puck from going into a wide-open net and preventing the Sharks from tying the game in the third period.


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