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Doug MacLean is most famous for trying to kill hockey in Columbus. Lately he's back in the news as one of the latest hires for hockey's inferior network, Rogers. MacLean can be seen most nights using the words "Shawn Horcoff" and "7 million" in the same sentence and framing the issue in the most negative possible way without shining a light on the situation.For the record, the number we need to remember with regard to Shawn Horcoff is 5.5 (million). That's his cap hit and he'll get that annually through the summer of 2015.Horcoff has had a difficult start to the season, but coach Quinn has no real alernative at center. All the kids are kids and Michael Peca, Marty Reasoner, Jarret Stoll, Kyle Brodziak and others are in other towns.Jason Gregor mentioned in an article over at Oilers Nation that JF Jacques was playing on Horcoff's line (I believe O'Sullivan was the RW) at yesterday's practice in an effort to shake things up. I think we c...
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