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Barnaby Expected To Be Named  ESPN Hockey Analyst, Replacing Melrose

MAPLE LEAVE: In Toronto, Mike Zeisberger reported CBC analyst Harry Neale "was not surprised" to hear that Jim Hughson is replacing Bob Cole as the play-by-play announcer for the net's 7:00pm ET "Hockey Night in Canada" game this season. Neale: "Pretty much the same thing happened to me. I received a call from [CBC Sports Exec Dir] Scott Moore, who told me my duties would be reduced." Neale added that Cole "has not personally told him of any impending changes." Neale: "But where there is smoke, there usually is fire. It might not be over, but you can hear the alarm ringing" (TORONTO SUN, 9/17).

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