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Kimmo Timonen risked everything for this moment

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  • Scott Burnside, NHL Close
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CHICAGO -- Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall remembers the shock of sitting in his office across from Kimmo Timonen and hearing the ailing defenseman vow that his NHL career was not over.