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GREEN BAY, Wis. - While he appreciates suggestions from Packers fans of remedies for his sore left calf, Aaron Rodgers is not necessarily going to listen to the advice.Whatever Rodgers is doing appears to be working.The quarterback took limited snaps on Wednesday, the first day of practice for Green Bay ahead of Sundays NFC title game against the Seattle Seahawks.It is an improvement from last week, when Rodgers missed the first day of practice preparing for the Dallas Cowboys.I mean, hes doing everything he can. I do know that, coach Mike McCarthy said. We did a little bit more today than we did this time last week. I dont really know if thats an indicator. Were dealing with it.Rodgers is sticking to the teams prescribed rehab plan, along with an occasional dose of acupuncture, and thats it.I know people have the best intentions when theyre sending stuff in, Rodgers said. You know they want me to get back on the field. This time of the year when theres an injury, there (are) a lot of experts out there.Rodgers doesnt have the full mobility that allows him to extend plays outside the pocket, one of his trademark strengths.The right arm is just fine though. The 13-yard touchdown pass thrown like a fastball to Richard Rodgers in last weeks 26-21 win over Dallas is proof.I dont think so, Rodgers said when asked if he had to overcompensate with accuracy to make up for his limited mobility.Its been pretty good for a number of years. Just limited mobility makes you have to throw from the pocket a little bit more.Those second- and third-looks created by Rodgers when he breaks out of the pocket may not be there as much, especially with the Seahawks stellar secondary.Quick throws out of shotgun formation have become a staple of the Packers offence. Theyre still running effectively out of that formation, too.Maybe Seattles Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman will even get a few throws in his direction this time after the Packers didnt pass to his side of the field in the 36-16 loss in the season opener to the Seahawks.McCarthy has said that wasnt by design, but just how things played out in the course of the game. The Packers have said theyre not intimidated.Its simply a matter of who is open.Well I plan to throw it to the open guy. Thats kind of been the way Ive played for a number of years, Rodgers said when asked if he would target Shermans side.Seattles defence has improved since Week 1, but so has the Packers offence. The offensive line, in particular, has played well, especially with a rookie at centre in Corey Linsley.McCarthy has called his front five possibly one of the best units that he has had in his nine years in Green Bay. Protection will be at a premium, especially, against the Seahawks.Just withstanding their speed, for sure, because you know that theyre going to come out real fast. Its the NFC championship, Linsley said. So, big games like this, teams come out real fast, so youve got to match their speed and withstand their initial surge that the coaches always talk about.Then after that, its just settling down and playing ball.Rodgers sets the tone with the even-keeled attitude. There is not even a hint of panic in the locker room that the Packers will have to face the Seahawks with their quarterback at less than full speed.Rodgers has heard all the get-well suggestions. One fan recommendation noted by Rodgers on Wednesday involved what the quarterback called the human-to-pet connection.I didnt see quite how it related to my calf, Rodgers said, but again I appreciate all the suggestions.Notes: Besides Rodgers, DL Josh Boyd (ankle) and OL Josh Sitton (toe) were also limited. Sitton has had his injury since the loss to New Orleans in Week 8. ... Still, all 53 players on the roster practiced on Wednesday in some form. Health is very important. You need all hands on deck, McCarthy said. The ability to play with the same 53, the same 46, for a couple weeks is a huge benefit.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Wholesale NHL Jerseys . After just two league games in June, Toronto (6-4-1) will go on to play seven in July plus a friendly against Tottenham. Five of those contests are against Eastern Conference opposition, meaning valuable points in the playoff race are on the line. NHL Jerseys Cheap . Weise left the arena with a splint on his wrist and underwent tests to determine whether the tendon is torn. Winger Travis Moen will also miss some time after suffering a concussion in Mondays contest. http://www.jerseyscheapnhl.com/ .Y. -- The Detroit Red Wings had just enough time to salvage a point. Wholesale Hockey Jerseys Store . The Mercedes duo of three-time Canadian Grand Prix champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has won all six races to start the season, finishing one-two in the last five. Cheap Boston Bruins Jerseys . Kerr said he had dinner with Jackson, his former coach with Chicago and the new Knicks team president, on Friday night and they talked again Saturday. Kerr is in New York to work the game between the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors for TNT.At the age of 46, Dominik Hasek was still playing hockey. He put on his goalie pads for the final time Feb. 27, 2011 in the KHL. At the age of 49, "the Dominator" is expected to be part of the class of 2014 at the Hockey Hall of Fame, which will be announced this afternoon on TSN2 at 3pm et/Noon pt. Though nothing is guaranteed, the six-time Vezina Trophy-winner should be a lock. "For me its a no-brainer," former Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said earlier this year. Hasek won one Stanley Cup as a starter with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, then split time with Chris Osgood and became the backup in the playoffs for the 2008 title. He came close to the Cup in 1999 with Buffalo, only to be beaten by the Dallas Stars on Brett Hulls foot-in-the-crease overtime goal. Haseks best years came with the Sabres, when he had seven straight seasons with a save percentage of .930 or higher. He finished with 234 career regular-season victories in Buffalo and 389 over his 16-year NHL career. Veteran goaltender Tomas Vokoun "knew all along" Hasek would be great from watching him play in their native Czech Republic. "It took him a little bit just because of his style and all that to convince people here," Vokoun said in a phone interview. "I definitely consider him, if hes not the best, one of the top three to ever play. ... He definitely deserves to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer." Swedish centre Peter Forsberg is also expected to get the call to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. American-born centre Mike Modano leads the other new candidates and is the most likely to be inducted, ahead of three-time Cup-winner and first-ballot dark horse Mark Recchi. Forsberg, who began his career with the Quebec Nordiques following the blockbuster Eric Lindros trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, went on to win two Cups with the Colorado Avalanche.dddddddddddd He finished with 885 points in 708 regular-season games as his career was cut short by foot injuries. With 1,374 points over 21 seasons, Modano became the most prolific American-born scorer in NHL history. Late coach Pat Burns remains a candidate in the "builder" category, a year after Fred Shero was posthumously elected 38 years after leading the Flyers to back-to-back Cups. Burns, a three-time Jack Adams Award winner as coach of the year, died in November 2010 at the age of 58. This is the first year John Davidson is serving as chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee, replacing Jim Gregory. Bobby Clarke, David Poile and Luc Robitaille were appointed to the committee for the first time. Clarkes addition raised the question of whether Lindros would stand a better chance of being elected. Despite a contentious relationship with the Lindros family, the longtime Flyers general manager is considered a proponent of his Hall of Fame case. Lindros has similar numbers to Forsberg — 865 points in 760 games over 13 seasons — and won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1994-95. The three-time Canadian Olympian and world junior standouts resume isnt as Hall of Fame-worthy as Haseks. The goaltender is all but certain to be inducted Nov. 10. "I appreciate it, its very nice to be among all these big players," Hasek said recently when asked about impeding election to the Hall of Fame. "I appreciate to be one day, maybe, in the Hockey Hall of Fame, however ... it was never my goal when I was playing hockey." ' ' '