I’m not going to get all hot and bothered because the Sharks haven’t altered the core group by July 9. Last year people were spitting blood in here because Doug Wilson did nothing on July 1. Seventy-two hours later, Dan Boyle and Rob Blake were on the roster. via Logging in new contracts, a...
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
From Working the Corners (it’s a Sharks blog): it turns out Kings fans aren’t the only ones who do this??!!
NHLSCAP.com – Salary Cap FAQ [and my notes on how it applies to Rathje and the Flyers' Cap Problems]
A player is considered to have a bona-fide long-term injury if, in the opinion of the team, the player has an injury which will cause him to miss at least 10 games and 24 days. Even in such cases, the player’s salary will continue to count against the team’s Upper Limit. This is mentioned...
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NHL Teams Hunt for Talent in a Frenzied Bazaar – WSJ.com
Since most traditional hockey stats focus solely on offensive production, a better way to measure all-around talent is to pinpoint the players who are most important to their teams. To do this, we can rank every skater by who played the most in “clutch” situations—the last two minutes of tied or one-goal games. Those...
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How Much Did Dale Tallon Hurt Chicago Last Summer? – Bird Watchers Anonymous
Last summer the Chicago Blackhawks were declared the big “winners” of free agency. But one year later that summer spending spree is shaping up as A FRANCHISE CRIPPLING EVENT –one that will lower the ceiling on an other wise outstanding collection of young talent. Last season the Blackhawks were not only one of the...
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From letsgosharks: To Marleau or Not to Marleau
Patrick Marleau traded! No, no he hasn’t been. But, can you imagine the response if that headline were to become true? Can you see it – “The San Jose Sharks deal their longtime captain for a bag of pucks!” Ok so they won’t get any galvanized rubber for him but realistically what would they...
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Chicago’s options to not totally f*** itself are none too pretty
Chicago is holding steady at $1.34MM over the cap with three players left to sign. If they simply promote their prospects under contract to fill the spots (which is the cheapest option), that adds another $2.1MM, which makes the magic number $3.45MM (over the cap). Candidates for salary dump: Brian Campbell – cap his...
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Daly: Pronger contract an ‘over-35′ deal – Broad Street Hockey
Daly told Friedman that the deal is in fact an over-35 contract because of the date it goes into effect. It does not matter that the deal was signed before Pronger is 35 years old (he’s 34 until October 10 of this year), because it does not go into place until the 2010-11 season....
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From Behindthenet.ca: Junior Hockey Projections
Twenty years ago, almost all every NHL player was drafted from the Canadian Hockey League. Even today, the majority of NHL draft picks still come from the three Tier I junior hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). But how does...
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