https://twitter.com/reallisa/status/222393954803531776 Terry Bross, agent for UFA F Shane Doan, tells Detroit Free Press: “Shane has interest in Detroit.” Has heard from Wings today. #RedWings July 9, 2012 11:14 AM via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite @HeleneStJames Helene St. James Pens have talked…
Monthly Archives: July 2012
No, the new CBA won’t limit contracts to five years
by Quisp •
Whatever the new CBA does to put the damper on the “big tail” contracts, it’s going to have to be with an eye toward incremental change. Off the top of my head, I expect:
- Contracts for players under the age of 35 will not be allowed to take the player past 40, and maybe that number should be lower, 37-ish.
- There will be some kind of tail-to-dog ratio rule. Something that limits, for example, the top paying 4 or 5 years of a deal to a certain percentage of the lowest paying 4 or 5 years of the deal.
Corey Elkins question (answered)
by Quisp •
Yesterday, the agent for Kings prospect Corey Elkins tweeted that his client had signed a one-year contract with the Ducks. As far as I know, this has not been officially announced yet. Here’s my question: unless I missed something, the…
Oscar Moller and small person
by Quisp •
Congratulations, Oscar and family. charlottemelander’s photo http://t.co/gSG9nXjO #lyckligkille June 10, 2012 5:59 AM via Instagram on iOSReplyRetweetFavorite @Osmoller Oscar Möller (Please come back soon) Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access…
Doesn’t Jeff Carter look like he was photoshopped into this picture?
by Quisp •
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Q: Are the Suter/Parise deals a circumvention of the CBA? A: No
by Quisp •
I’ve read a few comments around the interpucks complaining about the questionable legality of the new matching mega-deals for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. I saw several variations on “tell me how this is any different than the Kovalchuk contract!”…
I coined a new term: “giamenemy”
by Quisp •
giamenemy (n), 1. portmanteau of G.M. (General Manager) and enemy; e.g. “Lombardi’s giamenemy, Steve Tambellini, lied about the status of Gilbert Brule.” (pl., giamenemies). I’m putting that in my dictionary, right next to the list of NHL GMs as verbs, as in,…
Lombardi was never going to offer Parise anywhere near $7.54MM AAV
by Quisp •
If the “reports” are true, and Zach Parise and Ryan Suter have each signed 13 year $98 million deals with the Minnesota Wild, then, well, more power to them. The Wild ought to be pretty good. I look forward to…
Whither Clifford?
by Quisp •
Of the six left wings mentioned — Brown, Penner, Gagne, King, Nolan and Clifford — one of them (Gagne) is almost certain to leave after next season (if he can even make it through 2012-13 healthy), and another (Penner) is not any kind of lock to return after next year either. I would say, actually, that since neither Clifford or Nolan ought to be considered top-six forwards (you can make an argument for King, though he fits anywhere), really we’re talking about whether there’s room for all three of Clifford, Nolan and King in the bottom six. We can just remove Brown, Gagne and Penner from the equation.
Where Are They Now: Geordie Wudrick – Former Player Of The Year Winners
by Quisp •
When Wudrick was honoured with Hockey Now’s Minor Hockey Player of the Year award in 2005, it appeared the Abbotsford, B.C. forward was on the fast-track toward a distinguished hockey career.
That year, his first as a Bantam-aged player in 2004/05, he scored he scored 115 goals with Abbotsford, won that season’s U16 B.C. Best Ever Tournament and, shortly thereafter, was selected second overall in the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft by the Swift Current Broncos. Only Colten Teubert was picked ahead of him by the Regina Pats.