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NHL finally pushes panic button

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August 25, 2009

NHL finally pushes panic button. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now or learn more. It's free!  
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From Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog: Can’t You Remember?

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August 25, 2009

Quote of the day, from Dany Heatley: “I love playing in Canada. I think there were some Canadian teams on the list that I gave the Senators earlier in the summer.” via KuklasKorner : Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog : Can’t You Remember? . Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online...
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From Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog: Defending McDonough

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July 16, 2009

Tom Benjamin blogs on/for/re the Canucks and weighs in on the Hawks fiasco: The good news going forward was that the excellent young team grew into an excellent team period. The bad news was that they did this despite the fact that Tallon did little to demonstrate competence. Indeed he made several mistakes –...
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From The Fourth Period: Dale Tallon Finds Solution to His Cap Concerns (say I, not the fourth period; their headline was more like “Blackhawks fire Tallon”)

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July 13, 2009

TFP has confirmed that the Chicago Blackhawks fired general manager Dale Tallon late Monday and an official announcement will be made on Tuesday.TFP Columnist and Comcast Chicago anchor Josh Mora has also confirmed that Stan Bowman, the clubs assistant GM, will be taking over as GM.Tallon was named the eighth GM in team history...
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What We Learned: Boston’s Winter Classic will be interesting – Puck Daddy – NHL – Yahoo! Sports

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July 13, 2009

Bruins reporter for WEEI.com and all-around swell guy, this morning: “Heard today that Bruins and Flyers are going to have to share same Red Sox home clubhouse between two teams during the Winter Classic. Yikes” Yikes indeed. Granted, Fenway is the oldest park in baseball, and the unfortunate accommodations are, most likely, because the...
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Oilers Insider Hockey News and Rumours: Clerical Errors a Bit Bigger Than Getting Caught Photocopying Your Butt

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July 9, 2009

With the news now that Kris Versteeg has been signed by the Chicago Blackhawks to a contract worth more than $9 million over 3 seasons and a full year prior to his original entry level contract coming to an end, one has to wonder what’s been going on in NHL offices around the league....
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Daly: Pronger contract an ‘over-35′ deal – Broad Street Hockey

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July 8, 2009

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 Bob McKenzie @TSN: HEATLEY REJECTS TRADE AFTER DEMANDING TRADE??

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June 30, 2009

Now, it gets interesting. Dany Heatley did not waive his no-movement clause to facilitate an agreed-upon trade between the Ottawa Senators and Edmonton Oilers that would have sent Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid to Ottawa. For now, and quite possibly forever, the deal is dead. via TSN . Evernote lets you save...
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Chemmy (felixpotvin) on Twitter asks the question:

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June 30, 2009

Has there ever been a player who demanded a trade and then invoked his NTC? via Chemmy (felixpotvin) on Twitter. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now or learn more. It's...
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From (the great) Matthew Barry: I Loved All The Things That DIDN’T Happen!

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June 26, 2009

1) Tavares – So Dreger and the Union Leader and almost everyone else on XM204 was saying Duchene was going first – THAT didn’t happen and it didn’t seem like there was ever any doubt it was Tavares. Dreger  – so plugged in, and yet… 2) Brian Burke’s failure to move up – yes,...
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