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Just like others before him, Ken Campbell will irritate

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July 10, 2012

I like to imagine that Ken Campbell wrote a tweet that went something like this: “Lots of bandwagon celebrities at Kings games now. Will they stick around when the Kings don’t repeat?” But then he remembered he doesn’t get paid for tweets. So he expanded it into an article. Just like others before them,...
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Why I prefer to just say no to Doan

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July 10, 2012

Going into next season with the roster intact (which, by the way, is some kind of miracle) is a silver lining inside a cloud no-one is talking about yet. The conventional wisdom is that a huge contributing factor to Stanley Cup hangover is the fact that the team has just played 100+ games compared to...
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Doan’s interest in you is meaningless

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July 9, 2012

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 to Shane Doan, Agent reports Doan’s “interested” in Pittsburgh http://t.co/Lg7R82rz July 9, 2012 11:21...
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No, the new CBA won’t limit contracts to five years

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July 8, 2012

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...
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Corey Elkins question (answered)

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July 8, 2012

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 last any of us heard about Elkins, he was still Kings’ property. They made...
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Oscar Moller and small person

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July 7, 2012
Oscar Moller and small person

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 all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now...
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Doesn’t Jeff Carter look like he was photoshopped into this picture?

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July 4, 2012

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Q: Are the Suter/Parise deals a circumvention of the CBA? A: No

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July 4, 2012

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!” Okay, I’ll tell you. (If you want to drill deeper into this topic, I...
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I coined a new term: “giamenemy”

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July 4, 2012

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, “Oh crap, I’ve been tambellinied!” “I really howsoned that guy,” “He just sat there...
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Lombardi was never going to offer Parise anywhere near $7.54MM AAV

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July 4, 2012

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 watching them. Ninety-eight divided by thirteen is 7.54. There’s simply no way the Kings...
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