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Not the behavior of a player who intends to re-sign:

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June 30, 2012

Zach Parise‘s day on Sunday should prove to be a fascinating one. While it’s expected he’ll get a big offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins, he’ll be hanging in Toronto with his agents waiting to see what everyone else throws his way. Parise’s agent Wade Arnott tells Tom Gulitti of Fire & Ice that his...
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Taylor + Lombardi = decade’s best draft record

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June 30, 2012

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People have asked: why keep Jonathan Bernier?

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June 29, 2012

Mixed in with the initial tweets announcing Jonathan Quick’s pending mega-deal was this: Next move the #LAKINGS will be to trade Jonathan Bernier who has asked to be moved. #devils #Leafs #blackhawks all possibilties June 28, 2012 1:34 PM via webReplyRetweetFavorite @andystrickland Andy Strickland Lisa Dillman, the voice of reason: Again, this does not...
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Good Guy News: Terry Murray, Peter Harrold, Ian Laperriere…

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June 29, 2012

Murray: new head coach of the AHL Phantoms. Harrold: re-signed in Jersey. Lappy: Named Flyers Director of Player Development. Congratulations all around. 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...
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Quick’s deal is a steal

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June 29, 2012

Stanley Cup champion, Conn Smythe-winning, Vezina-nominated, franchise-record-breaking, groin-stretching, F-bomb-dropping, mind-controlling goaltender Jonathan Quick will, in two days, officially sign a ten year, $58 million contract, rumored to be paying him seven million for each of seven years, followed by three million for each of the last three, at which point — 2023 — we’ll...
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If I’m Zach Parise…

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June 29, 2012

And I learn (as we all did this morning) that the Devils’ financial picture is so grim that they can’t offer a contract to Martin Brodeur, there is simply no way I am re-signing with that team. At this point, the inestimable charms of Lou Lamoriello* are the only hope of keeping Parise in...
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Will Stoll be here for three years?

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June 24, 2012

One of the advantages of signing players to cap-friendly contracts is that those contracts are tradeable assets. Would it be mean or disloyal for Lombardi to trade Stoll, say, at the trade deadline, or next summer, or anytime before his contract expires in 2015, considering that Stoll could have gotten more money signing...
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How many prospects make it? How long does it take?

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June 22, 2012

Short version: Two or three out of every ten picks will turn into a viable roster player. One, maaaybe two, of those will be someone special. And it takes two or three years from the draft for the player to develop, sometimes less, sometimes more. Long version: Class of 2000 (GM Dave Taylor) Alex...
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“The No Cups Since ’67 Club” by Earl Sleek, Super Genius

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June 20, 2012

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And she said, “I don’t want him to win the Stanley Cup.”

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June 19, 2012

Oh, how I wish I had found this. But Scribe did, the bastard: Sexual Assault Allegations Against Drew Doughty? Fuck That. – Surly & Scribe A little more digging and there are more details that the L.A. Times didn’t have in their article. From the Press-Telegram: Hermosa Beach police Sgt. Bob Higgins confirmed...
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