Posts Tagged ‘ Chicago Blackhawks ’

How Much Did Dale Tallon Hurt Chicago Last Summer? – Bird Watchers Anonymous

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July 8, 2009

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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Chicago’s options to not totally f*** itself are none too pretty

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July 8, 2009

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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From Forum answers VII – Inside the Kings: Linking to my own comment so I can remember where I made it when I turn out to be totally wrong; feel free to ignore

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July 8, 2009

[the question put to the peanut gallery is: if the cap is supposed to come down hard next year, won't the league do something to stop all these teams from having to dump salary to get under the cap, like maybe decide to keep the cap up anyway, or create some new loophole whereby...
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Breaking Down the Marian Hossa Signing – Second City Hockey

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July 1, 2009

The Bad: Well – the cap situation is even more of a mess.  That shit ain’t good.  I thought they’d only be offering a one-year deal to anyone since next year is going to be Salary Cap Doomsday with Toews, Kane and Keith all due hefty raises.  With 5.2 due to Hossa now it’s...
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Bitter split? Havlat leaves Chicago for Wild, promises ‘real story’ – Puck … – NHL – Yahoo! Sports

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July 1, 2009

Martin Havlat(notes) has agreed to be the historically fragile offensive talent to replace another historically fragile offensive talent for the Minnesota Wild, signing a six-year, $30 million contract this evening according to the Star Tribune. Havlat leaves the Chicago Blackhawks after three seasons, his best (and healthiest) coming in 2008-09 with 77 points in...
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HockeyBuzz.com – Matthew Barry – KINGS FANS NEED TO CALM THE HELL DOWN

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July 1, 2009

Several teams have left themselves ripe for raiding: How does Chicago pay for Kane and Towes and Keith who are RFA’s next year, not to mention Versteeg and Seabrook? Who does Calgary dump? 40 million for just 8 players? The Rangers have 40 million committed to just 15 players, I’m still trying to figure...
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Kevin Allen (kausatoday) on Twitter

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July 1, 2009

With TSN saying Hossa signed with Chicago for 12 years, I have 'Hawks at $34 mill for eight players in 2010-11 witn no Kane, Toews, Keith via Kevin Allen (kausatoday) on Twitter. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your...
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Pokecheck (Pokecheck) on Twitter

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July 1, 2009

Hossa will be 42 when his Chicago contract is up. Chicago, you came so close to being cool again. Epic fail. Epic. via Pokecheck (Pokecheck) 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....
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In light of today’s events, I looked up my old post: Can you afford to sign Hossa?

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July 1, 2009

Let’s organize this by “contenders, “Stocks rising,” “Stocks falling” and “rebuilders.” Contenders: Detroit —...
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OK, so now it seems likely Hossa will be headed to LA after all…

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June 12, 2009

…but only because that’s where the good shrinks are, and he’ll be needing years of therapy to recover from Cup-induced PTSD. I actually expect the Wings to sign him now, because for him to leave Detroit after one year, in search of a Cup on yet another team, would be just lame. I was...
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