Team Canada Summer Training Camp Invitees: Goaltenders: Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Marc-André Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins), Steve Mason (Columbus Blue Jackets), Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes). Defense: Jay Bouwmeester (Calgary Flames), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Scott…
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Russia invites Frolov to Olympic Camp
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The Russian Ice Hockey Federation has named 38 players for their Olympic Summer Camp from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Moscow. The KHL and the NHL contribute with 19 players each. Goalkeepers: Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix Coyotes, NHL), Simeon Varlamov…
From ESPN: National Football League goes after big game in landmark American Needle antitrust case
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Fast forward to a high-definition picture of sports late in 2010. Here is the news of the day, scrawling across the bottom of your TV screen or mobile Web device: • LeBron James, who had been expecting a free-agency bonanza…
From The Puck Stops Here: Team Corsi Numbers
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Puck Stops Here (blog) calculates team Corsi numbers, and the results are interesting. Here’s what he says; my thoughts follow the quote block: Corsi Numbers are the difference between shots directed at the goal (shots on goal, missed shots and…
From Mlive.com: New Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman suggests that cap may not fall for 10-11 season, discusses Hawks’ Red Wings-like ‘one-year window’
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Actually, it’s Mlive (from Detroit) quoting a block from the Chicago Daily Herald [with my comments in brackets]: The Hawks are under the NHL’s $56.8 million salary cap for this season [no, you're not] but part of the reason Bowman…
NBA salary cap memo points to economic trouble ahead for NHL – Allan Muir – SI.com
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It’s been broadly hinted for months: After four straight years of growth since its implementation in 2005, the NHL’s salary cap is expected to lose ground for the 2010-11 season as a direct, albeit delayed, result of the worldwide economic…
In light of today’s events, I looked up my old post: Can you afford to sign Hossa?
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[NOTE: some of the musings are out of date; I am not updating anything other than to throw some highlighting on the Chicago stuff and I am adding one editorial comment in a big blue font; you have been warned]…
Via Greatest Hockey Legends: Guy Lafleur and Marcel Dionne
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Lafleur was not eligible for the NHL draft until 1971, but Montreal wanted him badly. In May 1970 they made their first move to secure the 1st overall pick in ’71. They traded Ernie Hicke and their own 1st rounder…
KuklasKorner : Abel to Yzerman : Gary’s Wallpaper
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Fascinating, must-read: We’re going to say this one more time and I’m going to make it as clear as I can. No one here has claimed a “conspiracy.” No one has said Gary Bettman orchestrated a Pens Cup. It’s not…
OK, so now it seems likely Hossa will be headed to LA after all…
by Quisp •
…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…