And next, again from Jeff, a story that makes me want to punch an endless number of people: “I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the NYC Gay Hockey Association once had an unpleasant experience at Madison Square Garden. We had arranged for group seats for 30 of our members and friends. We were all…
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Dirty Hits, Cheap Shots
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First off, I wish people would stop referring to “dirty” hits as something other than “intent to injure.” No intent = no dirt. Second, there are plenty of ways to check someone illegally — with the elbow, with the knee, with a cross-check, by charging, by boarding, interference, kicking, slew-footing — but a hip-check is…
Name the King [never mind, I was trying to do a Purcell pumpkin; the poll sucks and is stupid for not showing exactly what the other choices are grrrr]
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Gauthier and O’Donnell to Oversee Kings’ Defense, According to People who Don’t Do Their Homework
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One unexpected windfall of successful clubs dealing with salary-cap troubles is that valuable talent is forced elsewhere. Such was the case with the Kings’ newest addition, Rob Scuderi, late of the Cup champion Penguins who was inked to a four-year deal. He, along with 37-year-old Sean O’Donnell and 32-year-old Denis Gauthier will oversee an evolving…
Cap (Idiots) Chart #?: Kessel Edition (bonus: why is Vancouver suddenly over the cap? I can’t figure out when that happened…)
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Lots of movement. The red zone is getting full, as one would expect in September. VAN has leapt to the head of the pack, and (as I mentioned above) I can’t figure out when that happened. I must have blinked. But I can’t figure out who they signed either. OTT has dropped back into the…
If Only Reason Were Here/Puck Off/Slogans are Stupid
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Like an ass, I quote my own comment from someone else’s excellent blog. It’s a terrible slogan, or tag-line or motto or whatever it’s supposed to be. I actually don’t think sports teams should have slogans. It’s so “advertising department.” I think it’s funny, given that they obviously pay people money to come up with…
BREAKING: Dany Heatley Requests Trade from Team Canada
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Apparently miffed that he was required to read aloud in preparation for Team Canada’s orientation camp, and irked by his reduction in ice-time over the last three years, Dany Heatley has asked to be dealt and has submitted a short list of countries he would prefer to have been born in. More here.
Spector’s Hockey – Latest Blue Jackets and Sharks News.
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Tom Reed reports the Blue Jackets may have $10 million in available cap space but they’re a “budget team, not a cap team”, meaning the club is already likely close to their self-imposed ceiling, which could hamper GM Scott Howson’s efforts to bring in a puck-moving defenseman. via Spector’s Hockey – Latest Blue Jackets and…
Sharkspage agrees with me
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With 8 roster forwards under contract (along with promising prospect Jamie McGinn) for roughly $28 million, and Evgeni Nabokov slated for a cap hit of $6 million, that leaves $1.1 million for at least 3 forwards and a backup goaltender. Qualifying offers were made earlier this summer to goaltender Thomas Greiss (07-08 salary: $725,000), center…
News Article Devils Must Demand Compensation if this Occurs – HFBoards
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HF Boards commenter “Saugus” says, in response to the possibility of “amnesty buy-outs” next summer: I can’t imagine any fair way to get compensated if this were to happen, maybe extra draft picks? And even that has its drawbacks, because who decides who gets compensated with picks, and what round do they come in? All…