Because there is a lock-out coming and because I don’t have anything better to do, I took RudyKelly’s even-handed and well-reasoned commentary ont he “on-going” CBA negotiations, and ran it through Microsoft Word’s auto-summarize tool. I told Word to reduce it to…
Tag Archive for Thomas Hickey
King Parise?
by Quisp •
As I tweeted a few hours ago, if the Parise market is indeed in the high $6MM AAV range (we keep hearing 12 years, $80MM-ish), that’s not outrageous for the Kings. $80MM divided by 12 is $6.67, lower than Kopitar’s…
How many prospects make it? How long does it take?
by Quisp •
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…
Hickey, Stoll, Azevedo, Loktionov and Nash (not a law firm)
by Quisp •
Hockey Buzz (Matt Barry): Rumors Depending on who you talk to, Kings former #4 pick and RFA (with a 1.3 mil NHL cap hit) Thomas Hickey has asked to be traded. The Kings don’t have 2nd or 3rd round picks…
2011-2012 Kings Prospects Scoring, Adjusted
by Quisp •
Since you already have 59 different places to go for traditional team stats, I decided to do something different. A few years back, behindthenet calculated conversion multipliers to be used to “translate” scoring stats from one league into equivalent NHL numbers. The idea being, for example, that one goal in NCAA is the rough equivalent, in terms of difficulty of 0.41 goals in the NHL. Obviously, there’s lots of room to disagree with the specific numbers, but I’m willing to play along. Here are the numbers behindthenet came up with:
Holy Moly! Toffoli joining Kings
by Quisp •
From LA Kings Insider: Toffoli, `taxi squad’ to join Kings
A source has confirmed that Tyler Toffoli will be among the prospects who will join the Kings on a “taxi squad.” Those players might not join the team until it returns to Los Angeles, and I don’t yet have a full list of the players. It’s not yet known whether the Kings intend to have Toffoli play in this series.
LA Kings Reserve List
The LA Kings Reserve List shows every player / prospect. Sort by cap hit, draft, contract status, age. Also: 50 Contract Limit explanation, roster rules.
Kovalchuk Trade Offers–What Could a Trade Bring to Atlanta? – Bird Watchers Anonymous
by Quisp •
Here’s a good one from a Thrashers blog, with my comments: LA gets Kovalchuk So far so good. I like it. ATL gets Braydon [sic] Schenn – Now hold on! Thomas Hickey – First of all, the guy’s name is…
From Larry Brooks/NY Post: Isles could trade for Thrashers star forward
by Quisp •
The other team in town is big-game hunting. Islanders’ GM Garth Snow has checked in with the Thrashers about the availability of marquee all-star left wing Ilya Kovalchuk, leaving the message with Atlanta GM Don Waddell that the team intends to…
Red Light District: Top 5 potential suitors for Kovalchuk
by Quisp •
The way it looks right now, Ilya Kovalchuk will become the prize acquisition at this year’s trade deadline. With negotiations between Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent Jay Grossman and Thrashers general manager Don Waddell not going in the right direction, few people…