Posts Tagged ‘ trade deadline ’

rodpedersen.com: Teubert = dad, Eberle = mom

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January 15, 2010

Here’s a quote Pats star Jordan Eberle won’t like. It came from Pats assistant coach Shaun Sutter when I asked him this week why it took so long to put the “C” on Colten Teubert: “The first response is you just don’t know what players are going to be here. We didn’t know who...
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From Larry Brooks/NY Post: Isles could trade for Thrashers star forward

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January 14, 2010

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 be in the mix if the impending unrestricted free agent is placed on the...
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But That’s Not What He Said

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January 14, 2010

From Kukla’s Corner, with headline boiling-down Hammond: Kings Plan to Keep Frolov This Season Rich Hammond lf LAKings Insider has a Q & A with GM Dean Lombardi, Question: If, over the next few weeks, it seems unlikely that anything will happen there (Frolov contract), does that influence what you do with him?...
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Red Light District: Top 5 potential suitors for Kovalchuk

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January 13, 2010

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 around the league are optimistic an extension will get done. If they can’t reach...
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Teubert expected to be named Pats’ captain

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January 12, 2010

The first time Colten Teubert pulled on a Regina Pats’ jersey, he was branded as a future captain — a prototypical leader born to wear the C. He’s about to claim that birthright. After running without a captain since the start of the regular season, the Pats are expected to pin the C on...
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Hey! That’s Brilliant! Kovi can be our superstar AND our enforcer!!

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January 12, 2010

From the Toronto Star: There’s no reason at all to feel sympathy for Ilya Kovalchuk. He’s a rich, talented hockey player who is going to get richer soon, and he might just show next month in Vancouver on the big Olympic stage that he’s even more talented than most believe. Last time we saw...
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From the National Post: Bruins, Kings among teams that could make a run at Kovalchuk

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January 11, 2010

Let the bidding war begin. With contract talks between Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers reportedly going nowhere, the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent is suddenly at the top of everyone’s wish list. The Los Angeles Kings reportedly sent general manager Dean Lombardi to Atlanta to scout the team and inquire about a potential trade....
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From NHL on Fox: Trade market should heat up sooner

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January 11, 2010

From the most-reliable Spector, emphases mine: The annual trade deadline is less than two months away but this season, business in the market could pick up earlier than usual due to the league’s mid-February shutdown for the 2010 Winter Olympics. A trade freeze will be implemented from Feb. 13-28, leaving only three days following...
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The Hockey News/Adam Proteau’s Blog: THN.com Blog: Kovalchuk mismanagement should spell end of Waddell

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January 11, 2010

Former Lightning GM and THN.com contributor Jay Feaster underscored that point last month when he wrote the Thrashers can’t afford to play a game of contractual chicken with the Russian star – at least, not up to and beyond the March 3 trade deadline – and the time to deal him is now. As...
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The Copper & Blue weighs the value of Patrick O’Sullivan

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December 4, 2009

When O’Sullivan was acquired at the trade deadline, his acquisition along with a second round draft pick in exchange for impending UFA Erik Cole and a 5th rounder was widely considered a master stroke by Oilers‘ GM Steve Tambellini. “We got two years plus of O’Sullivan for 20 games of Cole … what a steal!” went...
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