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Soo...Roy got his 4m a year, now what?
2007-07-29 03:23:00
Well, at least I am right once in awhile. The Sabres and Derek Roy agreed to a contract nearly identical to the one the Panthers gave Nathan Horton. It averages out to 4m per year for 6 years. Nor really a surprise especially since the Dustin Penner fiasco in Edmonton.So this leaves us with the Sabres and whats next. The only unsigned player of note is Nathan Paetsch who is pending arbitration. It would seem Paetsch is ready for prime time. So that leaves the Sabres with two obvious marketable commodities on defense in Jaro Spacek and Dmitri Kalinin. The Sabres seem to have a large hole at center after Connolly, Roy and Gaustad. Do they swing a deal, do they give Clarke Macarthur and Marek Zagrapan first shot? Could they take a preemptive strike and move a guy like Brian Campbell for a big name center?My guess is the Sabres use the depth in their system to pick up a veteran centerman who can fill that third line role for the team. I am thinking someone along the lines of a Steve Re...
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Panthers new apparel unveiled...
2007-07-29 00:57:00
New Flordia Panthers jerseys were released earlier today, and many fans aren't too pleased with this change of look.I'm not too amazed or blown away by these last two additions.The Rangers jersey (posted yesterday) was a lot worse than their current one with the slanted lettering and this Panthers jersey looks like a pathetic attempt to master MS Paint.-BBeR
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Is Brisebois on his way back?
2007-07-28 19:22:00
According to RDS, Bob Gainey has sent an offer to Brisebois. A one year deal for 700 000. Brisebois is said to be considering this option.After having calculated the payroll for the Canadiens, we can agree that they surely have the cap space to acquire Brisebois, but is this a good idea? He was literally booed out of the Bell centre, and let's face it, he didn't have a great year last year in Colorado. Maybe a return with the Habs at an affordable salary will calm the fans down somewhat. This rumour will either die down rather quickly, or a deal will be announced within a couple days. Keep in tune for more developments!
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Rangers new jersey leaked?
2007-07-27 13:35:00
Ok, I've had a habit of striking out in the past...twice to be exact, receiving fake Canadiens and Sharks jerseys by email and posting them on here, only to get incredible threatening hatred comments.If this is not the real thing (though I'm betting it is this time) ignore it, you don't need to make it your life's priority to go around hating everyone who presents you with a fake jersey unknowingly on a blog which he does for fun in his spare time.Here is the most recent gamble of mine: the New York Range rs new insignia and uniform style for next season (Special thanks to reader Matthew)Away jersey:(For a higher quality and better resolution version, click here)Home jersey:(For a higher quality and better resolution version, click here)I really believe this is the real thing, and here are some points that lean into my favour:1) It is a photograph, not an image or concept.2) It was said the Original Six teams would be allowed to keep their horizontal stripes if they wanted to...o...
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EDM Offer Sheet To Penner
2007-07-26 21:20:00
looks like KLowe is at it again...per tsn- The Edmonton Oilers are back at it again, tendering a five year, $21.5 million offer sheet to Anaheim Ducks Group II restricted free agent Dustin Penne r.Kevin Lowe is definitely trying to make a point that he is still a shrewd competitor with other GMs. He has been heard, and now everyone in the hockey world knows that their RFAs are currently not safe. Lowe is proving that he is still an excellent GM and nothing is going to stop him from giving an offer sheet to talented high-priced RFAs. Even though things went wrong in the EDM organization this year, he is still giving a huge effort into his team.Props to Kevin Lowe.
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BBeR hearts YouTube! I am Canadian!
2007-07-26 19:36:00
Absolutely nothing to do with hockey, but it's a must-see for Canadian s and even more Americans, hehe.Watch this one first, then the one below!Haha, and for you Quebec viewers.Proud to be Canadian!That's right bitches! Wooohoo! *National anthem plays in background*-BBeR
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Murray Proves his Worth
2007-07-25 18:01:00
Everyone knows Bryan Murray is an excellent GM as he has built many stanley cup contenders in the past, but when his time came with Ottawa at the beginning of the offseason, nothing really happened. Sens fans were waiting for a huge acquisition that could take us to the next step. They wanted something, anything, that could make the Senators look different next year.The first two weeks of the offseason came and went with no transactions, and sens fans were left waiting. They felt annoyed, bored, surprised, but they still had a sense of anticipation that things would shape out. In the past week, things definitely have, as Murray shipped out the biggest under-performer in Schaefer, for a much grittier veteran who comes cheap in Shean Donovan. This move was great also financially, because then Murray had enough $$ to keep Emery and Schubert away from arbitration.The contracts he gave out, I thought , were great and fit the players talent level. Hopefully Bryan will now be able to sign...
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Oh, Thank Goodness
2007-07-24 19:13:00
It was an eleventh-hour deal but it still got done and that's what matters. The Ottawa Senators have managed to avoid arbitration with their number 1 goaltender Ray Emery just hours before his hearing was set to begin:'It was a difficult negotiation,'' Emery's agent J.P. Barry told The Canadian Press. ''Bryan and I started pretty far apart but we worked hard to close the gap and were able to do so this morning after Bryan was able to speak with Mr. Melnyk.''The 24-year-old Emery was a restricted free agent. He will earn $2.75 million next season, $3.25 million in 2008-09 and $3.5 million in 2009-10, for an average of $3.16 million a season, a big raise over the $925,000 he made last season.He will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the contract.Emery emerged as Ottawa's starting goalie last season and led the team to a Stanley Cup final appearance. He went 33-16-6 in the regular season with a 2.47 goals-against average and .918 save percentage. He was 13-7 with a ...
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Emery, Avery, Cammalleri, Roy, Ryder, Hunter, Stempniak
2007-07-24 15:12:00
Arbitration is a time of year where fans hold their breath that one of their favourite, usually good, players doesn't demand too much and sign for more than he's worth.If you want a relevant example of how arbitration affects the new NHL and its salary cap, see JP Dumont with the Buffalo Sabres at this exact same time last year.The French-Canadian was awarded a one-year contract worth an estimated $2.9 million by a salary arbitrator after coming off a decent season while scoring 20 goals and adding the same number for assists in 54 games.The number was grand, grand in many ways since a checking-line player is hardly worth anything over $2 million these days, so, the Sabres exercised their right to reject a contract and let Dumont walk to free-agency.Dumont eventually signed for about 700K less with the Nashville Predators and scored 66 points with the last season, a career high.That's only one and perhaps the best example of salaries awarded that affect a team's ability to keep ...
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Lurk-a-sitis
2007-07-23 00:44:00
So far I've seemed to have a strange case of lurk-a-sitis on this blog, you know the one; You sign up for a blog you love and then nothing comes up that is particularly interesting to write about. You're then left sitting around hoping that the owner of said blog doesn't think you've just decided to blow the blog off after he painstakingly entered your spiffy Bio on the sidebar. Man, life is rough for those of us suffering from lurk-a-sitis.I don't have a whole lot to say about my team at the moment because we've been being relatively invisible this off-season. We've signed a couple guys for the AHL and a couple that are (hopefully) pieces to our rebuild puzzle. Most important was the goalie situation. We've gotten word that Cujo won't be back with us (at the least) next season so we only had Telly to rely on and we (as fans) know how much trouble that can get us into. According to some fans we were in desperate need of a goalie; I, however, was choosing to plant my faith i...

Why the Avs?
2007-07-22 03:42:00
It's the slow news time of the NHL season, and since I just recently joined the BBeR family, I figured I'd post a little (Ok, more than a little) something about myself and my trek to becoming a hockey, NHL, and especially, Colorado Avalanche fan.So how did it happen? I don't know really. I wasn't exposed to hockey all that much during my formative years, but I definately remember one of the first hockey cards I ever saw being Joe Sakic in the blue Nords jersey. I remember wondering what those weird symbols were, you know the ones that looked like the ones on the Saints helmets. So I looked them up (in an antiquated tome of knowledge known as 'Encyclopedia Britanica) and learned a little about french-speaking parts of Canada, a little about hockey, and a little about the NHL.Years passed, and growing up in Wyoming, the only pro team that was considered local was the Denver Broncos. They had a stud quarterback in Elway, were always decent, but always losing in the end. Still, th...
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Peca Wants Buffalo But......
2007-07-20 16:22:00
According to the Buffalo News article today Buffalo doesn't want him. Don Meehan says he called Darcy to indicate Peca's desire to play in Buffalo. He said Regier indicated to him that they weren't interested and were going to keep the team building in-house. Oddly, Regier denies speaking to Meehan about Peca (here we go again?).On the surface it seems like a good move for the Sabres. Peca would definitely help fill the hole left by Chris Drury. This could simply be a situation were Regier feels that Peca is done and just isn't good enough. If that is the case, so be it. If he still can play I think it would be a great move to help heal some of the wounds incurred in recent weeks by the Sabres' (mis?)-management.Interestingly, yesterday in a post on the Billszone Sabres' message board poster Coach Sal (via poster Dr. Lecter). Coach Sal states that Regier is still upset with Peca and wouldn't sign him unless there was an apology for statements and treat of Regier by Peca durin...

Say that again...Coyotes sign...David Aebischer?!
2007-07-20 01:18:00
Usually I will think of a logical solution for every team's UFA signing, but sorry folks, certainly not this time around!The Coyotes today picked up former Canadiens goaltender Davi d Aebischer off the free-agent front, signing the "crappy" Swiss goalie to a 1-year contract worth a thrifty $600,000You read the vulgarity right, and Habs fans know that all too well.I don't understand why a goalie like David Aebsicher would be of logical interest to any general manager in the game at this point in his career.Surely the 'Yotes could've done better than a 3.57 GAA and a .885 SPCT after the all-star break.This is the same goaltender who was expected to be a decent 1B goalie and step up when needed.Well, he was needed, in late February, Montreal starter Cristobal Huet suffered a pulled hamstring and would be out an entire two months, thus making Aebischer the undisputed no.1 goalie during his absence.So how did this all turn out for our good friend?Well, he didn't step up like the tea...
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Michael Vick Reminds Us Why the NHL Is Still Great
2007-07-19 13:30:00
Fighting and killing dogs. A little canine forced Darwinism brought by Michael Vick . Nice, eh. That is today's NFL for you.Say what you will about the NHL and it's TV contract, "limited" fan base and myriad other problems. I say, at least it isn't the NFL. There is something to be said for a league who's biggest controversy (Chris Simon bonehead move excluded) is clutching and grabbing not being enforced instead of which player is going to be charged next in Federal court.It is funny that that hockey is portrayed as a violent sport while football, where most players have lasting and continual physical issues when the retire, is a "contact" sport. It is all a matter of perception and largely media driven (listening ESPN?). Unfortunately for the NFL, the rise in television money, the era of gangster culture and the cultural makeup of the league have led them to this point. Lets face it the NFL is made up of men, violent men, who are given ridiculous amounts of money, even the medi...
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Young Guys Taking Over.
2007-07-18 04:59:00
So, while I was working today, I was e-mailing one of my friends and I asked him to help me come up with something to write about. His assignment to me seemed simple enough.Why do you think the young guys are taking over hockey while the veterans are starting to call it quits?And, no offense to my friend who asked me this...but he has very limited knowledge of hockey, and what it is all about...but I will get to that later. I wanted to keep this just to me...but, I had to enlist the help of some of my lovely HLOG. The lovely CapsChick came up with the easiest answer. She said that well the game has gotten faster. This isn't the same game that it was before. It's not the game they grew up playing. This is a game about speed and skill. It's not a game about who can hit the hardest or who can fight the best (even though our defending Stanley Cup Champs could prove me wrong). Sherry said basically the same thing. She said that they are getting older and it's harder for them to kee...
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Cullen to Canes Challenge - Prove That I Didn’t Nail It First!
2007-07-17 23:15:00
Maybe it’s a case of petty-pomposity, or maybe I just have nothing better to do with my time. But my July 9 blog (at another site) was the first written occurrence in the hockey world to speculate on the Rangers trading Cullen back to Carolina.Click Here to See the First Written Mention of This Trade:It wasn’t a case of sudden, brilliant prognosticating. Instead it was a simple case of putting 2 and 2 together (No I’m not cloning Brian Leetch, bringing them out of retirement and pairing them with each other). It was reported that Carolina was looking for a third line center, and with the Rangers tight to the cap and having recently acquired Gomez and Drury, Cullen’s expendability and recent history with the Cane s seemed to make this one obvious. Within a couple of days of July 9, this trade was being speculated everywhere. But on July 9, it was only “moi”.The Challenge : If anyone can produce concrete evidence that this trade was publicly mentioned in writing before my po...
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Cullen Back to Canes
2007-07-17 20:17:00
According to TSN.In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, the Carolina Hurricanes have re-acquired Matt Cullen from the New York Rangers for two stiffs and a 3rd round pick. Maybe the Rangers intend to get under the cap after all!Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Cullen profess that he'd prefer to stay in NY? Lies, damn lies!!! So, is this just a classic case of the hot girl dumping the nice guy after he dumped his original girlfriend? Or could it be that Cullen has been so thoroughly programmed with cliches like everybody else in the NHL that he honestly didn't believe he could be traded to a team that might actually want him?
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Senators swap Schaefer for B's Donovan...
2007-07-17 16:07:00
Our amigo Eklund is reporting this deal as an "e5", which means it's infallible and that the deal will be posted soon, and quite frankly, Sens fans should really shut their eyes and not read the innuendo that follows.In one of those rare inter-division deals, Boston sends the 32-year old Shean Dono van to the Senat or s for winger Peter Schaefer.Donovan had 7 goals and 11 assists in 76 contests for the Bruins last season for a total of 19 points, mainly as a 4th liner while his counterpart, Schaefer, more than doubled his point total, scoring 12 goals and adding 34 assists for 46 points in Ottawa.Boston just fleeced Bryan Murray so badly, they dumped a declining checking line player, who seems to have lost that offensive spunk he showed with the Flames a few years ago, and got back a quality secondary scoring player, who can bring a consistent offensive game to the table.Schaefer was long rumoured to be on Byran Murray's chopping block, but one couldn't imagine him giving up a decen...
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Does Derek Roy = Nathan Horton? You be the Arbitrator
2007-07-17 14:19:00
Derek Roy is scheduled for arbitration at the end of the month. Sabres fans, in my most humble opinion, are likely to get another real jolt. If you look at message boards such as Hockey's Future or Sabreszone or listen to Sabres flagship station WGR550 it seems that the Sabres, and the Sabres fans, want to believe a salary of about $2.0-$2.5 million will get it done. I believe this is wishful thinking. The Sabres, themselves, set somewhat of a benchmark when they signed Maxim Afinogenov to a $3 million a year contract prior to last season. With the escalation of salaries this is the least I would expect. More likely in my opinion is a salary of nearly $4 million a year. Lets examine the Sabres rational for their offer, which I fully expect to be a 2-year contract with a lowball figure around $2.75 million a year.Why the Sabres would say Derek Roy isn't worth $4 million a year:1) He plays regularly with the Sabres two most dynamic players, Thomas Vanek and Maxim Afinogenov. This ar...
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Columbus Blue Jackets "Frenzy"
2007-07-15 18:42:00
The Blue Jackets are pretty much done with our Free Agent Frenzy and unless you are a Blue Jackets fan you probably don't know what happened or what we got. We didn't sign a Scott Gomez or a Daniel Briere, we didn't sign a Sheldon Souray, or really any BIG name Free Agents. But, we did sign some guys who apparently are perfect for our organization.First thing we did was sign Sheldon Brookbank the best defenseman in the AHL. We signed him with the hope of him stepping up and being able to compete at the NHL level now maybe not put up the same numbers but for sure help. We also signed Jiri Novotny, a first round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres. Novotny is a center who tends to be lazy (luckily we have one of the best coaches in the League to get through to these guys except Zherdev who is just a moron) but we are hoping he will be able to contribute. Our second line center position is up for grabs so time will only tell who will be feeding the puck to Modin. We then signed ...
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A Fitting Tribute via Spector
2007-07-15 18:28:00
Our buddy Lyle over at Spector's Hockey recently posted a great tribute to Habs legend John Ferguson. Here it is for all of you to see:The hockey world lost one of its legendary tough guys on Saturday. John Ferguson, who played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1963 to 1971, died Saturday of prostate cancer at the age of 68. "Fergie", as he was known, was a member of five Stanley Cup championships in Montreal, earning a reputation as one of the toughest and most respected players and brawlers in the game, amassing 1214 penalties in 500 regular season games.He was more than just a goon or bodyguard for the stars. He was part of the Habs first line with Jean Beliveau and Yvon Cournoyer in the late 1960s, was the rookie scoring leader in 1963-64 with 45 points in 59 games, and had two 20+ goal seasons, including 29 goals and 52 points in 1968-69.Ferguson was also assistant coach of Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. He went on to become GM and coach ...
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Wilson deceives Sharks fans once more...
2007-07-15 03:58:00
It'll take more than the annual "Shark for a day" fantasy camp to calm down angered Sharks fans this this time around.Reader and Sharks fan Brian Smith has these comments on the Sharks' current disappointing offseason and Doug Wilson 's promised "changes"It's a funny thing here the Sharks are already in PR mode after failing to sign Sheldon Souray. Tonight on their website, the radio broadcaster talks about how things are going well this off season, with our draft choices and players working out. And excuse after excuse about why the Sharks haven't signed anyone in free agency. Funny they didn't mention anything about the Doug Wilson comment after we got beat in the playoffs again. At that time Doug Wilson said "Changes would be made." and that "he just won't sit around doing nothing till september."Hmmm funny thing it looks like the Sharks have done NOTHING, which is typical year in and year out with them now. It's kinda funny every year we get the same speech at the st...
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From Russia with Love: Ruskees Root for Rangers
2007-07-15 03:56:00
In a painfully, horribly translated Russia n article, only one thing is clear - the favourite NHL (NKHL) team of Russian “compatriots” is the New York Range rs .Click below for link to article. Warning! English majors and linguistic purists should keep some aspirin near their mouse before clicking.Link to Russian article:Second Warning! Do not attempt to use your spell checking and grammar correction tools on above article, as previous attempts to do so have generally resulted in software crashes and hardware failure. I hope that this second warning wasn’t too late.Now back to proper English. The Russians’ top ten NHL teams in order of preference are:"Rangers""Detroit""Montreal""Colorado ""Ottawa""Chicago""Philadelphia""Atlanta" "Pittsburgh""Toronto"In trying to understand exactly why Russians feel a bond (shaken, not stirred) with the Rangers, three reasons come to mind.1) Brighton Beach, home of the largest Russian community outside of the motherland, is located in New York Cit...
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Have the Canes done enough?
2007-07-14 05:09:00
After bringing Lord Stanley to North Carolina in 2005-2006, the Cane s had a very mediocre year. Finishing 40-34-8 and 12th in the East, eliminated from the playoffs officially during the last week of the season. Not even a chance to defend their title.As disappointing as that was for the entire Caniac nation, despite the amazing outcome of the last game of the season, we knew that something had to give. My theory is that there was a bit of an expectation for their playoff spot to be "handed" to them. Not many changes had been made between the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 seasons in our core. Our biggest loss was probably Matt Cullen on our third line. I don't think anyone expected the role he played to be so difficult to be filled. I believe a total of 4 forwards were brought in to fill the role and none of them were successful.Many players fought off injury through the shortened offseason and then through the entire season. Whitney played a good portion of the season with hurt shoulder...
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Info
2007-07-13 19:44:00
Blogging for : Montreal CanadiensFavourite team:Montreal CanadiensFavourite current player:Saku KoivuFavourite coach/GM (current or all-time)no favorite coach, Bob GaineyMost hated player:Mats SundinMost hated team:Toronto Maple LeafsReal position (if you play, hockey, what are you? forward, d, or goalie?)Don't have oneOccupation:Studentfavourite broadcaster:Pierre HoudeFavourite hockey saying:Stopped by Luongooo! (no idea y)If I were commish of the NHL, I wouldHave less teams and more canadians teams!
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Potential New Sharks Logo?
2007-07-13 15:51:00
I know I'm usually the Senators blogger, but the Sharks are admittedly my Western Conference Team. Via James Mirtle, could this potentially the new San Jose Sharks logo?It's not that big of a change, but I can't say I'm a big fan of it. I suppose there's really no way you can have a Shark in your logo without it being slightly cartoony. Can't say this shark instills much fear in me though.
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Souray Sweepstakes: We All Missed the Obvious
2007-07-12 23:04:00
For the past two weeks the Sheldon Souray Sweep stakes has intrigued everyone. Speculation has centered mostly around the Kings, Sharks, Ducks, Devils, Rangers, etc. But this stallion (offensively at least) went to a "dark horse" candidate - the Oilers.One could argue that Souray being an Alberta native, combined with Kevin's Lowe's ability and need to spend big bucks to land a thoroughbred UFA, would have made the Oilers one of the favourites all along. Those issues were probably a factor, but the most important element and main reason why Souray will be doing his skating (and shooting) in Edmonton this year is because he is not living with his wife. Since Angelica Bridges is a Los Angeles based actress, there is currently no Mrs. Souray accompanying him - telling him to choose between her and the City of Edmonton. Where Kevin Lowe failed with Mrs. Pronger and Mrs. Nylander, he never had to worry about with Souray. We all should have known this but never saw it coming.In fact as a...
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Souray Signs with Oilers!
2007-07-12 22:34:00
BBeR 5:07 PM update: [Sorry for butting in by the way, just wanted to add one thing]Souray's deal will pay him a total of $27 million over the course of 5 seasons, according to nos amis over at RDS.According to TSN.ca:Sheldon Souray is on his way to Edmonton as the Oilers and the free agent blueliner agreed on a contract.The Elk Point, Alberta native appeared in 81 games with the Montreal Canadiens in 2006-07 and had a career year with 26 goals and 64 points. Nineteen of his 26 goals came on the power play, which set an NHL record for defencemen.The six-foot-four, 220-pound blueliner was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1994 entry draft. He has played in 506 regular-season games with New Jersey and Montreal, recording 66 goals and 120 assists while posting 812 penalty minutes.The two-time All-Star played three seasons with the Devils before being traded to the Canadiens in 2000 in a deal for Vladimir Malakhov.(Details to follow)Looks like Kevin Lowe finally succeeded in land...
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Recapping the Free-Agent Frenzy: Anaheim Ducks
2007-07-12 18:30:00
This is the first of a series I'll be doing on a few active teams on the FA front this summer, check in every day for a new team.Which team tomorrow? You decide: email me at bbrblog@gmail.com Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke was said to be quiet heading into this year's free-agent frenzy, with only depth on his radar, after all, what else did he need to do as his team had just won the Stanley Cup...how much better can you get?But with Conn Smythe winner and team captain Scott Niedermayer still pondering retirement, Burke went all out and picked up former Red Wings defenceman Mathieu Schneider, signing the 38-year old to a 2-year contract worth $11.25 million.With this signing, speculation fled around the NHL that Niedermayer had indeed decided to retire and that Schneider was his eventual replacement.Later on, Niedermayer called a press conference, with everyone including my grandma, expecting him to call it a career and hang 'em up.However, in a surprising twist, he did not announce...
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Did the Rangers Pay Too Much for King Henrik?
2007-07-12 16:50:00
There seems to be a bit of a debate brewing about the Range rs decision to ink Franchise Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to a one-year/$4.25 million dollar contract to avoid salary arbitration and build a bridge to a long-term deal in January. Some, including the New York Daily News' John Dellapina praised Lundqvist for working with the team and agreeing to put off signing a long-term deal to save the team some 2007-08 cap space. Others, including Larry Brooks of the New York Post, have pointed to the $2.667 million salaries earned by comparable two-year veteran goalies Cam Ward and Ryan Miller as evidence that the Ranger s are paying Lundqvist significantly more than he would have been awarded in arbitration. Thus, the deal is actually a detriment to the Rangers' already perilous cap situation for the coming season.I tend to agree with Brooks here. While Lundqvist is certainly the key to any shot this team has at success, the Rangers are not obligated to pay him more than what he s...
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