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Yeah, Jimmy Howard is the likely backup, but watch out for (gasp) another Swede in Daniel Larsson. He's been exceptional over in Sweden since he was drafted and signed a deal to come over next year. He said regardless he will play in North America next year. The likely scenario is Howard plays 30 or so games, and Larsson tackles 50 or so in Grand Rapids. An impressive showing by Larsson there though could spell trouble for Howard. I think Howard can be a franchise goalie, but he has to gain consistency. Excellent ability though, just worried about upstairs. |
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06-14-2008, 03:11 PM | #102 | |
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I don't know much about him, but everything I've heard on local sports radio has been raving about what a great guy he is, and how he's going to be a great coach. Anything else to add that we might not necessarily hear over here?
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06-14-2008, 04:19 PM | #103 | |
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You'll see SJ play a lot like Detroit did I think. Puck possession, and defensive accountability by your top guys. SJ will toughen up quick. Also, he was the brainchild of Detroit's PP. |
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06-14-2008, 06:43 PM | #104 | |
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So which Shark is he going to have interfere with the goalie? Seriously though, as an outsider, I think he'll have a hard time doing that in SJ. While there are guys who are puck posession types in SJ (Thornton, and some of those mobile D), there are other guys (Cheechoo, Goc, McLaren immediately come to mind) who I don't think fit that style.
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Goc is a checking center at best, if not flat out of the lineup at times (Thornton, Marleau/Pavelski, Mitchell, Roenick). McLaren should be the 8th defensemen next year if not playing for some other team of suckers and Cheechoo's main job is to be a poor-man's Brett Hull, who managed to play in Detroit for a few years. If Cheech has the puck on his stick for more then 2 seconds, something's going to go wrong anyway.
His real shock period will be when he realizes that instead of Lidstrom, Rafalski and Kronwall, he has Vlasic, Campbell (hopefully) and Ehrhoff. This team's major fallpoint the last two years is that the forwards have to spend so much effort helping the defense out of their own zone that the offense suffers. |
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06-17-2008, 06:18 AM | #107 |
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Hedberg back to Atlanta
Ryan Suter re-signs with Nashville, $14M over 4 years.
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Technicality, but I believe he will sign with them July 1st. I think he is Coyote property up til then. I could be wrong though.
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06-17-2008, 12:41 PM | #109 |
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yes. but thats really just splitting hairs at this point. its a done deal.
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06-17-2008, 12:54 PM | #110 |
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and tsn says the flames have a handshake agreement with langkow.
damnit. |
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My dad watches the Griffins in GR, and has said that Howard is really up and down with his play. Sometimes he looks invincible but other times he appears out of place in net. Not sure what to think of that, but I hope the Wings have a decent alternative, aka Larssen.....
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06-17-2008, 05:44 PM | #112 |
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oh my. according to tsn:
The report indicates the Blue Jackets would likely offer Malone a four or five-year contract worth between $4.5 million and $5.5 million per season. thats after they trade for his rights. thats too much. |
06-17-2008, 06:06 PM | #113 | |
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I agree, but it's sort of what the market dictates, no? Malone did score 27 goals and had a decent playoffs. Granted, he was playing with either Crosby or Malkin most of the year, so his offensive numbers are inflated, but around $4.5 million seems to be the going rate for a reasonably young, tough, physical forward who can score about 20 goals. Penner is pulling down $4.25 and while I think he's a smarter player and has much higher offensive upside, he really has no physical element to his game. Erat is making $4.5 million. Again, more offensive upside, but Erat doesn't bring too much more to the table. I always figured around $4.5 or so was what Malone would ask for and receive. Yeah, it's probably too much, but, again, not surprising. I could see this as going down like when Martin LaPointe was signed by the Bruins.
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06-17-2008, 06:07 PM | #114 | |
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Looking like a 2nd and 3rd round pick to Pittsburgh in the deal. Which is great. Coming into the draft, the Pens had no picks round 1 (part of Hossa deal), 2 (part of Hal Gill deal) or 3 (last year's deadline deal, to Phoenix, for Laraque). And they save $4.5+. And I have to believe Shero believes he's got Hossa locked up to make this move. If the Pens can keep Hossa and Orpik, lose Malone but pick up two draft picks in his place, I'll be pretty damn happy.
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06-17-2008, 06:13 PM | #115 | |
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Agree 100% HB. He's not worth $4.5M, but that is what it will take to get him in free agency. He'll score his 20 goals, crash the net, and probably work on the 2nd PP unit as the in front of the net guy, and be in the PK rotation. He'll drop the gloves. What he did this year for $1.3M was a bargain. Doing the same things for $4.5M is robbery.
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ok, even at $4.5 thats "robbery". so what would that make a 5 yr, 27.5-mil deal.
for 50 points? on THAT pens team...going to columbus? |
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Obviously, I hope this one is a little more on the 4.5 mill side than 5.5. I can live with 5 and under, but anything more than that is ridiculous. However, he fills a need in this Jackets lineup, a top-6 forward that is willing to pay the price. We have nobody that will go in front of the net on the PP, and we have nobody with skill that is as tough as Malone is. I'd think he's an ideal player for Hitchcock's style of play, which makes me think he is even more valuable to the Jackets than most other teams.
However, having said that, I hope that this doesn't prevent us from filling a hole up the middle and a top D-man. I'd love to see a deal for Vermette from Ottawa and/or a deal for Kubina from Toronto. |
06-17-2008, 07:23 PM | #118 |
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It's up to GM's now to break market value during the season and lock up guys rather then let them test the market.
I am anxious to see what Zetterberg resigns for. |
06-17-2008, 07:54 PM | #119 |
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Me too. I am thinking around $7 to $7.5 million for 5-6 years or so. That would seem to be about right. I could see him asking for more. Considering he just won the Conn Smythe and out played Crosby in the finals, it'd be hard to argue against it. Hopefully, he'll stick with the "program" and give the Wings a hometown discount just like the "perfect human" and others.
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The thing that is a little weird, here are his stat lines since breaking into the league don't vary much from a last place in the league team through a Cup finalist- 2003-04 22G 21A 43P in 81 games 2004-05 Lockout 2005-06 22G 22A 44P in 77 games 2006-07 16G 15A 31P in 64 games 2007-08 27G 24A 51P in 77 games His rookie year he may have been the best player on a God awful team. The 2 following the lockout he coasted terribly. This season, I guess you can look at two ways - playing the entire year with either Sid and/or Geno didn't change his totals that much, so he didn't really mooch off them. Also, playing the entire season with Sid and/or Geno didn't change his numbers that much, so while there might be the potential for a slight bump in production, what you see now may be the finished product.
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Stupid Ryan Malone
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Dola,
Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov into HHOF, along with linesman Ray Scapinello and former WHL pres Ed Chenowyth.
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this may be old hat but i never knew it before. from cnnsi:
Contrary to some published reports, Hasek forced his own way out of Buffalo in a messy "divorce" in which he orchestrated his trade to Detroit and only Detroit by telling Sabres general manager Darcy Regier that he would only accept the Red Wings and if Regier didn't make it happen, he would retire. When Regier got into serious negotiations for the two-time Hart Trophy- and six-time Vezina Trophy-winner, he was severely hampered in his bargaining position by a call from Hasek in which the goalie told the GM that if he continued to ask a high price and thereby weaken the Red Wings as a Cup contender, he would retire and the Sabres would get nothing. Regier confirmed all of this shortly after the deal went down, explaining why the Sabres only received a player (Vyacheslav Kozlov) and a draft pick. Given all the Sabres had been through with Hasek, Regier was not a happy man. |
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Well, if it makes Darcy feel any better, I believe the Sabres also got an additional first round pick because the Wings won the Cup in 2002! That's win-win, baby!
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The Philadelphia Flyers announced Wednesday that they have traded the rights to forward Vaclav Prospal to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a seventh round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
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That works...they weren't going to sign him anyway.
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06-18-2008, 06:20 PM | #127 |
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Don't worry about it, he'll be back in a couple of years...
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Mike Richards has started his offseason workout...
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Bizarre rumor today...
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That is really weird. Malkin was a MVP candidate. Sure, he struggled in the last several games of the playoffs, but he's only 21 years old and a great talent. I know those defensemen are supposed to be pretty good, but if this was offered to me and I was the Kings' GM, I think I'd bite. It's quite a gamble to think any of those defensemen you could take at #2 would be better than Malkin.
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"Posted by Bruce Garrioch"
'nuff said.
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True. But Garrioch gets half his "scoops" from Roy Mlakar, who is still heavily connected to the Kings.
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Which likely means that he's leaked a false rumor in order to try to get more in return from another club for that 2nd overall pick.
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jesus, why would the kings have not accepted that.
part of me says no way in hell thats true. the other part of me says the kings are so awful at what they do theyd actually turn that down. |
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has bettman done ANYTHING good for hockey??
now this, which even as a devils fan i find ridiculous: NEW YORK - The NHL is threatening to kick the owners of the New York Rangers out of the league as punishment for accusing league officials of violating antitrust laws. The NHL filed court papers Wednesday that included a draft letter from commissioner Gary Bettman proposing discipline against Madison Square Garden, L.P., that could lead to suspension or termination of its ownership of the Rangers. In its court filing, the NHL asked a judge to agree Madison Square Garden breached its contract by challenging league rules. Madison Square Garden sued the NHL in September, saying it violated antitrust laws by monopolizing control of team promotions. A judge ruled in November that the league seemed within its rights to take control of the team's website. Madison Square Garden, L.P., which is owned by Cablevision Systems Corp., owns the Rangers, the NBA's New York Knicks, the WNBA's New York Liberty and several venues, including Madison Square Garden - the home of the Rangers, Knicks and Liberty. Messages left with Madison Square Garden officials were not immediately returned. |
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Let's Go Rangers!
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I just wrote a blog post about this. Basically, while the NBA, NFL and MLB are bending over backwards to make sure the big market teams stay strong, the NHL wants to pick fights with them. Don't froget Bettman is also busy trying to run interference against the Leafs hiring Brian Burke.
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Bettman also hand-picked Boots Del Biaggio to be the next golden boy owner, vouching for him and having him pick up a large share of the Predators before eventually getting his own team to move to Kansas City.
The guy has now filed for bankruptcy after the FBI and a bunch of banks came after him for fraudulently obtaining loans. Good job Gary. |
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Maybe the Rangers should just move to KC. I hear they have a nice new arena.
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"You guys make up more stuff than I can ever imagine," Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray told reporters on Thursday. "I heard a rumour last night that Pittsburgh was moving one of their star players. I talked to their manager today to see if I could be included in the discussions and they kind of laughed at me."
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Heh...good thing, too. Wouldn't want a pesky little thing like contract law to be the only thing standing in his way!
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Do you want me to pull up my quotes where I say I flat don't like the guy? And obviously, you're fine with it.
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(Having won argument on internet through sheer force of brain power, runs around unsuccessfully looking for somebody to high-five.) OK, I see what you're saying. We're still stealing your GM, though.
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Heh...no, you're taking our sloppy seconds after we let him go.
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Wouldn't it be more like thirsty thirds at this point?
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You could've just said you pulled a Cam Neely.
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You can scratch Jeff Carter's name off the list of potential trade bait this weekend. Sources are telling Sportsnet that Carter has agreed to a three-year deal with the Philadelphia Flyers that is believed to pay him no less than $15 million.
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Dola.
The best part of this deal is that after this contract Carter will still be a RFA. |
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Double dola..
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