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The market for defensemen is on the rise: Wednesday afternoon notes
A trade & sign transaction today has observers wondering just how high some of the contracts might climb when free agency opens on Sunday, as defenseman Dennis Wideman, set to become a UFA,...
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2011-12 Los Angeles Kings Player Evaluations: Rob Scuderi
Rob Scuderi #7 / Defenseman / Los Angeles Kings Height: 6-1 Weight: 219 Born: Dec 30, 1978 Contract Status: #3,400,000 cap hit in 2011-12; UFA Summer 2013 GP G A P Points per 60 ZSAC/60 Quality of...
View ArticleGet in the rink before you melt: Thursday's notes
The weather is getting downright ridiculous here in Nashville, with temperatures expected to top 100 degrees for the next few days. I'm seeing a high of 107 predicted for Saturday - are you kidding...
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Hunting for Ducks During Free Agency
The second biggest stage of the 2012 off-season is approaching, as Free Agency is only days away. July 1st, which is also coincidentally Canada Day, is a big deal to most Canadian and big market teams...
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Jonathan Quick Agrees To 10-Year Deal With Kings
(SB Nation) -- Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings will be married for quite some time. The team announced Thursday that they've signed Quick to a 10-year contract extension that will go into...
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The Goalies Are Signing! The Goalies Are Signing! Lets Compare!
Lots of money is being thrown around right now. Sid the Kid landed a cool 100 mill today. Dennis Wideman got a huge deal last night. Hall Gill even landed himself a couple M's, but really who cares...
View ArticleDallas Stars Daily Links: Stars To Release Eric Godard
Several of last summer's free agent signings worked out great for the Dallas Stars, not the least of which was Michael Ryder and his career high 35 goals. And while you can debate the merits of the...
View ArticleDustin Brown, Alec Martinez Join The You Can Play Project
The You Can Play project campaigns for equal rights for LGBT athletes, coaches, and fans. Several players from all around the NHL have supported their fight against discrimination. We are pleased to...
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Filling Goaltending Holes with Free Agency
The goaltending in the Columbus organization was given a huge facelift over the past week or so, but the results of said facelift are in some cases years away from being revealed. Shortly before the...
View ArticleDallas Stars Daily Links: Fabian Brunnstrom Heads Back To Europe
When the Dallas Stars landed coveted European free-agent Fabian Brunnstrom in 2008, Stars fans celebrated. After all, Dallas had beat out offers from teams like the Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red...
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Rounding out the blue: Friday's notes
With the Shea Weber drama out of the way, there remains just one major Restricted Free Agent left for the Nashville Predators to re-sign, that being defenseman Jonathon Blum. Our morning hockey notes...
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Northwest Division Off-Season Review
July is almost over, which means most of the big off-season moves have been made. There could still be trades (Looking at you, Roberto Luongo), but 3 of the 5 NW teams are in the top 5 in cap hits, so...
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What Happened In "Clockgate"? NHL Contradicts Itself, Now Seems To Blame Own...
The National Post is reporting a new development in the infamous "Clockgate" case. Controversy arose after a game on February 1st where the clock paused too long, allowing Drew Doughty to score in the...
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NHL CBA Update: All the Small Things Rule the Week
The Olympics are going on right now. That's cool. Too bad (ice) hockey isn't in the Summer Olympics.* Hockey generally isn't played in the summer. That's really too bad. They should have something...
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Writers Doubt the Wild, Coaches Not So Much
Yesterday, while reading through the 4 on 4 feature we participated in over on Kings.com, we realized one thing. There will be no respect given to the Wild by the media folks. Three out of four said...
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Weekend Links Roundup: Does anyone even care where Doan ends up at this point?
That rumored 4-year, $30 million contract an Eastern Conference team offered Shane Doan is now apparently he and his agent's asking price as DoanWatch 2012 rages onward. [Broad Street Hockey] Speaking...
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New hire Davis Payne knew the Kings were dangerous before Round 1
A few weeks ago, Darryl Sutter laid out what he was looking for in a new assistant: "I’d prefer a (former) head coach. I’d prefer one from the Western Conference. I’d prefer guys that are young. I’d...
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2012 Free Agency: Pacific Division Winners & Losers
We're a month into free agency and while there are still a few free agents of note out there as well as a few trade dominoes that have yet to fall, it doesn't hurt to review what the rest of the...
View ArticleLBC's All-Time Florida Panthers Roster Countdown: 60-59
Welcome to another day of your Florida Panthers All-Time Countdown. For a detailed explanation, click here. Yesterday, we closed out our three-a-day section of the countdown with winger Ville Peltonen...
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Who is the greatest #5 in Nashville Predators history?
David picks up with the latest installment of our jersey number series, and finally, we get to consider a forward in the mix! Blake Geoffrion may not have had the longest Nashville Predators career,...
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