The Salary Cap Shuffle
Tuesday July 29, 2008
By the time that wacky Mats Sundin finally picks a team, we'll be into the final weeks of summer. Call it salary dump season.
Exact numbers are hard to nail down. ... Read More
What's a Big, Young, Sort-of-Pretty-Good Defenseman Worth?
Sunday July 27, 2008
Update, July 28: Bouwmeester has avoided arbitration by signing a one-year contract worth $4.875 million. Next summer he will be an unrestricted free agent at the age of 25.
Only a ... Read More
Fill in Your Hockey Calendar
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Back when the NHL decided to send the New York Rangers to Prague, it must have seemed a natural fit.
Jaromir Jagr would be the marquee attraction, of course. He's a ... Read More
Russian Money Raises the Stakes
Sunday July 20, 2008
James Mirtle does a nice job defending the skills and potential of Alex Radulov, the young fellow who has started a war between the NHL and the new Continental Hockey ... Read More
A Good News Day for the NHL
Thursday July 17, 2008
What a summer it's been for the NHL!
Gary Bettman's master plan for Nashville imploded when the sleazeball brought in to save the Predators was exposed as a sleazeball with no ... Read More
Future Salary Cap Baggage
Wednesday July 16, 2008
It's impossible to guess where the NHL salary cap will be a few years from now. That's why teams are taking a huge risk with the long-term contracts handed out ... Read More
Hidden Gems of Cinematic Puckdom
Monday July 14, 2008
For a true hockey fan, the injustice is infuriating.
While cheesy films like Ice Castles and Youngblood are readily available on video or DVD, equally cheeseball efforts like King of Hockey ... Read More
The Must-See Hockey Movies
Wednesday July 9, 2008
Most Toronto Maple Leafs fans agree that the team is a joke. But it takes a true hockey guy to work the Leafs into a mainstream Hollywood comedy, as Mike ... Read More
NHL Free Agents: The System Works
Sunday July 6, 2008
It's July, which means the hockey business must be going to hell.
Over at Fox Sports, Mike Chen uses the word "stupid" seven times in assessing this year's free agent spending.
For ... Read More
Marian Hossa. What a Guy.
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Nobody saw this one coming. Marian Hossa to Detroit? Maybe. But for one year?
After cutting the deal, Red Wings' GM Ken Holland was beside himself. Cue the violins:
"Success is about ... Read More
A Skeptic's Free Agent Notes
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Thoughts on a few of the fat deals signed July 1, opening day of the 2008 NHL free agent season.
D Brian Campbell to Chicago:8 years/$7.1 million per year
A true star? ... Read More
Free Agent Fun and Amusements
Tuesday July 1, 2008
With the market opening at midday (eastern time), the big news in the hours leading up to NHL free agency concerned the players who aren't changing teams.
Corey Perry, Mike Green, ... Read More