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Bits: The Conference Finals Begin (And Links)
The Eastern Conference finals began last night with the Bruins being drubbed by the Lightning who came out of the gate with furious anger. The game was essentially over mid-way through the first period as Sean Bergenheim kicked off a 3 goal in 85 second barrage that dug the Bruins a significant...
Bits: Triumph and Tragedy, RIP Derek Boogaard
Condolences go out to the family of Derek Boogaard, the NY Rangers and the Minnesota Wild for the loss of 28 year old forward Derek Boogaard who was found dead yesterday at his apartment in Minnesota at the age of 28. Boogaard did not play the second half of this season as he recovered from a...
Isles Continue to Make News; Sign Michael Grabner to 5 Year 15 Million Dollar Deal
The Islanders, Garth Snow and Charles Wang are continuing to show they are serious about their rebuild by inking Calder Trophy candidate and 34 goal scorer Michael Grabner for a half decade at a reasonable cap hit (if the numbers are accurate) of 3 million per. After being traded (Vancouver...
Giordano's New Contract - Is He Worth It Yet?
Potential. It's the buzz-word that gets every fan pumped about their favorite player and gives GMs nightmares. The problem is, how do we value potential? Every sport is littered with players who vastly outperform their contracts and those who signed mega-deals and didn't live up to them. Mark...
Canucks Re-Sign Mason Raymond
What a pleasant way to wake up in the morning. I opened my Twitter to check headlines before posting an Open Ice (which I'll just incorporate into this post today), and I see this report from Sportsnet being tweeted (which Botchford from the Province just confirmed): The Vancouver Canucks avoided...
Good News! Willie Mitchell Is Healthy! Now Is He In The Canucks' Plans?
(First of all, apologies for the site being down for an extended length of time. We appreciate your patience as these things happen from time to time.) "I’ve got a big part of my life back," Mitchell proclaimed to Iain MacIntyre from The Province from Minnesota, where he and his family spend...
Wellwood's Agent: He Will Sign With The Canucks; UPDATE: Signing Confirmed at $1.2 Million.
Mike Liut has told the Team 1040 today that his client will agree to terms with the Canucks. Liut did not disclose the dollar amounts but said that the final number was one both sides could agree on. "When they offered the qualifier and Kyle opted for salary arbitration, at that point you're...
The Rick Nash Contract
This is certainly to be the biggest news in CBJ-land during this offseason. The Rick Nash contract extension. With some of the ridiculous dollars and terms that have been handed out in recent years, this could become very interesting. There are many different possible numbers that CBJ fans have...
"Major risk, major reward?" or "Evan Almighty!"
I've gotten used to the New York Islanders pulling stuff like this and I've also gotten used to the Tampa Bay lack-of-Devil Rays pulling this on a cost effective platform in the past... But a nine year investment in a rookie? This takes things to new risk levels: "This is obviously fairly...
Pyatt rejects Nonis' offer
From Canucks and Beyond: CKNW in Vancouver is reporting that the Canucks made a two-year, $2.4 million offer to Pyatt, and were subsequently told it would not be enough to retain the services of the 21-goal scorer. The Pyatt camp is apparently looking for a deal in the Matt Cooke range. Cooke, who...
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