offseason Stories - Winging It In Motown
Latest Dive: Eyes on the Enemy - Edmonton Oilers
As training camps start to wind down and rosters start to take shape, the anticipation grows for that opening night. But let’s not forget how we got here, and the summer that was. It would be too easy to go over what the Flames did this offseason, and I’m not really like that, so...
Ducks -- Summer Planning
The Kings have made an early summer splash by giving up some future to acquire Mike Richards. The Sharks have made an early summer splash by giving up some future to acquire Brent Burns. And the Ducks? Well, as usual we're sitting by the phone waiting for a call from Teemu Selanne. Inactivity's...
The Mallard of Oz, an August fairy tale
(Author's note: Yes, it's lame. But it's August.) Once upon a time, there was a young GM named Bob Murrathy. Murrathy lived on a farm system in the outskirts of the playoff territory with his faithful dog Scoto, where he lived a simple life doing barstool-related chores. It was for the most...
Outside the Box: Why not go the distance with B-Ry?
And so the offseason of waiting continues. Waiting for Kovalchuk's UFA decision. Waiting for the NHL to reject that contract. Waiting for the NHLPA to file a grievance. Waiting for that grievance to be resolved by an arbiter. And once that saga is settled, waiting for the rest of the free agent...
New Laptop + Old Scanner = Compatible!
Hooray! I'm a slightly-more-tolerable hockey blogger again! The poor man's cartooning method (at least the one I'm used to) is back online with my newly-purchased non-Mac laptop, and I'm relieved for sure -- I feel like a postlockout Selanne! Of course, it's still the dead part of summer...
BoC and Roster Spending
Hey gang, sorry for the absence but I've been fighting the stuffy head demon a few days now. As such, you should probably not treat anything presented in this post as "fact" -- especially when we're talking salary calculations it's a tricky gig. For instance, here's a chart I put together of...
Posters on a Fence
Who signs first, Drew Doughty or Teemu Selanne? Come back in a couple of months and find out! :) Go Offseason.
Over-poll-ution: Imaginary Dilemmas, one offseason later!
Ducks fans (not just Albert K) have been going varying degrees of stir-crazy this young summer, as Barstool Bob has actually decreased his opening-day salary with the Sutton-for-Foster trade, followed by nothing but quiet AHL signings in Gordon, Rodney, and Jacques (who?, who?, and qui?). And I...
Sleek’s crazy letter to Burke
To: Brian Burke, General Manager, Anaheim Ducksc/o: InternetDear Mr. Burke,I don’t know if you know me from a hole-in-the-wall, but I’m the jerkass who’s been blogging on the Ducks for the past year or so here at BoC. Congrats certainly on the cup win, and good luck this summer on dealing with...
Ducks reveal their hand and sign Schneider
Well, apparently the Ducks don't need a decision from Scott Niedermayer. The team announced today the signing of 38-year-old UFA defenseman Mathieu Schneider to a two-year, $11.25 M deal ($5.5 M this year, $5.75 M the next). It is kind of fitting: In 2003, the Mighty Ducks lost in the playoffs to...
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