I think Recchi had a better career than Modano, but Modano gets in first because it's the Hockey HOF, not the NHL HOF, and Modano basically goes down as the best American born player of all time.
cshea said:I think Recchi had a better career than Modano, but Modano gets in first because it's the Hockey HOF, not the NHL HOF, and Modano basically goes down as the best American born player of all time.
cshea said:Not sure what the Flyers are doing, but that's usually what we say this time of year. Not much cap space being saved.
I mean, I guess they get out from under the final 2 years of the Hartnell deal, but the Umberger contract is pretty terrible and he's signed for 3 more years.
Looks like the Blue Jackets were targeting Hartnell and convinced him to waive his NTC:Flyers GM Ron Hextall would only talk about the speed and versatility of R.J. Umberger, for whom Hartnell was traded, and that the two-year difference in their contract term was a factor.
“That is part of when you look at when making moves,” Hextall told CSN Philly. “That is one thing we certainly factored in. Cap flexibility moving forward was part of the thought process here and that is attractive to us. Three years down the road and looking ahead, we got guys who will be up.”
I guess Umberger wanted out of Columbus.GM Jarmo Kekalainen of the Blue Jackets, however, shed a little more light on Hartnell’s decision.
It was a trade for Umberger that he was discussing with the Flyers, and Hartnell was his target. The Flyers gave him permission to speak with him and sell him on the Blue Jackets.
“He asked if we were committed to winning,” Kekalainen said, via the Jackets’ site.
“That was his only concern wherever he was going to go; he said ‘I’m 32 years old, I have a lot of money, but I want to win.’ And that’s basically the question I wanted to hear and the answer I wanted to give.
“He had a lot of questions. He wanted me to talk about the team, where we’re heading and how I felt about the future. The question was ‘can we win, can we be better in the future? Why?’ That was the hard question that he wanted to ask me…that’s all he wanted to do in the future. He wanted to go to a team that he feels has a chance to win the Stanley Cup.”
The sell job worked, and Hartnell waived his no-move for the Blue Jackets.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/la-kings-goalie-jonathan-quick-has-emergency-wrist-surgery-195412966.html
Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick hoisted the Stanley Cup last Monday at the team's celebratory parade. If you saw him wincing, there's a reason why.
Quick had surgery on Tuesday, after injuring his wrist during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Kings confirmed the procedure, but couldn't specify which wrist was injured.
Quick. 28, was scheduled to appear on the ice at the goalie camp that bears his name at Stamford Twin Rinks in Connecticut, which is owned by his father-in-law. An email sent to parents who enrolled their children in the summer camp explained that Quick was having "emergency surgery" on a wrist injury. The Kings later said the surgery wasn't an emergency procedure.
The email said that Quick was injured in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the New York Rangers; the Kings later said that he injured his wrist in the second round of the playoffs against the Anaheim Ducks.
The injury was originally thought not to be severe. But after a postseason MRI, the damage was reassessed and Quick went under the knife on Monday.
The expected recovery time is eight weeks, and he’s prohibited from being on the ice during that time.
He’s still expected to appear at the Jonathan Quick Goalie Camp in an advisory capacity, and the camp offered full refunds for anyone that requested one.
Quick won his second Stanley Cup with the Kings this month after posting a 16-10 record with a .911 save percentage and a 2.58 goals against average. He allowed 10 goals in five games against New York, but pitched a shutout in Game 3. Quick completed the first year of a 10-year, $58-million contract.
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PIT and Portland GM-coach Mike Johnston are finalizing a deal that will make him Pens' next head coach. Not quite done yet but expected.
yeah, I totally misread this:cshea said:Huh? Is that Gaborik? Richards still has about 2874829 years left on the deal he signed with the Flyers.
It is now...cshea said:Huh? Is that Gaborik?
To be honest, when the kings signed Justin Williams, the same things were said.. I think he retires after year 5kenneycb said:That is a hell of a lot of term for a guy as injury prone as Gaborik. He's only played more than 70 games three times since 2005.
PedroSpecialK said:Dale Tallon is nuts if he trades that pick knowing he won't draft Ekblad.
Dropping to #2 I could see but... this reeks of a colossal mistake. And I hope the B's are in the thick of it.
Fuck.No.veritas said:
Florida could do a lot with all that cap space to become a playoff team right now. I don't think it's a terrible idea for them to trade it
What do you think a fair price for the #1 pick would be? Lucic, Boychuck, Spooner, #25? I don't see either team saying yes to that. But I'd make that in a heartbeat if I was the Bs
Why does the NHL not decide on a Cap until the last second?cshea said:Lavoie says cap may be as low as $68 million. Gulp.
Also, sounds like Kesler to Anaheim is a real possibility.
It has to be an accounting issue, something related to calculating figures from the current fiscal year into the next. Or they're stupid. Whatever the case, they sure are cutting it close.soxhop411 said:Why does the NHL not decide on a Cap until the last second?
cshea said:Cap is $69 million. So we lost $1-$2 million in room.