coloradoavalancheblog.com - 7/1/2009
—
Greg Sherman starts off his tenure with a solid pickup, signing goaltender Craig Anderson to a 2-year deal, rumored at $1.8M/year . Anderson was one of the top-3 goaltenders available and likely the best bang for the buck, though we've yet to see what Nikolai Khabibulin and Martin Biron sign ...
Avalanche Sign Craig Anderson
avsrant.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — The Avs clearly read this blog. Ok, maybe not...but it was still an excellent decision by Greg Sherman & Co to go out and sign a solid goaltender for a reasonable price. TSN's Free Agent Tracker lists the deal as being two years for 3.6 million. More news throughout the day. Avs still ...
Rumor: Avalanche Sign Craig Anderson
kuklaskorner.com 7/1/2009 — From Adrian Dater at the Denver Post’s All Things Avs:
Just heard from a source that the Avs have signed Craig Anderson to a 2-year deal. I’ll confirm soon whether that’s fact or not.
More here later.
How Did The Colorado Avalanche Do At The Draft?
milehighhockey.com 6/29/2009 —
View full size photo uploaded June 28, 2009
I believe Angelique is working on a review of the Avalanche draft, which is good because she clearly knows what she's talking about ...
Avs' new goalie up for No. 1 task - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 7/2/2009 — It used to be everybody wanted to come to Denver to play for the Avalanche. Not so, anymore, as a last-place finish and a much tighter payroll have taken some of the luster off Colorado as an NHL destination. To Craig Anderson, however, the Avalanche ...
Post-Draft Thoughts - Avalanche Look to Major Junior
coloradoavalancheblog.com 6/28/2009 — Once the smoke had cleared, the Avalanche got their guy - Matt Duchene - and added an additional forward, three defencemen and two goalies. Round 1 (3) - Matt Duchene (C, Brampton Battalion) Round 2 (33) - Ryan O'Reilly (F, Erie Otters) Round 2 (49) - Stefan Elliot (D, Saskatoon Blades) Round 3 ...
Free Agency 2009
avsrant.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — Welcome to Free Agency 2009. Tomorrow, July 1st, teams will start trying to sign their dream free agents and then proceed to move to Plan B shortly after. Taking out the UFAs and RFAs, here's how the Avs look for next season: Smyth-Stastny-Hejduk Vacant-Wolski-Svatos Vacant-Hensick-Stewart ...
Budaj signs deal, likely No. 2 in net - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 6/30/2009 — Peter Budaj may not be the starting goaltender for the Avalanche when the 2009-10 season begins. But he will be on the roster. Budaj signed a one-year, $1.25 million contract with the Avs on Monday, avoiding arbitration. The Slovakian native made ...
Colorado Avalanche Draft Preview
viewfrommyseats.com 6/17/2009 — What the hell happened? It was only 12 months ago when the Colorado Avalanche were coming off a 95 point season, 2nd place finish in the Northwest Division and an opening round win against the Minnesota Wild in the playoffs. Fast forward one calendar year—they have the highest draft pick since ...
Nowhere to go but up
thehockeyprogram.net 7/9/2009 — Today’s official announcement of Joe Sakic’s retirement got me thinking back to when the Colorado Avalanche was a mainstay atop the Western Conference standings for almost a decade. The Avs moved to Denver from Quebec with an array of talent, including Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Adam Foote; ...
Panthers re-sign Dvorak —
NHL.com News in English 7/1/2009
The Florida Panthers have re-signed right wing Radek Dvorak to a two-year contract.
Dvorak played 81 games in Florida last season and posted 15 goals and 36 points.
Dvorak, also led the team with four shorthanded goals while notching three ...
Panther Fans Hire an Agent? —
Bleacher Report - NHL 7/1/2009
In what appears to be a very strange story, a group of season ticket holders have hired sports super-agent Drew Rosenhaus as their agent to help them negotiate lower season ticket prices for the Florida Panthers.
Drew had this to say to Sporting ...