nydailynews.com - 7/3/2008
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Sorry about the long gap between posts today. Had a Daily News Live appearance (during which I shared my baseball expertise with the viewing public) a drive home and then jammed a couple of slices of pizza down while banging out a story for the first edition of the paper.
Anything happen while I was gone?
First of all, I guess I understand the attachment many of you had to Sean Avery. But you weren’t actually surprised to see him go, were you? Personally, I believe he had reached the end ...
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Blueshirts continue to wheel and deal
New York Rangers Fan Blog —
... and we're still exploring all those routes not just from free agency but from trades. When you sign two players like that, they can both log a lot of ice time, it's just the way the economics of the game work; you can't have a pile of guys making an awful lot of money, but we want to have people who can move the puck and skate with the puck. There's still a lot going on out there." So Sather recognizes the need, and is waiting for things to continue to shake themselves out. John Dellapina has an interesting thought about the way things went down today, and why the Rangers ...
Boyle: 'Even Though I'm Not a Stay-at-Home Defenseman, I Kind of Want to Stay at Home. In Tampa...'
PuckUpdate :: The Hockey Blog —
... Also, I love the deals free agents didn't take. Like Marian Hossa, it seems defenseman Brooks Orpik took less money to play where he wanted to play. Unlike Hossa, Orpik opted to stay in Pittsburgh. Shockingly, ...
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Avery Era Is Over...
yournewyorksports.com 7/2/2008 — According to Fan590 is Toronto the Dallas Stars and controversial former New York Rangers winger Sean Avery have agreed to a 4 year $16 million dollar contract for 4 million per year, the exact contract that Avery had been seeking. Too much money and too many years for someone like Avery, but with the market down to Marcus Naslund, Jaromir Jagr, Kristian Huselius, Mats Sundin, and a few others....
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tsn.ca 7/2/2008 — One of the NHL's most spirited and hated players has been snapped up off the free agent list, as forward Sean Avery has been signed by the Dallas Stars to a 4-year, $15.5 million contract. The contract has a limited no-movement clause. Avery, 28, was ...
Grate One headed to Big D
nydailynews.com 7/2/2008 — Ought to be tough for the Dallas writers to drum up an interesting quote next season.
Not only do the Stars have the Mouth of the South (Brett Hull) running things in the front office, they now have his former Detroit roommate Sean (The Grate One) ...
