blog.dispatch.com - 7/3/2009
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Exhale, Columbus. The Blue Jackets have signed captain Rick Nash to an eight-year, $62.4 million contract extension, The Dispatch has learned. That's an annual cap hit of $7.8 million. "It's a very fair number," Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson said....
thehockeyprogram.net - 7/5/2009
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The holiday weekend continues and really nothing is
expected today but this day in history something always...
happens. Needless to say people probably do not remember this guy in our moment today. First 20 seconds of game 1 in CBJ history... July 05, 2000 ...
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This Day In Hockey History (7/5)
thehockeyprogram.net - 7/4/2009
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Give Columbus credit...they secured their star for a
long time....about oh...eight years. GM Scott Howson confirmed to...
the CP and now AP that the deal is worth 62.4 million dollars over eight years. Using rough math translation...that is right at 7.8 million per year. Turns out that is ...
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Rick Nash Cashes In!
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Nash Signs
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via Adam Portzline of Puck-rakers,
The Blue Jackets have signed captain Rick Nash to an eight-year, $62.4 million contract extension, The Dispatch has learned. That’s an annual cap hit of $7.8 million.
The deal will keep Nash under contract with the Blue Jackets through the 2017-18 season.
Jackets, Nash end intense negotiation with blockbuster contract
Puck Daddy —
... have agreed on an eight-year, $62.4 million contract extension through 2018 according to the Columbus Dispatch, which aptly titled its blog entry "Exhale, Columbus." ...
Rick Nash Stays Steady in Columbus
The Hockey Writers —
... From Puck Rakers: “It’s a very fair number,” Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson said. “(Nash) made a statement to the team and the city that he’s not out for the last dollar. He wanted to have a fair contract that allows us the flexibility to build the team around him.” The first five seasons of his new contract include a no-movement clause with a modified no-trade clause in the final three years. By signing this contract, Rick Nash, now signed through 2017-18, has shown that he’s not full of himself and truly wants ...
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Well Ranger fans, looks like we can cross Rick Nash off the "pipe dream list" of big time centers we would like to see on Broadway.
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This is a great move for the team and the fan base...But they still need to get Nash some more help...
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Jackets attention turns to Rick Nash
crashthecrease.com 6/7/2009 — When news of the Blue Jackets’ financial woes broke late last month, Scott Howson did what any right-thinking general manager in his position would do. He quickly phoned Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash at his lake house in northern Ontario.
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Nash re-ups with Jackets for 8 years —
NHL.com News in English 7/4/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets have reached agreement on an eight-year contract extension through the 2017-18 season.
Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson confirmed the signing to The Associated Press on Friday...
Nash, Jackets Agree To Contract. —
Bleacher Report - NHL 7/4/2009
The wait is over in Columbus.
Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to an eight-year, $62.4 million contract, on Friday night, securing the captain for the longest contract term in franchise history. He'll make $7.8 million a season ...
