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Snapshots: Sunday scuttlebutt: On the salary cap, the trapezoid, head shots, Zetterberg deals, and revenue sharing
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Sunday scuttlebutt: On the salary cap, the trapezoid, head shots, Zetterberg deals, and revenue sharing
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Sunday scuttlebutt: On the salary cap, the trapezoid, head shots, Zetterberg deals, and revenue sharing By George Malik November 08, 2009, 12:30PM Sunday morning/afternoon's crop of columns from the NHL's biggest talking heads include this gem from the Boston Globe's Kevin Dupont, who doesn't seem to understand that the NHLPA chose to hold the line on this year's salary cap so that a good hundred or so players were re-signed by their teams instead of packing their bags and moving to other cities, engaging in a necessary evil that they'll pay out via escrow withholdings: November 8, Boston Globe : NHL clubs this season must abide by a $56.8 million ...
NHLPA's Ian Penny regime exits in full as Buzz Hargrove resigns; NHLPA to retain Donald Fehr to revise constitution
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NHLPA's Ian Penny regime exits in full as Buzz Hargrove resigns; NHLPA to retain Donald Fehr to revise constitution By George Malik November 09, 2009, 2:46AM The NHLPA's 30 player representatives and the committee reviewing the firing of Paul Kelly (which includes Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom, former Wing Chris Chelios, San Jose Sharks captain Rob Blake, and Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi) held a conference call to address the staff resignations, contract settlements, and a possible revamping of the NHLPA's consitution. While the various "league sources" and their media agenda-pushers engage in the quid-pro-quo politicking of revealing ...
Are GMs ready to erase trapezoid, sacrifice goals for safety?
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Whenever I start bitching about the existence of the trapezoid behind the net, I'm quickly labeled as a bitter New Jersey Devils fan who watched the NHL legislate out of the game the ability of the best puck-handling goalie to be the team's third defenseman. Which is probably accurate, come to think of it. But I also have fundamental, dogmatic objections to any rule that restricts the movement of a player on the ice, which is what the trapezoid does. Hockey is a game of constant movement and unparalleled teamwork; shackling a goalie to his posts doesn't mesh with that. The trapezoid was created during the sweeping ...
Around the Boards: Habs Goalie Controversy, ANA-TO, EDM-TB Trades Coming? Wings Looking for Goalie?
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Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette : Stubbs outlines the Habs goalie controversy between Jarolsav Halak and Carey Price took a strange twist with Halak`s agent, Allan Walsh tweeted: “Interesting stat of the night … Price is 10W, 32L in last 42 starts. Hmm.” and later backtracked: “It was a tongue-in-cheek comment not meant to be taken seriously, forgot it was Montreal and everyone loses a sense of humour,” he tweeted in reply. Bruce Garrioch of the Toronto Sun : The Tampa Bay Lightning might be looking to move Andrej Meszaros. Meszaros makes $4 million so it might be difficult to move him. Not many teams can afford a $4 million underachieving Dman. ...
