blog.dispatch.com - 7/2/2009
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After an early-evening meeting with his agent, Joe Resnick, Nash told The Dispatch last night that the initial offer from Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson yesterday fell short of what he had in mind.
yougabsports.com - 7/4/2009
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yougabsports.com —
The Columbus Blue Jackets signed captain Rick Nash
to a eight year contract extension...The extension starts in...
2010 and goes through 2018... This is a great move for the team and the fan base...But they still need to get Nash some more help... GM Scott Howson said... ...
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Columbus Blue Jackets Make a Great Move!
blog.dispatch.com - 7/3/2009
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blog.dispatch.com —
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....
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Done Deal
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Rick Nash-CBJ Contract Talk Not Even Close
The Hockey Writers —
... Earlier Wednesday, Scott Howson sent a contract offer to Rick Nash’s agent Joe Resnick. Last night, Aaron Portzline (Columbus Dispatch) broke the story that the two sides weren’t even close. No details of the offer were released by either side, although the Dispatch is saying that sources said it was a five (5) year deal. ...
Empty Netter Assists - 7-2-09
Empty Netters —
... -Negotiations between captain Rick Nash, entering the final year of his contract, and the Blue Jackets aren't exactly going smooth. ...
Nash upset with initial contract talks
Crash the Crease —
... and we can’t hit a number where we’re both satisfied and we both feel it’s fair … if they want me that bad, they’ll get it done.”
Neither Howson nor Nash would reveal specifics in the contract, but sources indicated to The Dispatch that the offer had a five-year term.
Nash said he watched yesterday’s free agent spending spree – NHL teams continued to shower elite players with huge contracts – and he expected more from the Blue Jackets.
Full story here
Puck Daddy's 2009 Free-Agent Frenzy Report Card
Puck Daddy —
... and the team waits to reveal to the world what Joe Sakic intends to do (or not) do next season. Colorado signed pugilist David Koci (one year, $575,000), which is great news for Western Conference brawlers who enjoy winning fights. Best of all for Colorado: Tyler Arnason, UFA, to the Rangers. Smiles from Denver to Durango. GRADE: C Columbus Blue Jackets: While their contract debate with star Rick Nash escalated faster than the street fight in ...
Jackets, Nash end intense negotiation with blockbuster contract
Puck Daddy —
The Columbus Blue Jackets and star winger Rick Nash 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." Thus ends one of the most truncated and intensely public negotiations in recent NHL history, as the Jackets literally handed Nash their formal offer on Tuesday only to have him strongly reject it as insufficient on the Dispatch's Puck-rakers blog: "If this doesn't happen ...
Puck Daddy chats with Rick Nash about golf, publicly negotiating massive contracts and his love of Hootie
Puck Daddy —
... . Then came a brief but intense negotiation with the Jackets' management on a contract extension, one that saw Nash candidly dismiss the team's initial offer with the Columbus Dispatch. The endgame was ...
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