thestar.com - 7/4/2009
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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 on the club's website. The Canadian Press reports the deal is worth $62.4 million (all figures U.S.). ...
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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NHL Morning Papers (Independence Day Edition): Phil Kessler to Toronto deal is off the table, Mats Sundin to make decision by end of the month and did Leafs tamper with Sedin twins
IllegalCurve.com —
... Dater says the fact that Colorado was looking to trade Ryan Smyth was not a surprise.
Rick Nash Extension
Here is all you need to know about Rick Nash’s accomplishements.
Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch says Nash is worth all that he signed for.
Not only did Nash sign a long-term extension, but he structured the deal so it helps the Blue Jackets too.
Too bad Toronto fans, no Rick Nash for you.
Dany Heatley Situation ...
Sorry Leafs Nation, No Nash For You
Crash the Crease —
... what made me so optimistic all along that we could sign him to an extension.”
The 25-year-old winger from Brampton, who would have been an unrestricted free agent after next season, set career and team highs last season with his 79 points (40 goals, 39 assists) in 78 games.
There had been speculation that the Maple Leafs, among several others, would have been prime buyers for his services if he had entered the free-agent market.
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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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blog.dispatch.com 7/3/2009 — 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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He must have racked up more than six hundred fights…”
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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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If you value your job, do not call the Blue Jackets 'disappointing'
sports.yahoo.com 5/21/2009 — Every NHL city had its "third man" on the local broadcast team: The studio host or off-ice reporter that helps set the scene for the booth. Jim Day was that guy for Fox Sports Net Ohio in its coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets . That is, ...
Nash re-ups with Jackets for 8 years —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/4/2009
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 night. The Canadian Press ...
Hockey transactions —
NHL.com News in English 7/4/2009
Movements in the world of hockey Friday:
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS-Signed RW Mark Recchi to a one-year contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed LW Rick Nash to an eight-year contract extension. Signed C Trevor Frischm...
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...
