canuckscorner.com - 7/4/2009
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Per TSN:
Sources tell TSN the NHL and the NHLPA are investigating what might have been an enormous mistake by the Chicago Blackhawks.
Chicago tendered qualifying offers to several key players this week, including Kris Versteeg, Cam Barker, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Aaron Johnson and Troy ...
sports.yahoo.com - 7/6/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
here's a good chance Dale Tallon is having
a case of the Monday's right now. As TSN's
Darren Dreger reported late Friday night, Tallon's qualifying offers made to Blackhawks restricted free agents Kris Versteeg , Cam Barker , Ben Eager , Colin Fraser , Aaron Johnson , and Troy Brouwer ...
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‘PC Load Letter’? Tallon’s snafu could ...
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The Blackhawks' qualifying offer 'debacle'
From The Rink —
... are that this won't be a major issue, although Johnson's agent, Allan Walsh, offered these thoughts on Twitter a few hours after the TSN story came out:
I don't see those messages on his account this morning, so I suppose they were deleted. (Maybe this all isn't such a debacle after all?) Still, it seems like poor organization on the 'Hawks part to not ensure everything was filed well ahead of time.
Tom Benjamin says GM Dale Tallon should bear the brunt of the blame.
Martin Havlat Believes in Karma
Gospel of Hockey —
... were unrestricted free agents and didn't, as far as I know, give any verbal indication otherwise. I can see why this situation is a bit more nuanced. Offers were sent but they were late. Tallon, it seems, made contact with the players and the players, by virtue of the fact that they did not declare themselves unrestricted free agents, seemed to accept that they had in fact been qualified. It will be interesting to see if any of the players takes this decision to an arbitrator. Tom Benjamin has suggested that the agents will need to strongly defend the rights of their ...
Blackhawks likely to get away with spurious qualifying offers because NHL, NHLPA received paperwork
Snapshots —
... ' offer as of early on July 4th...And then his Twitter posts about the subject disappeared. Mirtle pointed out Tom Bejamin's article suggesting the obvious... July 4, Canucks Corner : If the player did not receive the offers in time, they did not receive them at all. If they did not receive them in time, they are unrestricted free agents. How can it be otherwise? If I represented Kris Versteeg and he had not received his qualifying offer by the deadline, I would immediately announce that my client was an unrestricted free agent and open the bidding for his services. That we ...
Blackhawks Fire Dale Tallon: Because Bowman Said So
Hockey From the Cheap Seats —
... I’m not saying that Tallon is above criticism. In fact, there have been a few moves that are going to hamstring this organization for a few years. Cristobal Huet’s contract looks like it was WAY too much considering it was Nikolai Khabibulin that led the Hawks in the playoffs last season. Brian Campbell is probably the 3rd or 4th best defenseman on the team, yet his contract says he should be one of the 3 or 4 best defenseman in the league. Marian Hossa’s contract is so long, it’s possible that the Los Angeles Kings, ...
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sports.yahoo.com 7/14/2009 — After one of the most impactful binges in the free-agent frenzy, Chicago Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon oversaw one of the most titanic blunders in recent NHL history as the Hawks were late in sending qualifying offers to eight restricted free agents. ...
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fromtherink.com 7/4/2009 — Pretty interesting story from late last night involving the Blackhawks and several qualifying offers :
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Dale Tallon Right Now....
thehockeyprogram.net 7/6/2009 — Here is what Dale Tallon could be feeling like right now....... A donkey who smuggles..... Now nothing may still come out of the NHLPA grievance filed this afternoon but I saw this video and could not pass it up. Okay back to the Heatley Watch!
Conspiracy Runs Deep as Blackhawks Fire GM
thesportsbank.net 7/14/2009 —
By: David Kay
Dale Tallon blamed the United States mail system. Since the Blackhawks can’t fire the post office, they instead have reportedly given Tallon the boot as general manager.
In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune, Tallon was quoted as saying he “can take the heat” ...
