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Are Teams Low-Balling Yashin

by Paul on 07/11/07 at 02:31 PM ET
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from TSN,

Alexei Yashin, according to his agent Mark Gandler, is not happy with the contract offers he has received from NHL teams.
‘‘We are still talking to some teams. So far the offers we have received we are not happy with,’’ Gandler said in an interview with CKNW Radio in Vancouver. ‘‘If we are not going to get what we are looking for than he (Yashin) will definitely go to Russia.’‘
‘‘I think that what’s making an impression on the teams is the fact that he received this huge buyout. I don’t know what else is weighing on them.’‘

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Wings Join HDIC Fun

by Paul on 07/11/07 at 10:07 AM ET
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from Tim Wharnsby of the Globe and Mail,

The 2007-08 National Hockey League schedule will be unveiled this afternoon, and because of its unbalanced setup, the Canadian teams of the Northwest Division will not play the three Canadian teams of the Northeast Division next season.
Therefore, the CBC will broadcast four games for its popular Hockey Day in Canada on Feb. 9, beginning with the Detroit Red Wings visiting the Toronto Maple Leafs and ending with Ryan Smyth and the Colorado Avalanche in Vancouver to play the Canucks. In the other matches, the Ottawa Senators will host the Montreal Canadiens, and the Edmonton Oilers will travel south to play the Calgary Flames.

more on the schedule & it looks like Pens/Sabres for the possible outdoor game…

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What’s Going On Here

by Paul on 07/11/07 at 10:04 AM ET
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from the Winnipeg Free Press,

When the Pittsburgh Penguins signed $id the Kid yesterday to a five-year, US$43-million contract extension, the ongoing evolution of the NHL’s economic panorama continued unabated.
My, what a curious animal, the NHL.
After all, it was only a few years ago that the Penguins had a payroll of $23.4 million for the entire team. Now they’re going to shortly be shelling out $9 million per year to Crosby alone. Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers, not so long ago the league’s poor sister, were last week throwing $50 million at Buffalo sniper Thomas Vanek, although to no avail, as the Sabres matched the offer to the restricted free agent.

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Closer To The Action

by Paul on 07/11/07 at 09:53 AM ET
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from USA TODAY,

NBC wants to put a cameraman in skates on the ice during NHL shootouts.

read on for some “behind the glass” talk but the article covers TV networks looking for more access when covering sporting events…

thanks to a KK member for the pointer…

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Crosby, Hamilton, Bettman & Who Gets The Next Team

by Paul on 07/11/07 at 09:28 AM ET
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If you are a hockey fan, I suggest you listen to the interview Bob McCown and Jim Kelley did with Ralph Mellanby yesterday evening on The Fan590 in Toronto. 
Ralph is the former executive producer of HNIC and speaks out on why Sidney Crosby should not be the captain of the Pens, why Hamilton will never get an NHL team, the “old boys” network, Jim Balsillie and a few other topics.
You may wat to start around the 2 minute mark unless you want to hear about the advantages of HDTV.

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Spezza Honored By NHL 2K8 Cover

by Paul on 07/10/07 at 10:12 AM ET
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from Business Wire,

2K Sports announced today that Jason Spezza, first-line center for the Ottawa Senators, has been named cover athlete and official spokesman for NHL® 2K8, 2K Sports’ top-rated NHL video game for five years in row*.
“It’s a great honor to be the NHL 2K8 cover athlete,” said Jason Spezza. “The NHL 2K series has always selected some of the best players in the NHL and I’m really excited to follow in their footsteps of representing the finest hockey video game title this year.”

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That’s A Lot Of Movement

by Paul on 07/10/07 at 09:56 AM ET
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from Jimmy D. at the Chronicle Herald,

Move Tampa to Quebec City, put the new team in Montreal’s division, fix up the Colisee. Vinny Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis offer enough francophone content to keep folks happy.
Move Florida to Philadelphia, a city that can easily support two teams (and the city of sports losers can suffer from having two teams that will never win the Cup).
Move Nashville to Hamilton. Compensate the Leafs and Sabres by offering them dibs on any free agents whose whiny wives refuse to live in Hamilton.
Move Carolina back to Hartford, hire Ron Francis as coach and GM. Offer to also relocate the 45 true hockey fans in North Carolina to nice neighbourhoods in Connecticut and give them season tickets for life.
Move Phoenix back to Winnipeg. Too hot in the desert, too cold in Winterpeg — what’s the difference? The difference is Manitobans know hockey and give a &*#t about hockey. Sorry, Wayne. Go back and help the Oilers.
Problem solved. No joking.

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Heatley Contract May Top Them All

by Paul on 07/10/07 at 08:58 AM ET
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from Darren Dreger at TSN,

Ottawa’s Dany Heatley, Atlanta’s Marian Hossa, and San Jose’s Patrick Marleau headline the list of potential 2008 unrestricted free agents.
Of the three, Heatley’s numbers over the past two years have been staggering. Back-to-back 50-goals seasons, one hundred plus points, comparitively he blows Briere, Gomez and Drury out of the water….
Heatley’s agent J.P. Barry is expected to meet with Ottawa general manager Bryan Murray this week to discuss Ray Emery’s extension with the Senators. Heatley’s future is likely to come up, but unless Eugene Melnyk has the money truck parked outside Scotiabank Place, this negotiation isn’t even close to being finalized.

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Poker Action, NHL Style

by Alanah McGinley on 07/09/07 at 02:36 PM ET
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Of all the headlines that the NHL prefers to avoid seeing on a Monday morning, this one has to rank pretty high: “Team ‘Operation Slapshot’ at 2007 World Series of Poker.”

In a little more than a month former NHLer Rick Tocchet will find out his sentence for pleading guilty to charges of third-degree conspiracy and third-degree promoting gambling for his part in the operation of a gambling ring in New Jersey. To kill time Tocchet has decided to play in the 2007 World Series of Poker for his shot at the nearly $7.5 Million first place prize.

As TIB points out, this isn’t at all the same thing as gambling in sports - and there’s nothing wrong with NHL people playing poker.  But it still strikes me as sort of obvious-stupid for this particular hockey person to be anywhere near this event.  (And according to the the article at PokerBiz, Janet Gretzky participated as well, believe it or not.)

Do these people not have public relations reps telling them “bad idea! don’t do it!”?

 

 

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How Slow Can We Go

by Paul on 07/08/07 at 10:27 PM ET
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Wow, the slowest day regarding hockey talk in a long time.
Nothing out there today folks, nada, zip…
Signings and trade talk may filter in here and there, but I have a feeling the next three weeks or so may be slow. 
We will be around and will report anything hockey related.
In the meantime, stay cool!  92 degrees here in the Detroit area at 8:30pm!

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