Archive for the 'Contract' Category

What the Hell is Happening With Shanny?

One of the unsigned big names that hasn’t been frequently mentioned this  off-season is Brendan Shanahan. The 39 year-old winger put up a decent season with the Rangers earning 49 points, despite missing some games due to injury. Maybe we’re really missing something, but once New York showed no interest in signing Shanny, we thought […]

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Population of Pominville in Danger

Last week we were glad to report some good news coming out of Buffalo. At the time, we mentioned that the Sabres were very near to signing Pominville to a 5-year deal. The deal would put a halt to the steady flow of talent headed out of town (see Briere, Campbell, Drury, et al.).
Sabres fans […]

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Rumor of the Day

 
Great “news” if you’re a Buffalo Sabres fan. Rumor is that they are very close to signing Jason Pominville. There’s a report out that Pominville (one of the best names in hockey!) is about to sign a 5-year deal in the neighborhood of $5-6 million. This is a nice juicy raise for Pommy, but even […]

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Rumor of The Day

We’d like to think that we’ve done a pretty damn good job of staying away from the Mats Sundin circus (especially now that he’s visiting Toronto now), so you’ll permit us this one little indulgence. News out of Stockholm the other day quoted Sundin as saying that he won’t be making his mind up any […]

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Radulov Could Care Less

The Nashville Predators officially suspended Alexander Radulov a couple of days ago.  The suspension is indefinite and is unpaid. Duh. For those unfamiliar with the story, Radulov bolted from Nashville with a year left on his contract and joined the new KHL league in Russia. He wanted to be home, and they’re paying ridiculous salaries […]

Thursday, September 4th, 2008