The Phoenix Coyotes season is now officially over and the organization is going to have to decide what to do with impending UFA goaltender Mike Smith. This decision for both sides isn’t as cut and dried as it is for most UFA’s and reminds me of this past off-season with the tough decisions that Coyotes Captain Shane Doan had to make. In Doan’s case, ...
A big part of the mythology of free agency in professional sports is the idea that athletes put up large numbers in the final year of a contract, thus incurring an even bigger payday on their next deal. And in what has been a disappointing 2013 to date, Nathan Horton is doing his finest to ...
The Minnesota Wild were big buyers during the summer free agency period signing top free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to huge contracts. Through 30 games of the 2013 NHL season Chuck Fletcher’s team have shown enough to suggest that the GM should be looking to add a little at the NHL trade deadline ...
Zach Parise became a part of arguably the biggest day in Minnesota Wild history when he signed a long-term deal with the franchise for big-time money on the same day as defenseman Ryan Suter. A team that hadn’t made the playoffs since 2008 had suddenly put in a huge investment and had signed the two ...
I posted the following tweet this morning, and the more I think about it, the more the idea makes sense: View this tweet at twitter.com Entering into what will hopefully be a 2012-13 NHL season, the Ottawa Senators have $51,952,500 committed in payroll dollars, with $18,247,500 left in pre-CBA salary cap space (via capgeek.com). While ...
Mike Yeo has enjoyed a swift and virtually faultless ascension to an NHL coaching position. The 37-year old became the third coach in Minnesota Wild history when he took over the role ahead of the 2011-12 season. However, even during his short time in charge of the club, a lot has changed for him and the ...
Everywhere you look, Nashville is blowing up. Whether it’s The New York Times serving up the emerging cuisine of East Nashville or GQ renaming the city “Nowville,” it’s clear that Nashville is one hip place to live and work. Bloomberg ranked Nashville 28th on its list of top 50 best places to live in the United States. ...
The big free agent signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter caught all of the headlines, and will continue to do so, but the huge 13-year contracts handed out to the two premier free agents in this year’s class were not the only important moves that Minnesota GM Chuck Fletcher made this season. He also made a trio of signings for his bottom six forward group bringing in Torrey Mitchell on a three-year deal, while signing Zenon Konopka and Jake Dowell to two-year deals.
One week to save the franchise? It may be a dramatic overstatement to suggest the Nashville Predators are less than seven days from disaster; but losing their captain and defensive anchor Shea Weber could be a massive setback. After a year in which the Predators finally captured the Nashville public’s imagination and become part of ...
NHL free agency is two weeks old, but there are still many options available for the Toronto Maple Leafs to consider.
