Spector’s Hockey Ponders RFAs Option of Using the KHL Center Ryan O’Reilly currently remains in the midst of a contract standoff with the Colorado Avalanche, with reports out of Denver suggesting there’s no end in sight. Until last week, O’Reilly was playing with his brother for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, in the ...
Habs fans rejoice as the organization announced yesterday evening they had re-signed restricted free agent (RFA) P.K. Subban to a two-year deal worth $2 million in year 1 (prorated) and $3.75 million in year 2 for an average annual value (AAV) of $2.875 million. The flashy defenseman finally caved in and accepted a short-term deal ...
Why the Canadiens chose to play hard ball with P.K. Subban is beyond me. For years the Canadiens have lacked a player with Subban’s pedigree. It’s been 2 decades since Chris Chelios was traded- and the team has been trying to replace him since. What surprises me is the backlash PK is getting from ...
As soon as the new CBA is ratified by both the NHL owners and the players, teams will finally be allowed to start making roster moves such as signing free agents and calling up players from their farm teams. In the case of a few teams, that also means signing their restricted free agents as ...
Now that the NHL and the NHLPA finally managed to conclude a deal and agree to a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday morning, NHL training camps are slated to open between Wednesday and Saturday all around the league after the Board of Governors meets on Tuesday to officially ratify the new agreement. The exact specifics ...
It’s hard to think that nearly two months and a half after the free-agent market opened on July 1st, 2012 that there is still a plethora of quality unrestricted free agents left to sign such as Andrei Kostitsyn, Kristian Huselius, Shane Doan and Carlo Colaiacovo. Even more surprising is that there are some big name ...
New Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has been fairly active regarding the signing and the re-signing of key players for the organization in the past 72 hours. The rookie GM had a lot of work on the table with more than ten unrestricted and restricted free agents to re-sign for the upcoming season. Below ...
Jay Feaster doesn’t seem to be too taken in by hockey’s annual rituals and television events. When the trade deadline came around during the 2010-11 season and the then-interim Calgary Flames general manager made a swap, it was a depth trade of a late round draft pick for veteran forward Freddie Modin. When free agency ...
According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the Boston Bruins have come to terms with goaltender Tuukka Rask on a one-year contract worth $3.5 million. BOS and netminder Rask agreed to terms on one-year, $3.5M deal. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 28, 2012 Rask would have been a restricted free agent after having been ‘qualified’ by the ...
Before I get started I’d like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Marc Madsen and I new to theHockeyWriters.com and will be a Nashville Predators columnist. You can find some of my other work on Unsportsmanlike.Ca. I’m always open to discussion/feedback or even the odd hate mail. So let me hear ...
