ya, mainly the homer situation. i think powe will be back for sure but carcillo’s days look numbered.

yes but there was some discussion of $4 million/ year, which is not cap friendly at all. the rumored under $3 million/ year is much better…we may have cap space for a goalie yet!!!!

I think this article sums it up pretty well:

Now, Gilbert is the tough guy with James leaving the Cavs behind? Listen, Ferry and Brown always warned Gilbert that giving James everything he wanted – giving it when and where and how – wouldn’t be the way they would keep him. LeBron didn’t respect them because they never demanded it.

Gilbert always believed he should do everything James wanted – hire his buddies into jobs, throw them on summer-league rosters, allow him to do those stupid pregame choreographed dances – that James would love him, that he would never leave. Only, James is a taker, and he took and took until he had bled Gilbert and that franchise to the bone.

So now, Gilbert unleashes the most revisionist and self-serving screed that a scorned owner’s ever done. Gilbert is a bully and a baby. As much as James, Gilbert revealed himself, too. He asked for this humiliation and deserves it. Only those fans in Cleveland don’t deserve this. They were loyal, true, and ultimately they must know Gilbert lashed out to make James the villain for a most self-serving reason: to avoid the blame himself. Damn right James quit on the Cavaliers in that playoff series, but that was because Gilbert was always there to make it easy for him. All those times Ferry and Brown warned the owner they had to make stands with James, that they had to force him to have some level of respect within that organization or there would be an ultimate price to pay.

full article here

Anyways, who cares about pro Basketball, the pro sport with the least parity in all of pro sports? Yeah lets see Boston or LA win another championship for the 100th time. And I live in LA.

To get in the way of people trying to get to more worthwhile places.

beezer did have a very solid 2.19 GAA in his two seasons in the orange and black so i guess it’s a good solution if homer is truly in a win now mode, which he should be.

anything is better than leighton. turco makes the most sense and could sign for cheap. I was all for Nabby before. I just want Homer to do something about the goalie situation. i’m not satisfied at all with leighton/ boosh

Deals are almost always lower than the original asking price. That’s part of negotiating. The player asks for more than he expects to get, the Club offers less than they’re willing to pay, and they negotiate to a mutually acceptable level. The problem comes when the player’s minimum acceptable salary is higher than the Club’s maximum allowable expense (i.e. the player wants $5m per year, but the team absolutely won’t go above $4.5m). Then the player goes to another Club or the KHL.

thanks for reminding me that we are freed of Rathje’s terrible contract

we should start calling the blackhawks by their new name marlinsnorth

sharks are a trade happy team. they will find space….apparently espn rumor says Turco might go to SJ, phat chance in hell. They seem sold on Niitty

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two teams? both of which were in the scf? wow. can the blackhawks really let niemi go, stash huet in the minors, and sign Turco when they still need to sign skaters?

worth more than all they gave up to a team that won the cup with the players we gave them.does anyone know who the two #1 picks turned out to be?

yay!!!! now maybe all the dominos should fall into place (1st with terms and then by ending this gagne drama)

I’m a big HV71 fan from my time spent in Jonkoping Sweden in 2008 doing my student teaching