CrashingTheGoalie

by Bill Heintz
The odds and ends of the off season can sometimes be like reading the entrails of chickens or the leaves at the bottom of a cup of tea. If you are superstitious (and knock on wood, thank God, I am not) then you can convince yourself that they are portents…predictors of the coming [...]

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by Ron Spence
There’s been considerable bashing of Brian Burke’s and Dave Nonis’ draft selections.
I would start off by saying that it’s unfair to lump Nonis in with Burke. 
Also, Nonis oversaw four drafts, and had to work around Burke’s trades in his first – 2004.
In August, 2003 Vancouver acquired Johan Hedberg for a second round pick. [...]

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by Ron Spence
“Assistant general manager Jim Nill said the Wings would try to sit down with Lidstrom during training camp to begin talking about a new contract,” wrote the Free Press.
I’d like to know what they’ll talk about.
This year’s salary cap is $56.8 million, and if it falls 15% – as they claim it might do [...]

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by Bill Heintz
The recent signing of Kyle Wellwood provides a decent benchmark for the Canucks’ summer. We have signed the guys, save Mats Sundin, from our own team that we wanted to sign. As for Mats. Well, the guessing here is that he’s done.
Of course, I famously predicted the Canucks were out of the [...]

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