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Hometown discount? Kevin Bieksa stays with Canucks, 5 years
After the Stanley Cup Finals, defenseman Kevin Bieksa was quite clear about the financial decisions that were ahead of him as a pending unrestricted free agent — including what it would take to remain...
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Oilers pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins reluctantly enters the spotlight
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins sat in his chair inside the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, confidently (and somewhat generically) answering questions during the NHL Draft's media day — ranging from his nerves...
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Puck Daddy’s Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2011 forecast
The Hockey Hall of Fame's selections for the Class of 2011 will be announced at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, broadcast live on NHL Network and TSN rather than shared first with a bunch of crusty writers on a...
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If Hulsizer’s out, what are Phoenix Coyotes’ ownership options?
The longer the process in Glendale played out, the less patient prospective Phoenix Coyotes buyer Matthew Hulsizer seemed to become, saying "the clock is striking midnight" as late as last week. You...
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Ranking the top 10 hockey fights of 2010-11
Looking back at the year that was in hockey pugilism, we went right to the expert: David Singer, founder of HockeyFights.com, who gave us the lowdown on where hockey fighting was in 2010-11: "Fighting...
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Brooks Laich: 6-year deal with Capitals ‘was the only option’
Happiness can't be underestimated when it comes to free agency. So it came down to this for Brooks Laich: Would he be happier playing for a team other than the Washington Capitals, in a city that...
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Penguins’ Pascal Dupuis back for 2 years of goofing on Malkin
Pascal Dupuis is a good player and all, scoring 37 points in 81 game last season after tallying 38 in 81 games of the previous campaign. But the Pittsburgh Penguins simply had to re-sign him after his...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for NHL free agency, Kariya talk
It's a Thursday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star: Agent Jay Grossman joins us to talk about the dynamics of the free-agent frenzy...
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Mistakes made: Souray, Commodore, Dumont among buyouts
Some might see the buyout process in the NHL as a depressing time in which dramatic miscalculations about talent and finances are rectified through a last resort provide by the Collective Bargaining...
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Bourne Blog: On T.J. Oshie, the party life and maturity factor
T.J. Oshie and the St. Louis Blues have agreed to a one-year, $2.35 million deal — that's a bit of an odd contract for a 24-year-old rising star. Given the current cap situation in the NHL, where...
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Puck Headlines: Jagr update; problem with Ryan Smyth trade
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Petr Svoboda, the agent...
View ArticleVideo: Welcoming back the Winnipeg Jets in style
As these things go, this fan-made Winnipeg Jets tribute is pretty darn good, tying together the history of the NHL in the city with the relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers: Nicely done, especially the...
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Five boom-or-bust players in 2011 NHL free-agent frenzy
As the NHL 2011 Free Agent Frenzy begins at noon ET on Friday, the players that could move teams (and break the bank) are all being analyzed and ranked. Check out Sam McCaig's Top 50 free agents and...
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Ehrhoff signs on with Sabres with 10-year, $40 million deal
Christian Ehrhoff's agent Rick Curran told a Buffalo radio station Wednesday night that his client was looking to sign with a team that would be a perennial contender. That explained why talks with...
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Jagr Watch: Penguin again or flirting with more teams?
The ever-morphing hockey drama known as Jagr Watch rolls on, as a second Jaromir Jagr Decision Day has passed by without any definitive word on where the 39-year-old former NHL star will play next...
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Puck Daddy’s 2011 Free-Agent Frenzy Chatter Box, Day 1
Look, you want to know where Ben Eager is signing and we want to know where Ben Eager is signing. The best way to keep tabs on this? The often imitated but never duplicated Puck Daddy Free-Agent Frenzy...
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Puck Daddy’s 2011 Free Agent Frenzy drinking game
Usually, NHL Trade Deadline Day and the July 1 opening of the free agency period are known as "Hockey Christmas". Today, it really feels like "Hockey Christmas When The Toys Aren't As Good". The...
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Trending Topics: On the moral hazards of extending offer sheets
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad...
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Sami Salo signs with Canucks for 1 year of inevitable injuries
The immediate reaction to defenseman Sami Salo's re-signing for 1 year and $2 million with the Vancouver Canucks, prior to becoming an unrestricted free agent at noon ET, is that it's a hometown...
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Why Blue Jackets’ signing of James Wisniewski was essential
The Columbus Blue Jackets entered the offseason facing some very specific, though uncomfortably familiar, problems. Like goal-scoring, as they were 24th in the NHL with a goals-for average of 2.51....
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