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Most Likely to Succeed: Chicago Blackhawks
Most likely to Succeed is our newest series which points out one player from every team and explains why that player is poised to increase their point totals. While some teams may have more than one player likely to breakout and some none, we will focus on the ones who actually should improve with a [...]
Continue reading...Jonathan Toews listed as day-to-day with MCL strain
Thursday, August 12, 2010
According to SLAM! Sports, Jonathan Toews has been nursing a knee injury after the playoffs and may not be available for the 2010 SuperStar Summer Showdown. While anyone betting or pooling on this event may have a serious addiction and need professional help, we will not be worried for the start of the season. Knee [...]
Continue reading...Blackhawks Walk from Niemi Award; Sign Turco
Monday, August 2, 2010
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The Chicago Blackhawks decided that a 2.75 million award from an arbitrator simply would not fit under their cap and walked away from their Stanley Cup winning goaltender: Antti Niemi. In turn, they signed a soon-to-be 35-year-old to lead them back to the promised land– even though he failed to do this the majority of [...]
Continue reading...Leblanc, Leddy Sign Entry-Level Contracts
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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Two collegiate players signed contracts with their NHL teams: Nick Leddy and Louie Leblanc. Both of these players were drafted during the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in the first round and opted to end their college careers after one year — partly due to the needs of their organizations. With only five defensemen (if you [...]
Continue reading...Teams Lining up to Settle Before Arbitration
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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A few weeks ago we released an arbitration list which named the players ready to do battle with their employers. From that list a vast majority settled with the exception of Stanley Cup winner Antti Niemi. Let’s take a short look at who settled and who is still prepared to go to war: James Wisniewski [...]
Continue reading...Blackhawks Cap Woes Far From Over
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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The Chicago Blackhawks still find themselves in a cap conundrum where they may need to choose whether to keep either Antti Niemi or sniping forward Patrick Sharp. According to Cap Geek, the team is already over the salary cap with Niemi still yet to sign, although negotiations continue. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune recently [...]
Continue reading...Hjalmarsson Signs for Four More Years in Chi-Town
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Unlike his former teammates Kris Versteeg and Dustin Byfuglien, who the Hawks intended to deal due to cap restrictions, defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson will stay with the team for four more years. One would have to think his holdout created unnecessary problems and signing an offer sheet with a divisional rival could have been avoided but [...]
Continue reading...San Jose Extends Offer Sheet to Niklas Hjalmarsson
Friday, July 9, 2010
Per TSN’s Gord Miller, the San Jose Sharks have signed Niklas Hjalmarsson to a 4yr/14M offer sheet. The Chicago Blackhawks will have seven days to sign him. Considering Dan Girardi just received a healthy 3.35 annual salary over his next four seasons, Hjalmarsson deserves at least the same amount and will make 3.5 million annually. [...]
Continue reading...Arbitration List: Niemi Leads 30 Others to Battle
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Exactly 31 players filed for salary arbitration today, excluding the playoff hero Jaroslav Halak. Antti Niemi should get his due raise and the Hawks certainly prepared for it by shipping most of their bottom six to the Eastern Conference. With Halak settling for under four million a season the Finnish rookie probably has no other [...]
Continue reading...Versteeg Joins Leafs… Instant Fantasy Value?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Just before the kickoff to the NHL Free Agency period, the Chicago Blackhawks completed another salary dump by trading Kris Versteeg and Bill Sweatt to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico, and Philippe Paradis. If Leaf fans can remember correctly, Stalberg was touted the steal of the NCAA Free Agent talent a [...]
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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