The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed one of their better scoring forwards in veteran Lee Stempniak for two years and a 1.9 million cap hit. Thought to be one of the better goal scorers on the market, Stempniak watched from the sidelines before eventually taking a 600K annual pay decrease. Hard to project what we will see [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Offensive Corps: Shane Doan led the offense for the sixth straight season with a pedestrian 55 points in 82 games. To his credit he still managed to carry the offense despite switching to a strictly defensive system. A decrease from 31 goals to 18 does cause concern as the soon-to-be 34-year-old will not get any [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 5, 2010
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The Nashville Predators finally won one of the free agent frenzies by locking up one of the top centers on the market. Matthew Lombardi will make 3.5 million annually over the next three seasons and help transition top rookie Colin Wilson into the first line slot (We initially thought the Preds would hand over the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
Ray Whitney won a cup in Carolina and wanted to stay at the trade deadline but unfortunately could not earn another contract with his team. I hear good things about Phoenix, he should enjoy the weather… As one of the best free agent wingers, Whitney signed a two-year contract worth a solid six million dollars [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
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All of a sudden, losing Sergei Gonchar doesn’t seem so bad. The Penguins, after parting ways with Sergei Gonchar and possibly Jordan Leopold and Jay McKee, the Pens made a splash landing one of the biggest free agent defensemen in Zbynek Michalek at $4-million a year over 5 years. Michalek has come close to the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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After coming over to the Phoenix Coyotes from the Colorado Avalanche during the trade deadline, Wojtek Wolski re-signed with his new team for two years with a 3.8 million cap hit. With the Coyotes, the former first round pick managed six goals and 18 assists over 18 games providing the spark the team needed after [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Scottie Upshall re-signed with the Phoenix Coyotes yesterday to a one-year contract. According to Cap Geek, the deal will pay Upshall 2.25 million, a modest raise from his 1.5 million cap hit last year. Upshall led the team last year with 18 goals before suffering a year ending knee injury. After he went down GM [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 16, 2010
After Brian Campbell was severely boarded by Alex Ovechkin and suffered a broken collarbone and rib, much ado was made about Alex Ovechkin and his occasionally reckless style of play. In a recent DailyFaceoff article, “Ovechkin Not Helping Your Playoff Push”, it was noted that Ovechkin’s hit would likely result in a suspension and you [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 13, 2010
The best way to describe this list is if you go to the waiver wire in your individual fantasy league (personally, I use Yahoo!) and find that Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tim Connolly, or Ryan Clowe are all available, this list is not for you. The Value 25 is a watch list intended for deep fantasy league [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 4, 2010
Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated wrote yesterday that the NHL’s trade deadline lacked star power and only two players, Wojtek Wolski and Fredrik Modin, could comfortably play a top-six role in the current game. At this point I would like to urge Farber to see outside the box as numerous trades created holes likely to [...]
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