SBN Mock Expansion Draft: The Mock Kings Hereby Mock Protect...
by Quisp on Sep 2, 2010 9:34 AM PDT
in Too Much Free Time
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The results of the poll are in. There is one significant difference between what I would have done and what the membership has chosen, but we'll leave that for the comments to debate. Without further ado, here's the list:
You mean like these?
by Quisp on Sep 2, 2010 12:28 AM PDT
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The Hockey News: Headlines: Fresh faces gather for picture day, with rookie cards another step toward NHL
TORONTO - During his peak years as a collector, between the ages of eight and 13, Brayden Schenn earned a fresh pack of NHL trading cards every time he registered a hat trick in minor hockey. His mother bought them from a local convenience store as a reward, and she ended up buying more than a few for Brayden and his older brother, Luke. Brayden was always on the lookout for a Pavel Bure, while Luke hunted for the newest Peter Forsberg card. "I haven't touched them in probably five years," Brayden said with a smile Wednesday. "There's a lot of good cards, actually."
Read the whole article. There's a nice picture of all the rookies in their NHL uniforms. And Brayden, about those cards:
Are the league and the NHLPA circumventing the CBA? (hint: if the reports are true, the answer is yes)
by Quisp on Sep 1, 2010 11:11 PM PDT
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Here's our old friend, the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
26.4 Circumvention by NHL or NHLPA. It shall be a Circumvention for the NHLPA or the NHL to engage in any conduct prohibited by Section 26.3. It shall not be a Circumvention for the NHL or the NHLPA to advise their respective constituents as to whether specific practices comply with this Agreement.
What's in 26.3? Well, everything. But keep this in mind: 26.3 describes circumventions by players or clubs (or player actors or club actors). 26.4 extends all of these prohibitions to the league and the NHLPA itself.
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Kovalchuk extension, and I think I know why
by Quisp on Sep 1, 2010 2:05 PM PDT
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And with that, the Kovalchuk saga officially stretches from July 4 to Labor Day.
Bettman, Fehr may work to solve Kovy deal - sportsnet.ca
Can NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA advisor Donald Fehr resolve the Ilya Kovalchuk contract conundrum? A source told Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos via e-mail: "Don't rule out a possible resolution between Bettman and Fehr moving forward."
I was going to write a snarky post about how the CBA doesn't allow them to reach a "resolution" that doesn't involve the league either rejecting or approving the contract. I was going to say, the CBA prohibits renegotiating contracts. But then it was announced that the league and the NHLPA have agreed to extend the decision deadline to Friday.
Which certainly sounds like there's some extracurricular talking going on.
New wrinkle in Kovalchukopia
by Quisp on Aug 31, 2010 8:09 PM PDT
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Kypreos reveals the last Kovy contract numbers - sportsnet.ca
2010-11: $6 million2011-12: $6 million
2012-13: $11 million
2013-14: $11.3 million
2014-15: $11.3 million
2015-16: $11.6 million
2016-17: $11.8 million
2017-18: $10 million
2018-19: $7 million
2020-21: $4 million
2021-22: $1 million
2022-23: $1 million
2023-24: $1 million
2024-25: $3 million
2025-26: $4 million
Let's compare those numbers to my guess from last week:
[POLL] Have you heard of...
by Quisp on Aug 31, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
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19 comments
This is an old poll (still open) that I thought I would repost since (1) it's summer, and (2) there's a lot more traffic on JftC now, so many members haven't voted. (polls after the jump...)
What I think is about to happen in this week's episode of "Kovalchuk"
by Quisp on Aug 30, 2010 10:52 AM PDT
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A few posts ago, I rambled my way through trying to figure out what the hell happened last week with the Kokvalchuk 2.0 pre-approval process (or lack thereof). We still don't know if it's true or not that the league didn't pre-approve this deal or if they did or didn't previously nix other NJ frameworks because of a 15 year term.
Having had a weekend to think about it, I want to take a stab at a simpler prediction tree:
Kings Count Down(s)
by Quisp on Aug 30, 2010 10:01 AM PDT
in Too Much Free Time
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- 11 days till rookie camp (9/10-9/13, El Segundo).
- 12 days till Hockey Fest (9/11, El Segundo).
- 15 days till the Kings vs. Yotes rookie scrimmage (9/14, Phoenix).
- 19 days till training camp (9/18, El Segundo).
- 23 days till the first pre-season game, Kings vs. Avs (9/22, Denver).
- 24 days till the first pre-season home game, Kings vs. Yotes (9/23, Staples).
- 33 days till Frozen Fury XIII, Kings vs. Avs (10/2, MGM Grand, Las Vegas).
- 40 days till the regular season begins.
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