"50 contract limit" - a team must have between 27 and 50 players under contract. There are some funky rules related to this, the main ones being that players playing in Europe (e.g. Fransson) and players under the age of 20 still playing in juniors, even if under contract (e.g. Schenn), don't count against the limit.

Not really. I wouldn't presume. It's just easier for me to make sarcastic comments about someone else's grades, than to do my own. Or is it? In any case, here are some bits of Rudy's evaluation,...

Christmas Eve, 2009 Dean Lombardi is in the driver's seat. He has a license and has driven many miles. We sit in the back seat and shout out instructions, and we don't even know how to drive. Dean...

We're at the end of the second "chapter" of the schedule, as we laid it out in the pre-season. Good time to take a look at how the Kings are doing in relation to my non-binding targets. O...

The Kings are in the middle of one of those awful four-days-without-hockey breaks. They never play well after those. I hate time off. More games please. Undefeated Toronto, Dallas, who else?...

  This is a self-indulgent, ridiculous exercise in micro-management, and it could be rendered moot at any point by unforeseen plot twists, including the fairly high likelihood that teams will not...

Ken Hitchcock helping out at Red Wings camp | freep.com | Detroit Free Press Figuring that there’s no such thing as too much hockey knowledge, coach Mike Babcock gladly said yes when Ken...

1 day till rookie camp (9/11-9/13, El Segundo). 1 day till Hockey Fest (9/11, El Segundo). 4 days till the Kings vs. Yotes rookie scrimmage (9/14, Phoenix). 8 days till training camp (9/18, El...

The Bure at the Beach card from this morning's post reminded me that I had a bunch of these time capsules to dig up. Continuing with the surf and turf theme, we start with the Rangers. We'll also...

  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...

In the spirit of making the time between now and October pass as quickly as possible, SBN is doing a mock expansion draft, which you can read about, in its full glory, here. The idea is, poll...

I've said it a few times before, but since the league is looking at rule changes this week, it bears repeating. Here's how you fix the tie/Bettman-point issue: Get rid of the Bettman point. Get rid...

Let's start with young Peter Forsberg. Nice jersey. Niklas Lidstrom, Canada Cup, 1991. Had not yet played an NHL game. Pavel Bure, also pre-NHL. Name these three kids. Two nice rookie cards....

in a box in storage. Lots of familiar faces, some still playing. Like this guy: (I know he retired.) I'll post more when I get the scanner working again.

I did this about a year ago, but it's time to do it again with the new faces. Click through the image for a high-res version.