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Purging of the Old Panthers: Dennis Wideman
Dale Tallon has completed an unprecedented string of player acquisitions this off-season, bringing in seven free agents for the NHL roster and trading for three more. Some additional prospect and minor-league signings brings the potential for over half of this season's Panthers roster to be...
Time to Poach Our Rivals
Offer sheets are dirty business in the NHL. The St. Louis Blues made it club policy back in the early 1990s, first poaching Scott Stevens from the Washington Capitals for five first round draft picks, then following it up the next summer by poaching Brenden Shanahan from the New Jersey Devils. ...
Capitals On The Hot Seat
It goes without saying that expectations headed into this coming season for the Washington Capitals are sky-high. The team was the NHL's best through 82 games a season ago before imploding in the first round of the playoffs after taking a commanding 3-1 lead over the Canadiens. Most of the team's...
Phoenix Coyotes' Don Maloney wins inaugural NHL GM of the Year Award
Multiple reporters are indicating that the Phoenix Coyotes' Don Maloney has won the first NHL General Manager of the Year Award, based on his surprising team which defied all expectations to capture the #4 seed in the Western Conference, and challenge for the Pacific Division...
Sunday Caps Clips: Five In a Row
Your savory breakfast links: Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's cakewalk (déjà vu) from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Joe B., Ed Frankovic, Peerless, Puck Daddy (where five points isn't star-worthy), OFB and Fight For Old DC. The Top Ten reasons...
The Wake-up Shake-up
"My gut tells me it may be a shot across the bow. Wake up or else changes will be made." - Bruins goalie Tim Thomas on the trade that sent now former teammate Chuck Kobasew to Minnesota When a team with high expectations stumbles out of the gate, there are any number of things management can do to...
Alex Ovechkin Named D.C. Sportsman of the Year
As we noted this morning, Alex Ovechkin was named D.C. Sportsman of the Year at last night's Sneaker Ball. It was a repeat performance for AO (in the only two years the award has been handed out), who also took home the award for "best play" for this amazing individual effort in Game 5 of the...
Is Michael Nylander at the Root of the Dale Tallon Firing?
Early last week, the Chicago Blackhawks touched off a heck of a mid-summer drama when they fired General Manager Dale Tallon and ignited a few rounds of "he-said/he-said/he-said" that probably isn't over yet. Now comes word from Larry Brooks (standard "consider the source" caveat applies) that...
Sailing The Trade Routes With GMGM
"[I]t's really hard to make a trade right now. It's the cap and free agency. There's a lot more free agency now. If you've got a guy who has one year [remaining on his contract] and the other guy has two years, it deters you from doing things. Teams are also trying to fill their needs during free...
George McPhee and Free Agency
"Ideally, you want to avoid free agents because they're always more expensive and longer-term than you want. You're better off looking for the bargains." - Capitals GM George McPhee Since George McPhee took over as general manager of the Caps back in June of 1997, he's dipped his toe into the free...
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