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		<title>Paul McCann: Random Notes / Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Random Thoughts / Notes	

- While negotiations continue, Pred Nation is getting nervous about the signing status of Patric Hornqvist.  The comparables are coming in and they seem fairly reasonable. Hornqvist picked a very good year to break out and the Predators certainly want to hold on to him...  the sticking point may be that the team wants to see a bit more from him before locking him down t...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Random Thoughts / Notes	

- While negotiations continue, Pred Nation is getting nervous about the signing status of Patric Hornqvist.  The comparables are coming in and they seem fairly reasonable. Hornqvist picked a very good year to break out and the Predators certainly want to hold on to him...  the sticking point may be that the team wants to see a bit more from him before locking him down t...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>John Jaeckel: Niemi And Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears the Blackhawks are comfortable allowing Antti Niemi's salary to be determined by an arbitrator, rather than simply by the demands of the goalie and his agent Bill Zito.

In the end, Stan Bowman is allowing the market (in this case through an arbitrator) to determine Niemi's value. The Hawks will then decide to offer a contract based on that value, or allow Niemi to become an unrestric...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It appears the Blackhawks are comfortable allowing Antti Niemi's salary to be determined by an arbitrator, rather than simply by the demands of the goalie and his agent Bill Zito.

In the end, Stan Bowman is allowing the market (in this case through an arbitrator) to determine Niemi's value. The Hawks will then decide to offer a contract based on that value, or allow Niemi to become an unrestric...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Andy Strickland: Fleischmann Avoids Arbitration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington forward Tomas Fleischmann avoids arbitration hearing and agrees to 1 yr deal worth $2.6 million to remain with Capitals. He will be a unrestricted free agent after this season. 


More to come,

Andy Strickland

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington forward Tomas Fleischmann avoids arbitration hearing and agrees to 1 yr deal worth $2.6 million to remain with Capitals. He will be a unrestricted free agent after this season. 


More to come,

Andy Strickland

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		<title>Andy Strickland: Grebeshkov To KHL/Blake Wheeler/Rick Wamsley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we wait to hear an arbitrator's ruling on Bruins forward Blake Wheeler can we please end the ridiculous specualtion of Boston walking away from their 23 year old stud? 


Why would Boston let a 23 skilled offensive player walk away and get nothing in return? 

Can they trade him? Sure, they can trade any of their players but they sure as heck won't let him become a UFA. If boston has to cr...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we wait to hear an arbitrator's ruling on Bruins forward Blake Wheeler can we please end the ridiculous specualtion of Boston walking away from their 23 year old stud? 


Why would Boston let a 23 skilled offensive player walk away and get nothing in return? 

Can they trade him? Sure, they can trade any of their players but they sure as heck won't let him become a UFA. If boston has to cr...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Andy Strickland: Blues Trade D.J. King To Washington</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word is the Blues have traded tough guy D.J. King to the Washington Capitals. Hearing former Washington 7th rounder and winger Stefan Della Rovere is coming the other way from Washington. 

Della Rovere Captained the Barrie Colts this past season while also representing Canada in the World Junios the last two years. Speaking to one of his teammates in Barrie, Della Rovere is considered a strong...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Word is the Blues have traded tough guy D.J. King to the Washington Capitals. Hearing former Washington 7th rounder and winger Stefan Della Rovere is coming the other way from Washington. 

Della Rovere Captained the Barrie Colts this past season while also representing Canada in the World Junios the last two years. Speaking to one of his teammates in Barrie, Della Rovere is considered a strong...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Andy Strickland: Updated Story On D.J King To Washington</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasnât as hard of a decision for Blues GM Doug Armstrong as some may think in deciding to move heavy weight D.J. King and keep Cam Janssen. 


Sometimes it comes down to keeping who you know and in this case Armstrong has seen very little of King over the last two years. While injuries limited King it paved an opportunity for Janssen to show the organization he could do the job. 

Now ev...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It wasnât as hard of a decision for Blues GM Doug Armstrong as some may think in deciding to move heavy weight D.J. King and keep Cam Janssen. 


Sometimes it comes down to keeping who you know and in this case Armstrong has seen very little of King over the last two years. While injuries limited King it paved an opportunity for Janssen to show the organization he could do the job. 

Now ev...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jesse Connolly: All Is Quiet in the Hub of Hockey: Calm Before the Storm?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cricket. Cricket. That, my friends, is about the only sound coming from the Boston Bruins these days, as all is quiet in the Hub of Hockey. I guess I didn't realize how lucky we were last summer. 

The town was abuzz over the announcement that Fenway would play host to the Winter Classic. The Phil Kessel saga entertained us with its twists and turns on seemingly a daily basis. Contract talks, fr...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cricket. Cricket. That, my friends, is about the only sound coming from the Boston Bruins these days, as all is quiet in the Hub of Hockey. I guess I didn't realize how lucky we were last summer. 

The town was abuzz over the announcement that Fenway would play host to the Winter Classic. The Phil Kessel saga entertained us with its twists and turns on seemingly a daily basis. Contract talks, fr...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>John Jaeckel: Hawks Deal Reasoner for Taffe (and maybe Niemi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Hawks' GM Stan Bowman thinned the already thinned ranks a bit further today, by dealing C Marty Reasoner (recently acquired from Atlanta in the Dustin Byfuglien deal) to Florida for C/LW Jeff Taffe.

There is a cost and an opportunity to this deal. 

Reasoner was a guy the Hawks could plug in on the 4th line and expect a solid 4th line performance: pesky, winning faceoffs, helping kill p...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, Hawks' GM Stan Bowman thinned the already thinned ranks a bit further today, by dealing C Marty Reasoner (recently acquired from Atlanta in the Dustin Byfuglien deal) to Florida for C/LW Jeff Taffe.

There is a cost and an opportunity to this deal. 

Reasoner was a guy the Hawks could plug in on the 4th line and expect a solid 4th line performance: pesky, winning faceoffs, helping kill p...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Andy Strickland: NHL Too Slow To React?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The league has come out and said âEnough is enoughâ. When looking at the 17 year contract handed out to Ilya Kovalchuk itâs pretty hard to argue that the spirit of the league isnât being broken here. Itâs clear as day whatâs going on and the Devils canât hide from the obvious. When looking at the contract with an honest, impartial point of view, the contract is flat out stupid. Letâ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The league has come out and said âEnough is enoughâ. When looking at the 17 year contract handed out to Ilya Kovalchuk itâs pretty hard to argue that the spirit of the league isnât being broken here. Itâs clear as day whatâs going on and the Devils canât hide from the obvious. When looking at the contract with an honest, impartial point of view, the contract is flat out stupid. Letâ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>John Jaeckel: He&#8217;s Not Going Anywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At yesterday's premier of the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup DVD, GM Stan Bowman was emphatic that Patrick Sharp is not going to be dealt this offseason.

In spite of rampant, blogger-fueled speculation that's had Sharp dealt numerous times going back to well before the March trade deadline, this comes as no surprise to those who follow the Hawks closely. Even at nearly $4 million a season on a cap-str...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[At yesterday's premier of the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup DVD, GM Stan Bowman was emphatic that Patrick Sharp is not going to be dealt this offseason.

In spite of rampant, blogger-fueled speculation that's had Sharp dealt numerous times going back to well before the March trade deadline, this comes as no surprise to those who follow the Hawks closely. Even at nearly $4 million a season on a cap-str...]]></content:encoded>
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