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2013-14 NHL Season - With a Wing and a Fehr

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Hockey Canada announcement re: The Sweaters....
Hockey Canada will unveil and launch the jerseys that its men's, women's and sledge hockey teams will wear at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi on October 8.
We look forward to telling the story and innovation behind the jerseys at that time.
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Cleary ends the drama and signs with...Detroit. 1 yr/$1.75 mil.

Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist can't be too happy about that news. And neither are 2/3 of LGW.com and HFBoards. :p
 
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I know I'm certainly not happy with that signing. After seeing the Calder Cup finals, I was looking forward to Nyquist and Tatar graduating to the big club.

I don't quite understand it, I'd rather roll the dice with the kids than hope that Cleary can hold his ligaments together for one more season. I get that it's a "known product versus an unknown product," but it's an awful signing.




.... I look forward to having this post dug up next June when Cleary hoists the Stanley Cup. :p :D
 
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I suppose it could've been a lot worse. It's only a one-year deal, and he could've allegedly squeezed two more years and another $1 mil/per out of the Flyers. If Cleary wants another contract, he'll have to stay healthy and prove it.
 
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NHL rumors: Sabres willing to keep salary in any Thomas Vanek deal

Thomas Vanek was on the trade block for much of last season but ended up staying put in Buffalo. He's said he's not sure whether he wants to be part of a long rebuild or not but that he's keeping his options over.

Apparently, so are the Sabres. Elliotte Friedman of the CBC reports that the Sabres considering eating some of Vanek's salary if they can find a trade partner.

Friedman notes that Sabres GM Darcy Regier has also indicated that the window for a trade on Vanek is closed at the moment so there seems to be some conflicting messages here.

Vanek is a talent that any team would love to have but he is expensive. Vanek has a cap hit of $7.142 million so it makes sense the Sabres would be willing to hold some of that contract, especially since this is the final season of Vanek's deal. Besides, it's not like it would hamper the Sabres who have a lot of room under the cap in the start of their rebuild.

This will be something that the Sabres are going to try and feel out most likely as the season goes along. If the trade deadline approaches and Vanek is still around, they could really look to trade him away instead of risking him becoming a free agent and the Sabres getting nothing in return. That's under the assumption that the Sabres are having a rough season, of course.

Now, who wants a premier goal scorer at a discounted rate?
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Go get him!!
 
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Considering all they gave up to get Poms, I doubt they trade for Vanek when they can wait and get him as a free-agent.
That's been the plan and I don't think Fletcher deviates from it.
 
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Going to the inaugural (preseason) game at the Barclays Center next Saturday. They're billing it as the "first NHL game ever played in Brooklyn," but given that it's the Devils and Islanders, calling it an NHL game is a bit of an exaggeration.

Still, should be fun.
 
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Going to the inaugural (preseason) game at the Barclays Center next Saturday. They're billing it as the "first NHL game ever played in Brooklyn," but given that it's the Devils and Islanders, calling it an NHL game is a bit of an exaggeration.

Still, should be fun.
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Well that's interesting. In the 41-42 season, the NY Americans called themselves the Brooklyn Americans, but still played @ MSG. The went into hiatus (there was a war on) for the next season and formally went kaput in 1946. If we got Stan Fischler here, he probably could wax poetic about NYC's first NHL franchise.
 
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Well that's interesting. In the 41-42 season, the NY Americans called themselves the Brooklyn Americans, but still played @ MSG. The went into hiatus (there was a war on) for the next season and formally went kaput in 1946. If we got Stan Fischler here, he probably could wax poetic about NYC's first NHL franchise.
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Yep I wondered about that myself when they started advertising this game. I remembered that there had been a team called the "Brooklyn Americans" but didn't realize that they still played in Manhattan.
 
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Take it however you want as I'm not revealing my source, except to say they're quite close to the inner workings of the Wild organization. Three interesting tidbits I heard recently:

1. There are players in the locker room who have influence on Fletcher, and they are strongly urging him to acquire Derek Stepan at some point this year.
2. Vanek in a Wild jersey next year is a virtually done deal.
3. Clutterbuck was a fan favorite, but was pretty much despised by his teammates. Was reported as being lazy and a me-first kind of guy in practice and made no effort to participate in team functions. Team chemistry should improve with him not on the roster.

I have to admit, that last one surprised me.
 
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Take it however you want as I'm not revealing my source, except to say they're quite close to the inner workings of the Wild organization. Three interesting tidbits I heard recently:

1. There are players in the locker room who have influence on Fletcher, and they are strongly urging him to acquire Derek Stepan at some point this year.
2. Vanek in a Wild jersey next year is a virtually done deal.
3. Clutterbuck was a fan favorite, but was pretty much despised by his teammates. Was reported as being lazy and a me-first kind of guy in practice and made no effort to participate in team functions. Team chemistry should improve with him not on the roster.

I have to admit, that last one surprised me.
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Have to wonder what the price would be for #1. Curious to see if #2 happens and, again, what the cost will be.

As for #3... that is kind of surprising. I remember some videos from way back when showing him with Boogaard and I thought they were good friends, but a lot has changed since then.
 
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Have to wonder what the price would be for #1. Curious to see if #2 happens and, again, what the cost will be.

As for #3... that is kind of surprising. I remember some videos from way back when showing him with Boogaard and I thought they were good friends, but a lot has changed since then.
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#1 is going to cost some high-level prospects, at the very least. Luckily, the Wild don't appear to be short in that area.

#2 Vanek is a free agent after this season, so we won't have to trade anyone. But he won't be cheap. I'd love to see Heatley gone to free up some cash if possible.
 
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