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How Bad is the Tomas Kopecky Contract?

June 30, 2011 in bad contract, Florida Panthers, Maxime Talbot, Tomas Kopecky by davidjohnson

Anyone who knows anything about hockey, save for Florida GM Dale Tallon it seems, immediately thought ‘bad contract’ when they heard that the Florida Panthers had signed Tomas Kopecky to a 4 year contract at $3M/year.  But how bad is that contract?  Well, lets take a look. Goal based stats (i.e. any stats that requite [...]

Conflicting Reports about Brad Richards

June 8, 2011 in Brad Richards by davidjohnson

Lance Hornby has an article this morning discussing a report from the New York Daily News that the Leafs are looking to make a trade for the rights to Brad Richards. Two problems with this: 1.  Just last week Brian Burke said “it wasn’t something we are in the process of looking at” (right at [...]

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What will Leafs do on July 1st

June 30, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

As always, there is a lot of speculation as to what the Maple Leafs will do on July 1st when the NHL free agent season begins.  Some are suggesting they should go big or go home and do whatever it takes to sign Ilya Kovalchuk as the answer to their offensive woes while others believe [...]

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What will Leafs do on July 1st

June 30, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

As always, there is a lot of speculation as to what the Maple Leafs will do on July 1st when the NHL free agent season begins.  Some are suggesting they should go big or go home and do whatever it takes to sign Ilya Kovalchuk as the answer to their offensive woes while others believe [...]

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