Monthly Archives: July 2014

July 9, 2014

By |2015-07-24T07:27:10-04:00July 9th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

This new "discuss with pending FA's five days before July 1" thing has really impacted player movement in July. Usually you would see a busy July 1, a fairly busy July 2, and some activity every day until mid-July. Now, what we saw was absolute chaos on July 1 from noon until five. Then two [...]

July 8, 2014

By |2015-07-24T08:23:31-04:00July 8th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

    By popular demand (or should I say, head honcho’s command…..lol), I’m back for another edition of Tuesday Ramblings. Hopefully I don’t disappoint, after apparently setting the bar fairly high with my three week run in June.   *   Nashville highlighted yesterday’s news. Their already thin center ranks were further depleted when Mike [...]

July 7, 2014

By |2015-07-24T07:27:24-04:00July 7th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

***Tough news from out of Ottawa. GM Bryan Murray was recently diagnosed with cancer and will begin treatment immediately. My thoughts are with him for what will be a difficult battle ahead.  *** Chris Tanev gets $2 million this year. Kyle Quincey gets $4.25 million. Zack Kassian gets $1.75 million this year. Benoit Pouliot gets [...]

July 6, 2014

By |2015-07-24T07:27:28-04:00July 6th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

The Detroit Red Wings were left out in the cold by UFA defensemen during the free agent frenzy and as general manager Ken Holland's comments would indicate, not to mention the exorbitant contract the club handed out to Kyle Quincey, the team is still desperate to add a right-handed shooting defender.   According to reports, [...]

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