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St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP Do you think $62.4 million will make him feel better?(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn) Browse more photos » The Blackhawks realize there's a salary cap, right? And that Brian Campbell and Cristobal Huet make too much money already? And 12 year contracts for 30-year-old forwards might not be a good idea? Oh, and those guys named Kane, Versteeg and...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Noted by Pierre Lebrun at ESPN: LeBrun (2 p.m. ET): The Chicago Blackhawks have signed star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year whopper deal. Sources tell ESPN.com the deal is worth an average of $5.2 million a year. more here later added 2:21pm, from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, T he Chicago Blackhawks landed Marian Hossa today today with the free-agent push in Chicago once again coming from...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun, Plenty of teams are tight against next season’s $56.8- million (all terms US) salary cap and others are worried about the cap dropping in a year, expect some big deals to go down as GMs look for a quick fix. “You really have to be careful about the way you spend, but that won’t stop teams from buying,” said a league executive, who noted...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Now that we’re a few years into the salary cap, the notion of long-term (5+ years) contracts is the big thing with free agents, yet so many of these teams are hit with buyer’s remorse even one year in the deal. Scott Gomez. Brian Campbell. Wade Redden. Ryan Smyth. All name players of varying quality, but the anchor of a team? Nope, not by far, but they received contracts like such and have...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Bucky Gleason and John Vogl both of the Buffalo News play GM (Gleason) & coach (Vogl) for a day. from Gleason, In addition to Afinogenov and Hecht, Numminen, Peters, Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman are gone. All are either dead weight or will become unrestricted free agents in the next 13 months. They’re expendable for a team that’s two or three years away. Plus, I need to make room...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
from Spector’s Blog at Fox Sports, The NHL’s salary cap for next season is expected to remain close to last season’s cap limit of $56.7 million, which could seriously handicap the off-season plans of several clubs that have already committed a lot of coin toward next season’s payroll. Speculation suggests the following teams could attempt to move some high-salaried players to...
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Top Ten Chicago Sports (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
BY MIKE JACOBSEN Over a period of just a few, short months, Chicago sports fans have been subjected to an endless amount of buzz and excitement surrounding our beloved franchises. The Bulls and Hawks both made strides in the playoffs, the Bears finally have (gasp) a quarterback, and the Cubs and Sox are still in the hunt. As I have absorbed the sports media coverage of the past 60 days or so, I realized...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
ith a big Game 5 looming around the corner, it seems like Hawks fans are ready to throw Brian Campbell and his mega contract to the wolves. Some pretty nasty stuff is being said; some are calling it the downfall of Dale Tallon while others simply just throw out expletives. You’d think that Campbell is the worst thing to wear red and black since The Master in Manos: The Hands of Fate. (What? You’ve...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
As I find reaction worthy of your perusal, I’ll post it here. Does that mean all sorts of crazy activity tonite? Probably not. I’ll probably pass out. But I do want you to see this. Brian Campbell? You’re gaining fans in Chicago by the minute. First you light a fire under the Wings. And what’s next?
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The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Controversial? Brutal? "Gutless" in the words of Brian Campbell? However you describe Niklas Kronwall's hit on Martin Havlat in Game 3, it is safe to say that this was a turning point in the series. Yes, there was no Nikolai Khabibulin today, and that played a factor in Detroit's 6-1 rout of the hometown Hawks. Yet, it also looked like Chicago was out for revenge, ready to play a physical...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
The only carryover from Game 3 to Game 4 was that the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings stiffened their resolve. They didn't like the major penalty call on Niklas Kronwall and they liked less the charges by Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell the hit on Martin Havlat was gutless.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
Game 4 between the Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks has taken on all kinds of nuances -- some not so subtle. Martin Havlat won't play after being mashed by Nicklas Kronwall. Tough hit, tough call and now tough talk as in Blackhawk defenseman Brian Campbell responded to questions of retribution by saying, "I can't imagine that every check won't be finished on him" (Kronwall). OK, so...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
Chicago's Brian Campbell elevated this rivalry Saturday, calling Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall gutless, lambasting him for being a serial dirty hitter, and going so far as to hint at retaliation on Kronwall.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
Last night? This would have been tasteless. But after Brian Campbell’s comments today? Well, I’m ok with this.
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Abel to Yzerman (Free subscription) | 05/24/2009
Updated (and you guys have probably seen this but I’ll get nuts and post it anyway): Mike Babcock’s presser, including his reaction to Joel Quenneville and Brian Campbell’s comments. Haven’t we heard that term somewhere before? Hmmm. Mike Keane in ‘97 perhaps? Awesome. Khan(!) “I thought (Kronwall) jumped. I thought Marty didn’t have the puck. I thought his...
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