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red and black hockey (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
I just got word via Dave from COI about the possibility that Jeff O'Neill will be donning the old #92 sweater in Carolina again. Luke has most of the details in his post over at LSB , but the gist of it is that they're looking to get some "organizational depth". Apparently, the Matt Cullen situation is still kinda shaky, and the Canes need to have an NHL-calibre center under two-way contract for emergency...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
from Lord Stanley’s Blog, So that points to Frank Kaberle and Niclas Wallin, both stalwarts of the 2006 Cup team. Kaberle was once the Canes’ offensive pivot point, but declining numbers and new arrivals have reduced his role and made him expendable. With Pitkanen, Joe Corvo, Matt Cullen and Babchuk ahead of Kaberle in the power-play point depth chart, it’s tough to pay Kaberle $2.2 million. Whether...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Matt Cullen liked the view better from his old office, where his 39th-floor conference room looked out upon Belle Isle and the Detroit River from General Motors Corp.'s Renaissance Center headquarters.
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Blueshirt Bulletin (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
With the draft three weeks away, Glen Sather and his scouting team are in Toronto for the NHL Draft Combine interviewing the top prospects and putting them through their paces. Here is the Rangers' draft position this season: the Rangers...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Detroit's hit summertime festival to sizzle with DSO performance, tall ship
and 50th Annual Target Fireworks
DETROIT, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Details for the 2008 GM River Days,
last year's summer success, were announced today at Rivard Plaza. Organized
by the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, The Parade Company and General
Motors, the festival will kick off Friday, June 20 and culminate on Monday,
June...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Beginning Friday, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will open its new RiverWalk Café at two locations, part of the conservancy's creation of activities to bring people to the city's waterfront.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Beginning Friday, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will open its new RiverWalk Café at two locations on the east riverfront, part of the conservancy's creation of new activities to bring people to the city's waterfront.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Matt Cullen, the man who engineered General Motors Corp.'s headquarters move to the Renaissance Center in 1996 and hatched the massive plan to overhaul Detroit's riverfront, is leaving GM to join entrepreneur Dan Gilbert and be president and chief operating officer of Rock Enterprises, a new umbrella entity for Gilbert's diverse holdings.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Matt Cullen, the man who engineered General Motors Corp.'s headquarters move to the Renaissance Center in 1996 and hatched the massive plan to overhaul Detroit's riverfront, is leaving GM to join entrepreneur Dan Gilbert as president and chief operating officer of Rock Enterprises, a new umbrella entity for Gilbert's diverse holdings.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Matt Cullen, the man who engineered General Motors Corp.'s headquarters move to the Renaissance Center in 1996 and hatched the massive plan to overhaul Detroit's riverfront, is leaving GM to join entrepreneur Dan Gilbert as president and chief operating officer of Rock Enterprises, a new umbrella entity for Gilbert's diverse holdings.
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red and black hockey (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
On Wednesday, the Hurricanes announced that they have re-signed winger Sergei Samsonov to a three year deal valued at $7.6M. Next season, he will make $2.3, followed by $2.5M in 2009-10 and $2.8M in 2010-11. Last year, he made $3.525 between the Blackhawks and the Canes. I'm pretty excited. He was an excellent waiver wire acquisition who snapped into place immediately. In 38 games with the Canes, he...
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NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
So how exactly did the Carolina Hurricanes lead the Southeast Division for all but 16 days this season and not make the playoffs? The case for and against some of the key actors:
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News & Observer (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Still, coach won't blame injuries for early end.
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RotoRob (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Frantisek Kaberle, right, avoided injury all season — until now. (Reuter’s pictures) Frantisek Kaberle, who stayed healthy enough to reach 80 games for the first time in his career this season, has finally succumbed to another injury. He’ll undergo right shoulder surgery Wednesday, a procedure that will sideline the veteran defenseman for two-to-four weeks and force him [...]
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NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Peter Laviolette coached the Carolina Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup in 2006, but after missing the playoffs the next two seasons, he may find his job status up for review this spring.