What’s the perfect gift for a team still needing to sign a goaltender, free agent defenseman and two restricted free agent players with roughly $8 million in cap space to do so?
How about an estimated $2.2 million bump in the salary cap.
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GM meetings produce anti-shootout rhetoric
Just like everyone else, NHL general managers are sick of the shootout.
According to reports from the general manager meetings held in Philadelphia on Wednesday, league GM’s are fed up with the number of games that end in the gimmick and have put on the table of discussion how to slow down the particular result.
“Not a pressing issue, but managers have been asked to come up with suggestions to curb them (shootouts),” TSN’s Darren Dreger reported via his twitter.
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Flyers’ 2009-10 schedule released
The Flyers have released their regular season schedule for the 2009-10 season, and it looks like the orange and black will start the fall with some home cooking. The Flyers play 12 out of their first 17 games at the Wachovia Center, including out of conference match ups with visiting Anaheim, San Jose and St. Louis. Seven of the team’s first 12 games are against the South East division, with only two games in the first month against Atlantic Division opponents, including when the Penguins come to town on Oct. 8.
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NHL schedule to be released next week
In what always equals some offseason excitement and drama, the NHL’s 2009-10 schedule is set to be released next week. According to Mike Harrington, hockey writer for the Buffalo News, the NHL will announce the release on either Wednesday (July 15) during the press conference at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic, or Thursday (July 16).
What makes this year different from most is the three week Olympic layoff in February. Harrington expects the league to compress the schedule before February, adding more games and less breaks. That should make the Flyers’ fans happy, who had to endure three to five day layoffs between games early in the 2008-09 season.
UPDATE: Schedule released
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