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When They Say There's Pressure in Toronto, This Is What They're Talking About

We all have pressures within our jobs: commuting, multitasking, that annoying dude who always talks your ear off about some hour-long crime drama you don't watch while you're trying to grab a cup of awful coffee. Jason Blake's job title is "winger, Toronto Maple Leafs." He works in a field in which his salary history is...

Desperate Oilers Give Anson Carter a Tryout

Question: How desperate are the Edmonton Oilers for offence?Answer: So desperate that they have invited noted underachiever Anson "Tarantula Head" Carter to training camp, hoping that he can provide some goal-scoring.He's looking to impress. Any line will do. "Whether you have a contract or not, you're trying to earn your...

Chris Kunitz is One Rich Duckie

Chris Kunitz, the former Hobey Baker finalist, joined the list of Anaheim Ducks scoring a big payday, as he signed a 4-year/$14.9mil extension this morning. Coming off of a Stanley Cup winning performance and break-out season, a raise was well-deserved for the 27-year old.Kunitz will earn $1.15 million in the last year of...

The NHL's European Bargain Bin

I've written a few times already this off-season about the gaggle of NHLers off to European leagues in 2007-08, one of the many ramifications of a salary cap that limits spending on the lower reaches of teams' rosters.On the flip side, however, some of the more savvy NHL clubs have taken to perusing those same European...

Sharks Snag Michalek for 6 More Seasons

One of the many themes of this NHL offseason has been teams inking their young stars to very-long-term contracts. Florida locked up Steven Weiss to a 6-year deal just recently, and now the Sharks have done the same with sniper Milan Michalek. "Milan defines what a multi-dimensional player should be," said Wilson. "He has...