Hello everyone, just wanted to say Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian followers. I hope everyones dinners and weekend is going well here in Canada as mine has been fairly relaxing. I've got quite a bit done to help advance the site and the planned changes should start happening very shortly my webmaster promises so thats good news moving forward. Here's this weekends news to catch up on.
*-> Saturday morning the Boston Bruins announced Big Z and the club have come to terms on a long term contract extention that should keep the big man with the club almost certainly till he retires. Chara signed on for another 7 years with Beantown, the deal is worth 45.5 million overall. The Bruins get their stars sealed easily and quickly at the start of the season. Great planning by the management as now they have do not have to stress going forward about signing their big guns before the deadline.
*-> Mike Ribeiro is once again in trouble with the Dallas Stars organization. Ribeiro was arrested early Monday morning on a public intoxication charge with three of his associates at a Dallas restaurant. Joe Nieuwendyk has told the Dallas media that the issue will be dealt with by the team internally. Another strike against the Dallas "bad boy" or is it "bad attitude" Mike Ribeiro who has been rubbing the Dallas brass the wrong way since early last season. This should fuel a few more Ribeiro trade rumors in the next couple of days but the truth is unless Dallas can for sure secure Brad Richards to a deal they need Ribeiro to stay a float.
*-> Garnett Exelby has signed a deal to play with the Rockport IceHogs of the AHL.
*-> The Anaheim Ducks have signed Andreas Lilja to a 1 year deal worth 600K$ for the season. Lilja finally finds a home after rejecting several offers during the offseason. The San Jose Sharks reportedly balked at his asking price of 1 million dollars during training camp forcing the team to let Lilja head back to the market where injury woes forced the Ducks to search for some help.
*-> Staffan Kronwall of the Calgary Flames has headed back to Sweden on a loan to Djurgarden of the SEL. The Flames attempted to shop the blueliner to the East but found zero suitors. Kronwall would like to return to the NHL but only at the guarentee he gets NHL ice time.
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Holy cap situation Scoopz! How does Petey Chiarelli expect to get under the limit this year?? Even with Savard out they'll need to shed a few million. Like their situation next year when Ryder and Sturm are UFA's, since guys like Colborne, Hamill, Marchand and Caron are ready to step in, but still they could face hefty penalties if they stay above the cap much longer. Hopefully Chiarelli can navigate through this dilemma and let the Bruins grow into a perennial contender, as much as it worries me as a Sens fan!
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