Comments on: Live Chat with Sam Weinman, second edition

By: Jorek

Jorek — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:07:10 +0000

Must be a slow day when Garth Murray signing is the Big news of the day. Have another on me.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:15:29 +0000

While not exactly ‘poaching’, Maloney likes to stick to his roots I guess.
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Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) – The Phoenix Coyotes signed center Garth Murray to a one-year contract, the club announced Friday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Murray, 25, began last season with the Montreal Canadiens and skated in one game before being claimed off waivers by the Florida Panthers. He then sustained a season-ending shoulder injury after appearing in just six games with the Panthers.

Originally selected by the New York Rangers in the third round (79th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, the Regina, Saskatchewan native has registered eight goals and two assists in 106 career NHL games with the Rangers, Canadiens and Panthers.

By: Power Surge

Power Surge — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:07:04 +0000

MONEY, POWER DISRESPECT. SAY IT AGIEN. 1994 AND COUNTING.

By: MikeA

MikeA — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:49:18 +0000

Larry’s article pissed me off because this is a business and not a country club; Naslund still has wheels while Shanny doesn’t and yeah they paid a lot of money to Kalinin and Mara, but give Bobby S. time to develop and there’s no reason why Potter can’t be the #7. If Kalinin gets hurt, then Potter is the #6.

Also the prospects Brooks mentioned like Tom Pyatt and Brodie DuPont need to improve, they both had tough first seasons as pros.

The one valid point he made is with Voros and Rissmiller; I’m not crazy with either and I hope it doesn’t hurt Korpi/Byers chances of getting a crack.

The fact is, with the team centered around Jagr the Rangers were only going to get to round 2 (maybe the Conference Finals one year if they were lucky) so I have no problem with the change in direction. It might be a tough year, but if Zherdev works out and the three Russians, two D studs, and a Zaborksky and Hiller come through, in 2-3 years this team could be very scary.

By: graves9

graves9 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:26:10 +0000

Agree with every word in Brooks’ article today. Imo Sather screwed the pooch. I am I’m wrong but that’s how I feel.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:05:21 +0000

for the most part i like the brooks article. i wouldnt bring back shanny for even a million. his better days are gone and neither he nor renney will truly let him be a 4th line player where he would still be slower than most people on the ice. and a year older shanny blindly firing shots from the high boards on the pp is not what our pp needs at all.

i dont like that we went out and signed more marginal players instead of giving our kids a chance, but maybe they still will, if not all this talk about replenishing hartford has been a crock unless it was just so we could have a semi-competitive ahl team. i could care less if we do well in the ahl but i do care that our prospects are groomed for the nhl and are then given a chance, neither seems to have occurred or if the players are developing they certainly havent gotten a chance to show it

and if brooks is right that sather offered avery 12mill for 4 years (which is still too high) then id be more upset with avery for if he really wanted to be a ranger what is another 800k when he could have made up that money in endorsements and other opportunities in nyc. have fun in dallas, hardly the center of hockey or high fashion, his alleged two passions.

By: Power Surge

Power Surge — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:05:09 +0000

Post above notmine, must have a clone running lose. Did your daddy spank you, then turn around and said, “Now do Me son”. I did.

By: ORR...The Talented Pop Sensation Known As KOlton Douglas Orr !! (He Likes Beating Up Bad Guys, And Eating French Fries)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:46:54 +0000

Roam

Yeaaaah suckaa, got to it before a correction !!

By: ORR...The Talented Pop Sensation Known As KOlton Douglas Orr !! (He Likes Beating Up Bad Guys, And Eating French Fries)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:43:42 +0000

That guy on Hockeybuzz think Nyr is gonna dump some salary to bring back Shanny. It snot Eklund, its that Blues guy, he usually doesn’t feed BS, at least i think he hasn’t, but who knows.

I expect by the 25th of this month, Bettsy, and Pruchs are done. Sad to see Pruchs go, but eh, whaddya gonna do ?

By: JJP

JJP — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:40:23 +0000

I can’t believe that I actually agree with a Larry Brooks article. Larry made some very astute, salient points. I completely agree with him on Avery, I’d definitely would have preferred Avery plus a kid from Hartford rather then spend that extra $1mn on one of the 3rd/4th line guys Sather signed.