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After the First Day: Free Agency Thoughts
Market, via Merriam-Webster: d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices <producing goods for market rather than for consumption> I think a lot of hockey fans forget what a market really is when it comes time for free agency. The…
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Free Agency: Buyer Beware
Free agency is a sexy thing. Lots of interesting players available to anyone if they have the money and the right pitch. Fans love it, teams love it, and players and agents most certainly love it. If teams didn’t have success last year, they are looking for parts to make themselves better. If they did…
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UFA Day Notes – Was The Early Talk Worth It?
Today is the start of free agency, but you wouldn’t know it. Teams have been able to do what everyone knew they were doing, talk to players and agents before the official start of the signing period. There is no way in hell a player would agree to a multi-year deal with a salary that…
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Avs Before Free Agency
We’re about five minutes away from another free agent frenzy, and I just wanted to pop in with a few quick thoughts on the Avalanche and what they might or might not do. You will notice I used the word might, and not the word will. The reason is that no one really knows. The…
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Long Shadows
There are three banners hanging beside the center ice scoreboard in the Pepsi Center that cast long shadows on the ice. The shadows reach from end to end, and are particularly dark near the goal crease. The one with the number 77 on it has the shortest shadow of the three. Some people who aren’t…