Monthly Archive for June, 2012

: June, 2012

Buying out, selling up, going home

A little less than 24 hours to the opening of free agency, unless you’re a 22-year-old-next-week college defenseman*. Mike Heika reports that Dallas plans to buy out Eric Godard’s second year. Bob

Instant replay/looking forward

After the test here during the second half, the AHL has adopted that video review system for the upcoming year. The various postgameblogs that dealt with Bridgeport’s replay test are assembled here.

Thompson called up

The coaches’ room at Iceworks in Syosset, N.Y., has a lock on it; you have to punch a code to get in. Brent Thompson couldn’t get himself in a couple of times yesterday. He’ll have to learn that code

Change in Hartford

The big news is upstate today: Howard Baldwin is indeed out at the Whale. Paul says AEG may take them over; I’d heard maybe the Rangers. Either way, last season of their lease. Spent a little time at

Southern Connecticut, etc.

The Islanders’ kiddie campers hit the ice Tuesday morning, and it appears they’ll do so with a few locals: West Haven’s Mike Pereira of UMass (Joe, here a couple of springs ago, is his older brother);

Chicken Tenders ’12: Non-tendered unrestricteds

We try this every year, and every year I lose interest eventually. (Golf often has something to do with it.) Let’s give it one more go. Just trying to compile a good list of those players who’ll

Chicken Tenders ’12: Non-tendered unrestricteds

We try this every year, and every year I lose interest eventually. (Golf often has something to do with it.) Let’s give it one more go. Just trying to compile a good list of those players who’ll

Chicken Tenders '12: Non-tendered unrestricteds

We try this every year, and every year I lose interest eventually. (Golf often has something to do with it.) Let’s give it one more go. Just trying to compile a good list of those players who’ll

Chicken Tenders '12: Non-tendered unrestricteds

We try this every year, and every year I lose interest eventually. (Golf often has something to do with it.) Let’s give it one more go. Just trying to compile a good list of those players who’ll

Qualifications

The Islanders announced that they’ve tendered qualifying offers to eight players today. Matt Martin’s been gone from here awhile, so the seven that matter include three who were here at the end of