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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Lamiorello say it at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. Bueller?

ohhh! you mean eklund right? i don't know if i'd trust that then..

That's still not a source.

I'm sure Pavelski dove for the pen to sign the contract when he found out he'd make $6 mil/year.

Good. Now sharks need to extend Thornton so the entire hockey world continues to hate the Sharks for at least 5 more years.

Until Frk comes through

I don't really get the Modano comparisons. I get the age comparisons, leaving their lifelong teams, etc... but really, Modano had a freak accident. He was jumping onto the team as the 3rd line center, and things just sort of fell apart. Alfie's going to be on that 2nd line and given ample time on the PP. I feel like 50-60 points and a healthy season is a real possibility.

The MTV comparison stole the point I was going to make. I don't have access to CBC or TSN here in Minnesota. But after beating this argument into the ground for so many years, it's almost come full circle to the point where ESPN is controlling less and less of the narrative nowadays. Yes, they're still HUGE, and they are definitely a major player in covering events and dictating the narrative of sports culture. But SportsCenter is no longer a monolithic force in telling you what events are important. ESPN competitors, like NBC Sports and Fox Sports One, have been traditionally mocked for focusing on niche sports and missing out the big time contracts. But just like how MTV stopped showing music videos and replaced them with reality shows and cultural material, sports is also succumbing to our "a la carte" society. If you're a racing fan or a soccer fan, you may spend more time on NBC Sports than you do on ESPN. You don't need ESPN for highlights or news, that's what the internet and smartphones are for. Any shocking highlight in ANY sport with any type of following will be posted on Deadspin with a YouTube link within an hour, and passed around on Twitter. Just thinking about the joke that the OLN network was in 2005 and to think about what it is now as NBCSN is pretty amazing. The reality is that NHL hockey probably does have 2.7% (or less) of the collective sports interest in this country. Football itself may occupy over 50% of it, and baseball and basketball are also huge players. The NHL is a regional "niche" product, but the fans are very loyal. "Mad Men" gets about 1/4 of the viewer ship of "The Walking Dead" on the same network, but that really says nothing about the quality of product or the depth of enjoyment by its fans.

I really enjoyed this little blurb from the article: “We don't appreciate bandwagoners,” the trio said in an e-mail. That had me laughing for a good 5 minutes. The rest of it? meh...

Hawks fans get revenge.

Exactly. Hopefully there still aren't people out there holding onto hope that he'll re-sign. It's 100% for sure not happening. There isn't even a slight chance. Even if we do pull off a trade to dump some salary (doesn't seem likely at this point) Kenny will use that to sign No Knees Washed Up Dan Cleary, not Brunner. He would be a Red Wing right now if he would've lowered his asking price a little, and accepted a bottom 6 role with the potential to EARN a top 6 role, not just be handed the spot free and clear.

http://www.themontrealeronline.com/2007/10/pierre-mcguire/ He is more respected than you think. Only hypocritical if you actually believe it. I am just saying that I would at least understand if people hated Mcguire if he did those things. Personally, I don't give a crap. Its easy to judge people and I don't spend time doing that.

I loathe pavelski.

Really fair deal for a solid player. Glad the Sharkies locked him up so we won't have to hear all the rumors and "wants" if Joe went to UFA next summer.

You could probably post this same info on many coaches. For some reason, Patrick Roy comes to mind.

The Rainbow Connection - The Muppets

ESPN gives the NHL 100% of its time, 2.7% of the time.

Yep. I get the feeling his agent was like "Dames, baby, you are the KING of the Swiss league! I can get you anything you want! Lets ask for 5 years at $4mil per. You are the Swiss league golden boy, its a shoe in!" And then he hit the open market, and all the NHL teams just laughed at how ridiculous his asking price was...

anyone else find it funny that we have a thread discussing a players contract negotiations that has more pages than the player has games played.

I think it's better for espn to just cover the only thing they know and just leave. Hockey alone. I mean even if I were into the other sports their coverage is simply overkill and espn is going the way of MTV. As hockey fans we can be really thankful for TSN and their superb job of covering hockey.

I could care less if someone walked on the logo of the red wings, if they really cared don't put the ******* logo on the floor.

Stevie Weiiiiiiiii!! esteef

So this is happening...(!)