Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

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Bobby Ryan wants his next contract to run three years; the Anaheim Ducks want to sign him for five. With seemingly no real progress in negotiations, Sleek offers a third crazy option to consider.

Since all the BoC teams are out playing golf and I didn't want to criticize Rudy's television habits, I decided to crunch some numbers.  I usually do a Sharks offseason Master Plan each year...

Kuklas Korner has a piece today on soon-to-be-UFA Ryan Malone and how Columbus might trade for his rights Philadelphia-style in order to get a pre-July-1st negotiating window: An NHL source said...

Like many of you, I'm suffering from severe hockey withdrawal. With the draft and July 1 Sweepstakes coming up, there's still a solid two or three weeks of juicy storylines.With that in mind, I...

There was a brief blurb in the Canadian Press from Larry Kelly, agent for Brian Campbell:Campbell, a talented puck-mover and swift skater, will likely fetch the most on the open market if he...

The Kings are probably going to be pretty quiet this off-season. They have claimed that they're going to make a commitment to youth (thank God), so it's likely that the forward spots are going to...

4 years, $3.75/year. This is weird; does this mean that Ken Holland actually made a bad decision, or does this mean I'm an idiot for thinking Brad Stuart sucked? I guess he fits in well with the...

Today was the 2nd most exciting day of the year (only to trade deadline day). I am thinking that NHL GM's were fooled into thinking that Free Agency lasted only 1 day and all shopping had to be...

Jeff Finger. $3.5 million. These two things should never go together...*But on this day, just about anything could happen. Sharks fans might be disappointed that they missed out on Brian Campbell (...