Filed under: Lightning , NHL Media Watch Don’t hate Dan Ellis because he made the mistake of being honest in under 140 characters.

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Let Dan Ellis Be @33dellis

Filed under: Blackhawks , NHL Videos The Chicago Blackhawks have been celebrating nonstop since they won their first Stanley Cup in 47 years this past June.

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Duncan Keith’s Day at Wrigley

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In times of fail, men least able to defend themselves serve as punching bags. Mo Williams, point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, can’t defend anyone in the NBA, so I assume he also has trouble defending himself, given that he is in the NBA. Ergo, when the Cavaliers petered out in what would become LeBron James‘ final season on the shore of Lake Erie, Williams took the brunt of blame not automatically assigned to deposed coach Mike Brown under the provisions of the Treaty of Lawrence Frank, which mandated that game managers who never played the game are questioned repeatedly by fans and media despite their record of success.

In parallel, Shaquille O’Neal has never left a place without tossing a Molotov cocktail over his shoulder on the way out. (This includes all Applebee’s restaurants and Chevron restrooms.) Shaq famously continued to feud with Kobe Bryant after being traded to Miami, ripped the Heat when he was traded to Phoenix and made cracks about the lack of Suns defense upon being traded to Cleveland. I believe this falls under the jurisdiction of Big Man Ordinance Code 2413: “It’s everyone else’s fault.”

These cosmic narratives have crashed into each other. Shaq, charitably golfing in Louisiana, told John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, that Williams shot too much last season. More precisely, Shaq said, “When I was with Cleveland, guys who couldn’t even play were worried about shots. Why was Mo taking 15 shots, and I’m only taking four?” O’Neal thus implied that Williams is not just a selfish player, but also a bad player, and one whose shot-taking greed hurt the team.

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Shaq Rips Mo Williams, Surprising No One

Filed under: Devils , NHL Free Agency , NHL Economics We’ve been down this road before, but it appears as if the Ilya Kovalchuk contract situation is finally, mercifully, close to an end result. On Friday, multiple media outlets, including TSN’s Darren Dreger, ESPN’s EJ Hradek and Tom Gulitti of The Bergen Record are all reporting that the NHL and NHLPA have come to an agreement on an ammendment to the CBA in regards to the long-term contracts that have become the bane of the league’s existence the past two years. The 17-year contract that the Devils originally had with Kovalchuk this summer was obviously the breaking point , dragging out his free agency to this point in early September

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NHL, NHLPA Reach Agreement; Ilya Kovalchuk Contract to be Approved

Filed under: Penguins , NHL Free Agency The Pittsburgh Penguins quest to find forwards over the past couple of seasons has been well documented.

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Mike Comrie Signs With Penguins

Filed under: Canadiens , Eastern After trading last year’s playoff sensation, Jaroslav Halak , to the St. Louis Blues , it seemed set in stone that Montreal would use Carey Price as their No

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Carey Price Re-Signs With Canadiens

Filed under: Sharks Watching Antti Niemi stymie his team again and again during the Western Conference finals wasn’t fun for San Jose general manager Doug Wilson, who still has the image seared in his mind. Now, though, Wilson doesn’t have to worry about Niemi — the Stanley Cup-winning goaltender is now a member of the Sharks after signing a one-year, $2 million deal on Thursday morning.

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Filed under: Devils , NHL Free Agency The NHL was supposed to make a decision on the most recent contract proposal from the New Jersey Devils and free agent winger Ilya Kovalchuk (a reported 15-year, $100 million deal) at 5 PM ET Wednesday, hopefully bringing an end to this on-going madness that has consumed most of the offseason. Great news, right? Wrong.

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Ilya Kovalchuk Contract Deadline Pushed Back to Friday

Filed under: Blackhawks , Sharks , Western , NHL Free Agency The San Jose Sharks seem to have developed an interesting off-ice rivalry with the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks . Earlier this offseason, San Jose gave an offer sheet to restricted free agent defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson . The Blackhawks matched the offer , but the deal put them in a tough situation with the salary cap.

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Antti Niemi Reportedly Agrees to Contract With Sharks

Filed under: College Hockey NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz is scheduled to receive a stem cell transplant after learning that her cancer is in remission. The 22-year-old Regina native received the news Tuesday from doctors, according to a release from Yale University.

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