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JOHN F. MARTIN/GM/MCTDAN AKERSON Title: GM CEO; adds chairman by 2011 Age: 61 Experience: Managing director, the Carlyle Group, March 2003-August 2010; CEO, XO Communications, 1999-January 2003; CEO, Nextel Communications, 1996-99; CEO, General Instrument, 1993-95; various positions, MCI Communications, 1983-93,...
The arguments will continue on which is more important, the goalie or defencemen? This appears to be the defencemen era as a majority of teams are investing an immense amount of that little cap money into their top four defencemen these days. Last year the Chicago Blackhawks invested in Duncan Keith for the next 13 years. To no surprise, Keith brought home the Norris Trophy Award for the most ...
Welcome to the first edition of Baby Penguins Banter for the month of September! The American Hockey League rolled out their regular season schedule last week. This edition will be devoted to looking at some of the most notable games on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2010-2011 season schedule. Mark your calendar to follow the Baby Penguins on these dates: October 9, 2010: Penguins vs ...
Last week the NHL's new crop of rookies gathered to get their pictures taken for their rookie cards. To most this was a great honor because most kids have some kind of childhood memory involving collector cards. This event also marks another step towards the NHL becoming a reality. Not all rookies will survive training camp and make the big club, but with the youth movement in full effect ...
While others have said their piece about the Ilya Kovalchuk contract resolution, sometimes the fallout from that can be that words get exchanged between interested parties. Take Toronto Star columnist Damien Cox. Cox's response to the resolution declares that...
Ilya Kovalchuk’s 15-year, $100 million contract shows that NHL owners will always break ranks and the rules if they believe it’s in their interests to do so.
www.thestar.com/ - Toronto Star - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:11:44 AM EDT
Luis Lobo of Frederick, president of BB&T Bank, Greater Washington region, was named one of the 50 Powerful Men in Business by the Minority Enterprise Executive Council.
It seems like it was just yesterday the Chicago Blackhawks were hefting the Stanley Cup and handing out bonuses which amounted to a mountain of frequent flyer points for the half of the team they were forced to send packing.[...]
Two days ago Glen Sather announced the signing of twenty-four year old winger/center, Tim Kennedy, to a one-year (one-way) contract worth $550k. Kennedy was drafted in the sixth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. Kennedy has spent the previous two seasons in the Buffalo Sabres organization, and played seventy-eight games in his rookie season (last season) with the ...
Middletown Middle School's new principal, Frank Vetter, wears his Frederick County Public Schools identification badge on a Washington Capitals lanyard.
www.gazette.net/frederick/ - Frederick Gazette - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 4:53:30 AM EDT
Let's face it: The reaction from the news out of New York earlier this week that brought into question the validity of Roberto Luongo's contract with the Vancouver Canucks was as dramatic as putting a furious weasel in one's underpants.
www.vancouversun.com/ - Vancouver Sun - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 3:22:30 AM EDT
I’d like to inaugurate a new regular feature: Stories of cities around the world that have blown my mind in the last week. We’ll start with a few that are a little older than that, but still worth it if you haven’t read them yet.
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/ - Washington City Paper - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 4:56:42 PM EDT
