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Plan Your New Hockey Season
The 2009-10 hockey season will be a tough act to follow. Not every NHL season can include a two-week break for a spectaclar and dramatic international tournament, or a team winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in 49 years. But there's plenty of days to circle on your calendar between now and next June, when the 2011 champions raise the Cup. From the first day of training camp, to the Ovechkin-versus-Crosby Winter Classic, to the start of next summer's free agent market, here's a look at the key dates on the 2010-11 hockey calendar. Photo: Rick Nash and the Blue Jackets play Dan Boyle and the Sharks in Stockholm to open the new NHL season. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images).Plan Your New Hockey Season originally appeared on About.com Hockey on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 09:53:33.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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How Kovalchuk and the Devils Ran Afoul of the NHL
After watching several teams stuff millions of dollars through a gaping loophole in the salary cap, the NHL has had enough. So Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils have been singled out for punishment: the NHL has refused to approve the deal. As noted on Tuesday, Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million appeared to conform to the letter of the salary-cap law, if not the spirit. After all, the league had previously allowed other lengthy contracts, which saw players like Roberto Luongo and Marian Hossa signed up to keep playing past the age of 40. So why pick on Kovalchuk and the Devils? Darren Dreger at TSN.ca provides the relevant excerpt from the NHL collective bargaining agreement. It forbids any deal that ''is intended to or has the effect of defeating or Circumventing the provisions of this Agreement or the intention of the parties as reflected by the provisions of this Agreement...'' (italics mine). Without a technical violation to point to, the league presumably bases its objection on the intention of the CBA and the salary cap. A few past contracts might have looked dodgy, but this was the one that provoked the NHL to ''draw a line in the sand,'' as Eric Duhatschek puts it at GlobeSports.com. But intent is a nebulous concept. And who can say with absolute certainty that Kovalchuk won't play for another 17 years? It's been reported that the NHL Players' Association could file a grievance to uphold the contract. It's more likely that Kovalchuk's numbers will be rejigged to the NHL's liking, while every other team silently thanks the Devils for identifying how much they can get away with when they start shoving cash through the loophole. See also: Previous Story: The Kovalchuk Contract and the Salary Cap Loophole. The NHL Salary Cap Explained 2010 NHL Free Agents and Signings Photo: Kovalchuk at Tuesday's ill-fated contract celebration in Newark (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images).How Kovalchuk and the Devils Ran Afoul of the NHL originally appeared on About.com Hockey on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 09:42:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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D Fraser signs 1-year, $500,000 deal with Devils
Defenseman Mark Fraser has agreed to a one-year, $500,000 contract with the New Jersey Devils.
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Manchester United routs MLS All-Stars
HOUSTON -- Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson thinks Major League Soccer has made dramatic progress in recent years.
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Diego Maradona says Carlos Bilardo 'betrayed' him
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Diego Maradona says he was lied to and betrayed by Argentina soccer officials who decided not to renew his contract as coach of the national team.
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