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Dual Offer Sheets Can Accelerate A Rebuild
The concept of a dual offer sheet is simple: send offer sheets to two separate restricted free agents currently employed by the same team, especially when that team is in some amount of cap distress. Essentially, you are forcing a team to make a choice between their assets. Article 10.4 of the...
Tampa Bay announces qualifying offers to 10
In his first player moves as GM, Stve Yezerman has extended qualifying offers to 10 Lightnign restricted free agents: Steve Downie Blair Jones Martins Karsums Mike Lundin Vladmir Mihalik Teddy Purcell Paul Ranger Juraj Simek Paul Szczechura Nate Thompson This leaves out Radek Smolenak, Chris...
A Goalie Story
Besides talking about Chris Pronger, one of the most talked about stories of the Stanley Cup Finals this year has been the goaltending, whether it has been good or bad. We had the stellar performance of Jaroslav Halak in previous rounds, to the emergence of Antti Niemi and the waiver pickup Michael...
Cashing In On Dual Offer Sheets
The words "offer sheet" combine for a horribly dirty phrase for some in the hockey world. It's considered dirty pool by many fans and major media personalities, while general managers like Darcy Regier and Brian Burke take it as a personal affront. Though it's not such a terrible sleight that it...
Feeling good Billy Ray!
An idea that I've been pushing since last summer is the dual offer sheet. Last year, Ryane Clowe and Christian Ehrhoff were both RFAs and San Jose was against the cap. I couldn't figure out why GMs all over the league weren't trying to force San Jose's hand and make them choose between the two....
The NFL Salary Cap: The Future of the Cap
There has been a great deal of discussion as to whether or not the elimination of the salary cap would mean an end to fair competition in the NFL. The answer to this question is a resounding NO, and there are a number of reasons why. The NFL hasn't always had a salary-cap: The NFL functioned...
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