Maloney and Turris Save Face With Signing
Coyotes Agent Kurt Overhardt has taken some heat for how he’s advised client Kyle Turris but in the end he may be getting exactly what he wanted.
Per CBA rules Turris had to be signed by December first to be eligible to play NHL hockey this season.
What happens from this point moving forward is in the hands of Coyotes GM Don Maloney. It’s his decision, does he want to trade the asset to improve his club or keep a player who obviously doesn’t want to be there?
Sources tell me there’s a decent chance Turris is moved within 72 hours. Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, and Florida are among the 6-7 teams that expressed interest in acquiring Turris at some point during this process. Whether or not any of these teams have backed off is unclear at the moment.
Both Maloney and Overhardt saved face with Turris signing his two-year contract totaling $2.8 Million. Neither party has looked particularly good during this ordeal, but If Turris is dealt then Overhardt and the player have accomplished what they’ve wanted all along.
Turrris has been skating everyday in British Columbia and I’m told he’s kept himself in good shape. He will obviously need some time to acclimate himself to the NHL pace but all in all I hear he won’t need much practice time before he plays.
All this talk of Turris demanding $3-4 million per year is somewhat comical. His camp tried all stops in an effort to get their client moved including throwing out a number they knew they would never see. This was purely in an effort to force a trade. They were obviously willing to do anything they could to push Maloney and the Coyotes to pull the trigger on a deal.
More to come,
Andy Strickland
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And how come no one is shooting high on Bernier? This guy is down ten minutes before the shot and we keep trying to beat him low... flag this comment
My German girlfriend who since taken her to Perron's last game became a hockey fan and a Blues fan is asking me why Jackman is allowed on the ice lmfao. flag this comment
BULL SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW. flag this comment
2. Jackman is the 5th worst defenseman of all time, but only because of people like Backman and Khavanov.
3. Kris Russell is terrible, but not as terrible as Nikitin was.
4. Leaguewide, this is the worst officiating I've ever seen. I'm tired of teams getting penalties for being stronger than the other team. This is why I despise the "new" NHL since the lockout.
The officiating when supposedly cracking down on those type of plays is bs.
The Hitch effect is wearing off. Can't score on the pp and a quick goal scored against after tying the game late.
The officiating is just a joke. Might as well allow clutching and grabbing and whatever. Half the time doesn't matter who the teams are if one is dominating the game the officials keep the game close as much as they can, unless of course Crosby's team is playing in his first game back. flag this comment
Are there going to be hiccups? Yes. Are Armstrong and Hitchcock going to do everything they can to make this club a winning one? Yes.
I bet that Armstrong was on the phone to the league last night 5 minutes after the Doughty slash.
Right now, the Blues are a bit thin on the Blue line. That's probably the only reason why Jackman will stay in the lineup. Also, weren't some of you guys just singing his praises for the job that he was doing? Look, we know that Jackman has huge holes in his game. I also believe that he's doing the best job that he can at the time. Do I think he should be sitting? After that game? Yes. flag this comment
I figure if I dish it out I've got to heap it on when it is deserved.
Now like all of you other friends out here I d just don't want to see this guy play anymore. Our power play was terrible, we got beat in number of areas in the offensive zone. Poor officiating. Bad play after a big tying goal.
Great goaltending though.
But the reason we lost last night is that Jackman plain and simple had two of the all-time worst give aways in the history of the game.
Oh where art though NIkithin? Why couldn't we have moved Jackman? flag this comment
And triple A players could have finished on the chances that Richards and Kopitar had. Give some credit to the Kings D, they made it pretty hard to get in front of the net and get shots through. flag this comment
Now that my anger has gone down I can put things into perspective. Even with as unhealthy of a team as we've had there have only been two games we were out of and at least one of those games was the worst officiated game I have ever seen(Edmonton). So the bright side is that we are hanging in there. I think we're getting closer and closer to a point of being a capable team.
That said we must start generating from the power play. It has to happen. We need to figure that out. We have Petro and Shats and those are two of the most creative blue liners in the league. When we have pressure at the points we struggle. Which means we don't have good puck support. Then half the time the screen is off tot he side which is really pointless. We have to work hard on the power play and win the battles. We need a player on the half boards that take the pressure of two players and create space. Then they will be less aggressive on the pp and we should have more time but we must then get away from another old habit of just sitting on the perimeter.
We also have to remember we have been without STewart. Adding Stewart will be a big help and also I think if we could also get Perron back in there will help the power play.
We need to be smart. Bernier if you look at most of the goals scored on him guys can light him up by going high. flag this comment
Regardless Army or someone needs to blast the refs and possibly shanny depending upon how many games Doughtery gets. If your not a major market team or a super star expect to get bent over.
Unless you start complaining and make it know how much of a joke this league is.
I just don't get it. If he simplifies his game and plays like he was he's great. Then he makes two sloppy plays. The last he said jumped over his stick but I sure didn't see the puck roll over his stick. It looked like he failed to protect the puck and eat the hit that was coming. Man though it's got to be somewhat of a tough way to making a living when you've been a loser for so long.
The hope is that now that Hitchcock can see what he has first hand he can correct some things.
Blues stopped skating after the first period. Seen that before.
First PP was good, the rest were poo.
Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid Barrett stupid Jackman stupid. How does your most experienced defensive defensman make the stupidest play possible TWICE?
Stupid.