Monday Ice Water Cooler…

It is indeed the week before training camp, well for a few teams anyway. Most teams start around the 20th or so but hey that is just twelve short days away. So what am I doing you may ask? Quite a bit! Here is what is on tap for this morning…as it fades into the afternoon.

The Pominville talk has heated up a bit again….and the numbers again being suggested are in the 5-6 million dollar range. Now is Pominville ultimately going to sign in the near future? I do not know. Is the dollar range believable? Now that I can confirm to be true as it has been mentioned in the past by several reliable sources. Buffalo must take a more aggressive approach in keeping its free agents and now is the time to do it!

So it has become obvious that the Los Angeles Kings do not need to trade for Mr. Khabibulin to get above the salary floor. So with one less dance partner, where will Khabibulin go? I am surprised that Chicago hasn’t explored the KHL option or maybe they have and basically Khabibulin said no way in hell. The problem is with Khabibulin is there is only one year left on his contract, and his age (35) is an issue as well. This is a goalie that has had a very strange career. Keep in mind, that between late 1999 and early 2001, he was out of the NHL. The numbers are not bad at all but the last three years have not been so great obviously (something about a big contract bust). He could probably use a change in scenery but Chicago just has to find the right dance partner. Those dance partners are few and far between right now.

That Toronto Center is still in the news as teams are getting ready to move on without that old captain guy. Montreal, Vancouver, New York Rangers and more appear to be poised to make other moves as it gets closer to training camp. Montreal may even bring in a guy like Brendan Shanahan, Vancouver was looking at a trade for Mathieu Schneider, and the Rangers were exploring several options including maybe Glen Murray. Nothing can be confirmed but one thing is apparent, teams have had enough of waiting. They are getting downright impatient now.

Enjoy your Monday folks and don’t forget your hockey pucks!

Happy Labor Day To The Readers….

This has been in the works for awhile and I know this post will be shorter than usual but the podcast on BlogTalkRadio is going to be launching a spinoff (an actual fantasy hockey show) for the masses.

Here is more on it and some ideas we have….more to come as I get the info.

Now of course every fantasy show has to have informative segments. It is a natural staple to any and all fantasy hockey fans out there. That is prevalently obvious. How to get to that point is a bigger question and what to come up with that will satiate that person is even more difficult. This may be the easiest time of the year to a point because most drafts have not started yet (thank you Yahoo for your unscheduled screw up).

So far this is what I have come up with on a preliminary scale. Things are always subject to change but these are some of the concepts that I have well, for a lack of a better word, brainstormed.

• Sinkers, Floaters, And Risers
• Drafting Do’s And Don’ts
• Ask The Experts
• Trade Rumors (they impact fantasy too)
• Rapid Fire

I am sure there will be more as the season approaches. Thanks to my partners in crime for the ideas that have been floated about. Now of course we are going to need a title, logo, and theme song for the new show but this can be done in very short order.

So stay tuned fantasy hockey fans, a show will be coming very soon to help the masses in all things fantasy. Be patient!