Winter Meetings Day 1 Open Thread
Last night, I chatted with a few other Bluebird Banter writers about the upcoming Winter Meetings. You can read what we had to say in the transcript below. By the way, the 30 SB Nation baseball...
general managers
Blue Jays To Sign Maicer Izturis?
The Toronto Blue Jays are reported to be close to signing a middle infielder, and early morning rumours from the general managers' meetings have pointed arrow in the direction of Maicer Izturis, who last played for the Los Angeles Angels.
The Southeast this week
Canes Casino; Panthers caged; Caps back in it; and Jets Beer. The week that was in the Southeast.
Previous first-hires by new Tampa Bay Lightning owners
Jeffrey Vinik's first hiring and how it happened tells us things about the owner. Lets look back at other Lightning owners and what their first hires told us.
Forsberg return unlikely / Staios fined / Pyatt Update / OT rule changes?
This from Don Baizley, Forsberg's agent today via TSN: "The prospect of Peter having enough confidence in the foot-skate issue to commit to being able to play in the NHL this season isn't where it...
Stan Smyl and Dave Gagner promoted to new Canuck management roles
I'm not going to get into this too much except to say that Stan Smyl has been named Director of Collegiate Scouting in the USA and Canada and Dave Gagner has been named Director of Player...
Ducks' GM Burke to be replaced by Bob Murray
A commenter at Sportsnet said it best by providing a link to a story about massive speculation that Brian Burke would become the next Leafs' GM. The following is what Burke said back in January: "I...
