Author Archives: Derek

The Devils avoided arbitration, re-signing defenseman Mark Fraser for one year, $500,000. The former ’05 third round pick (84th overall) fared alright in his first full season- tallying three goals, three assists and 36 penalty minutes while posting a plus-three … Continue reading →

The Islanders and Matt Moulson got it done, earlier today agreeing on a one year $2.45 million deal to avoid arbitration. After making the club as a roster invite, the 26 year-old former King who was close with rookie John Tavares … Continue reading →

It’s official. Alexander Frolov is a Ranger. Following yesterday’s post on the talented but enigmatic Russian, rumors circulated that he was closing in on signing with our club. The only hold up was that the now former King wanted two … Continue reading →

They took a chance on one enigmatic Russian to start the Post-Jagr Era two summers ago. Now, the Rangers are reportedly interested in Alexander Frolov, who remains unsigned. Last night via Twitter, reliable Rycckuu Puck Daddy source Dmitry Chesnokov tweeted about … Continue reading →

On the news front, disappointing stuff kudos of MSG. But what would you expect from a network that couldn’t be bothered to air the Ilya Kovalchuk press conference (even if preliminary). Today, comes the latest disappointment with Islander TV color analyst Billy … Continue reading →

While there’s been plenty of noise over Ilya Kovalchuk, the Devils and the NHL, the Sabres have had their usual quiet summer. They watched Henrik Tallinder depart for Newark and replaced him with Jordan Leopold. While Tallinder’s loss might hurt, no … Continue reading →

It’s been almost thirty-six hours since the NHL officially rejected the Devils’ 17-year $102 million contract for Ilya Kovalchuk and I’m still annoyed at this league for what seems like an arbitrary power play against the NHLPA in advance of … Continue reading →

So apparently the deals for Marian Hossa and Chris Pronger which took them into their 40’s that already circumvented the spirit of the cap were allowable but the deal for Ilya Kovalchuk isn’t? Based on what, the fact Hossa and … Continue reading →

I’m sitting here still flabbergasted over today’s events, not knowing how quite to start this blog. Especially since Derek’s already done a good job of summing up the news of the day. In case you haven’t been around for the … Continue reading →

Credit the Devils for working with Ilya to get this done. Full credit to Puck Daddy’s own Dmitry Chesnokov, who’s been a beast during this monstrosity. Here’s the breakdown: -earns $80 million over first 8 years hitting targeted $10 million … Continue reading →