You might be very, very happy in about two hours.
You might be very, very happy in about two hours.
There are two new blogs on The News-Sentinel site for you to enjoy. The first is Pete DiPrimio's on Notre Dame football at: notredamenotes.blogspot.com and the second is from Reggie Hayes on the Colts at coltsconnection.blogspot.com. Pete's is up and running and Reggie's will be up soon if it isn't already.
Boy, you want to talk about too much political talk, both of those will be FULL of hot air.
Not hockey related, but far more important and it's something that drives me crazy.
KOMETS ADD 6 SKATERS TO ROSTER
Rugged winger Pascal Morency
agrees to terms
A.J. Bozoian returns for second season
| MCWHINNEY SIGNS PRO DEAL |
| August 30, 2006 - Sault This Week |
| Spirit graduate Dan McWhinney, the Sault Ste. Marie goalie who didn't start playing the position until he was 16-years old, is taking advantage of |
When the Komets announce the signing of Pascal Morency tomorrow, which I fully expect them to do, will that help alleviate some of your fears about team toughness? That gives them two guys, along with Bruce Richardson, who will fight with anybody. To my thinking, that's two guys to build on and allow the Komets to take their time finding the right superheavyweight. They probably still need one more, but those are two very good pieces to start which who can both play a regular shift as well. I think they are probably still looking for a big, bruising defenseman and an extra forward type.
Gosh, where did we hear this first I wonder?
I could not be more happier for Bruce. He's worked very hard for this opportunity and he'll do a great job. It's the perfect spot for him because he knows the area, the team and he's a winner. He's going to be a great coach in this league.
Congratulations Rammer!
Komets General Manager David Franke said discussions with Pascal Morency are going well. The team is close to signing defenseman A.J. Bozoian and a rookie goaltender, possibly to be announced Thursday, and Matt Elich has turned down the Komets' final offer and will likely play in Italy.
As for the rumors with Chaulk, he is prohibited under UHL rules of coming back any time this season because he has started the season in Europe. So, let's please move on to different rumors.
From Komets GM David Franke:
* They are hoping to get 25 goals off the second line from Voorhees who is supposed to be a great locker room guy who can fly and has a pretty decent shot.
* O'Connell is supposed to be a very good skater who didn't play last year because of an inner ear problem.
* They can't come close to matching what Mario Larocoque wants so he won't be here this year. Franke said he's asking for $2,000 a week which is what he made last year in Danbury.
How concerned are you with the overall level of play in the league? It looks to me like it could drop considerably which could be quite noticeable after the improvement over the past five years. What do you think?
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Eric Boguniecki (pronounced
BOH-guhn-ih-kee) to a two-way National Hockey League - American Hockey League
contract, club President and General Manager Doug MacLean announced Tuesday. As
is club policy, terms were not disclosed.
In some of these negotiations with players throughout the UHL. Nobody is announcing signings right now and we're into August. I think it's possible the Komets may have signed more players than any other UHL team, at least announced signings. I'll bet the debates are getting heated with both sides -- players and owners -- starting to get nervous.
As much as some people like to rail on the UHL all the time, the league did something very nice over the weekend by raising nearly $5,000 for St. Louis Children's Hospital with the Children's Classic Gold Tournament. Over 120 golfers participated. The league's 2006 all-star game raised over $10,000 for the hospital.
I can't imagine how difficult this was to pull off for such a small office staff, and every dime went to the hospital. The event drew people from as far away as Canada.
That is impressive.
I talked to David Franke this afternoon and he said there won't be any announcements until late this week at the earliest and probably next week.
That's good for me because high school football starts Friday and I'll be tied up working on preview stuff until then.
As for Colin, I knew he was having second thoughts, but he told me he was still committed to going to Italy this season. He really likes Pat Bingham, but he'll honor the contract he signed. P.C. already left for Europe to start his season.
How many of you are worried about the gas prices this winter possibly affecting your ability to go to Komets' games? Are some of you skipping season tickets because of it? If gas hits $4 per gallon, which kind of changes will you have to make or are you already making?
How many of you buy the paper, and how many of you read it on-line? Just reply with buy or on-line. Thanks.
From David Franke: ``I think what you are seeing in our league because of your hard
cap, we've actually got everybody slotted for X number of dollars. We have to
find guys who will play for the slotted area that we have in mind. That's one
reason why you're not seeing a rash of signings out of our league. We're
working with a hard cap and everybody is playing by the rules. It's just going
to take a while to get everything put together. We've got a lot offers out.''
