NCHC ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference drops the puck for its inaugural season of competition in 2013-14 with a slate of 18 games to be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network. The schedule features 15 regular season conference games, as well as the NCHC Conference Semifinals and Championship.

"We are excited about our partnership with CBS Sports Network. The NCHC is committed to showcasing our conference nationally and the relationship with CBS Sports Network helps us accomplish this goal," said NCHC Commissioner, Josh Fenton.

"We are proud to be the NCHC’s national television partner and are looking forward to an exciting inaugural season, showcasing some of the best college hockey in the country," said Dan Weinberg, Senior Vice President, Programming, CBS Sports Network.

The CBS Sports Network schedule kicks off with the first ever NCHC conference games with a double-header on Friday, Oct. 18 th when North Dakota visits Miami, followed by Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College – puck drop times are to be determined.

The NCHC includes member institutions Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State, and Western Michigan.

CBS Sports Network is the 24-hour home of CBS Sports and is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, and to access the CBS Sports Network channel finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

Oct. 18 (Fri)	North Dakota at Miami Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH Minnesota-Duluth at Colorado College Colorado Springs World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 15 (Fri)	Wisconsin at Miami Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE
Dec. 6 (Fri)	North Dakota at Western Michigan Lawson Ice Arena, Kalamazoo, MI
Dec. 13 (Fri)	Western Michigan at Minnesota-Duluth AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, MN
Jan. 10 (Fri)	Colorado College at North Dakota Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND
Jan. 17 (Fri)	Western Michigan at St. Cloud State The Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, MN
Jan. 24 (Fri)	North Dakota at Denver Magness Arena, Denver, CO
Feb. 7 (Fri)	Western Michigan at Miami Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH
Feb. 14 (Fri)	Miami at North Dakota Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND
Feb. 21 (Fri)	St. Cloud State at Miami Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH Colorado College at Denver Magness Arena, Denver, CO
Feb. 28 (Fri)	North Dakota at St. Cloud State The Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, MN
Mar. 7 (Fri)	St. Cloud State at Colorado College Colorado Springs World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO
Mar. 21 (Fri)	NCHC Semifinal #1 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN NCHC Semifinal #2 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Mar. 22 (Sat)	NCHC Championship Game Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

NCHC to launch new web page on August 1, 2013

New site countdown http://t.co/27rSfWbFbb @CCTigers @DU_Hockey @MiamiRedHawks @UMDBulldogs @omavs @UNDMHockey @SCSUHUSKIES @WMUHockey
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) July 16, 2013

The NCHC is set to launch it's new web page on August 1, 2013 and I am sure there will be some that will have a great time with this one,  because we know that Webpages make a conference. Right? Here is what's posing as a webpage for the Big Ten Hockey Conference right now.

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Time to name the #MNCollegeHockey Tourney

Voting is underway for the #MNCollegeHockey Tournament. Help us choose one of eight finalists. Vote here: http://t.co/N2moZmlXWc
— BSU Athletics News (@BSUBeavers) July 16, 2013

The time has come to name the Minnesota College Hockey Tourney. You can log on to GOPHERSPORTS.COM and make your selection or you can tweet your selection to @GopherHockey . There are eight of them, and you can vote for one of them. Here's the choices: The Herb Brooks Classic, The Hot Dish, The Minnesota College Hockey Classic, The Northern Lights Cup, The Star of the North Classic, The 10,000 Lakes Classic, The North Star Classic/Cup, The Taconite Cup/Classic.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite #MNCollegeHockey Tournament name! http://t.co/0NwNPX9kkz
— Gopher Hockey (@GopherHockey) July 16, 2013

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List of 2013 Early Departures

Boston University

Matt Nieto Jr. F San Jose (NHL), April 1

Dartmouth

Matt Lindblad Jr. F Boston (NHL), April 5 (FA)

Denver

Scott Mayfield So. D NY Islanders (NHL), April 5
Juho Olkinoura So. G Winnipeg (NHL), April 7 (FA)
Nick Shore Jr. F Los Angeles (NHL), April 12

Lake Superior State

Kellan Lain Jr. F Vancouver (NHL), March 16 (FA)
Buddy Robinson So. F Ottawa (NHL), March 25 (FA)

Massachusetts

Conor Allen Jr. D NY Rangers (NHL), March 29 (FA)


UMass Lowell

Chad Ruhwedel Jr. D Buffalo (NHL), April 12 (FA)

Michigan

Jon Merrill Jr. D New Jersey (NHL), March 29
Jacob Trouba Fr. D. Winnipeg Jets (NHL), April 02

Minnesota

Mark Alt Jr. D Philadelphia (NHL), April 5
Nick Bjugstad Jr. F Florida (NHL), April 3
Zach Budish Jr. F Nashville (NHL), April 3
Erik Haula Jr. F Minnesota (NHL), April 7
Nate Schmidt Jr. D Washington (NHL), April 2 (FA)

Minnesota Duluth

Chris Casto So. D Boston (NHL), March 26 (FA)
Drew Olson Sr. D Peoria (AHL), April 10

Nebraska-Omaha

Tony Turgeon Jr. D San Antonio (AHL), July 15 (FA)
Andrej Sustr Jr. D Tampa Bay (NHL), March 21 (FA)

Niagara

Carsen Chubak Jr. G Adirondack (AHL), May 6

North Dakota

Derek Forbort Jr. D Los Angeles (NHL), April 5

Northern Michigan

Jared Coreau Jr. G Detroit (NHL), March 18 (FA)

Notre Dame

Anders Lee Jr. F NY Islanders (NHL), April 1

Ohio State Chris

Crane Jr. F San Jose (NHL), April 2

St. Cloud State

Nick Jensen Jr. D Detroit (NHL), May 2

Union

Troy Grosenick Jr. G San Jose (NHL), April 5 (FA)

Western Michigan

Danny DeKeyser Jr. D Detroit (NHL), March 29 (FA)

Wisconsin

Brendan Woods So. F Carolina (NHL), April 13

UNO's Tony Turgeon signs with Florida

Congrats to @turg04 on signing with Florida!! Gunna miss ya!
— Tanner Lane (@tlane17) July 16, 2013

The Florida Panthers are going to get some extra muscle with this signing of Nebraska-Omaha defenseman Tony Turgeon. The would be senior, played in 62 games for the Mavericks scoring (0g-6a—6pts).

UNO's Tanner Lane tweeted that teammate Tony Turgeon has signed with the Florida Panthers. Turgeon attended FLA's recent development camp.
— Matthew Semisch (@matthewsemisch) July 16, 2013

UND Women's SID to leave

Professionally, Derek helped elevate the profile of our @UNDWHockey program. Personally, he was my first hire and he'll be missed. #GreatRun
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) July 15, 2013

I am saddened by the news that UND Women's Hockey Sid Derek Koenen is leaving UND, to be closer to his family, who's from Southern Minnesota. Derek is a class act and was very good about getting the players that the media wanted to interview, made available. It was a pleasure getting to know him and work with him in the press box during women's games, over the last two years. I would like to wish him good luck.

Tough week for the ol' media relations office as we say farewell on Friday to @derekkoenen, who has been with us since 2008-09. (1/2)
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) July 15, 2013

Bittersweet week as I leave a great athletics department, university and community for different adventures. (1/1)
— Derek Koenen (@derekkoenen) July 15, 2013

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ESPN vs. the Sharks on Twitter

Hey @SanJoseSharks, thoughts on changing your name to the San Jose #Sharknados?
— ESPN (@espn) July 12, 2013

Check out this exchange on Twitter... I couldn't agree more, show more hockey highlights on ESPN. How about show some hockey. I rarely if ever watch ESPN, unless it's for the NCAA Hockey playoffs, NFL Football, or for an occasional FCS football game. That's it.

Hey @espn, thoughts on showing more hockey highlights?
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) July 12, 2013

Auburn SID has SEC Wedding Game Notes

You know you're an #SID if... You make game notes for your own wedding @wtodd1 @SIDProblems pic.twitter.com/9xtYZLiY7q
— Matt Crouch (@MattCrouchAU) July 13, 2013

I think this is funny, I was wondering if hockey bloggers have live blogs and tweet-ups at their weddings as well?  s/t to Deadspin. How about the birth of your first child? That might be taking it a bit far.

Thomas Vanek and Sabres 'suffering'

Wow! This is an interesting post from Fantasy Sports Portal. I guess there are a few NHL teams that need scoring and goaltending would probably take these high-end players off of their hand for the right price.

Tough week for Western Michigan Broncos

#WMUHockey coach Andy Murray says 'issues of integrity' factored into Garrett Haar's release | http://t.co/JQ8DTy6gFH
— David Drew (@Drew_on_WMU) July 12, 2013

If you have been following college hockey on Twitter this week, it's been a very tough week for the Western Michigan hockey team. In a matter of a couple of day, WMU has lost two players. The first defection was incoming recruit Michael McCarron who decided to forgo his college eligibility and play for the London Knights in the OHL.

The other loss for the Broncos, was junior defenseman Garrett Haar, who was supposed to be a returning to WMU, but was released by the university. According to a press release from Western Michigan University, "Garrett has not lived up to his committment to his academics and his Bronco hockey teammates and we have decided to part ways with him," WMU coach Andy Murray.

Have decided to leave Western Michigan and go play in the WHL. Medicine Hat tigers seems to be my destination but still not sure. #fresh
— Garrett Haar (@HaarDaddy4) July 12, 2013

I did not get kicked off Western Michigan , this was my decision #layoff
— Garrett Haar (@HaarDaddy4) July 12, 2013

#WMUHockey freshman Michael McCarron will play for London Knights and forgo college career | http://t.co/kfYE2Nai32
— David Drew (@Drew_on_WMU) July 11, 2013

Officially signed a three year entry level contract with the @CanadiensMTL #GOHABSGO
— Michael McCarron (@MacAttackUSA93) July 11, 2013

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Bruins Rangers and Wild Transactions

Alternate logo since 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Boston Bruins have resigned Tuuka Rask and Patrice Bergeron to eight-year contracts. Bergy’s deal is worth 52 million and Tukka’s deal is worth 56 million dollars.

The Minnesota Wild have signed Jonathon Blum and Jon Landry to one-year, two-way free agent deals. Landry will more than likely play with the Iowa Wild of the AHL. Blum is a former first round draft choice for the Nashville Predators and played in 35 NHL games last season, I suppose Blum will have a chance to make the Wild out of training camp, he will definitely add to the competition for making one of the final six spots in the defensive corps.

The New York Rangers have signed former Minnesota Wild pylon Justin Falk to a one-year contract worth 975,000.00. Yikes, thank God Wild fans will no longer have to watch the slow footed Falk getting walked by Western Conference forwards anymore.

New Jersey's Ilya Kovalchuk retires from the NHL at age 30

New insider? "@AngelinaLawton: Guess I was 7 months early on this secret :) #kovalchuk @NHL @NHLDevils pic.twitter.com/tWeIpErkZc”
— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) July 11, 2013

As announced today, the Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk retired from the NHL leaving the New Jersey Devils holding the bag. I am thankful that I don't have  Ilya Kovalchuk in a keeper fantasy hockey league.

NHL.COM --- Kovalchuk's departure frees up more than $6 million in salary-cap space for the Devils, allowing the club to be more active in free agency. But the Devils will have to pay between $250,000 and $300,000 per year in cap-benefit recapture fees for each of the next dozen years.

"Right now we just have to take a step back to go forward," Lamoriello said. 'We'll just have to re-evaluate what our options are and do the best we can, but we'll be ready to play when September comes."

Kovalchuk leaves the NHL after 11 seasons; he had 417 goals and 399 assists for 816 points in 816 games. After being taken by the Atlanta Thrashers with the first pick in the 2001 NHL Draft, Kovalchuk had 29 goals as a rookie in 2001-02. He scored at least 30 goals in each of the next nine seasons, including six in a row with at least 40 from 2002-03 to 2009-10.

With Ilya Kovalchuk departure, the Devils free up six million dollars that that they can use to go after a forward to take Kovalchuk's place, of course forwards like that don't grown on trees. With the departure of Kovalchuk, former Fighting Sioux forward Travis Zajac is now the top paid forward with the Devils. The Devils also have about 10 million dollars to work with under the cap. Kovalchuck is now going to play for SKA in the KHL.

The Candiens sign Michael McCarron

Also, from the developing news department, the Montreal Canadiens have signed their first round draft choice Michael McCarron to a three year entry level deal, meaning he will forgo his college eligibility and play with the London Knights of the OHL. So, the NCAA vs. CHL debate will heat up even more with this defection. This also means that there were no college hockey recruits selected in the first round of the 2013 NHL Entry Level Draft.

MONTREAL (July 11, 2013) – Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced today the signing of forward Michael McCarron to a three-year contract (2013-14 to 2015-16).

In 55 games with the USHL’s US National Development Team in 2012-13, McCarron, 18, collected 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists). Six of his goals were scored on the powerplay and he tallied two winning goals. He led his team with 180 penalty minutes and maintained a +6 plus/minus differential.

The 6-foot-5, 237-pound right winger added five points (3 goals, 2 assists) in seven contests with Team USA at the 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship held last April in Sochi, Russia.

A native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, McCarron was selected in the first round, 25th overall by the Canadiens at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He took part in his first Canadiens’ development camp last week

From the Hockey Writers

The London Knights are run the former NHL player’s Dale and Mark Hunter and in the past they’ve been pretty successful getting top American hockey players to decommit from their college commitments, to go play junior hockey for the London Knights. Last season, the Knights had two former NCAA players and a former NCAA recruit on their roster (Dakota Mermis, Anthony Stolarz, Alex Broadhurst).

This is a big loss for the Western Michigan Broncos.

Updated NHL free agent signings

DATE	NAME	POS	FROM	TO	Total	Years	Avg/Yr
								Jul 10	Zidlicky, Marek	D	New Jersey	New Jersey	$3M	1	$3M
Jul 10	Corrente, Matt	D	New Jersey	Carolina	n/a	1	n/a
Jul 10	D'Agostini, Matt	D	New Jersey	Pittsburgh	$550K	1	$550K

Yesterday, was a light day for free agent signings.

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If the Wild were to get Thomas Vanek

What once looked like a pipe dream is now looking more and more like a possibility. Since April, it’s been no secret that the Minnesota Wild are interested in acquiring former Minnesota Gophers and current Buffalo Sabres Forward Thomas Vanek. The buzz has been picking up more and more… I for one think that Vanek would look very good in the Wild Christmas jersey, or that’s what I call it.

On Monday, Minnesota Wild beat writer Michael Russo was filling in for the host Paul Allen on KFAN 100.3, during the second hour of broadcast a caller asked Michael Russo of the Star Tribune if the Minnesota Wild were trying to acquire Buffalo Sabres forward Thomas Vanek and he said yes.

Looking at the website Capgeek you will see that after this season Dany Heatley is an unrestricted free agent and his contract is off the books next summer, the Minnesota Wild will be able to comfortably sign Vanek who is also a unrestricted free agent. Heatley is currently making 7,500,000.00 and Vanek is currently making 7,142,857.00.

Here is the current forward crop per Michael Russo, you can only imagine what Vanek would do to the Wild Lineup.

Zach Parise ($7.5+M)-- Mikko Koivu (6.75M)--**Jason Pominville (4.505M)
*Jason Zucker ($833,333)--*Charlie Coyle (975K)-- Dany Heatley (7.5M)
Matt Cooke -- (2.5M) Kyle Brodziak--(2.83+M)--*Nino Niederreiter (2.795M)
Mike Rupp (1.5M) -- Zenon Konopka--(925K)-- Torrey Mitchell (1.9M)

What would it take for the Wild to get Vanek?

@gilesferrell #cantbeserious pic.twitter.com/njUiXrbVYg
— Graeme Erik Young (@Guashoe) July 10, 2013

Someone I follow on twitter posted this last night, I think this trade would prove to be too costly for the Minnesota Wild. I don't think the Wild would give up an number one pick and two first round  draft choices/prospects to get Thomas Vanek, who will become a UFA soon.

Free agent updates: Matt Watkins signs free agent deal with the Captials

Jul 9	Watkins, Matt	RW	NY Islanders	Washington	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Leggio, David	G	Buffalo	Washington	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Janssen, Cam	RW	New Jersey	New Jersey	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Rallo, Greg	C	Florida	Florida	$600K	1	$600K
Jul 9	Moore, Mike	D	Nashville	Boston	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Johnson, Nick	RW	Phoenix	Boston	$600K	1	$600K
Jul 9	Bachman, Richard	G	Dallas	Edmonton	$625K	1	$625K

Former Fighting Sioux forward Matt Watkins, has signed a one year, two way free agent contract, with the Washington Capitals.

Check out the O'Gara Blog Zane Gothberg mention

Boston Bruins logo (1955–1995). Secondary logo, used on black jersey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Yale defenseman Rob O'Gara from the 2013 National Champion Bulldogs is doing a blog for the Boston Bruins official NHL site. Apparently, O'Gara is also buddies with Zane Gothberg who's also attending this week's Boston Bruins Development Camp.

Boston Bruins -- I’m really excited for this year’s development camp, this is my third year attending. Last year was different from the first year and I think I’ll have more confidence this year but I’m sure this year will be different than last. It’s going to be a fun week with great competition and it’s a great group of guys. As you go along, you start knowing the names and seeing who you are going to play with. Like Ryan Fitzgerald, I played with him back on the U18 Junior Bruins before we started our prep year seasons. I haven’t seen him in a while so I’m excited to say hi and it’s going fun week.



I’m also looking forward to playing with Zane Gothberg again during the week. We hit it off the last couple years and he’s one of the funniest guys I’ve ever met. We both played in the final 8 in our regional, him in North Dakota, he said hi before our Minnesota game. It was good to see him and you know, it was a little friendly competition and even though I didn’t score against him, we got the best of them. My friend Frank DiChiara from Long Island played with Matt Benning this year, I’ve known him since I was really young. Benning was at camp last year and as a D-man, there are only eight of us here, so we have to bond and stick together.

Tuesday at the Links… Fore

Matt Cooke & Pascal Dupuis celebrate OT Goal (Photo credit: wstera2)

My friend Cornelius Hardenbergh from Stanley Cup of Chowder has an interesting and thought provoking piece on Matt Cooke wanting to wear Derek Boogaard’s number 24.  Matt Cooke's Legacy: Graverobber?

Sounds like Matt Cooke has been given the blessing to wear Derek Boogaard’s number by the Boogaard family. Matt Cooke gets blessing of Boogaards to wear 24…[Russo’s Rant’s]

After signing with Minnesota, veteran Matt Cooke still trying to shed rough-stuff reputation [Start Tribune]

Former Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck signed a four year deal worth 11 million dollars. That’s 2.75 million a year for Clutterbuck. [New Yorks Islanders]

Here are some possible selections for the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2013; Brendan Shanahan, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Chelios, Pat Burns, Eric Lindros [Globe and Mail]

There are not many former WCHA or college hockey players on the Minnesota Wild’s Development Camp Roster. There’s a grand total of seven. Also on the roster is former Fighting Sioux hockey recruit Miles Koules. [Click to view]

Apparently, Devin Setoguchi found out that he had been traded to Winnipeg Jets from Zenon Konopka while he was in Mexico. [Illegal Curve]

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Wild Hockey: Keith Ballard something positive

Today, I was out riding my bike, kind of percolating. Sometimes, I do some of my best thinking when I am out riding my bike. When I am out riding the bike I like to listen to my iPod and catch up on some of the podcasts that I might have missed while I was at work.  Today, I was listening to Michael Russo's podcasts who was filling in for Paul Allen on KFAN 100.3.

First off, KFAN should consider hiring Michael Russo, I really like his approach to talk radio, maybe I am the only one that feels this way, but I like how he approaches a radio show. Maybe it's because Russo isn't trying too hard, he's just himself when he fills in for Paul Allen. That's what I like about his shows. While he might not be as polished as a Paul Allen or a Jeff Dubay and Judd Zulgad, he's fun to listen to. Plus, he talks hockey, that's not something that happens a lot in this area. I wish there were more radio shows that simply talked about Hockey 24/7. Especially in the state of hockey.

For some reason, the sports talk radio hosts seem to want to ruin a good show talking about basketball and baseball. Today, Russo was interviewing newly signed Minnesota Wild defenseman Keith Ballard... This was a good interview to listen to, if you haven't heard it yet. You can listen to this interview on the embeded audio posted below. The interview starts at the 24:00 minute mark.

I think the Minnesota Wild are going to benefit from the Keith Ballard signing.

UND goalie Clarke Saunders attends the Capitals development camp

Caps’ development camp group rosters http://t.co/SwVIpyAJZf #Caps
— Capitals Outsider (@CapsOutsider) July 8, 2013

You can see by this link that UND senior goalie Clarke Saunders is attending the Washington Capitals Development camp.

Team Red
No., Pos., Name
1 G Louis-Philip Guindon
2 F Conor MacPhee
13 F Stephane Legault
17 F Chandler Stephenson
22 F Nolan Laporte
23 F Brandon Tanev
28 D Jaynen Rissling
39 D Garrett Haar
43 F Tom Wilson
46 F Zach Harnden
51 D Patrick Koudys
53 F Travis Boyd
55 D Madison Bowey
65 F Andre Burakovsky
77 D Tyler Lewington
78 G Brandon Anderson
80 F Brian Pinho
82 F Zach Sanford
88 D Nate Schmidt
89 D Connor Kucera
93 D Chirs Joyeaux
97 F Rob Linsmayer

Team White
No., Pos., Name
N/A, F Michael Latta (only participating Monday)
3 F T.J. Foster
6 F Kyle Baun
14 F Cody Murphy
15 F Domenic Monardo
18 F Christian Hilbrich
33 F Justin Larson
40 D Matthew Petgrave
44 F Riley Barber
47 D Michal Cajkovsky
56 D Patrick Wey
57 G Sergei Kostenko
58 D Connor Carrick
60 D Blake Heinrich
63 F Chance Braid
71 G Clarke Saunders
72 F Caleb Herbert
75 F Boston Leier
79 D Michael Monfredo
87 D Travis Walsh
91 D Dalton Young
92 F Sam Anas
96  D Taylor Stefishen

Updated Free Agent Moves....

Jul 8 Matsumoto, Jon C San Jose, Florida, n/a 1 n/a
Jul 8 Gilroy, Matt D NY Rangers, Florida, n/a, 1 n/a
Jul 8 Mueller, Chris C Nashville, Dallas, n/a 1, n/a
Jul 8 Strachan, Tyson D Florida, Washington, n/a, n/a, n/a
Jul 8 Corvo, Joe D Carolina, Ottawa, $900K, 1 $900K
Jul 8 Yonkman, Nolan D Florida, Anaheim, $600K, 1 $600K

Pretty light day on the free agent front so far.

Tyler Seguin's Tweet caused by hacker?

Last night, former Boston Bruins forward Tyler Seguin sent out this tweet on twitter and apparently it caused a major storm for the newly acquired Dallas Stars forward. Seguin has since deleted/deactivated his twitter account. Seguins claims that his twitter account was hacked. The Dallas Stars have also responded to Seguin's tweets as well. The Dallas Stars are set to introduce Seguin on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Central.

Tyler Seguin (@tylerseguin92) has deleted his twitter account. Looks like last night's joke/hacking was the last straw. #Bruins #Stars
— BruinsLife.com (@BruinsLife) July 7, 2013

Regarding a tweet that came from Tyler Seguin's account last night, In no way, shape or form does the Dallas Stars organization[continued..]
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

condone or agree with the message that was sent out through Seguin's Twitter account. We've addressed the issue directly with Tyler [cont..]
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

...and we'll continue to work on educating our players regarding the importance of their conduct on all forms of social media.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 7, 2013

Minnesota Wild fans react to the Matt Cooke Signing...

The Wild signed Matt Cooke. Bye. pic.twitter.com/kGuVseF62o
— Abby (@ybba2215) July 5, 2013

Minnesota Wild Won't Earn Any New Fans By Signing Matt Cooke - Rant Sports http://t.co/eDMaOi42xY
— Minnesota Wild 24x7 (@MinWild24x7) July 7, 2013

Since initial shock I have decided to give matt cooke a chance...plz surprise us wild fans, we cud use some positivity right now
— Tyler Martin (@wildgeorge12) July 7, 2013

Sick of this Wild franchise. Fans have nothing to be excited about. Matt Cooke?? I have absolutely zero interest in this bum.
— mleegwater (@mleegwater) July 7, 2013

Still extremely upset about Matt Cooke😣
— Rachel Herbert (@dustyherb) July 7, 2013

@braja57 @Russostrib From Pens' HR and a Matt Cooke superfan. Good guy off the ice? Sure. The point is, he played the wrong way for years.
— Jordan Hansen (@JordanBHansen) July 7, 2013

There is way too much emotion flying around over Matt Cooke. Try using common sense folks.
— Giles Ferrell (@gilesferrell) July 7, 2013

If you are comparing Heatley, Cooke and Clutterbuck or any two thereof, just stop. Don't care what your personal feelings of each are. Stop.
— Jeremy (@knowsknothing) July 7, 2013