chenmo31
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Nov 27, 2011
10:49 PM  |
CHICAGO - Le directeur général des Blackhawks de Chicago, Stan Bowman, devrait savoir samedi si son équipe, aux prises avec des contraintes salariales, pourra garder les services dAntti Niemi. New England Patriots Gronkowski Jersey. Le gardien de but, joueur autonome avec compensation, a aidé les Hawks à remporter une première coupe Stanley en 49 ans le printemps dernier. Puisque Bowman et lagent de Niemi, Bill Zito, ont été incapables den venir à une entente, son cas a été placé en arbitrage. La cause du joueur de 26 ans a été entendue jeudi à Toronto. Larbitre a maintenant 48 heures pour rendre sa décision. Larbitre peut décider daccepter la proposition de lun des deux clans, ou accorder nimporte quel montant entre les deux. ?Larbitre décidera, je crois, quelque temps samedi, a dit Bowman au cours dune conférence téléphonique jeudi soir. à ce moment, nous aurons 48 heures pour accepter, laisser aller le joueur, ou léchanger. ?Pour simplifier la chose, ?a va dépendre des montants accordés, a-t-il ajouté. Je nembarquerai pas dans les détails financiers. Notre situation de masse salariale est très serrée. Cest ce qui fera pencher la balance.? Niemi a re?u 826 875 $ la saison dernière en tant que recrue. Il a joué tous les matchs des siens en séries sauf une période. En route vers la coupe Stanley, il a affiché un dossier de 16-6 avec une moyenne de 2,63, un taux defficacité de ,910 et deux jeux blancs. Pour demeurer sous le plafond salarial de la LNH, qui est de 59,4 millions $, les Blackhawks pourraient avoir offert aussi peu que 2 millions $ à Niemi, qui na joué que 42 matchs en saison régulière au cours de sa carrière. Il a obtenu le titre de gardien numéro un de léquipe lan passé, prenant part à 39 matchs en saison, avec une fiche de 26-7-4, sept blanchissages, une moyenne de 2,25 et un taux defficacité de ,912. Bowman a indiqué que laudience en arbitrage sétait déroulée dans le calme et la routine. ?Ce nétait pas du tout conflictuel, honnêtement, a dit Bowman. Les deux parties y allaient de leurs arguments. évidemment, Antti a connu du succès et est un gros morceau de notre équipe. Mais lorsquon en vient au point de vue des affaires, il faut regarder les joueurs semblables et leur situation.? Depuis quils ont remporté le précieux trophée en juin, les Blackhawks ont envoyé sept joueurs sous dautres cieux, soit par transaction ou par le marché des joueurs autonomes, dans le but de respecter le plafond salarial. La situation a été compliquée par les quelque 4 millions $ en bonis de performances qui ont été acquis au cours de la dernière saison, mais qui compteront sur la masse salariale pour la saison 2010-2011. B.J. Raji Jersey. Some of the 23 primary school students aboard the bus suffered minor injuries and were sent to hospital for outpatient treatment. Super Bowl Packers Jersey. - Urijah Faber has his hat pulled low, mashing his unruly blond hair outward and emphasizing the distinctively deep cleft in his chin. New York Giants Mario Manningham Jersey. Al Jefferson scored 16 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and the Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 95-84 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Baltimore Ravens Webb Jersey. 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Even Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, was among the thousands of spectators who maneuvered Bethpage Blacks still-muddy pathways Friday for a chance to cheer on Mickelson, the onetime presidential candidate just another spectator following the sentimental favorite of this U.No one was finished off Friday night, as the Habs and Sabres staved off elimination and four series went to 3-2. HALAK IS BACKJaroslav Halak returned to the net for Montreal and was on top of his game, turning aside 37 of 38 shots to send Montreal to home ice for Game Six. Looking for size up front, the Canadiens shifted Travis Moen to a line with mighty mites Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta and that move paid off as well, as Moen scored what turned out to be the winning goal. While it was Moens first point in this years playoffs, he did have 12 points in 21 games during the Ducks run to the Cup in 2007. The teams had the two top-ranked power plays in the league during the regular season, but combined to go 0-for-11 in Game Five. Washingtons PP, which registered 11 shots on five chances, has struggled to find the mark in this series, going 1-for-24 (4.2%) overall. Montreals penalty killing did finish the regular season well, stopping 11-of-12 chances against in the last six games, so its on a pretty good run right now, up to preventing 34 of the last 36 (94.4%). Credit Josh Gorges, Hal Gill, Brian Gionta and Tom Pyatt, who lead the Habs PK unit in ice time in the postseason. LITTLE HELPThere was a sense of desperation that the Sabres, down three games to one, inserted 5-foot-5 Nathan Gerbe into the lineup with the series on the line. It paid off as Gerbe picked up an assist while fellow rookie Tyler Ennis had one and one; both played significant minutes. Ryan Miller turned back 34 of 35 Bruins shots, including 20 of 21 in the third period, to preserve the comfortable victory. This series has been bubbling over at times and it did again right at the end of the game when Paul Gaustad slashed Zdeno Chara, only to have the Bruins captain turn on him and have a fracas ensue. Charas instigator penalty was rescinded, since he was provoked by Gaustad, meaninng the bad blood can run over into Game Six in Boston. Ed Reed Jersey BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTIONThe most lopsided affair of this years playoffs as the Canucks dominated play, holding Kings to 13 shots through two periods before taking their collective foot off the gas. Steve Bernier netted a pair of goals for Vancouver while veterans Pavol Demitra and Mikael Samuelsson each had three points. Samuelsson has likely been the MVP of the series to this point, scoring seven goals and nine points, which is good enough for second in the playoffs behind Sidney Crosby. Not surprisingly, when the game was out of hand, it got nasty. Shane OBrien and Wayne Simmonds tangled, with OBrien making an unnecessary production after the bout then, right off the next face-off, Rick Rypien dropped Richard Clune, apparently injuring Clunes shoulder when Rypien drove Clune into the boards on the way down. A big win for Vancouver. Will they have some more goals left in them for Game Six? WINGS COME THROUGHThe Red Wings started strong, but eventually the Coyotes took over the play for the middle portion of the game before the Wings finished strong and snapped the 1-1 tie midway through the third. Jimmy Howard was once again excellent in net for Detroit, stopping 30 of 31 shots. The rookie has now stopped 59 of 60 (.983) in the last two games. Phoenix got good play from their centres. Matthew Lombardi was a workhorse and his speed kept the Wings on edge. Despite being on the ice for a couple of goals against, Martin Hanzal may have been the Coyotes best player, registering six shots and using his size effectively. Detroits go-ahead goal came off a rare face-off loss for Hanzal, who was 11-for-15 (73.3%) in the circle in Game Five. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@ctv.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. ' ' ' |