Day two of the National Hockey League's free agent signing period answered some big questions for the Penguins and identified the areas that Ray Shero will need to address moving forward. The day started off with rumblings that Marian Hossa had made a decision and we found out around noontime that he would sign with the Detroit Red Wings. Signing with the Stanley Cup Champions is not a surpris......

Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray continues to get second and third rate talent under contract while losing out on many free agents these past two days. Murray signed Jarkko Ruutu and Shean Donovan on the second day of free agency. The two players combined for a whoping 11 goals this past season. This Sens team is no better than it was last year while getting swept by the Pittsburgh Penguins, whi......

TORONTO (July 3) -- There's no sense in trying to figure out the motives and ponderings of Mats Sundin these days. Unlike 99% of the world's population, it's clear that money is neither a driving force, nor a deciding factor, in his late-career plans. Someone who knows Sundin estimated to me last winter that the veteran NHLer has more than $60 million in assets and investments, so what's another $....

Sean Avery, a man that defined his own set of "Sean Avery rules" is getting 16 million dollars from the Dallas Stars. No one seems to have clearly defined his role as of yet, but what we do know is that he's the Stars newest left winger. A couple things jump to mind after hearing that Avery is a Star now: 1. At his salary isn't he pretty much guaranteed a spot in the top 2 lines?......

I'm not looking for hat recipes just yet (inside joke, I guess, but if you've been following my blog recently ... ) Still, if you have suggestions ... First thing's first ... Danny Boyle has a full NMC and does NOT want to be moved anywhere. Second thing's second ... I still don't think he's going anywhere BUT ... I am nowhere near as confident about that as I was as recently as this morning......