NEWS AND NOTES FOR JULY 25th

JULY 25th: NEWS & NOTES

Rangers Re-Sign Eminger:
To round out their defense, the NY Rangers have re-signed Steve Eminger to a one-year contract. He will be payed around $800,000 which is almost half his 2010-11 salary of $1,500,000. I am surprised they decided to bring him back, but I guess they just see it as adding a cheap bottom-pairing defenseman who at times can step his game up a bit. 


Kris Draper Retiring:
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that tomorrow Kris Draper and the Detroit Red Wings will announce that Draper will be hanging up the skates after a great 20 year NHL career. Throughout his time in the league, he developed into one of the best defensive forwards in the NHL and because of that he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the Best Defensive Forward in the NHL back in the 2003-04 season. Along with that, he won the much more important trophy aka. the Stanley Cup, an impressive four times with the Red Wings.


Brad Marchand Nearing Extension With Bruins:
One of the many heroes to come out of the Stanley Cup winning, playoff campaign of the Boston Bruins, was Brad Marchand and it looks as though he will be staying with Boston for a long amount of time. Supposedly the deal is in the four-year range and he will be earning around $3 million per season. 


Jassen Cullimore Signs In Germany:
Cullimore did a nice job with the Blackhawks last season, as a veteran depth defenseman, but it looks like at the age of 38 his NHL career might be over as he has signed in Germany with Iserlohn.


Bud Holloway Signs In Sweden:
Bud Holloway at age 23, put up some nice numbers with Manchester of the AHL with 28 goals and 33 assists for 61 points. I was very impressed with him and I thought he might be able to push for an NHL job soon, which is why I was all the more surprised when I heard that he has signed in the Swedish Elite League with Skellefteå. Now, it doesn't mean he has given up on the NHL as he only signed a one-year deal over there and he is still quite young, but I still find it troubling. 


Jamie Oleksiak Will Play For Saginaw:
It looks as though Jamie Oleksiak, who was selected fourteenth overall in this past draft by the Stars, will leave Northeastern University to go play in the OHL for the Saginaw Spirit. I don't know about you, but I am VERY interested to see what this jump does for his development as I really think college would have been the best path for him