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It's Official: Caps Sign Jurcina (Updated)
Milan Jurcina is under contract, the team announced moments ago. As I reported last night, the defenseman was awarded a one-year contract in arbitration, making today's announcement just a formality. His exact salary will be $1.375 million, up from the $912,500 he earned last season. Jurcina's agent, Allan Walsh, wrote...
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July 31, 2009; 8:40 AM ET |
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Jurcina Receives Arbitration Award
Defenseman Milan Jurcina has been awarded a one-year contract for next season worth about $1.4 million, according to a league source. Because that figure comes in below the $1.570 million "walk away" number, the award is binding and the case has been, in effect, settled pending the completion of some...
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July 31, 2009; 12:52 AM ET |
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Pothier Says He's in 'Best Shape' Ever
First of all, I don't know what's going on with Milan Jurcina's arbitration ruling. It was supposed to be announced, per CBA rules, a few hours ago. But as soon as I know, I'll post it right here. As far as Brian Pothier goes, the veteran defenseman is the only...
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July 30, 2009; 5:28 PM ET |
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Catching Up with B. Morrison
(David Zalubowski - AP) I stopped by KCI this morning and caught up with Brendan Morrison, who's in town with his wife, Erin, to go house hunting and enroll two of their four children (ages 7,5,4 and 1) in school. Here's a little of what Morrison had to say:...
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July 30, 2009; 1:15 PM ET |
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Agent: Nyls to Russia Is News to Him
If Michael Nylander is close to agreeing to play next season in the Kontinental Hockey League, as a recent report out of Russia has suggested, that's news to Nylander's agent. "For a year I've been hearing the [rumors]," Bill Zito told me earlier today. "Michael called me a couple times...
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July 28, 2009; 3:24 PM ET |
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Jurcina Unlikely to Avoid Arbitration
Barring a last-minute change of position by either side, I'm told that the Caps are expecting Milan Jurcina's salary for next season to be determined in arbitration. The defenseman's hearing is set for tomorrow in Toronto. While it's tough to predict how much Jurcina will be awarded, it's hard to...
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July 27, 2009; 12:30 PM ET |
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