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[Second City Hockey] - The Hawks Drink The Oilers Milkshake, They Drink It Up: Blackhawks 5 - Oilers 2

Matthew Dirt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:05:08 GMT

... urday night, Pierre LeBrun suggested that the Hawks were considering sending Brent Sopel to the Leafs for their #1 — to solve looming salary cap issues. by San Diego ...

[ESPN] - Toews scores 2, adds helper as Hawks rip Oilers

Associated Press — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:08:21 GMT

... Souray Assists: Shawn Horcoff, Dustin Penner 1 1 7:20 Kris Versteeg Assists: Brent Sopel, Ben Eager 2 1 12:33 Patrick Kane Assists: Jonathan Toews, Brian Campbell 3 ...

[Chicago Tribune] - Chicago Blackhawks play down retribution angle

November 22, 2009 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:13:15 GMT

... ews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith . The player most mentioned is defenseman Brent Sopel , who has a cap hit of $2.33 million. Could the Maple Leafs be willing to ta ...

[CBC Sports] - Salary cap causing headaches for players, GMs: Hotstove

Mihira Lakshman — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:33:18 GMT

... oom for the new contracts, the Blackhawks are reportedly shopping defenceman Brent Sopel and his $2.3 million salary, LeBrun revealed. The struggling Toronto Maple L ...

[Pension Plan Puppets] - Leafs @ Caps: Three the Hard Way

wrap around curl — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:28:56 GMT

... ll by bkblades on Nov 21, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs Yeah, so, Brent Sopel? Not sure how much that would help. I guess we could use some defensive dept ...

[The Copper & Blue] - Oilers v. Blackhawks - Mark 8:1-13

Scott Reynolds — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:27 GMT

... as been surfacing all over the place that they're trying to find a taker for Brent Sopel so that they can sign their more important players long-term. I imagine they ...

[St. Louis Game Time] - Saturday Links: What am "2 Wins In A Row"? Edition

Poor College Student — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:43:06 GMT

... some salary, most likely in the form of World's Ugliest Defenseman candidate Brent Sopel . Just in case you didn't know, Harry Truman is the only President from Miss ...

[Daily Herald: Between the Circles] - Ebbett on waivers

TimS — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:17 GMT

... report Friday on TSN.ca that also claimed the Hawks were shopping defenseman Brent Sopel and his $2.33 million cap hit in order to open up the necessary tagging room ...

[Daily Herald] - Hawks need cap space right now for big three

Tim Sassone — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:37:58 GMT

... $1 million over their tagging room and as a result were shopping defenseman Brent Sopel and his $2.33 million cap hit through next season in order to open up the ne ...

[Hockey Analysis] - Chicago’s Coming Maneuvers

Steve — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:09:00 GMT

... edge that Stan Bowman just has to move an aging under-performing luxury like Brent Sopel, who is playing for $2.33 million this season. That would give the team abo ...

[Chicago Tribune] - Salary cap could delay signing of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith

Chris Kuc — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:46:16 GMT

... teams around the league. The most frequently mentioned names are defensemen Brent Sopel and Cam Barker . While those players are valuable to the Hawks' success, the ...

[Sun Times: Dropping the Gloves] - Sopel could go

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:53:58 GMT

... nd TSN predicts that one way to get more would be to move veteran defenseman Brent Sopel. He represents and $2.33 cap hit for the Hawk both this season and next, whi ...

[TSN.ca] - McKenzie: Hawks need to clear space before deals announced

Canadian Press — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:12 GMT

... ue may be as easy, or difficult, as finding a way to move veteran defenceman Brent Sopel and his $2.33 million cap hit this year and next. On a team with Keith, Bren ...

[Sens Chirp] - Update From Practice

SensChirp — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:15 GMT

... n wait till the deadline if they choose to. Bob McKenzie seems to think that Brent Sopel is one of the prime candidates to be moved if Chicago is forced to do someth ...

[Daily Herald: Between the Circles] - What a night for the defensemen

TimS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:51:24 GMT

... bell and Cam Barker each had 2 assists and combined for 3 blocked shots. And Brent Sopel was solid in 17-plus minutes with 2 blocked shots. The Hawks’ defense combin ...