Dustin Penner - More Links

Unless something really intersting pops up, this will be the last post on the Dustin Penner contract. I think the subject has been covered very well and is now over. So here are the final links.

Sportnet analysis plus interview video - Link
Analysis by Allan Muir from Sports Illustrated - Link
General RFA Analysis by Spector from Fox Sports - Link

All the Dustin Penner news and analysis links you could possilbly want and more!

Well it went as I expected. Burke was not willing to overpay for an unproven player. I liked Penner. When he was on he was a challenge to any team to stop. Now he needs to keep consistent now that he is going to facing the number 1 defensive pairings out in the league. I hope he does well. I hope Edmonton falls flat on its face so our picks are high (I know I am repeating my earlier post.) I think Edmonton did what it thought it needed to do to get better. I am not bitter, it was a legal offer and to good for a hockey player to pass up. I think Lowe is desperate, but hey if the situation was reversed I would be hoping and praying that Penner would be ready for the next step. Well enough of me, here are the links to the news and anlaysis. The news articles are similar, but each have a slightly different take.

Are you ready? I think this is the most links I ever had. Enjoy the reading.

News
Official Ducks Site (updated with video) - Link
Dustin Penner conference call - Link
TSN - Link
The Hockey News - Link
LA Times - Link
Sports Illustrated - Link
Globe and Mail - Link
OC Register - Link
CBC - Link

Analysis
James Mirtle - Link
AOL Fanhouse - Link
Hockeybuzz - Link Link Link and Link
Sporting News - Link
Canoe Sports (Leafs GM John Ferguson) - Link

That's it for one exciting day. Good luck Penner and Go Ducks!

Penner an Oiler

Good luck Dustin Penner. Thanks for helping the Anaheim Ducks win its first Stanley Cup. Enjoy the fine living and once again, good luck! You will need it. As for the Oilers, I hope you end up in last place so our draft picks are good.

Here are some quick links

Anaheim Ducks Official Site - Link
Kuklas Korner - Link
TSN - Link

Penner decsion day!

Well it is officially Penner decision day. Personally as much as I think penner was a good rookie, he is not worth over $4 million per year. Well it will be up to the Anaheim Ducks management to make the decision. Here are a couple of links on the Penner affair as well as a bit of news on Burke's schedule

The Sporting News - Link
A couple of articles by the Edmonton Journal - First Link, Second Link
Burke in Vancouver - Link

Saturday Links

Hello All,

Here are the links for the day. A few more on Penner and some on Burke. Finally we learn more about Ducks draft pick Logan MacMillan

Penner links.... Let me know if you are tired of these. I will hold off until we find out the final outcome.

Ducks Blog Analysis - Link
MVN - Link
Anaheimducks.info - Link
Doug Stolhand at Hockeybuzz - Link

Burke's day with the cup and other Cup adventures

The cup in Chilliwack - Link
More of teh cup visiting Chilliwack - Link
Just one more - Link

Logan MacMillan interview - Link

Dustin Penner, The night of the living links

Well the Dustin Penner story has gotten more interesting. Burkie had a teleconfernce (thanks Kuklas)today where he gave his more details about the Penner issue. This post will be exclusively aboutt Penner. If you are sick of the whole thing I will be posting all of the non Penner links shortly. So without further ado, here are the links:

Anaheim Ducks official transcript - Link
TSN has the audio - Link
OC Register - Link
TSN - Link
Sports Illustrated answers a few questions - Link
CBC - Link
FoxSports Analysis - Link
BOC Analysis - Link

Ducks Wire News Break

For all the latest on Penner, Burke just had a conference call on the topic. The troops at Kuklas Korner have the latest here - Link

Here is quick quote, but visit there for the rest. I will summarize after I get home from my day job.

Listening in on the Anaheim Ducks conference call live right now. GM Brian Burke has just stated, on the line from Penticton, BC, that

1. he will be consulting ownership on Sunday about what to do.
2. Kevin Lowe has made a “classless move, timing wise” doing this the weekend on the BC HOF announcements.
2. Burke has no problems with offer sheets, but that “for the second time this season, Edmonton has offered a grossly inflated offer sheet” on a player.

Morning News Links

Shockingly enough most of these links are about Penner. However I actually have on that is not. Here they are!

Penner

Analysis - Link
Brian Burkes relationship with Lowe - Link

The Stanley Cup pays a visit to a local pub with Chris Pronger. - Link

HHOF Friday update, Stanley visits Newell Brown, Sean Skahan and David McNab - Link

Going to sleep, one last post

The LA Times has their take on the latest on Dustin Penner - Link

The latest from the OC Register - Link

Good night!

Dustin Penner Links

Here are the links to news and analysis on Dustin Penner.

News

AP wire via ESPN - Link

OC Register - Link

TSN - Link

The Hockey News - Link

CBC - Link

Edmonton Journal - Link

Analysis

Mirtle - Link

MVN - Link

Lowetide - Link

Battle of California - Link

Dont forget to check mine out below.

Dustin Penner Analysis

Well you all should know by now that Dustin Penner has signed an offer sheet worth $21.25 million over 5 years with the Edmonton Oilers. This breaks down to $4.25 million per year. Penner is a restriced free agent so unless the Ducks match his offer he will packing his bags and heading home to the Great White North. Since Penner was earning $450,000 on his entry level contract this gives him quite a hefty raise. I think this is a good move for Penner. Here is why:

1. That's a hefty pay raise for a second year player. That is equivalent to Teemu's base salary before any bonuses.

2. At times Penner's playing has seemed unispired. Nothing like rabid Oilers fans to keep you motivated.

3. He is now a first liner. In a team where nobody who is left has scored more goals than he did this season, he is the proverbial big man.

4. The challenge. It's one thing to be a second liner on the team that was supposed to win the cup in the fist place, it is another to be on a team destined to be looking forward to the next draft.

5. Did I mention $4.25 million per year.

There are other good reasons and plenty of bad reasons. Here are some of the bad reasons:

1. He is signing on to a team that has only a longshot chance at winning the cup.

2. He has a much weaker team of supporting players.

3. He is still young and would have a great opportunity to learn some of the finer points of being a big man from Bertuzzi.

4. There is a reason so many players prefer to leave Edmonton. For some it is the weather, for others it is Craig MacTavish.

So the remaining questions at least for me are:

Will Burke match the offer?

Will Niedermyer let us know sooner if he is going to retire? This will free up a lot of cap space if he does.

If Scottie does not retire, who do we trade to get some cap space?

If Burke does sign him, what does this mean for Getzlaf and Perry when their contracts are up?

The Ducks will survive and still have the opportunity to win the Cup again. It will be more of a challenge but the other players will step up and fill that spot. Well the next post will be all the links you need to know everything about the Penner situation.

Monday Evening Links - No News

Hello All,

No news, however I did find some good videos on YouTube for your viewing pleasure:

Penner with the cup - Link

Skahan with the cup - Link

No News Evening, well one newsworth event

Dustin Penner and Aaron Rome got their day with the Cup. Read about it here - Link

Yup, that's it. I hope this weekend is more interesting than this evening.

Umm....Really Late Night Post.....

Hello All,

Well a case of insomnia has given me the opportunity to post one more time today.

Andy McDonald is taking the cup home to Hamilton - Link

The cup visits Christopher Kincaid's houese - Link

One more quick hit on Penner - Link

On another note, the Cup visited local newspapers today. I heard it was at the Riverside Press Enterprise and the OC Register.

Sigh, I STILL have not even seen the cup in person yet. Must place GPS tracking unit on any of the keepers of the cup........

Monday Evening News - Autograph Sessions

Summer Hockey News slowdown. Hey at least I have all of these cup appearances to write about!

Giguere, McDonald and Kunitz are set to make appearances promoting the sale of the championship DVD. Link

A nice write up on Penner - Link

"They came barging into my bedroom," he recalled. "They were yelling,
'Penner! Get up! Let's have some beer!!' "

Ducks Merchandise sales have skyrocketed. Although Buffalo did better. Sigh
lets go buy more stuff! - Link

Sunday News Roundup

Hello All! Yesterday was slow but this morning brings us some interesting articles on the Stanley Cup, Brian Burke and some thoughts by an OC Register columnist on the Bertuzzi signing.

Andy McDonald Stanley Cup Day Possibilities - Link

More on Penner visiting Winkler with the Cup - Link

Randy Youngman on the Bertuzzi Signing - Link

Mark Whicker on the Scottie and Burke - Link

Tales of the Cup

Hello All,

Here is the Saturday post. It has been a slow news day so all I have is some links to articles on the fun that the team members are having on their day with the cup.

Penner

Slam Sports - Link


Miller

CSTV - Link

Ryan

Stanley Cup Journal - Link

Evening News

Here is the latest news from the world of the Ducks:

Travis Moen Stepped Up For Stanley via NHLPA.com - Link

Edmonton Oilers fishing for RFAs... could this be the end for Penner? - Link

Have a great night!

Tales of the Cup

Penner is going home and Miller had his day:

Penner

Akron Beacon Journal - Link

Slam Sports - Link

Miller

The State News - Link

Mike Bolt - The Keeper of the Cup - Link