New Jersey in the summer time: going down the shore, temperatures that resemble FM radio stations, enough humidity to create clouds inside ice rinks. A perfect time to be thinking about hockey.
And why not? Gomez is signed, at least for a year. The EGG line of Elias, Gomez and Gionta [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2006
Thinking Cool
nj.com on Elias Signing
The Devils Due blog over on nj.com has a great discussion of Elias’ signing. Patrik’s willingness to pass up a richer offer from the Rangers, his team spirit, and his no-trade clause all scream “winner.”
The fans are happy, Lou is happy, the team is happy, and hopefully Patrik is happy enjoying some [...]
Patrik Elias, Still A Jersey Guy
There is much joy in Mudville, New Jersey today.
Patrik Elias, scorer, prankster, passer, Euro-cool and Jersey-slick, re-signed with the Devils. Elias re-upped for 7 more years, for a total of $42 million. Impressive on the surface as it’s the largest contract signed so far this year, but more impressive is what [...]
Elias Signs, Everybody Dances
Patrik Elias just demonstrated everything that I have wanted to ever teach about sportsmanship and loyalty. He signed with the Devils for $42M over 7 years, netting him a cool six million a year. While it’s a nice jump over where he is now, you have to frame it within two endpoints: [...]
Patrik Elias, Free Agent
Free agency season is here. With the salary cap in the NHL, teams are faced with paying their best players market value, limited by the other players who demand market value. In theory, this prevents the escalating salaries that got various teams into financial trouble in the past few years, but it has [...]
Long-Lived Architecture
I love it when live becomes somewhat self-referential, or when life imitates art that is imitating life. Yesterday morning I spoke at EUNIS 2006, an annual conference of European universities that looks at technology issues in education and research. The event was held at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
The [...]
