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August 2014
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A CAPITAL INVESTMENT
MATT NISKANEN LEFT THE FAMILIAR behind when he signed a free agent contract with the Washington Capitals. But there will be an old face greeting him upon arrival for training camp in September: former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Todd Reirden, who took the same position with the Caps in late June. That isn’t just any old face, though. Reirden helped Niskanen, 27, cash in on a thin free agent market for defensemen after a season in which Niskanen scored a career-high 10 goals, added 36 assists and produced the best all-around hockey of his career so far. That wasn’t the case when Niskanen arrived in Pittsburgh via trade from Dallas along with right winger James Neal in 2011. “My career was not in a good spot at that point,” Niskanen said.…
BUYING HOPE IN BUFFALO
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, there were some intense discussions around our office following a free agency feeding frenzy that lived up to the hype. Our staffers were dissecting the moves that were and weren’t made, the winners and losers, when someone floated the Buffalo Sabres. On July 1 they splurged, adding Josh Gorges (via trade), Brian Gionta, Matt Moulson, Andrej Meszaros and Cody McCormick. That’s nearly $19 million towards their cap this season dedicated to five new players. But money wasn’t the issue. The Sabres had oodles of cap space. The concern was whether they had done too much and had critically wounded their chances of landing the first overall pick in 2015, most likely Connor McDavid. It’s possible. The Sabres made some astute pickups that could help elevate them from basement…
THN INBOX
SUNNY SIDE UP Being a Kings fan since I was six, I’ve been through many years of disappointment, so it’s truly amazing to see what they’ve done recently. There were so many miserable seasons, but as bad as they were, I loved going to games with my dad and brother, sitting behind the great Rogie Vachon and watching my idol, Butch Goring. The Kings are the reason I’ve played all my life and Goring is the reason I’ve always worn No. 19. So a big thanks to the Kings for many, many memories. Sam Minster, Los Angeles LOVE OR HATE ONE OF OUR FEATURES/STORIES? LET US KNOW BY EMAILING US AT LETTERS@THEHOCKEYNEWS.COM NO NEED TO GUESS The “Guess Who!” in the June 23 edition? That is easy for me: the player is my father, Joe Malone.…
I WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE
JOE VICARIO LOVES WATCHING reality TV shows, particularly the long-running series Survivor. He knows a thing or two about survival. So much so, actually, that many of his friends on the Rochester Institute of Technology’s hockey teams will tell you Vicario could have written the show. Vicario was born five weeks premature Jan. 2, 1992, weighing just four pounds, 10 ounces. He was diagnosed with Golden-har Syndrome, a rare congenital defect that left him with no left ear, left lung or left thumb. His fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh vertebrae are all fused together, his left arm is shorter than his right, he has no left kidney and lives with a heart defect. He’s had more than 30 surgeries, most coming before he turned 13 years old. And those don’t even…
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