CLAUDE GIROUX RUMORS
Would You Pay Claude Giroux Over $7M A Year?
from Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Giroux's agent, Pat Brisson, did not respond to phone calls, but he must have smiled when Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin signed an eight-year deal Thursday for $76 million. The deal starts in 2014-15 and carries an average cap hit of $9.5 million.
Giroux doesn't yet have Malkin's pedigree - the Penguins' star...
Estimating the Derek Stepan contract using Claude Giroux’s current deal
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The Rangers have a lot of work to do this offseason. In addition to addressing the glaring holes in the lineup, they need to do everything they can to re-sign their core RFAs (Ryan McDonagh, Carl Hagelin, Derek Stepan). Of the three core RFAs, who are all about to receive their second NHL contracts, only Stepan is not eligible for arbitration. It’s unfortunate...
Video: Giroux Elbows Stepan in the Head
During the Rangers 4-2 loss to the Flyers on Tuesday night, Derek Stepan took a dirty, cowardly elbow to the head from Claude Giroux which went virtually unnoticed around the hockey world...
Pat Leonard at the Daily News describes the aftermath of the hit...
"Giroux's hit just inside the Philadelphia blue line, on the first shift of the third period, had Stepan...
Fraud Giroux, RIP to the former best player in the world for two weeks
So we went back and typed in " Claude Giroux, best player in the world," in Google:
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Oh there is more. From Crossing Broad last playoffs:
Peter Laviolette took the praise just a bit further. Emphasis ours.
"Not only leadership but his game tonight was monstrous, it really was," said the coach. "...
Awesome Drawing Of Flyers' Captain Claude Giroux
Well, this image pretty much speaks for itself.
Huge Flyers' fan Melissa Thompson (@melissalian) drew this amazing picture of the newly appointed Flyers' captain, Claude Giroux, and we were really fond of it.
Thompson has an account strictly for her artwork as well (@artbymelissaaa), where she also tweeted a picture that she drew of former Flyers' captain and two-time...
Report: Giroux to be Named Captain
According to a report from Flyers' beat writer Randy Miller, you can look for Claude Giroux to be named captain before the season opener. This is a move that was desired and expected by many Flyers fans.
The naming of Giroux has captain has not yet been made official by the team, but if true, you can expect to hear the announcement in the coming days.
With the lockout ending...
Giroux Leaves With Neck Injury
With the NHL lockout still going full speed, several NHL stars have headed overseas. One very important star, Philadelphia Flyer Claude Giroux. During Friday night's game, Claude Giroux had to leave the game with an apparent neck injury.
Giroux was taken out of the game due to a check to the head. He was sent to the hospital for an evaluation. Giroux said that the injury is...
Claude Giroux's suspension a blow to Flyers playoff hopes
There's never a good time for a headshot to happen on the ice, and there's never a good reason for it. The Philadelphia Flyers found that out the hard way as their top playoff scorer Claude Giroux has been suspended for an illegal hit to the head in last night's loss to the New Jersey Devils. His shoulder made contact with Danius Zubrus' head here on this hit:
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Flyers' Giroux to have disciplinary hearing over Zubrus hit
Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux is scheduled to have a disciplinary hearing on Monday with the NHL regarding his hit on New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus during Sunday night's game, a 4-2 Devils win. In the waning seconds of the second period, Giroux caught up to Zubrus after the Devils forward had sent the puck ahead, and drove his right shoulder up into Zubrus'...
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Flyers center messes with Penguins fans
Most of us have witnessed the highly competitive battle of Pennsylvania between the Flyers and Penguins in the first round of the NHL Playoffs. Both teams have been candid about their dislike for one another, including each others fanbases. In yesterday’s pre-game warm ups, Claude Giroux punk’d some Penguins fans by pretending to throw them a puck over the glass and then skating...
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