Results tagged “Jeff Solomon” from Inside the Kings
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I talked to Jeff Solomon, who handles contract stuff as the Kings' director of hockey operations, about the two major remaining restricted free agents, Patrick O'Sullivan and Jarret Stoll. Nothing groundbreaking, other than that the re-signing of Stoll, in Solomon's view, is much closer to becoming a reality. As for O'Sullivan, this will hardly qualify as breaking news, but the issue continues to be what Solomon calls ``comps,'' or comparable players. The key is finding where exactly O'Sullivan fits, in terms of other players' age, statistics and salary. There's really no way to gauge ``progress.'' Talks are ongoing.
I also asked Solomon about the potential of signing Doughty and Teubert soon, and whether Tampa Bay's signing of Stamkos creates any type of ``domino'' effect in terms of draft picks signing. Given the fairly restrictive nature of entry-level contracts, it's not so much of an issue. A player such as a Stamkos will automatically get the maximum in terms of salary and bonus money, and the players drafted below will fall in line. Solomon said he has already had talks with Doughty's agent and will soon begin talks with Teubert's agent.
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
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