Hi everyone! Finally, after a month of sickness hell, everyone is feeling better at the Currier house. We’re all breathing clearly, noses stopped leaking, and coughing fits are now down to a minimum. To say the least, I have been more than happy to bid adios to February and greet March with a warm embrace. Now if only we can start the process of getting rid of all that cumbersome snow everywhere and everything will be alright.

This week, check out the brand new Hockey News articles posted about the Seals’ contract negotiations (or should I say lack of negotiations) near the end of the 1972-73 season. It must have been tough playing for the Seals during the Charlie Finley era. The team was a shambles, no one knew where the owner was at, and when he showed up it was to either gripe about how bad the team was, or to show off in front of his friends. Surprisingly, Finley actually spent some money in the off-season to keep the Seals’ best players around, so there would be no mass defections like there had been the year before, but there had definitely been concerns that whatever talent the Seals had was not going to be sticking around for long.

There is also a brand new induction to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame. This week’s card features Teemu Selanne and… Roy Firestone? And some of the worst fonts you ever did see. Yup.

So that’s that for this week. Keep coming back for more stats updates, articles, and other historical tidbits from everyone’s favorite defunct hockey team. Until next time, stay gold!