NHL Free Agency Thread

[brikis98]

NJ Devils picked up three D-men: Brian Rafalski, Vladimir Malakhov, and Dan McGillis.

Damn it bruins, get some before they're all gone!

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: brikis98
NJ Devils picked up three D-men: Brian Rafalski, Vladimir Malakhov, and Dan McGillis.

Damn it bruins, get some before they're all gone!

My thoughts exactly...

Although Moran is healthy now, and he did well before he got hurt.


Is there a list somewhere of everyone that's available?

 

[brikis98]

nhl.com had a list of free agents... look around for it.

 

[Insane3D]

Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

It's part of the MSN network, what do you expect?

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

No up to date........ but it shows all restricted and unrestricted free agents

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
the free agent list
OTTAWA:

Ray Emery, Mike Fisher, Martin Havlat, Andrew Hedlund, Marian Hossa, Chris Kelly, Brian McGratton, Chris Neil, Christoph Schubert, Jason Spezza, Antoine Vermette, Anton Volchenkov.

man, they have some key players on that list. Havlat and Hossa in particular have been there forever. I'm not a huge Ottawa fan, but they've been pretty exciting to watch in the past, and good Toronto fodder in the playoffs.

Here's the list for you. I just quouted my previous post.

EDIT: Damn you Aquaman. I've been foiled while trying to find my prior post...

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Insane3D
Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

It's part of the MSN network, what do you expect?

Man, TSN is so much better. I need to move to Canada...lol.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: Insane3D

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Insane3D
Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

It's part of the MSN network, what do you expect?

Man, TSN is so much better. I need to move to Canada...lol.

Immigration Interview:

Q1. Do you know how to drive a tank?

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: Insane3D

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Insane3D
Can't find anything on there...and god that site sucks...

It's part of the MSN network, what do you expect?

Man, TSN is so much better. I need to move to Canada...lol.

Immigration Interview:

Q1. Do you know how to drive a tank?

Cheers,
Aquaman

My drivers ed teacher was a former tank driver in the Cdn army. he was nuts.

 

[brikis98]

chelios resigns with detroit for 1 year

 

[Aquaman]

OMG ......... Right Winger/Goalie AQUAMAN has been awarded a 10 year 30 billion rupee contract for the new ATOT Hockey Team :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

ATOT Hockey Leauge

in other news RH71 was sent to the minors at ATP&N

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
ATOT Hockey Leauge

in other news RH71 was sent to the minors at ATP&N

Cheers,
Aquaman

you can't stop me... you can only hope to contain me.

 

[Aquaman]

Surprising amount of long-term NHL deals

Associated Press
8/4/2005 5:30:59 PM

At last weekend's NHL draft, GMs seemed to think the long-term deal would be a thing of the past because of the need to avoid taking up valuable salary cap space years in advance.

Think again. A high number of big-name players got lengthy contracts once free agency opened this week.

"What I didn't expect was so many long-term deals," New Jersey Devils CEO and GM Lou Lamoriello said Thursday on a conference call. "You have to do today and prepare for tomorrow. We don't know where the cap will be next year or the year after.

"Once you get into three-, four- and five-year contracts, you're putting yourself into a bind."

Lamoriello has bucked the trend, limiting Brian Rafalski, Vladimir Malakhov and Dan McGillis to two-year deals Thursday. And Peter Forsberg settled for two in Philadelphia and Brian Leetch only one in Boston, although that was because neither expects to play past those contracts.

But most of the big names demanded long-term deals:

Sergei Gonchar, Mike Rathje, Mike Modano and Chris Pronger got five-year contracts.

Four-year deals went to Scott Niedermayer, Glen Murray, Dave Scatchard, Alexei Kovalev, Mathieu Dandenault, Derian Hatcher, Alexei Zhitnik and Adrian Aucoin.

Adam Foote, Jarome Iginla, Markus Naslund and a slew of others got three-year deals.

Blue Jackets GM Doug MacLean, who signed Foote, acknowledges doing long-term deals has its risks.

"Every deal I do I've got my financial guy sitting with me on every move, because the impact of long-term deals can be dramatic for your franchise," MacLean said.

Bruins GM Mike O'Connell agrees it's a risk, but says the market dictated what happened. Especially in his case, since he entered the week with only five players under contract and needed to be aggressive. He signed off on a pair of four-year deals (Murray and Scatchard) and one three-year commitment (Alexei Zhamnov).

"We are very concerned about that (cap space) going forward but I had no options," O'Connell said. "I had to sign guys."

With salaries being limited by a salary cap, no player can earn more than $7.8 million this year. That number will likely drop next summer because revenues are expected to be reduced, so length of contract has become a major issue.

IMG agent J.P. Barry got long-term deals for clients like Daniel Alfredsson, Sergei Fedorov, Mats Sundin and Jaromir Jagr well before the lockout.

"When it became clear a few years ago that the overall reported league revenue growth numbers were levelling off, it made sense that we could be more comfortable with doing a term deal," he said. "Of course the player had to be comfortable with the team environment but once that issue was satisfied, term deals were as major an issue as the compensation."

Barry believes that's only going to become more paramount moving forward.

"I think many clubs believe it is critical to have their core players under contract so that they can plan the rest of their team around them going forward. How can you have a long-term plan if you don't at least have a semblance of your core? Increased player mobility in this new CBA has probably accelerated this trend so I think the issue of term will continue to be a key theme."

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Domi is a Leaf again.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Domi is a Leaf again.

Cheers,
Aquaman

FVCK!!! Sorry but I hate leafs.

Big Hab Fan!

 

[MegaWorks]

I heard that word are spreading among players to sidestep Toronto, guess who's to blame that moron Ferguson. After Roberts and Nieuwendyk left Toronto, Ferguson didn?t bother to give them a better contracts than Florida.

Anyway its good news for us Habs fans.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
I heard that word are spreading among players to sidestep Toronto, guess who's to blame that moron Ferguson. After Roberts and Nieuwendyk left Toronto, Ferguson didn?t bother to give them a better contracts than Florida.

Anyway its good news for us Habs fans.

Steve Simmons don't know what the hell he's talking about. I can't believe TSN hired that nut case (he really is a nut case).

 

[BigToque]

Fsck NJ should never have let Niedermayer go! He is BY FAR the best D in the league.

Rafalski is WAY too young to carry this team and Stevens is getting a little too old to do it all by himself.

 

[Aquaman]

Thursday Transactions

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim - Signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Scott Niedermayer. Re-signed restricted free agent forward Rob Niedermayer.

Boston Bruins - Signed unrestricted free agent forward Alexei Zhamnov.

Buffalo Sabres - Signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Teppo Numminen. Signed restricted free agent forward Taylor Pyatt.

Calgary Flames - Re-signed restricted free agent forward Daymond Langkow.

Carolina Hurricanes - Signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Oleg Tverdovsky.

Chicago Blackhawks - Signed unrestricted free agent forward Martin Lapointe. Signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Jaroslav Spacek.

Columbus Blue Jackets - Signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Martin Prusek.

Detroit Red Wings - Re-signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Chris Chelios and forward Johan Franzen.

Los Angeles Kings - Acquired forward Jeremy Roenick and a third round pick from the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations.

Minnesota Wild - Signed unrestricted free agents defencemen Scott Ferguson and Kurtis Foster.

Nashville Predators - Signed unrestricted free agents defencemen defencemen Mark Eaton and Sheldon Brookbank.

New Jersey Devils - Signed unrestricted free agent defencemen Brian Rafalski, Dan McGillis and Vladimir Malakhov.

New York Rangers - Signed unrestricted free agent forwards Jason Ward and Ville Nieminen.

Pittsburgh Penguins - Signed unrestricted free agent forward Andre Roy.

Toronto Maple Leafs - Signed unrestricted free agent forward Tie Domi to two-year deal.

Washington Capitals - Acquired right wing Chris Clark from the Calgary Flames for a conditional draft pick.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[rh71]

Damn the B's got Zhamnov too now ? I see a couple teams going for it all this year...

We need one of those additions & subtractions for team rosters right about now...

 

[meltdown75]

Some headlines from tsn.ca...

Morrison signs 3-year deal with Canucks

Oilers allegedly interested in free agent Paul Kariya

Pittsburgh about to decide on signing Cujo?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Pittsburgh about to decide on signing Cujo?

they must've really sold a lot of season tickets. Forget the fannies in the seats... Crosby is bringing in all these high-priced players by name alone...

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Pittsburgh about to decide on signing Cujo?

they must've really sold a lot of season tickets. Forget the fannies in the seats... Crosby is bringing in all these high-priced players by name alone...

well, i wanna watch the kid play. i'm sure everyone else does too. if he's half as good as they say, he'll fill the seats in pittsburg and rake in the money