Happy Canada Day, eh? Figured it was better to start a thread specific to the FA "frenzy" as opposed to having to parse the Rangers/Isles/other draft threads.
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He's the kind of player MTL will be interested in. Along with every washed up player who once scored 25 goals in their career.
Two firsts for Callahan? At his salary??? Fucking lunacy.
wow, he's 27... he looks 35
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Ribeiro re-signed with Nashville
Guess they're unconcerned how the legal issue with his alleged misconduct/inappropriate touching of the underage nanny will play out.
It's a civil case. I'd think if it were provable, there would be a criminal case, no? Not saying it didn't happen, just from what I read the circumstances seem sketchy.
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there's just not a good crop of dmen this UFA period.. supply & demand!
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And apparently SJ offered two firsts for Callahan...Ugh.
Two firsts for Callahan? At his salary??? Fucking lunacy.
I meant back when he was a Ranger. 2014 deadline.
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Damn, Kessel to PIT
wow, he's 27... he looks 35
His sister is hot though
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Damn, Kessel to PIT
wow, he's 27... he looks 35
It's because he's addicted to cheeseburgers and has a keg in his locker.
(Seriously, though.. he will score 40 with Crosby.. the Pens just got tougher)
The Metro is going to be a bitch next year. 5 very legitimate teams and only three doormats. (LOLDevils, LOLFlyers, LOLJints)
Makes Boychuk for 7/$42M look a lot better. Market rate for d-men is insane.
Kessel could be excellent either with Crosby or Malkin. But their bottom 6 is still a mess.
Very nice. Solid, not spectacular, back up. Cheap!!
But they're gonna give up 6.
Quite a game of Jenga they're playing. Maybe I'm stupid, but this trade doesn't scare me despite the fact that I'd have liked to see them pay more
Assuming they pick up Kessel's entire contract, they have 15 players signed with 3.5 million left on the cap. They are going to have get rid of players
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Ribeiro re-signed with Nashville
Guess they're unconcerned how the legal issue with his alleged misconduct/inappropriate touching of the underage nanny will play out.
It's a civil case. I'd think if it were provable, there would be a criminal case, no? Not saying it didn't happen, just from what I read the circumstances seem sketchy.
pj...Ribs says the case is "without merit" (of course he would!), and the Preds seem content to let the process play out. Sketchy or not, not sure if you ever saw the complete complaint. Sounds fairly tawdry to me. US District Court Complaint on Mike Ribiero - ( New Window )
So there's a criminal case too? This sounds terrible? I only knew of a civil case where the nanny is suing the Ribiero's and not being an expert figured a civil case with no criminal case is kind of sketchy. Though the detail in this document seems far worse than I was envisioning.
they don't, really
they have $69M committed to:
9 Forwards
6 Dmen
1 G
Ehrhoff/Martin are goners, leaving their defense pretty stagnant. Letang, Scuderi and Maatta, who is making peanuts.
after their top 6, they are weak in forwards and they have no backup G yet.
their top 2 lines certainly have scoring punch though. incredibly they have cap room and we don't!
1st round pick though. and Kessel is a loser.
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makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
Kessel trade could be bigger hearing Spaling involved and Pitt also gets Torontos 2nd round pick.
makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
That's a comparable deal relative to what others have gotten with Frolik's production.
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got 5 years @ $4.3??? yikes
makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
That's a comparable deal relative to what others have gotten with Frolik's production.
yes, he DID almost net 30 2 years ago..still.. 20 goal scorers are that much of a premium?
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Boomer Edison said that
Contract extension for Tanner Glass
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Rumor from an account that dumps every rumor out there that Sather might step down today.
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it will be a sad day for Boomer.. he said he's the best GM in NY... (even though JR has won two rings, he was 2nd to last)
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Rumor from an account that dumps every rumor out there that Sather might step down today.
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Pitt seems to always have cap room.
they don't, really
they have $69M committed to:
9 Forwards
6 Dmen
1 G
Ehrhoff/Martin are goners, leaving their defense pretty stagnant. Letang, Scuderi and Maatta, who is making peanuts.
after their top 6, they are weak in forwards and they have no backup G yet.
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got 5 years @ $4.3??? yikes
makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
That's a comparable deal relative to what others have gotten with Frolik's production.
yes, he DID almost net 30 2 years ago..still.. 20 goal scorers are that much of a premium?
The UFA market for good third liners like Frolik is ridiculous.
Soderberg just got five, IIRC, Pouliot last year got $5. I'm sure I can dig up a few more. I'm sure ex-Ranger Hagelin will get $4-5M.
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got 5 years @ $4.3??? yikes
makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
That's a comparable deal relative to what others have gotten with Frolik's production.
yes, he DID almost net 30 2 years ago..still.. 20 goal scorers are that much of a premium?
The UFA market for good third liners like Frolik is ridiculous.
Soderberg just got five, IIRC, Pouliot last year got $5. I'm sure I can dig up a few more. I'm sure ex-Ranger Hagelin will get $4-5M.
yep. Comeau got $2.4M/year for 3 years.. and he scored 16 because he got a lot of time with Crosby.
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got 5 years @ $4.3??? yikes
makes the Anders Lee signing look like a hometown discount.
That's a comparable deal relative to what others have gotten with Frolik's production.
yes, he DID almost net 30 2 years ago..still.. 20 goal scorers are that much of a premium?
The UFA market for good third liners like Frolik is ridiculous.
Soderberg just got five, IIRC, Pouliot last year got $5. I'm sure I can dig up a few more. I'm sure ex-Ranger Hagelin will get $4-5M.
I want Condra or Matthias
Stockpiling underwhelming characters.
it's not like they got anything back in return - a late 1st. big fuckin deal. that's not worth $2 million
Stockpiling underwhelming characters.
Interesting, not a whole lot of risk there and he could provide a lot of production for them.
Stockpiling underwhelming characters.
shocked he took that little..
probably was promised Crosby's wing which will inflate his stats and get him a big 2016 payday.
Stockpiling underwhelming characters.
How are they coming up with the money for him after taking on a lot of Kessel's contract? Even at league minimum I am not sure they can fill their roster and be under the cap. Maybe they will put Malkin on the block?