Best Free Agent Signings All Time

[Rafafouille]

Scott Niedermayer with Anaheim. Without him, i dont think the Ducks win the cup in 2007.

That isn't exactly a ground breaking opinion, Niedermayer won the Conn Smythe in 2007.

 

[Whaleafs]

Niedermayer to the Ducks

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[Plural]

Already bee said a few times, but signing Selanne for 1mil by Anaheim was pretty savvy move. Fun fact, he wanted to negotiate with the Kings and made a deal that they would call Selanne and his agent to set a time for contract negotiations but they never called. Lucky for Anaheim I guess.

 

[Evergreen]

Chara

 

[Plural]

That isn't exactly a ground breaking opinion, Niedermayer won the Conn Smythe in 2007.

Yeah, they don't win the Cup without him. Nieds/Pronger and the shutdown line were the heroes of those playoffs. Getzy kind of broke out those playoffs too. Selanne was marvelous through regular season and continued as the main focus offensive threat to open up space. Team effort through and through.

 

[Rorschach]

So we're talking about sign in a UFA away from another team and not re-signing your own UFA, right?

 

[Iceman]

Signing Martin St.Louis equaled a Hart Trophy, 2 Art Ross trophies and a franchise first Stanley Cup.

Chara is phenomenal too!

 

[Seanaconda]

With free agency coming up, I'm reminded that most guys who sign big time UFA deals end up being bad contracts for the team that signed them. So it got me thinking. Who are the best UFA signings of all time?

Being a Blackhawks fan, I'll start with Hossa. Who else would be in the conversation?

Pronger probably. He got traded but he took 3 teams to cup finals. So for edmonton for sure . Ducks was a trade idr if Philly was a trade or sign but edmonton was enough to put him on the list. Niedermayer going to win a cup with his brother is a good one too. Guy didn't even care about hockey anymore he probably would of retired even earlier if he didn't want to get his brother a cup



Hossa is a weird one because he managed to go cup hunting early and lose on opposite teams before he went to the Hawks. Probably the only guy to lose in the cup finals twice on two teams that played back to back years

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Pronger probably. He got traded but he took 3 teams to cup finals. So for edmonton for sure . Ducks was a trade idr if Philly was a trade or sign but edmonton was enough to put him on the list. Niedermayer going to win a cup with his brother is a good one too. Guy didn't even care about hockey anymore he probably would of retired even earlier if he didn't want to get his brother a cup



Hossa is a weird one because he managed to go cup hunting early and lose on opposite teams before he went to the Hawks. Probably the only guy to lose in the cup finals twice on two teams that played back to back years

Ducks traded for him, and eventually they traded him to philly for sbisa lol

 

[King In The North]

In the past decade I thought Rafalski was a great signing for the Red Wings.

 

[Caps8112]

Pronger probably. He got traded but he took 3 teams to cup finals. So for edmonton for sure . Ducks was a trade idr if Philly was a trade or sign but edmonton was enough to put him on the list. Niedermayer going to win a cup with his brother is a good one too. Guy didn't even care about hockey anymore he probably would of retired even earlier if he didn't want to get his brother a cup



Hossa is a weird one because he managed to go cup hunting early and lose on opposite teams before he went to the Hawks. Probably the only guy to lose in the cup finals twice on two teams that played back to back years

Think Joe Juneau pulled that off with the Caps and then the Sabres

* nevermind i see that you mean Pens/Wings back to back

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Pronger probably. He got traded but he took 3 teams to cup finals. So for edmonton for sure . Ducks was a trade idr if Philly was a trade or sign but edmonton was enough to put him on the list. Niedermayer going to win a cup with his brother is a good one too. Guy didn't even care about hockey anymore he probably would of retired even earlier if he didn't want to get his brother a cup



Hossa is a weird one because he managed to go cup hunting early and lose on opposite teams before he went to the Hawks. Probably the only guy to lose in the cup finals twice on two teams that played back to back years

Hossa to the Hawks is what I was referring to, not Pit/Det.