NHL Free Agent Game #5

[Devils Pride 26]

Brian Rolston for sale. Looking for a cheaper player. May come cheaper then you think.

 

[CaptPantalones]

- Josh Harding is ready to make his decision by tomorrow afternoon. Two teams have good offers on the table, he likes one offer more than the other and will take it if a better option is not presented.

- Dustin Boyd is a good young center who has received interest from only one team so far. While the offer is good, he would like more options.

- Gilbert Brule is looking for a fresh start with a new club. At only 22 years old, he is still very young and looking for a team that will give him the icetime he needs to show his talent.

- Benoit Pouliot is in the same boat as Brule, looking for a fresh start with a new club and a chance to prove himself.

- Marcel Goc is a very speedy, dependable two way player with some untapped offensive potential. The former 1st round pick is looking for a multi year offer.

- Rob Schremp is available and considering signing with a KHL team, where he feels he may be a better fit overseas. Hes played in over 200 AHL games and will only sign a one way contract with an NHL club who wants to give him a chance and believes in him.

- Brett Festerling is a 23 year old 6-1, 210 lb. two way defenseman with plenty of value to any NHL club.

- Jeff Woywitka is a 25 year old 6-2, 217 lb. former 1st round pick coming off a career season of 18 points in 65 games with limited icetime with St. Louis. Looking for a 2 year deal.

- Ole-Kristian Tollefsen is a 25 year old stay at home blueliner who is now healthy from having major knee problems last season.

***There are also tons of other RFAs who were never signed or qualified who are now UFA.

Carolina Hurricanes
Noah Babin
Mark Flood

Anaheim Ducks
Ryan Dingle
Brian Salcido
Petri Kontiola
Troy Bodie
Michal Birner
Brett Festerling
Chad Painchaud
Petteri Wirtanen

Calgary Flames
Dustin Boyd
Kris Chucko
Adam Cracknell
Curtis McElhinney
Aki Seitsonen

Chicago Blackhawks
Antti Niemi
Adam Pineault
James Sharrow
Tim Hambly
Pascal Pelletier

Colorado Avalanche
Cody McLeod *qualified, can receive offer sheet
Cody McCormick *qualified, can receive offer sheet
Jason Bacashihua
Tyler Weiman
Darcy Campbell

Columbus BlueJackets
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
Marc Methot
Jiri Novotny
Alexander Svitov
Michael Blunden
Alexandre Picard
Aaron Rome
Daniel Lacosta
Jonathan Sigalet
Jon Landry
Trevor Hendrikx
Petr Pohl
John Vigilante
Kyle Wharton

Edmonton Oilers
Rob Schremp
Sebastien Bisaillon
Gilbert Brule
Devan Dubnyk
Stephane Goulet
Colin Mcdonald
David Rohlfs
Mathieu Roy
Tyler Spurgeon
Ryan Stone
Bryan Young

Los Angeles Kings
Scott Parse
Vladimir Dravecky
Kevin Westgarth

Minnesota Wild
Josh Harding
Dan Fritsche
Benoit Pouliot
Peter Olvecky
Robert Earl
Danny Irmen
Clayton Stoner
Paul Albers
Riley Emmerson
Roman Voloshenko

Nashville Predators
Tim Ramholt
Ryan Maki

San Jose Sharks
Marcel Goc
Ashton Rome
Jonathan Boutin
Thomas Joseph Fox
Mike Morris

St. Louis Blues
Jonathan Filewich
Matt Foy
Danny Richmond
Marek Schwarz
Jeff Woywitka

Vancouver Canucks
Patrick Coulombe
Julien Ellis-Plante
Zach Fitzgerald
Shaun Heshka
Nathan McIver
Kyle Wellwood

I volunteer to represent some of those players if teams are interested in signing them

 

[habs4eva]

UFA Update:

Marc-Andre Bergeron: Signed with Columbus.
Erik Cole: Signed with Ottawa.
Martin Havlat: Signed with LA.
Ales Kotalik: No offers.
Alexei Kovalev: No offers.
Marty Reasoner: No offers.
Mathieu Schneider: Signed with Phoenix.
Jaroslav Spacek: Signed with Phoenix.
Steve Sullivan: 1 offer, waiting for more $.
Petr Sykora: No offers.
Jason Williams: Signed with Toronto.

Kovalev is disappointed with the lack of interest in his services, teams that need a scoring winger, come forward and make him an offer. Same for Kotalik, Sykora, Sullivan.

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Don't forget I am now representing Dominic Moore.

No offers yet, if you had sent one to PiTTisIT, sent it back to me although he should tell me if anyone sent a offer so far...

Moore had a great year, a very good 3rd line center who proved he could handle the 2nd line when called upon. A great face off guy and can anchor a PK and make a team harder to play against.

Looking for a long term deal at above average salary.

Manny Malhotra - Signed with Phoenix

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

Free Agency Makes Strange Bedfellows

The Buffalo Sabres have signed winger Chris Neil to a one year contract worth 1.75 million dollars. Although the organization and its fans have been "at odds" with Chris for the past three seasons, we felt that his veteran presence, physicality and toughness are welcome additions to the franchise. We especially liked his versatility and his ability to fit on almost every line. As for his on ice issues with Adam Mair, we discussed the signing with Mair and came to a consensus that it was best for the team. The two will not cause problems in the locker room. We also interviewed Chris personally during the negotiations and he is just as excited about this next step in his career as we are.

 

[Kessel>Seguin +]

Manny Legace has been signed to a one year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs worth 1.35million. This is a one way deal which Legace liked. He will come into camp as the backup but with Vesa Toskala coming off surgery Legace is here to push Toskala to be his best. Legace will be given 25-30 games this season unless Toskala struggles or Manny stands on his head.

Leafs are hoping Manny can also mentor young goalies like Pogge and Markstrom

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

A legend returns home!

Jermemy Roenick has returned to the Chicago Blackhawks signing a 1 yr / 800k to be our 4th line C. Hawks view his experience as good for our youth and we feel that he will go out holding Lord Stanley's cup. He also could see some time on PP and 3rd line.

With this signing Hawks feel we are set for 09-10 season!

Chicago Blackhawks

Patrick Sharp (3.9) - Johnathan Toews (2.8) -Patrick Kane (3.725)
Andrew Ladd (1.550) - Dave Bolland (2.0) - Chuck Kobasew (2.333)
Kris Versteeg (3.424) - Alexander Steen- (1.7) - Dustin Byfuglien (3.0)
Ben Eager (1.066) - Jeremy Roenick (.800) - Adam Burish (.713)
(Colin Fraser .750)

Keith Seabrook (3.5) - Duncan Keith (1.475)
Brian Campbell (7.140) - Niklas Hjalmarsson (.643)
Cam Barker (2.555) - Brent Sopel (2.333)
(Hendry .625)

Cristobal Huet (5.625)
Corey Crawford (.800)

CAP- Forwars = 27.761
Defense = 18.271
Goalies = 6.425
Total = 52.457

RFA's
C Dave Bolland - 2 yrs / 4 mil (2.0 a yr)
RW Troy Brouwer - 1 yr / .835
LW Ben Eager - 3 yrs/ 3.2 mil (900 , 1.1 , 1.2)
C Colin Fraser - 1 yr / 700k
LW Kris Versteeg - 4 yrs / 13.7 mil (3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.8)
C Jacob Dowell - Not Tendered
D Cam Barker - 2 yrs / 5.1 mil (2.55mil a yr)
G Antti Niemi - Not Tendered
G Corey Crawford - 2 yrs / 1.6mil (800k a yr)

Departing UFA's
RW Martin Havlat
C Sami Pahlsson
D Matt Walker
D Aaron Johnson

Trades/Draft/Signings

43rd Selection - D Brayden McNabb (Kootenay, WHL)
51st Selection - RW Alex Chiasson (Des Moines, USHL) Via trade
59th Selection - LW Taylor Beck - (Guelph , OHL)

To St Louis: C Akim Aliu and 89th Overall
To Chicago: C Alexander Steen

To Detroit: 28th overall pick
To Chicago: 30th overall pick, 91st overall pick

To Ottawa: 30th overall pick
To Chicago: 39th overall pick, 46th overall pick

To San Jose: 39th Overall and RW Troy Brouwer
To Chicago: 43rd Overall, D Jason Demers and San Jose's 3rd in 2010

To Boston: 46th Overall, 91st Overall and San Jose's 3rd in 201
To Chicago: RW/LW Chuck Kobasew

To Carolina: RW Jack Skille
To Chicago: RW Alex Chiasson ( Des Moines, USHL) (Carolina selected at 51st Overall)

Sign UFA C Jeremy Roenick to 1 yr / 800k deal

 

[Giguere27]

I will be out for the next hours.
Gaborik has made up his mind and will probably sign with an EC-team.Talk about money.
The race for Tanguay is close between 2 teams,one from the East and one from the West.Decision will be made tonight.
As for Beauchemin and Oduya,a decision is nearing,but the offers are really close.

 

[habs4eva]

The Montreal Canadiens have come to terms with 2 UFAs.

Derek Morris signs a 4 year deal worth $13M - $3.25M per season.

Veteran Goaltender Dwayne Roloson signs a 1 year deal worth $1.5M.

More news to come out of Montreal soon....stay tuned !!

 

[The Hockey Hitman]

sign four pack of UFAs
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forwards Brandon Segal and Mike Blunden, along with goaltender Devan Dubnyk and defenseman Jonathan Sigalet. All players signed two year, two way contracts.

"With the signing of these four players we continue to improve our depth throughout our entire organization. We're happy Brandon decided to re-sign with us as we think he has a future in the NHL. Mike is a big power forward that could still become an NHL player, with continual hard work and dedication, while Dubnyk is a former 1st round pick that will battle Riku Helenius for the top playing spot in Norfolk. Sigalet adds to our depth of defenseman in the AHL, with his signing it probably means someone is being bumped to the ECHL, which in turn would improve our depth there as well. "

 

[RR]

All but two of my Free Agents have signed. Still available:
Mike Comrie
Mats Sundin

SIGNINGS
Adrian Aucoin -- Signs a 2-year, $2M per deal with New Jersey.

Sergiy Federov -- Signed a 1-year, incentive-laden deal with Montreal. Base of $1M with $500k for 50 points and $500k for 20 goals, total $2M.

Ruslan Fedotenko -- Signs a 3-year, $2.25M per year deal with St. Louis.

Brian Gionta -- Signs a 3-year, $4.75M per year deal to play with his brother for the New York Rangers.

Mike Komisarek -- Signs a 6-year, $5M per year deal with the New York Islanders.

Ian Laperriere- Re-signs with Colorado, 1-year for $1.4M

Paul Mara -- Re-signs with the Rangers. Three years at $1.&%M per year.

Tomas Plihal -- Signs a 3-year, total $2.55M deal with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Jeremy Roenick -- Signs a 1-year, $800k deal to return to his original team, the Chicago Blackhawks.

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Kings sign former top 5 pick​

Los Angeles Kings have reach a contract agreement winger former high first round pick Benoit Pouliot. As club policy, the terms were not disclosed.

''We are happy to welcome Benoit in our ranks. He is a player we really liked bak in 2005 and we still see a good potential in him to become a solid contributor in the future. Benoit won't have a spot handle to him, but with hard work combine with his natural skill, he should be able to earn a roster spot and make our team a more competetive one.''

 

[The Hockey Hitman]

Wow, look what getting no goals and only 5 assists in 18 playoff games get you!

The Ottawa Senators are pleased to announce the signing of Erik Cole to a 3 year deal worth $4,350,000M/season with an NTC.

I'm really happy I signed Samuelsson for 2.75 million per season, that is an absolute steal IMO.

 

[Burlington Bomb 26]

Wow, look what getting no goals and only 5 assists in 18 playoff games get you!


I'm really happy I signed Samuelsson for 2.75 million per season, that is an absolute steal IMO.

I am also happy for signing Gionta at 4.75.

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Hurricanes sign star winger​

Carolina Hurricanes and winger Alex Tanguay have come to a contract agreement this Sunday afternoon. A 6 years deal worth 30mil$ (6, 6, 5.5, 4.5, 4, 4 - 5) that includes a NMC for the first 2 years, a NTC for years 3 and 4, limted NTC for year 5 (6 teams per conference he accept a trade to).

''We are very happy to add Alex's skill to our line up. we have alot of grit and high pace player and we felt we needed to add a high offence player and hope Alex will provide that playing along side Eric Staal.''

 

[Giguere27]

Most of my guys are already signed:

Tanguay:6 years deal worth 30mil$ (6, 6, 5.5, 4.5, 4, 4 - 5) that includes a NMC for the first 2 years, a NTC for years 3 and 4, limted NTC for year 5 (6 teams per conference he accept a trade to
Montador: 2 years, 1.7 million, 850,000/season
Morrison: 700k,1 year
Pyatt: 2 year deal worth 2.25 million per season
Grier: 2 years, $1.75M per ($250k for 60+ games played each season
Marchant: 3 years, $9.5M total deal (1-$3.5M, $3M, $3M) with a full NMC.

Still waiting for the teams to announce the signings of Seidernberg,Kopecky,Gaborik,Zanon and Beauchemin

Oduya will decide in 30 minutes

 

[LAKings88]

Nashville Resigns Sullivan

It took some time but Nashville will bring back Steve for another three years at 3.5 million a year. Welcome back Sully.

 

[IslesRock4]

Isles Flash the Cash

The New York Islanders brought out the cash this afternoon, signing Marian Gaborik and Francois Beauchemin.

Marian will earn $70M over the course of 8 years and will hold a NMC. The contract plays out like this: (10,10,10,10,9,9,6,6 - $8.75 cap hit)

Francois will earn $30M over 6 years.

"We know we likely overpaid, but Marian is one of the best offensive players in the game when healthy, and Francois is a top 3 defenseman will a cup under his belt."

 

[Kessel>Seguin +]

Toronto Maple Leafs

After losing out on a couple free agents the Toronto Maple Leafs are done for F.A 5. While we did not accompish all we set out to do we feel we adressed our main needs which was to replenish the prospect pool with high end talent. We feel we now have our franchise foward in Evander Kane who we drafted 4th overall and have a solid number three defensmen for years to come in John Moore who we drafted 14th overall. We also got the goalie of our futur by acquiring Jacob Markstrom from Florida.

The futur now looks a lot brighter for the Maple Leafs. Our line up going into next season looks like this.

Jason Blake Jason Williams Nicolia Klumiemn
Nicholas Hagman Rich Peverly Taylor Pyatt
Kyle Bozak John Mitchell Lee Stempniak
Eric Godard Christian Hannson Brad May

EX: Mayers, Newbury

Luke Schenn Pavel Kubina
Ian White JEff Finger
Mike Van Ryan Phil Oreskick
Anton Stralmen

Vesa Toskala
Manny Legace​

We will give Kane and Moore another year with their respive teams before having them make the jump into the NHL. We hope Kane can become a dominant first line center in this league for years to come, and we feel he has that ability because he goes to the dirty areas on the ice and will drive the net to score a goal which is where you need to be come playoff time. We did not find ourselves a number 2 defensmen for our futur to be on a shutdown line with Schenn with but we still have another year to find ourselves that guy. Moore will become our number 3 defensmen in the futur. We feel we just now need to let the talent of Kane, Moore, Schenn, Bozak, Markstrom have time to develop and believe they can be the core of our future.

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Hurricanes add young defenceman​

Hurricanes have come to a agreement with not qualified defenceman Marc Methot. A 2 years deal worth 1.8mil$ (900k per).

''Marc had a break out season last year and put up good numbers for a shut down type. We have good hopes his game will continue to get better and also adds a dimension we felt was lacking on the back end.''

 

[The Hockey Hitman]

Yeah I was right there with you on Gionta, we were only looking to sign a right winger for a two year deal and he wanted more years...also didn't help us that you signed his brother. In the end, we decided we liked Samuelsson more, not only because a much more cap friendly hit, but we liked his size and overall game better than Gionta's.

The Gaborik signing is for about what I expected he'd sign for, if he could stay healthy just picked up a franchise winger. I don't know whose going to play defense on that line with Tavares and Gaborik, but its still a solid signing.

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

After losing out on a couple free agents the Toronto Maple Leafs are done for F.A 5. While we did not accompish all we set out to do we feel we adressed our main needs which was to replenish the prospect pool with high end talent. We feel we now have our franchise foward in Evander Kane who we drafted 4th overall and have a solid number three defensmen for years to come in John Moore who we drafted 14th overall. We also got the goalie of our futur by acquiring Jacob Markstrom from Florida.

The futur now looks a lot brighter for the Maple Leafs. Our line up going into next season looks like this.

Jason Blake Jason Williams Nicolia Klumiemn
Nicholas Hagman Rich Peverly Taylor Pyatt
Kyle Bozak John Mitchell Lee Stempniak
Eric Godard Christian Hannson Brad May

EX: Mayers, Newbury

Luke Schenn Pavel Kubina
Ian White JEff Finger
Mike Van Ryan Phil Oreskick
Anton Stralmen

Vesa Toskala
Manny Legace​

We will give Kane and Moore another year with their respive teams before having them make the jump into the NHL. We hope Kane can become a dominant first line center in this league for years to come, and we feel he has that ability because he goes to the dirty areas on the ice and will drive the net to score a goal which is where you need to be come playoff time. We did not find ourselves a number 2 defensmen for our futur to be on a shutdown line with Schenn with but we still have another year to find ourselves that guy. Moore will become our number 3 defensmen in the futur. We feel we just now need to let the talent of Kane, Moore, Schenn, Bozak, Markstrom have time to develop and believe they can be the core of our future.

Just try to finish above 29th next season for me please

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Carolina Hurricanes are done and ready for the 2009-2010 season​

Alex Tanguay - Eric Staal - Tuomo Ruutu
Ray Whitney - Matt Cullen - Jack Skille
Sergei Samsonov - Rod Brind'Amour - Patrick Eaves
Tomas Plihal - Andrew Murray - Dustin Boyd/Scott Walker

Joni Pitkanen - Anton Babchuk
Tim Gleason - Joe Corvo
Marc Methot - Niklas Wallin/Frantisek Kaberle

Cam Ward
Micheal Leighton​

Payroll: 55.825mil$ (875k in space)

 

[Devils Pride 26]

The New Jersey Devils have re-signed Johnny Oduya to a 4 year, $3.4M per contract with a LNTC.

Still looking to move Rolston, he is dirt cheap right now.

 

[LAKings88]

Bump, for the sake of getting rid of that horrid Neil picture post.

look at that, it worked!