Speculation: Off-Season 2013 - Part II

[LightningStrikes]

Flames sign Karri Ramo, 2 years, $2.75m per. WTF?!

 

[Mr Underhill]

I think Filppula is gonna be too expensive so I'm hoping for Grabovski TBH.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Wouldn't be surprised if we scored him for 4.5 maybe.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Bozak officially resigned by the Leafs.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

tb signs geoff walker. There's your center.

rw

 

[Steve Yzerman]

Bozak officially resigned by the Leafs.

They're still close, not officially re-signed.

EDIT: Now it's done.

 

[Felonious Python]

Bobby Mac says DET closing in on Weiss.

 

[2 Weekes Notice]

I'm on board with Flip if it's in the 4-4.5m per range, I think. Don't know how likely that is, though.

Bozak, on the other hand, can make whatever he wants in Toronto, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Mr Underhill]

Bobby Mac says DET closing in on Weiss.

All this talk about Toronto with $25mil to spend and they're not getting crap.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Filppula should be our guy, even when he isn't producing offensively we can count on him defensively.

 

[Steve Yzerman]

All this talk about Toronto with $25mil to spend and they're not getting crap.

They got Bozak and Clarkson. Also they don't have 25 million to spend on FA, they have RFA's to sign still.

 

[Felonious Python]

I haven't seen anything about Valteri Filppula, so I guess that's a good sign.

 

[2 Weekes Notice]

Toronto picked one heck of a year to blow their load on free agents. But hey, at least they got the (alleged) cream of this year's crop!

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

They got Bozak and Clarkson. Also they don't have 25 million to spend on FA, they have RFA's to sign still.

They also have to extend Kessel at some point.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Bozak and Clarksons deals are awful. Glad we're not involved in that nonsense.

 

[Yzlamic Preacher*]

Bozak and Clarksons deals are awful. Glad we're not involved in that nonsense.

Amen!

Filppula should be our guy, even when he isn't producing offensively we can count on him defensively.

This is why I want Flip. If Detroit signs Weiss then expect Flip to move. Stupid Blowzak might have just set the lowest Flip will sign for.

 

[2 Weekes Notice]

This is why I want Flip. If Detroit signs Weiss then expect Flip to move. Stupid Blowzak might have just set the lowest Flip will sign for.

If Flip signs in the Bozak range I'd consider that a big win (also it would make Toronto look sillier, never a bad thing).

 

[Maelmoor]

Ha ha, Clarkson at 7 years, $5.25M AAV is insane, I am just happy we are staying out of that madness (for now..)!

 

[Mr Underhill]

Who's left as possible suitors for Filppula other than us?

 

[Felonious Python]

Who's left as possible suitors for Filppula other than us?

Nashville and St. Louis at least.

edit: Cullen to NASH.

 

[MattM92]

The fact that everything is so quiet on the Flip front tells me that we have our hands on him. If there's one thing that is associated with Yzerman's administration, it's that everything is VERY tight-lipped.

 

[2 Weekes Notice]

Who's left as possible suitors for Filppula other than us?

Well we can do the math from Bobby Mac's speculation this morning:

C's incl Bozak, Ribeiro, Grabovski, Weiss, Roy, Filppula, Lapierre, Cullen, Gordon. Teams looking: CGY, DET, NSH, PHX, STL, TB, TOR, WSH etc

And subtract DET and NSH likely if Weiss and Cullen sign there as reported.

 

[Yzlamic Preacher*]

Nashville and St. Louis at least.

Doesn't St. Louis have bigger fish to fry with Pietrangelo? I hope SFY pulls out the special Detroit Red Wing handshake to Flip to get him to sign.

What's everyone's thought on Brunner? When he first signed with Detroit he said that it came down to us and Detroit and he went with the dynasty. He seems like he would either prosper here beyond expectations or fail so hard he would shake the arena.

 

[Felonious Python]

Weiss to DET. Confirmed. 5 years, $4.9M AAV.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Hopefully Yzerman's Detroit relationship will help us with Filppula.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Kicking tires on Grabo