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| Mario 66 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 13:25:25
It is a bit premature and more of a diversion to limit the constant oiler / leafs better on paper banter that I am sure some are tired of beating their head against the wall about.
This years upcoming Free Agent Class includes the likes (pending signings in the coming months) Brad Richards, A semin, A Markov, Vokoun & Bryzgalov. Fairly thin class now that a lot of potential free agents signed extensions in the off season
You can take this thread two ways.
Which player you think is most likely to leave their current team & Why or which player has the most to offer in the coming years to either their current team or future suitors
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| The Duke |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 16:05:45
Not that i meant Erhoff was # 8 nuxfan...i don`t think kaberle is # 1 pairing but i just matched him with Lidstrom. |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 15:38:41
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D..B..i don`t think Slozo meant that the Cotes aren`t any good...if you were I.Bry...and felt you had a good shot at Detroit or Philly in the off season, what would you do ??
These days, its rare for a contender to have a lot of cap space as well, so you sacrifice salary for a shot. Teams like DET and PHI don't have room for a 5M goalie.
DET and PHI in particular also seem locked up for goalie positions right now too, with Howard and Bob. |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 13:34:54
D..B..i don`t think Slozo meant that the Cotes aren`t any good...if you were I.Bry...and felt you had a good shot at Detroit or Philly in the off season, what would you do ??
Not like he has been there for years and years, where loyality may come into play.
Another thing people don`t bring up very often when talking about where potential UFA`s would like to go.....these guys are mostly older and have families.
Would you like to up-root your kids, take them to a new school and away from their friends if you haven`t got to ?? Can you imagine the holy hell in your hosehold .
If not, the choice is to stay where you are if you can....or...leave your family where they are and rent yourself somewhere else for 6 - 9 months ( playoff pending ) of the year.
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| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 13:23:00
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Hows this team...not sure about
I think half of those will have resigned with their old teams. Also, did you really put Erhoff as a #8 dman on that team? Seriously? |
| Dastardly Bastard |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 12:52:28
quote:
Originally posted by slozo
I don't think the free agent class is very skimpy at all - lots of great players there.
But I think the free agent class could be a lot less impressive come July. Many of the bigger names will re-sign with their club for sure, and the trend has been to have less and less free agents of high quality available every year.
I think the best free agent still available has to be Bryzgalov, and who wouldn't want him on their team? Wonder what he'd go for though in today's market, and how wise he would be in not re-signing with Phoenix. Still, it's Phoenix - if I were Ilya, I'd want out of the desert for sure.
I predict he leaves, and gets paid well elsewhere. I think there are a lot of mid-range goalies that you can get for very cheap, but high-end / top goalies? Almost none available, and he'd get at least a few bidders I would imagine.
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
Phoenix isn't exactly a slouch of a team, 13th in the league and 6th in the west. I'd say they have just as good of a shot at the cup as Montreal or Philly did last year. |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 11:51:15
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Originally posted by slozo
...... top goalies? Almost none available, .......
Tomas Vokoun disagrees with you 
But his salary expectations might be even higher than Bryzgalov's i'm guessing? |
| n/a |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 11:28:32
I don't think the free agent class is very skimpy at all - lots of great players there.
But I think the free agent class could be a lot less impressive come July. Many of the bigger names will re-sign with their club for sure, and the trend has been to have less and less free agents of high quality available every year.
I think the best free agent still available has to be Bryzgalov, and who wouldn't want him on their team? Wonder what he'd go for though in today's market, and how wise he would be in not re-signing with Phoenix. Still, it's Phoenix - if I were Ilya, I'd want out of the desert for sure.
I predict he leaves, and gets paid well elsewhere. I think there are a lot of mid-range goalies that you can get for very cheap, but high-end / top goalies? Almost none available, and he'd get at least a few bidders I would imagine.
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug |
| Dastardly Bastard |
Posted - 01/31/2011 : 09:34:24
According to capgeek Vancouver will have 12 mill to play with this upcoming season.
Truth is I don't see Bieksa getting a raise even though he has had good season thus far, in fact (and I know this is unpopular to say but) he may even take a bit of a cut due to his past two season's performance. Ehrhoff will probably command around 4-4.5 million, Alberts 1.5-2 mil max, and I'd take the obvious bet of Salo retiring. So with Alberts (if they want to keep him) Ehrhoff & Bieksa signed at the max there would be three million left over to resign everyone else. |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 20:47:22
No UFA`s available ??
Hows this team...not sure about... Center..LW...RW...and didn`t look at the cap...just having some fun.
C.stillman.....B.Richards......V.Leino
Jussi.Jok.....S.Gagne.........M.Handzus
B.Laich.......A.Brunette.......T.Kopechy
M.Talbot.....R.Torres..........P.Duprus
N.Lidstrom........T.Kaberle
A.Markov..........Ed.Jovo
S.Hannon.........K.Bieska
C.Phillips.........C.Ehroff
I.Bryzgalov
T.Vokoun
not bad heh for a bunch of ( according to TSN ) weak UFA`s.
Who sez you can`t build through free agency....I know, theres a cap !! |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 15:16:32
Had a few minutes so i am going to list a few forwards that are available as UFA`s this off season.....a few that caught my eye.
B. Richards
S.gagne
J.arnott
T.connolly
M.habdzus
C.stillman
M.sturm
J.williams
A.frolov
M.hejduk.....still only 34...amazing
E.cole
T.fleishmann
A.brunette
S.upshall
B.laich
N.zherdev
Jussi.jokinen
C.larose
Pascal dupris
J.ruutu
C.glencross
T.kopecky
M.talbot
R.torres
V.leino
A.asham
a GM could put a dam good competitive forward team together with these guys....who sez you can`t build from this list, over half of these guys are still in their prime !!!
( being a leaf fan of course ) i would keep maybe 2 - 3 leaf forwards....if i could get my hands on these guys
this is only the available forwards that caught my eye, you should view the available defenseman....awesome players there |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 13:15:48
I just browsed through the UFA class quickly...some interesting players there for sure. |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 12:59:05
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While everyone is focusing on the Brad Richards and Andrei Markov's of the NHL, the Canucks have 3 of their top 6 defensemen as UFA's this season. Well, Salo really doesn't count, but they still have Erhoff, Bieksa, and Alberts as free agents this year. This is where a contract like Hamhuis's deal last year is dangerous. Hamhuis signed last year for $4.5 million a season. Both Erhoff and Bieksa have been more productive in virtually every area of the ice so what do you think they will be looking for in July???? The Canucks have only $12 million to sign 4 defensemen and 5 forwards next season (including Torres, Glass, and Tambellini who are all UFA's). Not saying it's impossible but one has to assume at least some of those guys are not coming back.
As Alex says.
There are a lot of possible options for the Canucks this year, and I don't think any of them are too unpalatable.
- Keep Bieksa and Erhoff, but move one of Raymond or Samuelsson, as well as let Salo expire, and move Ballard. If they Canucks resign Bieksa AND Erhoff, it will mean that Ballard cannot fill a top-4 spot, and he is too expensive to have as a 3rd pairing defenseman. Raymond could be moved, and be replaced by one of our prospects (Hodgson comes to mind) on an EL deal.
- Keep one of Bieksa or Erhoff (I think they'd go for Erhoff) using money from Salo expire and Bieksa expire - which likely leaves money left over. That provides a very solid top-4 dmen all signed at reasonable prices, with the next expiry being Edler in 3 years time. Fill in spaces with a mix of Alberts, Rome, rookies (Tanev, Sweatt, Connaughton all look good)
- Keep niether Bieksa or Erhoff, or Salo - free up 10M in money to sign or acquire another top-4 dman over the summer. I'm not sure if they'd go this route, it would only happen if Bieksa and Erhoff salary demands were completely unreasonable. But the Canucks seem to be a destination team for dmen, the good ones seem to like playing here, so I'm not particularly worried. The rumour Alex mentioned regarding Weber would be interesting, and would give the Canucks the best top-4 defense group in the league I think.
In my view, count on one of Bieksa and Erhoff being UFA on July 1, and they'll probably be in demand. The Canucks are unlikely to trade either one this year before the deadline, esp given the Edler situation. Unless we can trade for Weber this year - for that trade to happen, I would see one of Bieksa or Erhoff going the other way, as well as Raymond and/or prospects. That would be huge.
As for the forwards, I'm not worried. Torres, Glass, Tambellini are mostly disposable, and at least one will be gone next year. I think Tambellini has just been keeping a spot warm for Hodgson, they have to give him every opportunity to make the team next year. Glass will stay, and will be paid about the same, albeit maybe on a longer term deal. Torres, I don't care if he stays or goes (maybe he goes and we try to keep Tambo) - he's been good but not spectacular.
The one forward I do worry about is Hansen. He got an arbitration deal last year for 850K, and has been well worth it - he'll be due a raise next year, not a major one but for an up-against-the-cap team like the Canucks every half mil counts. If they can't agree to something reasonable, who knows. |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 11:25:24
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Originally posted by Beans15
..... the Canucks have 3 of their top 6 defensemen as UFA's this season. Well, Salo really doesn't count, but they still have Erhoff, Bieksa, and Alberts as free agents this year. This is where a contract like Hamhuis's deal last year is dangerous. Hamhuis signed last year for $4.5 million a season. Both Erhoff and Bieksa have been more productive in virtually every area of the ice so what do you think they will be looking for in July???? The Canucks have only $12 million to sign 4 defensemen and 5 forwards next season (including Torres, Glass, and Tambellini who are all UFA's). Not saying it's impossible but one has to assume at least some of those guys are not coming back.
The Canucks were/are expecting to lose at least one, and possibly two guys and have realized this all along. Of course, things can change such as the fact that Bieksa is not only still here, but he's also playing so well that they'd likely prefer to keep him now. Alberts has been a good fill in for us but is easily replacable. Whether or not they can find the cash to keep Salo, Ehrhoff AND Bieksa is up for debate. I say no, but it leaves them nice options. Trade Bieksa after the season, assuming he continues to play well, while his value is at an all time high. Let Salo walk, very much what i figure will happen only due to his injury proneness (is that a word? ), which likely requires Ballard to play the way he did in Florida.
Either way, they prob lose a guy or two, likely only one top 6 guy though. This team is too good right now to assume they'll deal one of these guys at the deadline, though if Edler was back, or they feel he will be, they could surprise everyone and deal a guy like Bieksa for a nice piece for the playoff run? I don't see it, but you never know.
Keep in mind, Gillis has been pretty shrewd at his signings and may be able to coerce one or two of these guys to stick around for a little less money?
Long shot outside prediction, and this would be big, would be Gillis somehow (and i emphasize "somehow") making an effort to get Shea Weber, who rumour has it, would like to play here (another BC boy). I believe he's and RFA after this season, so it wouldn't be easy to get him i suppose? |
| Beans15 |
Posted - 01/30/2011 : 11:04:55
My resolution for this week will to be to keep threads on topic. If anyone cares to discuss Colton Orr's ability(or lack there of) to prevent Leaf players from getting taken advantage of or if Kulemin deserved to get popped in the chips, take it to the respective threads those conversations belong in. This is about free agency.
Now, I think people are grossly undervaluing this seasons free agent class. Sure, there are a limited number of sexy players available, however the crop if deep. There are tons of 2nd line type players and more specifically some key defensemen that could move to other teams and dramatically change the complextion of a team.
Not only is free agency interesting for the players arriving on teams but it is also in interesting for players leaving teams. Consider the other bane to my existance, the Vancouver Canucks. While everyone is focusing on the Brad Richards and Andrei Markov's of the NHL, the Canucks have 3 of their top 6 defensemen as UFA's this season. Well, Salo really doesn't count, but they still have Erhoff, Bieksa, and Alberts as free agents this year. This is where a contract like Hamhuis's deal last year is dangerous. Hamhuis signed last year for $4.5 million a season. Both Erhoff and Bieksa have been more productive in virtually every area of the ice so what do you think they will be looking for in July???? The Canucks have only $12 million to sign 4 defensemen and 5 forwards next season (including Torres, Glass, and Tambellini who are all UFA's). Not saying it's impossible but one has to assume at least some of those guys are not coming back.
I think there will be a lot of shorter term deals signed this off season. Going into a CBA year, no GM can predict what the Cap will look like and what other changes will come to the CBA. Until they understand that, they will not be spending boatl-oads of cash. |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 01/29/2011 : 23:35:40
Duke, you're missing my point, and like Ryan, i like Orr as an enforcer. If you have to have one, he's not a bad one to have.
However, and don't ask me for specific examples as i don't watch much of the Leafs, i find it VERY hard to believe that "nothing" like the Kulemin incident has happened since his arrival. Maybe there's not been a blatant "sucker punch" but if you're talking about one's like Bertuzzi's, the one on Beukaboom that was discussed recently or Jody Shelley's to Alberts, these are few and far between in the game today. I can't say whether a "top player" has been picked on either but i also don't believe that "there wasn`t a game i watched where some leaf player wasn`t picked on before Orr`s arrival".
Seriously, you like the guy, great. You'd be better off just saying you think he's a great enforcer and has had some influence on the way other Leafs are treated. Don't try to convince me that a spur of the moment fight, with a one punch ko, wouldn't have happened if he were dressed. Sorry, but IMO, that's a ridiculous thought........ |
| ryan93 |
Posted - 01/29/2011 : 19:04:24
While i agree with Alex, i don't buy into the arguement that an incident such as Gleason/Kulemin's last week wouldn't of happened had Orr been sitting on the bench.
However, as enforcers go, i like Orr. If it was up to me he'd still be wearing a Rangers jersey & the whole Donald Brashear experiment last year never would of happened, and Boogaard most certainly wouldn't of got that crazy 4 year deal. Although give me a guy like Brandon Prust over all of the above any day, not only will Prust drop the gloves any given night, the guy can also play & chip in with some offense. |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/29/2011 : 18:03:38
Alex the answer to your question ....has anything ever happened to a leaf player with Orr in the line-up ?
Just ordinary srums, yes, all the time thats hockey...you can`t stop that stuff.
Sucker punches ? top players picked on ?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.....never with Orr in the line-up...i`ve NEVER seen it since he came there.
Before Orr came to the leafs...YES this stuff was an every game occurance...there wasn`t a game i watched where some leaf player wasn`t picked on before Orr`s arrival....no-one stood up for each other....the teams toughness was a TOTAL EMBARASSMENT. |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 01/29/2011 : 16:16:28
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Originally posted by The Duke
Bet you Gleason would have NEVER gave that punch to Kuleimen if Orr was in the line-up that game...NO WAY....cause he would have known his face would have been bashed in later.
Duke, that's ridiculous. Has NOTHING ever happened to a Leaf player (physically) when Orr is in the lineup? Guys engage in those sorts of scrums all the time and the odd time like that one, it ends up in a fight. Pity Kulemin wasn't ready and was waaaay overmatched! Orr would have changed that? Ffffffffff....... Not likely.  |
| The Duke |
Posted - 01/29/2011 : 11:10:59
Mario, the leafs maybe should have offered Orr a .....600,000 - 700,000 dollar contract, BUT
i see a lot of people bashing Orr and what he brings to the leafs.....before Orr other teams were making punching bags of the leaf players, ask Jason Blake. Leaf players were receiving so many face washes they didn`t need to shave ..they were humiliated every game physically... Orr changed ALL THIS with his presence and i`m sure the players are glad enough he is there.
Bet you Gleason would have NEVER gave that punch to Kuleimen if Orr was in the line-up that game...NO WAY....cause he would have known his face would have been bashed in later. |
| Pasty7 |
Posted - 01/28/2011 : 03:51:17
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Originally posted by ryan93
Pasty...i noticed you didn't include Andrei Markov. Do you think he'll resign with the Habs?
Colton Orr at $1 million per is a lot better than the 4 year deal the Rangers signed Derek Boogaard last summer...at $1.65 million per!!! He's hurt now, but even before the injury he was nothing more than a spare part for the Rangers.
Markov is awsome don't get me wrong but i would rather Winewski at 4 to 4.5 million than Markov ,, mostly because of the injury factor but a lot because Winewski is a poor man's markov but i would rather save the cap hit the Habs would have enough offense coming from the blueline with Subban in his second year Winewski is a top 20 point producer amon defenders Spacek and Hammirlik can both play some PP time aswell... i just see no need to drop 5 + million into Markov and thats not even considering his health these past 2 season,...
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| Pasty7 |
Posted - 01/28/2011 : 02:18:12
Take Alex Semin off this list he just re upped 1 year 6.7 million with the caps, the kid wants to win, obviously he knows the caps can't give him a long term deal like Backstrom and Ovie's in the cap world, so similar to Hossa few years back takes a 1 year deal hopeing for a cup i would guess
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| Alex116 |
Posted - 01/27/2011 : 13:14:51
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Originally posted by nuxfan
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I know this is completely off topic but i am browsing through cap geek now and wondering how Horcoff is worth 5.5 mill a yr? Oilers fans your thoughts on this contract
Don't get Beans all worked up...
Mario, this has been discussed, obviously before your time, on many occasions! In Edm's defense, he's a lot better player than he gets credit for to begin with and was coming off a career year when signed. As Beans would admit to, "overpaid? YES, Drastically / ridiculously overpaid, NO".
Something like that anyway....  |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 23:02:18
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I know this is completely off topic but i am browsing through cap geek now and wondering how Horcoff is worth 5.5 mill a yr? Oilers fans your thoughts on this contract
Don't get Beans all worked up... |
| ryan93 |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 18:40:33
Pasty...i noticed you didn't include Andrei Markov. Do you think he'll resign with the Habs?
Colton Orr at $1 million per is a lot better than the 4 year deal the Rangers signed Derek Boogaard last summer...at $1.65 million per!!! He's hurt now, but even before the injury he was nothing more than a spare part for the Rangers. |
| Mario 66 |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 18:24:37
I know this is completely off topic but i am browsing through cap geek now and wondering how Horcoff is worth 5.5 mill a yr? Oilers fans your thoughts on this contract
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| Mario 66 |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 18:13:36
Duke if you go back on Capgeek and click on the oilers it will show you exactly what each player makes. Colton Orr earns a million bucks a year FML anybody care to explain that one? LOL
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| Pasty7 |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 17:50:20
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Originally posted by The Duke
Looking at the cap space available on capgeek for next season. link inserted by nuxfan ( thanks )
Oh my god, poor Calgary, what a mess D. Sutter has made there...un - believable !!! Numbers compariable to Phi. and Pitt, and no such results.
The flames only have approx. 3 million available for next season....what a mess.
The leafs have over 23 million available next season, thats good, If they can move Komo and Beauch.....31 million available, interesting.
Beans the Oilers only have 17 million available next season with those Entry Level contracts in place ? Whats going on there ? who is making all the bucks ?
I am duely impressed with the Habs 25 million in capspace, sure we have a lot of d men to sign but Winewski i would love to re-sign 4 million over 5 years something like that, Gorges aswell, in the 2million 4 year range aswell. Hammirlik at the right price 1 or 2 years no more than 2.5million, Gill the same deal as Hammirlik. other than these moves the habs do not have any major money to throw around to complete their roster. This leaves them with a good 7 to 8 million depending on these contracts lying around and they have the same team as this year!
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| The Duke |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 17:37:48
Looking at the cap space available on capgeek for next season. link inserted by nuxfan ( thanks )
Oh my god, poor Calgary, what a mess D. Sutter has made there...un - believable !!! Numbers compariable to Phi. and Pitt, and no such results.
The flames only have approx. 3 million available for next season....what a mess.
The leafs have over 23 million available next season, thats good, If they can move Komo and Beauch.....31 million available, interesting.
Beans the Oilers only have 17 million available next season with those Entry Level contracts in place ? Whats going on there ? who is making all the bucks ? |
| T-RAV |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 04:16:18
Richards will stay in Dallas. they still have $7.45M cap space for this yr. according to Nhlnumbers.com and nearly $19M available for next yr. according to Capgeek.com(if I'm reading it correctly). As for Semin, it will be interesting to see where goes, if Washington doesn't resign him. |
| ToXXiK1 |
Posted - 01/26/2011 : 02:13:38
Both Chara and Bergeron signed up earlier this season, back in October 2010.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=540081
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| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 16:53:25
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semin is on the hunt for the large dollar, he'll go any where.
...anywhere willing to pay him the large dollar that is. An interesting list from capgeek, this is the projected current cap spaces for the NHL for the 2011/12 season, given current signings:
http://capgeek.com/charts_index.php?charts_year=2011
There are a few teams that could take on 6M+ for Semin next year, but I would wonder a) how many of those teams he wants to play for and b) how many teams will shell out that much money for him. He's nearly PPG over his career, but anyone that follows him knows that hes a streaky scorer, and oft injured.
WSH is one of those teams that theoretically could afford him, so perhaps he'll stay there. |
| foolpittier |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 16:13:59
semin is on the hunt for the large dollar, he'll go any where. |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 16:10:11
Good catch, some interesting names further down the list. Howard is in his second year as the DET starting goalie. He is actually in his 6th year under contract with DET (second of two 3-year 2-way deals), hence the UFA status. He would be another notable name, and I would be shocked to see him leave DET or DET to let him go with no compensation. |
| ryan93 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 14:49:04
Yeah i remember now Zdeno Chara resigning...i'm sure i read where St.Louis did as well, but i don't recall.
While this years class may be void of the top end talent in the 30 or under range, there are still lots of solid veterans available. I was surprised to see Jimmy Howard a UFA already since he's in just his 2nd year. |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 14:30:05
Some corrections to the list:
- Marty St. Louis already resigned with TB, 6yr/31M last year.
- Chara resigned with BOS last year, 7yr/45.5M
Other than Richards and Semin next year, the UFA pool looks pretty thin compared to years past.
Some notables and their movement:
- I also don't think that Richards will leave DAL unless he really wants out - given the success the team is having this year (and that he is a huge part of it), something tells me that they'll find a way to keep him - even if it means offloading Ribeiro to make room
- Semin may leave WSH - but I think its going to be another awkward Kovy-type signing. He'll want more than 6M per year that he's getting now, but teams will not be lining up to pay a talented-but-inconsistent forward that kind of money.
- Vokoun will almost certainly leave FLA, and there may be a few bidders for his services.
- Gagne will certainly leave TB, but that will be as much about TB not wanting to resign him.
- Bryzgalov will probably stay in PHX, it'll be interesting to see what he signs for though. I'm guessing a cap hit of 5.5M. If he doesn't stay there, watch for COL to make a run at him and end the Anderson experiment.
- Kaberle will almost certainly leave TOR. Will be lots of suitors and lots of money
- I think Bieksa will leave VAN, simply because they won't have the cap space to resign him. He'll be due a raise next year. VAN will do what they can to resign Erhoff
Amongst the interesting UFA's is Connolly - a young and talented centre that is injury prone, currently earning 4.5M. Will someone take a chance on him?
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| ryan93 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 14:20:07
Here's a list of the pending UFA's...
http://www.capgeek.com/free_agents.php |
| ryan93 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 14:12:45
Of the aforementioned players, i think you'll see both Brad Richards & Martin St.Louis resign with their current clubs. It wouldn't surprise me to see both Zdeno Chara & Andrei Markov stay put as well. Last i heard Florida said they were interested in starting negotiations with Vokoun on an extension, but i wouldn't be surprised ot see him test the market. Jacob Markstrom is the future in Florida & he made his NHL debute a couple of nights ago in NJ. While it may be in their best interest to try get Vokoun to sign a 2ish year deal until Markstrom is ready to take over the reigns, who knows what'll happen. |
| Mario 66 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 13:51:50
Patsy you are correct on all three all signed for the next 4 - 7yr mark. Guess the site i pulled info off of has not updated info in a while my apologies
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| Pasty7 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 13:51:33
quote:
Originally posted by Mario 66
Patsy you are indeed correct Koivu signed a 7 yr contract this past off season but i believe Marleau & Thorton signed contracts a couple of yrs ago for two & three yr extensions that are up this yr.
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Marleau was a UFA last year and signed for 5 years at 6.9 million i think and Thornton was due to be a UFA this year but it seems to me he extended this year....
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| Mario 66 |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 13:47:35
Patsy you are indeed correct Koivu signed a 7 yr contract this past off season but i believe Marleau & Thorton signed contracts a couple of yrs ago for two & three yr extensions that are up this yr.
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