Posted: 2008-07-01 11:21am
by Burak Gazan
Free Agent Frenzy Tracker
Well, July 1 is here (Btw, Happy Canada Day all, in case that slips TSN's mind
) and the frenzy looks , well, pretty dead yet. Tampa certainly has been making some moves, but nothing really stands out -- a lot of re-signings mind you but none of the big anticipated moves has happened yet.
What was it Mackenzie said last night? Something about the day where GMs blow their brains out on deals that are somewhat, er , questionable?
Should be interesting, if anything big actually goes down. I'll be surprised though if Sundin is one of the names today.
1800 update: well now the action picking up
Tucker, Raycroft both being signed by teams, and the Leafs pick up Cujo for a 1 year deal; remember GMs and that more money than sense thing?
56.8 million to Brian Campbell to play in Chicago for 8 years
And, apparently Vancouver offered Sundin 20 million for 2 years....
Posted: 2008-07-03 04:30pm
by Darth Fanboy
And is he wrong? I think salaries were going to start to rise again but Loweball sure hastened it. Penner's increased salary cost the Ducks inflated the price tags for Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry by at least $1 million, and now that's $2 million per year for the next five years the Ducks will have to spend instead of being able to work on further roster improvements.
The exodus out of Pittsburgh is mind boggling to me. Gary Roberts, Adam Hall, and Ryan Malone have all signed with Tampa, Jarkko Ruutu is a Senator, Ty Conklin and Marian Hossa went to the Red Wings, and now I read George Laraque is going to Montreal. Malkin, Brooks Orpik, and Fluery were re-signed and the Pens have picked up Ruslan Fedotenko and Miroslav Satan to fill in some of their gaps.
Sean Avery is in Dallas. Fuck him, at least this means that he has to play in the Western Conference again, and there's more of a chance that he'll be beaten up.
Chicago might actually be trying to win, as evidenced by their signing of Brian Campbell.
Watch for the Ducks to try and move Mathieu Schnieder as the demand for defensemen increases. A move could happen soon if Teemu Selanne decides to return.
Posted: 2008-07-03 07:29pm
by Darth Fanboy
Because It's been such a busy freaking free agent market, here's a team by team breakdown current as of this post.
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ANAHEIM DUCKS:
-Re-signed Corey Perry, 5 yrs, $26.625 million
ATLANTA THRASHERS:
-Signed Ron Hainsey, 5 yrs, $22.5 million
BOSTON BRUINS:
-Signed Petteri Nokelainen, 2 yrs, $1.7million
-Signed Michael Ryder, 3 yrs, $12 million
-Signed Blake Wheeler, Entry Level Contract
BUFFALO SABRES:
-Signed Patrick Lalime, 2 yrs, $2 million
-Re-signed Paul Gaustad, 4 yrs, $9.2 million
CALGARY FLAMES:
-Re-signed Daymond Langkow, 4 years, $18 million
-Re-signed forward Craig Conroy to an undisclosed contract.
-Re-signed forward Eric Nystrom to an undisclosed contract.
-Re-signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney to an undisclosed contract.
CAROLINA HURRICANES:
-Signed Joni Pitkanen, 3 yrs, $12 million
-Signed Josef Melichar, 1 yr, $1 million
-Signed Anton Babchuk. 1 yr, $1 million
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS:
-Signed Brian Campbell, 8 yrs, $56.8 million
-Signed Cristobal Huet, 4 yrs, $22.4 million
COLORADO AVALANCHE:
-Signed Daniel Tjarnqvist, 1 yr, Unspecified Amount
-Re-signed Wojtek Wolski, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Darcy Tucker, 2 yrs, $4.5 million
-Signed Andrew Raycroft, 1 yr, $800k
-Signed John-Michael Liles, 4 yrs, $16 million
-Signed Adam Foote, Undisclosed Contract
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS:
-Signed Kristian Huselius, 4 yrs, $19 million
-Signed Mike Commodore, 5 yrs, $18.75 million
DALLAS STARS:
-Signed BJ Crombeen, 1 yr, Undisclosed
-Signed Sean Avery, 4 yrs, $15.5 million
DETROIT RED WINGS:
-Signed Marian Hossa, 1 yr, $7.4 million
-Signed Ty Conklin, 1 yr, $750k
-Re-signed Brad Stuart, 4 yrs, $15 million
-Re-signed Andreas Lilja, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
EDMONTON OILERS:
No current transactions.
FLORIDA PANTHERS:
-Signed Cory Stillman, 3 yrs, $10.6 million
LOS ANGELES KINGS:
No current transactions.
MINNESOTA WILD:
-Signed Antti Miettinen, 3 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Re-signed Kurtis Foster, 1 yr, $1.025 million
-Signed Craig Weller, 2 yrs, $1.2 million
-Signed Andrew Brunette, 3 years, $7 million
-Signed Barry Brust, 2 yrs, $1.1 million
MONTREAL CANADIENS:
-Signed Georges Laraque, 3 yrs, $4.5 million
-Re-signed Andrei Kostitsyn, 3 yrs, $9.75 million
NASHVILLE PREDATORS:
-Re-signed Dan Ellis, 2 yrs, $3.5 million
NEW JERSEY DEVILS:
-Signed Bobby Holik, 1 yr, $2.5 million
-Signed Brian Rolston, 4 yrs, $20.25 million
-Re-signed Jay Pandolfo, 3 yrs, $7.5 million
-Re-signed David Clarkson, 2 yrs, $1.675 million
-Re-signed Barry Tallackson, Undisclosed Contract
-Re-signed Bryce Salvador, 4 yrs, $11.6 million
NEW YORK ISLANDERS:
-Signed Mark Streit, 5 yrs, $20.5 million
-Signed Doug Weight, 1 yr, $1.75 million
NEW YORK RANGERS:
-Re-signed Steve Valiquette, Undisclosed Contract
-Signed Markus Naslund, 2 yrs, $8 million
-Signed Dimitri Kalinin, 1 yr, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Wade Redden, 6 yrs, $39 million
-Re-signed Michal Rozsival, 4 yrs, $20 million
-Signed Patrick Rissmiller, Undisclosed Contract
OTTAWA SENATORS:
-Signed Jarkko Ruutu, 3 yrs, $3.9 million
-Signed Shean Donovan, 2 yrs, $1.25 million
-Signed Alex Auld, 2 yrs, $2 million
-Re-signed Chris Kelly, 4 yrs, $8.5 million
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS:
-Re-signed Randy Jones, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Re-signed Riley Cote, 3 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Nate Raduns, 1 yr, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Glen Metropolit, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Ossi Vaananen, 1 yr, $1 million
PHOENIX COYOTES:
-Signed Matt Jones, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Signed David Hale, Undisclosed Contract
-Signed Todd Fedoruk, 3 yrs, $3.175 million
-Signed Kurt Sauer, 4 yrs, $7 million
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS:
-Signed Ruslan Fedotenko, 1 yr, $2.5 million
-Signed Miroslav Satan, 1 yr, $3.5 million
-Re-signed Brooks Orpik, 6 yrs, $22.5 million
-Signed Eric Godard, 3 yrs, $2.25 million
-Re-signed Mark Eaton, 2 yrs, $4 million
-Signed Pascal Dupuis, 3 yrs, $4.2 million
-Extended Contract of Evgeni Malkin, 5 yrs, $43.5 million
SAN JOSE SHARKS:
-Signed Rob Blake, 1 yr, $5 million
-Re-signed Jody Shelley, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Re-signed Jeremy Roenick, Undisclosed Contract
-Re-signed Brian Boucher, Undisclosed Contract
ST. LOUIS BLUES:
-Re-signed Yan Stastny, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Matched Vancouver's offer sheet for David Backes, 3 yrs, $7.5 million
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING:
-Re-signed Janne Niskala, 1 yr, $600k
-Re-signed Ryan Craig, 2 yrs, $1.575 million
-Signed David Koci, 1 yr, $525k NHL or $100k Minors
-Signed Olaf Kolzig, 1 yr, $1.5 million plus bonuses
-Signed Adam Hall, 3 yrs, $1.8 million
-Signed Radim Vrbata, 3 yrs, $9 million
-Signed Vaclav Prospal, Undisclosed Contract
-Signed Gary Roberts, 1 yr, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Ryan Malone, 7 yrs, $31.5 million
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:
-Signed Niklas Hagman, 4 yrs, $12 million
-Signed Curtis Joseph, 1 yr, $700k
-Signed Jeff Finger, 4 yrs, $14 million
VANCOUVER CANUCKS:
-Signed Curtis Sanford, 1 yr, $650k
-Signed Ryan Johnson, 2 yrs, $2.3 million
-Signed Darcy Hordichuk, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Signed Kyle Wellwood, 1 yr, $997,500
WASHINGTON CAPITALS:
-Signed Keith Aucoin, 2 yrs, Unspecified Amount
-Re-signed Mike Green, 4 yrs, $21 million
-Signed Jose Theodore. 2 yrs, $9 million