NHL Free Agency Thread

[killgod]

A) Salary Cap's change yearly

B) Trades are always possible

C) Kane/Toews stay regardless. Anyone else on that roster will move before them. Hawks for the next 5+ years.

[Kuzzy Powers]

Yay Mike Komisarek!

/sarcasm

[killgod]

Gaborik is a Ranger

5yr - 7.25M

[killgod]

latest rumors

Heatley has waived his no trade clause for the Oilers/Sens deal.
Scuderi to Islanders
Havlat close to making a choice (believed to be LA or CLB)

[The Buddha]

If Kane or Toews leaves, Chicago will riot.

[killgod]

Chris Neil resigns for less money in Ottawa than he was offered by other clubs.

[Rudi]

Glad to see Brashear out of Washington. He was useless.

[killgod]

Does anyone know if Montreal is finally out of money?

It's looking like their 4th line will have more than the 1st line the Leafs will put on the Ice.

The Habs only had 5 forwards under contract coming into today, 4 of those 5 being scrubs.

They still have 8M in cap space after all those signings

[wr50l]

Gaborik is a Ranger

5yr - 7.25M

That fucking rocks imo.

Gaborik + the kids = guaranteed Cup. :saythat:

[killgod]

John Madden signs one year deal in Chicago
Freddie Sjostrom signs two year deal in Calgary
Mathieu Garon signs in Columbus

Oilers owners and Heatley meeting right now

[wr50l]

I'm just talking out my ass to an extent.

lol @ Montreal being a good chunk better than us. The rest I could accept but the Habs ...

[Obst]

Goalie Brian Boucher signs with the Flyers

[RKO BLACK RKO]

lol

[killgod]

Latest rumors

Beauchemin PIT or MTL
Koivu MIN or ANA

Havlat, chose MIN just working on a contract.

[The Buddha]

Interesting little not from Dale Tallon about the Hossa signing impacting next year:

As grand as this is for Chicago today, the Hawks window of opportunity may be small despite adding the talented Hossa to their youthful lineup.

Kane, Toews and Keith are all due new contracts after this season, and they will command top dollar. Seabrook and Dustin Byfuglien are each signed for another two seasons before they can potentially become restricted free agents.

So while the salary cap could start rearing its ugly head soon, Tallon said the terms of Hossa's deal gives him more flexibility in his quest to keep the core together. Still, there is a chance a trade could be in the offing in the future in order to free up some cap space.

"The type of contract that Marian has agreed to will not influence our core," Tallon said. "They will get taken care of. We have identified who the top guys are in our organization and this will not affect that.

"Everything we're doing is to keep the core together and Marian wants to play with good players, to play on a good team and he wants to win," the GM added. "This deal was important to get done at this term to help us in the future solidify that core group."