NHL Random Thoughts Thread

[Ravin]

Trade news

Ottawa trades the rights to Sergi Gonchar to Dallas for a conditional 6th round pick, providing he signs there.

Rumor is that Gonchar is going to go back to the KHL unless he gets a 2 year deal. Dallas is willing to offer him that deal. Dallas has a ton of cap space with $18m left, and has 18 players signed for next season. So they are in good shape and could offer him the contract. Don't think it will be worth over $5m, but who knows with this market the way it is.

[Guest]

Trade news

Ottawa trades the rights to Sergi Gonchar to Dallas for a conditional 6th round pick, providing he signs there.

Rumor is that Gonchar is going to go back to the KHL unless he gets a 2 year deal. Dallas is willing to offer him that deal. Dallas has a ton of cap space with $18m left, and has 18 players signed for next season. So they are in good shape and could offer him the contract. Don't think it will be worth over $5m, but who knows with this market the way it is.

It was $10 million over two years, for a guy who can't really play defense anymore

I certainly wouldn't have given him that much, but the FA market has really been screwed up for the past five years with the contract loopholes taking talent off the market.

[Ravin]

Dallas is just going to fuck with everyone who wants to get players this year. People will just point to Gonchar and say "I had X amount of more points then him and he got $5M. I want that."

[wingsfan77]

Flyers acquired the negotiating rights for Mark Streit tonight...I'm not a fan of the move at the moment, he's already 35 and is looking for a 4 year deal. The Flyers are definitely going to have to make a lot of moves this summer, they have WAAAAAY too much money tied up in the defense at the moment.

[leaffan]

Flyers acquired the negotiating rights for Mark Streit tonight...I'm not a fan of the move at the moment, he's already 35 and is looking for a 4 year deal. The Flyers are definitely going to have to make a lot of moves this summer, they have WAAAAAY too much money tied up in the defense at the moment.

The flyers are just jokes all around. Its amazing holgrem is still around.

[leaffan]

Goon squads leader has returned. Orr signed for 2 years.

[leaffan]

I think I just read the sharks extended torres at 2mil a year...

about sums it up.

[killgod]

I'm good with it. Sharks have no balls and he brings it.

[Obst]

Flyers apparently the favorites to land Tim Thomas, I don't know how I feel about it.

[leaffan]

Flyers apparently the favorites to land Tim Thomas, I don't know how I feel about it.

[killgod]

[leaffan]

8 years 7mil a year for rask. That's just kind of crazy.

Literally no sympathy for owners while they keep dishing out these dumb contracts.

[Apocalypse]

8 years 7mil a year for rask. That's just kind of crazy.

Literally no sympathy for owners while they keep dishing out these dumb contracts.

It's insane how many contracts like these are being signed...

[The Buddha]

Im really excited to go check out some Icehogs games and see how Antti Rannata does, the hype he is getting thru some of the Blackhawks news feeds is crazy.

[JimLeavy59]