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At 6/24/08 07:21 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: Ducks owners got suspended indefinitely by the league. Some other guy will be taking the helm. I don't really understand how this works as far as financing the club is concerned, since the owners (the bankroll) are to have nothing to do with the function of the club. Ah well, hopefully it works itself out.

Well, only 1 of the 2 owners have been suspended. The guy's wife is still active as a Co-Owner. This shouldn't affect the financing of the club and the Ducks announced that it will not affect the day-to-day affairs of the club either.

I've never seen anything like this before :$

At 6/25/08 05:55 PM, Buddhist wrote: Also, the Maple Leafs plan to buy out forward Darcy Tucker. Tucker, a 12-year veteran, has three years left on his contract and will be owed two-thirds of it-or $6 million-paid back over a six-year term by the Leafs. He signed a four-year extension with the team in February 2007, and had 18 goals and 34 points last season.

He's been one of the bright points on the Leafs over the past feew years. He's not going to be the most productive, but he can certainly stirr the emotions when you need it (and sometimes when you don't).

I wouldn't mind the Isles taking a guy like Tucker over someone like Tim Jackman or Kip Brennan. It doesn't matter though, because with the way we draft and trade I'll be about 28 years old before we contend in the NHL again...hopefully with luck, Kirill Petrov will turn out to be awesome when he makes the jump to the NHL, David Toews will be like Jonathon, and Corey Trivino will be solid too...maybe Bailey will learn from Sillinger. :I

also, the Panthers put Jozef Stumpel on waivers on Wednesday. Stumpel is entering the last season of a two-year contract extension that will pay him $2.25 million. The 35-year-old had seven goals and 20 points in 52 games last season.

Martin Straka, who played for the New York Rangers the last three seasons after joining the NHL in 1992, will be a player and sports director for HC Lasselsberger Plzen, the club said on its Web site Thursday. Straka played for Plzen before moving to the NHL, and during the 2004-05 lockout season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning bought out the final season of goalie Marc Denis' contract Wednesday. Denis, who appeared in 54 games with Tampa Bay, was due to earn $3 million next season. He spent much of last season with the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League, playing in just 10 games for the Lightning.

A third-party source Thursday told The New York Post Jaromir Jagr has recently received a three-year contract offer for the equivalent of $35 million from Omsk of the Russian Super League. The captain is believed to have received the formal offer this week from Omsk GM Anatoly Bardin after months of conversations. Jagr, who will become an unrestricted free agent on Tuesday, has said that his first choice is to sign a new deal with the New York Rangers. But GM Glen Sather told The Post that he has not heard from #68 despite repeatedly telling Jagr's agent Pat Brisson that he wants Jagr to return.

Ducks waive bertuzzi.

HOORAY

Scott Niedermayer's coming back

HOORAY.

Best news ever.
ps the isles are buying out Bates

Lightning sign Ryan Malone for seven years and $31.5 million, or roughly $7-8 million per year. Honestly I think that that's pretty high for a player of his caliber, but hey, it's not my money. Then the Lightning acquired exclusive negotiation rights with Brian Rolston by giving the Wild a selection in either the 2009 or 2010 draft depending on whether the Lightning can sign Rolston or not.

Isles let Dubie go to the RSL's AK Kazan; Oilersgot Lubo Visnovsky from the Kings for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene.

buddhist.

what's 7 x 7million?

It isn't 31 million.

At 6/30/08 04:02 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: buddhist.

what's 7 x 7million?

It isn't 31 million.

Tanking incremental increases into account, he's probably on 3.5m - 4m for next year. Would you sign Malone for that much?

At 6/30/08 04:26 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/30/08 04:02 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: buddhist.

what's 7 x 7million?

It isn't 31 million.

Tanking incremental increases into account, he's probably on 3.5m - 4m for next year. Would you sign Malone for that much?

Actually, it's front loaded. 8 million the first year, 7 the second. Pretty clever, actually, because of how the cap works. They'll be paying him 8 mill, but the cap 'hit' work on the average amount of money per term. In this case, 4.5 million. Later on in the deal when he'll only be making 2 million but still 'hitting' them for the 4.5, they can buy him out.

Buy outs work by figuring the amount of money REMAINING in the term. So they'd be able to buy out a 4.5 million dollar hit by only paying him, say, 1.3 over two year, or 650,000 each year for two years.

Still, it's difficult to believe that such a mediocre player is going to make 8 million dollars.

At 6/30/08 04:23 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: Still, it's difficult to believe that such a mediocre player is going to make 8 million dollars.

^the point I was aiming to get across

On the heels of signing Prospal, Roberts and Malone today the Lightning have also decided to unveil their new logo that will hit the ice this season. It's a tribute to their illustrious coach, Barry Melrose. The logo was unveiled at a press conference late this evening and, sadly, Barry did not dye his hair blue, white and black to go along with it. We can only hope.

Already, the influence of the logo is being felt throughout the Tampa community. The many encouraging moves made by the team this off-season have sparked interest from their fans and this one is no different. At this hour, fans are fully embracing it by going to NASCAR races, trying out for the television show 'Cops', buying Pabst Blue Ribbon, listening to the song 'Sweet Home Alabama' on repeat, letting their cars rust in their front yard, letting their cars rust in their backyard, going shirtless to work, and giving birth to twenty children prior to the age of fifteen.

At 6/30/08 04:23 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote:

At 6/30/08 04:26 AM, Coop83 wrote: Tanking incremental increases into account, he's probably on 3.5m - 4m for next year. Would you sign Malone for that much?

Actually, it's front loaded. 8 million the first year, 7 the second. Pretty clever, actually, because of how the cap works. They'll be paying him 8 mill, but the cap 'hit' work on the average amount of money per term. In this case, 4.5 million. Later on in the deal when he'll only be making 2 million but still 'hitting' them for the 4.5, they can buy him out.

That's fucking genius. I never knew about devious ploys like that *contacts Brian Cashman*

Still, it's difficult to believe that such a mediocre player is going to make 8 million dollars.

Mediocre? Let's put it like this, I've never heard of the guy :P

At 7/1/08 06:17 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: On the heels of signing Prospal, Roberts and Malone today the Lightning have also decided to unveil their new logo that will hit the ice this season. It's a tribute to their illustrious coach, Barry Melrose. The logo was unveiled at a press conference late this evening and, sadly, Barry did not dye his hair

blue, white and black to go along with it. We can only hope.

Well, they want to get back to winning ways. Will Coach Melrose put Mike Smith in goal or stick with the yongster Kami Ramo? Could help the development of the team to stick with Smith, methinks

Already, the influence of the logo is being felt throughout the Tampa community. The many encouraging moves made by the team this off-season have sparked interest from their fans and this one is no different. At this hour, fans are fully embracing it by going to NASCAR races, listening to the song 'Sweet Home Alabama' on repeat...

Holy shit, I think it's contagious. It might be airbourne, but then again, it might just be me... Are we talking the new Kid Rock version of SHA, or the Lynnard Skynard one?

At 7/1/08 06:17 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: barry melrose is a cancer on society

FREEEEEEEBIRD WEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEWWW!

anyway, some more moves...

The Oilers traded LW Raffi Torres to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for 21-year-old C Gilbert Brule, and sent D Joni Pitkanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for LW/RW Erik Cole. Torres has two years and $5.15 million remaining on his current contract, while Brule will earn $765,000 next season before he's a restricted free agent. Cole has one year left on his current deal at $4 million.

The Predators traded D Marek Zidlicky to the Wild for prospect Ryan Jones and a second round pick. Zidlicky has two years and $7 million remaining on his current contract. In addition, the Wild signed LW/RW Andrew Brunette to a three-year, $7 million contract.

The Penguins agreed to a three-year deal with forward Pascal Dupuis worth $1.4 million per season.

The Devils and D Bryce Salvador have agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth an average of $2.9 million per season. They also re-signed LW Jay Pandolfo and F David Clarkson, and declined an option on F Sergei Brylin. Pandolfo, an 11-year veteran, had 12 goals and 24 points in 54 games last season. He signed for three years and $7.5 million.

The Sabres re-signed F Paul Gaustad to a four-year, $9.2 million contract. Gaustad will earn $1.7 million in the first year of the deal, and $2.5 million per year for the remaining three years.

The Capitals signed G Jose Theodore to a two-year contract. Theodore, 31, became an unrestricted free agent on July 1 after playing out a three-year, $16 million contract. As well, the Capitals agreed to terms with restricted free agent D Mike Green on a four year deal with an average annual salary of $5.25 million. The Avalanche replaced Theodore by signing G Andrew Raycroft to a one-year deal worth an undisclosed sum. More recently, the Avalanche solidified their blueline by re-signing JM Liles and Adam Foote to contracts. The Maple Leafs replaced the recently-waived Raycroft by signing G Curtis Joseph to a one-year, $700,000 deal to back up Vesa Toskala. The Leafs also signed D Jeff Finger from the Avalanche to a 4-year deal worth $3.5 million a season.

The Lightning signed F Radim Vrbata to a $9-million, three-year contract Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Coyotes signed D Kurt Sauer to a four-year contract worth $1.75 million a season. They continued signing bruisers by adding F Todd Fedoruk for 3 years.

The Red Wings signed D Brad Stuart to a four-year contract that averages $3.75 million per season. The deal also included a no-trade clause in the first two season and a limited no-trade clause in the last two years of the contract. After that, the Wings signed G Ty Conklin to a 1-year deal worth $750,000.

The Canadiens re-signed F Andrei Kostitsyn to a 3-year deal worth $3.25 million a season.

& apparently the Canucks are offering $20 million for two years to Mats Sundin.

I think of all these signings, the Brunette one was the best value, provided he can replicate his production from the previous seasons with Colorado. The Brule trade could work out great for the Oilers if Brule can start to mature. I think the Gaustad signing was a bit of a reach, and the re-signing of Kosti by the Habs could go either way depending on his next two seasons (perhaps a soph slump and then another great year, perhaps vice-versa, who knows). Overall I still think the Malone signing could be this year's version of the Penner signing, but being that it's only Day 1 of signings, I wouldn't be shocked to see Kevin Lowe make another stupid move to one-up the Lightning. The Jeff Finger signing was pretty goddamn bad too.

According to Sportsnet's tracker, Mark Streit has signed with the islanders for 5 years at $4.1 million per year.

That sound you hear is buddhist furiously masturbating.

At 7/1/08 03:29 PM, Buddhist wrote: In addition, the Wild signed LW/RW Andrew Brunette to a three-year, $7 million contract.

Damn, we've lost a good player there. I hope we can get someone to step into the breach to replace him.

Yesterday, we signed Darcy Tucker to a 2 year contract. My first reaction - BUST! Never really been a fan of Darcy and why would we want players that Toronto don't want?

The Capitals signed G Jose Theodore to a two-year contract. Theodore, 31, became an unrestricted free agent on July 1 after playing out a three-year, $16 million contract. The Avalanche replaced Theodore by signing G Andrew Raycroft to a one-year deal worth an undisclosed sum.

I think Raycroft has got decent potential, as he wasn't too bad for the Bruins and he managed to win 37 games with the Leafs in one season. Maybe he's got a chance with us. I'm somewhat surprised about the goalie merry-go-round this year, as I never saw it coming.

Granted, Chicago did need a goalie to shore up where Khabibulin and Lalime had been doing a half-decent job. They've got a good young core of players and the addition of Huet probably makes them into a contender.

Losing Theodore does free up some cap space for us, but if we've spent all of that on Darcy Tucker, FUCK YOU WASHINGTON!

More recently, the Avalanche solidified their blueline by re-signing JM Liles and Adam Foote to contracts. The Leafs also signed D Jeff Finger from the Avalanche to a 4-year deal worth $3.5 million a season.

Liles and Foote are the only two bright sparks on the Blue line from last year for the Avs. Losing Jeff Finger isn't so bad. Just need to see how the replacement corps can step up and play.

The biggest signing went down today guys.

Man, I guess the speculation finally ends. The NHL teams with future playoff hopes might be dashed now.

Yep.

Curtis Glencross has signed with the Flames.

I hate you Hossa >:(

You could of been an Oiler with lots of $$$

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At 7/1/08 08:25 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: According to Sportsnet's tracker, Mark Streit has signed with the islanders for 5 years at $4.1 million per year.

That sound you hear is buddhist furiously masturbating.

I stopped fapping when I saw we signed Doug Weight...let's see here, Guerin, Weight, Sillinger...is Yzerman feelin' a comeback? jesus.

This is the most active free agency i've ever seen.

I'm not sure if it's a good thing that the entire standings could easily be flipped upside down from year to year.

ALSO GUYS THE RANGERS HAVE SIGNED A WASHED UP FORMER CAPTAIN OF VANCOUVER TO BOOST THEIR STAR POWER BEYOND THAT OF MANY NATIONAL TEAMS.

also deja vu

The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Steve Bernier from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2010 and a third-round pick in 2009.

Dan Boyle has waived his no-trade clause and has agreed to a trade to the San Jose Sharks. In return for the 31-year-old defenseman, it is believed Tampa will receive a package that will include 23-year-old defenseman Matt Carle, a first-round draft pick, a prospect and a 4th-round pick. Sources say defenseman Brad Lukowich is also part of the deal going to San Jose.

At 7/3/08 08:03 PM, Canas wrote: ALSO GUYS THE RANGERS HAVE SIGNED A WASHED UP FORMER CAPTAIN OF VANCOUVER TO BOOST THEIR STAR POWER BEYOND THAT OF MANY NATIONAL TEAMS.

also deja vu

Yeah, but it's a like-for-like trade. They're getting rid of a former captain of some other team (Jagr) to replace him with someone who still cares about playing hockey. Smart move (for once) in New York

Nah, the best move in NY was not re-signing Yashin.

At 7/4/08 10:31 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: Nah, the best move in NY was not re-signing Yashin.

I like how his agent played it up, like "OH YEAH WELL THE ISLES WANTED HIM BACK". Snow bitched him out on that one later on.

Also, Kevin Lowe just laid the verbal smackdown on Burke. Makin' Burke suck it, ftw.

Burke is such an overrated shithead.

Good on Kevin

At 7/5/08 02:17 AM, Buddhist wrote:

At 7/4/08 10:31 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: Nah, the best move in NY was not re-signing Yashin.

I like how his agent played it up, like "OH YEAH WELL THE ISLES WANTED HIM BACK". Snow bitched him out on that one later on.

Garth Snow, laying the blocker to the back of Yashin's knee FTW!

We all know that's what he was thinking!

And Bertuzzi has signed with the Flames.

Have NYI sign him next season and he will have fagged up all our teams.

At 7/7/08 03:27 PM, Canas wrote: And Bertuzzi has signed with the Flames.

Have NYI sign him next season and he will have fagged up all our teams.

He started his career with the Isles, you guys can keep him.

Flyers signed Aaron Asham, as though they needed more fighters in their lineup. Hopefully he won't accidentally crush J-Loops too.

At 7/7/08 04:57 PM, Buddhist wrote: He started his career with the Isles, you guys can keep him.

In all honesty, Todd is a perfect fit for the team. Hope he actually sticks around for a few years.

Gonna be tough to knock us over now

Todd Bertuzi a Flame... this should be interesting.

Everyone's favorite native of Bratislava, Jaroslav Halak, re-signs with the Habs for two years

For some reason Mark Recchi won't retire yet, so he signed with Tampa. Brandon Bochenski gets a two-year deal with Tampa (and their AHL affiliate). Then they brought Evgeny Artyukhin back from Russia on a multi-year deal. Got enough forwards yet, Barry?