Official NHL Free Agency Thread

[thanatoski]

bye bye gary and joey, last good hockey memory i have is joey blasting it past lalame. you will be missed but at 2.25mil you jews were too expensive. bring in the new blood

[the_dark_drag0n]

LOL Might as well rename this forum "the weird food and Hockey forum". :p

OK I'll stop HJ-ing your thread.

[MrT]

bye bye gary and joey, last good hockey memory i have is joey blasting it past lalame. you will be missed but at 2.25mil you jews were too expensive. bring in the new blood
These two were probably the most consistent Leafs players. Might as well blow up the team now...get rid of all the old farts and start fresh. Patching here and there with old players will get Leaf's ass kicked time and time again by big and hard hitting teams like the Flyers.

[thanatoski]

most consisent players? these guys are riding wheelchairs to the games. they're more injury prone then pavel bure. and at 2.25mill, not worth it. we need to focus on getting some young guys. roberts had problems with patty too and joey was on his knob, so we lost both or none. it hurts bad but hey, i cried when he lost wendal too but look how that worked out and these guys are no where near clarky

[MrT]

Free Agent tracker for anybody who cares:
http://www2.sportsnet.ca/nhl/free_agent_tracker.html

Didn't know the Leafs acquired Jeff O'Neil. Some good news atleast.

[Ac89]

leafs thinking of signing someone by letting those guys go??

i hope Vancouver gets Niedermayer, Nazzy, and Forsberg...and Bertuzzi keeps on proving all those idiots wrong by lighting it up as a Vancouver Canuck member.
*note: Forsberg isn't necessarily a 7 mil/year player...Snet said something about a 2-3 million for one year that he would do. And we all know Nazzy loves Vancouver!!!

[solid_snake]

mr gainey has yet to buy good players or make a blockbuster trade for my habs ... patiently waiting to see something happen ...

[labtec12]

leafs thinking of signing someone by letting those guys go??

i hope Vancouver gets Niedermayer, Nazzy, and Forsberg...and Bertuzzi keeps on proving all those idiots wrong by lighting it up as a Vancouver Canuck member.
*note: Forsberg isn't necessarily a 7 mil/year player...Snet said something about a 2-3 million for one year that he would do. And we all know Nazzy loves Vancouver!!!
lmfao.. Niedermayer, Nazzy, and Forsberg are u crazy LOL!

PS. The canucks suck. GO LEAFS GO.

[MrT]

lmfao.. Niedermayer, Nazzy, and Forsberg are u crazy LOL!

PS. The canucks suck. GO LEAFS GO.

It's gonna be a 3 man team with Cloutier's crotch guard protecting the net.

[labtec12]

It's gonna be a 3 man team with Cloutier's crotch guard protecting the net.
:squint::squint:

[Ac89]

lmfao.. Niedermayer, Nazzy, and Forsberg are u crazy LOL!

PS. The canucks suck. GO LEAFS GO.

stfu. isn't it past your bedtime?

LEAFS can suck Pat Quinn's dick all they wants...stupid ass pussies

CANUCKS = CUP CHAMPS 06

[labtec12]

stfu. isn't it past your bedtime?

LEAFS can suck Pat Quinn's dick all they wants...stupid ass pussies

CANUCKS = CUP CHAMPS 06
ROFL...... cancuks can try all dey want' buh they'll never be good... infact the penguins will be better this year :squint:

[Ac89]

and the panthers think they can make the playoffs by signing 40yr old's...hahhahaha...good one labtec

[labtec12]

and the panthers think they can make the playoffs by signing 40yr old's...hahhahaha...good one labtec
u watch.... :squint:.. they'll do better then the canucks this season..

[solid_snake]

so far:

Flames sign Amonte, McCarty
Flyers sign Hatcher, Rathje, Therien and Sim
Islanders ink Zhitnik to four-year deal
Florida inks Gelinas, Kwiatkowski, Jacina
Thrashers sign free agent Holik
Blackhawks land free agent Aucoin
Canadiens sign Bouillon and Vandermeer
Bruins sign Murray, McEachern, Scatchard
Kings sign Demitra, Labarbera
Hurricanes lock up Stillman
Yzerman re-signs with Detroit

[labtec12]

so far:

Flyers sign Hatcher, Rathje, Therien
Pavol Demitra to the LA Kings
Blackhawks sign Aucoin
CLB sign up Adam Foote
Oilers trade Isbister to Bruins in exchange for the Bruin's fourth round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft

Yzerman re-signs with Detroit
hopefully leafs sigh: khabibulin, naslund, neidermyer, and forsberg :D:D llol.. (ikno its not gona happen :()

[Ac89]

i just found out about what the flames did..and wow! Amonte should be really good...
and Zhitnik to NYI makes sense (they lost Aucoin)...
i guess wiht Straka signing in NYR colors...he won't be joining Mario in Pit. I would have liked to see that. Who knows...but i hope Pittsburgh goes after Kariya and Pronger....it would be like the line that made that great goal for team Canada back in 2002...the pass from pronger...through the legs of lemieux....open net goal for Kariya.

[CrazyXZac]

damn... everyone is gettin' switched around...

[Ac89]

^ lol i know...it's gonna be weird seeing some of these guys who have become almost synomous with their former teams in new colours...

[CrazyXZac]

meh... i wonder how dallas stars (my fav. team) turns out...

atleast things will even out a lil' bit...

[labtec12]

dam it.. wtf are the leafs doing... fergason... do somethign!!!

[MrT]

dam it.. wtf are the leafs doing... fergason... do somethign!!!
Same thing he always does...either sit on his ass or sign old farts.

[CrazyXZac]

and the stars have done... nothing.

[labtec12]

Same thing he always does...either sit on his ass or sign old farts.
well not always.. last 2 season trade wise it was awesome... buh this year.. fergasons either planning something big or jus sitting on his ass like u said..

hopefully stars trade modano to the leafs for berg, domi or whoever..

[labtec12]

"Satan will be resolved in the next 24 hours. Montreal, Chicago, and LA have been bidding all night, but I have it on a VERY solid source that in the past few hours the Leafs have come to the table saying they will beat anyone's offer...."

omg

w00t w00t ... satan's fucking awesome :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[MrT]

"Satan will be resolved in the next 24 hours. Montreal, Chicago, and LA have been bidding all night, but I have it on a VERY solid source that in the past few hours the Leafs have come to the table saying they will beat anyone's offer...."

omg

w00t w00t ... satan's fucking awesome :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Satan = Showboater. Well if he can perform well it doesn't matter, but showboating in hockey won't win you a lot of fans.

[labtec12]

he's awesome what u talkin bout :P:P he's like the only star that buffalo has lol

[solid_snake]

GM ruining Leafs

http://torontosun.canoe.ca/Sports/Hockey/2005/08/03/1157523-sun.html

TWO DAYS into the brave new hockey world and already John Ferguson's reputation is taking a pounding.

What, players and agents are wondering, is the general manager of the Maple Leafs doing?

The answers, however varied, are not encouraging.

Ferguson's clumsy handling of negotiations with Gary Roberts and Joe Nieuwendyk -- where he attempted to have close friend Roberts undercut close friend Nieuwendyk -- sent a cryptic message to those within the industry. And then, to follow that up with a desperation offer to Nieuwendyk, after first trying an end run on him, only demonstrated his own inexperience in deal making.

Players talk. Word gets around fast. The Leafs have suddenly become an exit ramp instead of a destination. Those who play for the team and those who want to play for the team now wonder amongst themselves about the lack of buyouts, about free-agent qualifying offers, about a team that appears to be heading nowhere.

There were 57 messages on Roberts' cellular phone on Monday, almost of all them from players around the NHL. Not coincidentally, Adam Foote, hoping to play for the Leafs, signed a long-term contract in Columbus, where no one grows up dreaming of playing for the Blue Jackets.

Just last week, board chairman Larry Tanenbaum described the Leafs as the "No. 1 franchise in the National Hockey League." Today, we might demand a recount, as the No. 1 franchise is finding itself forced to dine out on other people's table scraps.

The way Ferguson has positioned this team in the post-lockout NHL has one wondering exactly why Pat Quinn was replaced as general manager in the first place.

Ferguson insisted the Leafs would be competitive this coming season. He has not wavered from that stance. But how is that going to be possible?

Ferguson has said he had a plan heading into the re-establishment of the NHL, but no plan is evident. And the notion that he is clearing cap room to take a run at younger free agents a year from now makes nice logic if: a) you believe it; b) you think players such as Vinny Lecavalier, Joe Thornton and Jarome Iginla won't be signed long term by then; c) he has the foresight and long-term confidence to write-off an entire season and deal with the fall-out from that.

The largest problem for the Leafs is how little money they have and how the player market -- post lockout -- hasn't corrected itself as much as many expected it to. Conventional wisdom was there would be a significant drop in player contract values in the new economic world.

So far, that hasn't been the case.

Quality defenceman such as Foote, Adrian Aucoin, Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje have all signed in the $3-million to $4-million range per season. That's more money than even some optimistic of agents were banking on.

Yesterday, quality forwards but not star players such as Glen Murray, Bobby Holik and Pavol Demitra all signed contracts for more than $4 million a season. Which is out of the Leafs' price range because of the way they've bungled their cap situation.

With only a maximum of $9 million left to spend -- and remember, the Leafs and every team have to leave some room available in order to make moves during the season -- Ferguson has the ability to sign one reasonably priced player and not much more than that.

So he will gamble on Jason Allison, who hasn't played a full season in four years and he will hope. And he likely will gamble on Eric Lindros, who he can afford because Lindros missed 100 days of hockey last time there was a season and qualifies for performance bonuses and he will hope.

The No. 1 team in hockey, built on gambling, hoping and inexperience.

A year ago, the Leafs had Nieuwendyk and Roberts and Alexander Mogilny and Owen Nolan and Brian Leetch and Tie Domi -- all of them real pros -- on a team that wasn't considered good enough.

How is John Ferguson going to fix that now?

[Sikh4Lyfe]

Now that Pens signed Goncher, Oilers signed Pronger, Flames got McCarty and Amonte and resigned Igilna......

Niedermayer? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

:yes:

AND in 30 minutes Dave Nonis is going to call a press conference about Brent Sopel BUT he postponed it which leads to speculation that he is making another move to announce it.

30 more minutes :D

[Ac89]

still nothing :no:

[Sikh4Lyfe]

Forsberg Gone To Philly

Nonis Says They Are Not Pursuing Niedermayer

Nonis Also Says They Will Trade For A Dman

Nonis Is Also Very Gay

EDIT:

ROENICK GONE TO LA

[solid_snake]

flyers should go far next season .......

[labtec12]

flyers win the cup....... no doubt bout it...

[Sikh4Lyfe]

Hardly.

Forsberg is injury prone, their goaltending situation is extremely questionable and they are just a regular season team. They havent proven much other than getting rid of aging, overpaid players and getting a bunch of more aging overpaid players.

I used to enjoy Philly when they Legion Of Doom line was around, for some reason come playoff time, I find myself enjoying watching the Ottawa's, Montreal's, Philly's and Boston's play. Not Maple Leafs. They suck dick.

[thanatoski]

we're done. JFJ is in over his head. resign *****!

[solid_snake]

LOL Avs replace forsberg and Foote with Turgeon and Brisebois.

[labtec12]

fuck..

leetch signed with bruins, and satan with ny... phuck.. good bye prestigous leafs reputation... stupid fucking JFJ

[labtec12]

is their any chance ronick can come to toronto??? cause flyers won't sign him cause of the cap...

[solid_snake]

is their any chance ronick can come to toronto??? cause flyers won't sign him cause of the cap...



ROENICK GONE TO LA


...

[labtec12]

...
quiet u .. nvm

[da infamous]

i heard rumours that, vancouver n calgary are not goin to niedermayer anymore, latest i heard was hes gettin pretty close to reaching a deal with the mighty ducks, or maybe back to new jersey.. i also heard the pens are intestested so will jus have to wait n see.

[labtec12]

Nieder

The highly coveted defenceman will be playing in the purple jersey of Anaheim this season along with his brother Rob.

Sportsnet.ca -- Amidst a flurry of speculation and flat out guessing, Scott Niedermayer's destination of choice has been disclosed.

[solid_snake]

Bulin Wall to Chicago! :eek:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/

The most coveted goaltender in the free agent market has finally found a home, as veteran netminder Nikolai Khabibulin has signed with the Chicago Blackhawks. It is a four-year deal worth $27 million US. Khabibulin, 32, helped lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first Stanley Cup title in 2004, posting five postseason shutouts and a 1.71 goals-against average.

tampa bay = :Owned:

[vette85]

damn....leafs could have used him...belfour is getting too old

[labtec12]

Bulin Wall to Chicago! :eek:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/



tampa bay = :Owned:
lmfao........ yep totally owned!

[labtec12]

damn....leafs could have used him...belfour is getting too old
yea but fucking JFJ is sitting on his ass doing nothing.. :mad::mad:

[MrT]

yea but fucking JFJ is sitting on his ass doing nothing.. :mad::mad:
He did something...he signed a 4th line penalty box bench warmer for 2.5million / two years. Good job JFJ!

[solid_snake]

Leafs finally sign Allison
kariya to nashville

[labtec12]

yay.. finally allison.... rofl

[subaru]

lmfao........ yep totally owned!


they still have alotta goalies they can pick up..cujo..osgood i think on the market..thibault...the lightnings aren't done yet guys...

[labtec12]

they still have alotta goalies they can pick up..cujo..osgood i think on the market..thibault...the lightnings aren't done yet guys...
cuju sux.... i mena he played in the ahl last season.. osgood is pretty good though..

[solid_snake]

Palffy 3 years, 13.5m to the Pittsburgh Penguins
Jackets ink Nash to five-year deal
Hejduk signs five-year deal with Avs

penguins are gonna kick ass next season ....

[thanatoski]

with that defence and no goaltending? sure. lemiuex will lose a hip, recchi will last 30 games, and they're finished

[solid_snake]

no goaltending? they have a great young golie.

[labtec12]

no goaltending? they have a great young golie.
marc andre? i thought he was sent to the minors?

[da infamous]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=132672

Ray Whitney Signs With Carolina 2years 3million


Carolina is gonna have a pretty good team down the road, now they have Ray Whitney, earlier they aquired Cory Stillman.
They also have Eric Staal who played in the rookie all-star game, whos in his second year now. I must say it's gonnabe a pretty interesting year of hockey.

[labtec12]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa LEAFS SIGH CONCUSION MAN!... (E. LINDROS)... yet to be announced CARTER A.

that's a well orchestrated movement by JFJ.. i luv dat guy now.. :dance3: :p :dance3:

[addiction01]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa LEAFS SIGH CONCUSION MAN!... (E. LINDROS)... yet to be announced CARTER A.

that's a well orchestrated movement by JFJ.. i luv dat guy now.. :dance3: :p :dance3:
problem is ur leafs still suck...so do not celebrate... :neutral:

[labtec12]

problem is ur leafs still suck...so do not celebrate... :neutral:
see other thread.

[addiction01]

see other thread.
make me... :p

[labtec12]

make me... :p
i dun make trash, i burn it

[addiction01]

i dun make trash, i burn it
awww...fook u... :squint:

[CrazyXZac]

wonder how the season will turn out :p