Your Phoenix Coyotes Free Agency Primer
Fanster.com —
... that lot is... Yeah. Not really worried about any of them. Kalinin is probably going to the KHL, McGrattan isn't getting signed, Klee is a maybe, but he's getting up there in age. The other three might be able to stay if they don't mind being in the AHL.
Pending RFAs: Scottie Upshall, Enver Lisin, Keith Yandle, Alexander Nikulin, Nigel Dawes, Daniel Winnik, Josh Tordjman, Joakim Lindstrom, Garth Murray
The RFAs are where we have our work cut out for us. Upshall, ...
Your Phoenix Coyotes Free Agency Primer
Five For Howling —
... that lot is... Yeah. Not really worried about any of them. Kalinin is probably going to the KHL, McGrattan isn't getting signed, Klee is a maybe, but he's getting up there in age. The other three might be able to stay if they don't mind being in the AHL.
Pending RFAs: Scottie Upshall, Enver Lisin, Keith Yandle, Alexander Nikulin, Nigel Dawes, Daniel Winnik, Josh Tordjman, Joakim Lindstrom, Garth Murray
The RFAs are where we have our work cut out for us. Upshall, ...
Coyotes Extend Qualifying Offers to a Dozen Players
Five For Howling —
... Starting spot in San Antonio or possibly the backup spot if we can't find someone to backup Bryzgalov.
Alexander Nikulin: Protecting an asset as I think we've already heard rumors of him going to the KHL.
Stefan Meyer, Shaun Hushka, Sami Lepisto: The new guys we aquired in the Reinprecht deal and trading picks at the draft.
The Coyotes did not extend qualifying offers to the following restricted free agents:
Alex Bourret, Garth Murray and Joakim Lindstrom.
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Coyotes Extend Qualifying Offers to a Dozen Players
Fanster.com —
... Starting spot in San Antonio or possibly the backup spot if we can't find someone to backup Bryzgalov.
Alexander Nikulin: Protecting an asset as I think we've already heard rumors of him going to the KHL.
Stefan Meyer, Shaun Hushka, Sami Lepisto: The new guys we aquired in the Reinprecht deal and trading picks at the draft.
The Coyotes did not extend qualifying offers to the following restricted free agents:
Alex Bourret, Garth Murray and Joakim Lindstrom.
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UFA Day is Here So We Play ArmChair GM 2009
Fanster.com —
... has the opportunity to step onto our main ice this coming season. It’s all in his hands to show what he’s got when training camp comes.
Sami Lepisto: A late round draft pick with a good reputation. Looking forward to seeing what he’s got to give.
The Coyotes did not extend qualifying offers to the following restricted free agents:
Alex Bourret, Garth Murray and Joakim Lindstrom ...
Flames Sign Murray and Armstrong
Matchsticks and Gasoline —
... is reporting that Sutter has inked a couple of minor leaguers in Garth Murray and Riley Armstrong today. The latter was ...
The Gainey Regime 2008-09: Year Five
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... (+M), *Yannick Weber, *Carey Price, *Jaroslav Halak, Marc Denis.
Dearly departed
6 players not returning from the previous 2007-08 season's roster are Michael Ryder (signed as a FA with Boston July 1, 2008), Mark Streit (signed as a FA with New York Islanders July 1, 2008), Bryan Smolinski (signed with Port Huron IceHawks of the IHL), Mikhail Grabovski (traded to Toronto July 3, 2008), Garth Murray (claimed on waivers by Florida November 13, 2007), and ...
The Gainey Regime 2007-08: Year Four
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... Markov, Saku Koivu, *Andrei Kostitsyn, Christopher Higgins, Michael Ryder, *Sergei Kostitsyn, *Guillaume Latendresse, *Roman Hamrlik, Bryan Smolinski, *Maxim Lapierre, Mike Komisarek, Mathieu Dandenault, Tom Kostopoulos, *Kyle Chipchura, Patrice Brisebois, *Josh Gorges, Mikhail Grabovski, Francis Bouillon, Steve Begin, *Ryan O' Byrne, *Gregory Stewart, Garth Murray, *Matt D' Agostini, Corey Locke, Cristobal Huet, ...
The Gainey Regime 2006-07: Year Three
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... players
Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray, Michael Ryder, *Andrei Markov, *Tomas Plekanec, Alex Kovalev, Christopher Higgins, Mark Streit, Mike Johnson, *Guillaume Latendresse, Sergei Samsonov, Radek Bonk, Mike Komisarek, Craig Rivet, Alexander Perezhogin, Francis Bouillon, *Maxim Lapierre, *Andrei Kostitsyn, Steve Begin, Mathieu Dandenault, Janne Niinimaa, Garth Murray, Aaron Downey, Duncan Milroy, Mikhail ...
The Gainey Regime 2005-06: Year Two
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... 2005-06 final roster: 32 players
Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu, Michael Ryder, Mike Ribeiro, *Andrei Markov, Jan Bulis, Sheldon Souray, Christopher Higgins, Craig Rivet, Richard Zednik, *Tomas Plekanec, Steve Begin, Francis Bouillon, Mathieu Dandeneault, Alexander Perezhogin, Niklas Sundstrom, Pierre Dagenais, Mark Streit, Mike Komisarek, Garth Murray, Aaron Downey, *Andrei Kostitsyn, Jonathan Ferland, J.P. Cote, *Maxim ...
Kris Chucko's dwindling opportunity
Matchsticks and Gasoline —
... and Garth Murray. That's a lot of depth to have to climb over, especially for a guy whose progress can be described as "glacial". ...
Battle of Alberta Warm-up: Battle of the Wannabes
Matchsticks and Gasoline —
... like a sore thumb to me during his first pre-season action a couple of years ago (in a good way) so sometimes a future NHLer can pop up on the radar even if he's not quite ripe.
At the time of writing this, no official roster had been posted for either team. I'll append the article with correct line-ups once I track them down. That said, here's the Sun's best guess based on practice lines:
Nigel Dawes-Dustin Boyd-David Moss Eric Nystrom-Garth Murray-Brandon Prust Kyle Greetree-Jamie Lundmark ...
Minor happenings: Moose 5 Heat 4 (SO)
Matchsticks and Gasoline —
... As I noted up top, strange game. Manitoba was pretty clearly better until they went down two men late in the third, then gave up two goals in short order to get the Heat right back in it. The OT was all Heat, with Garth Murray having a breakaway chance to finish things, stymied only by a good glove save from Schneider. Desbiens finished a lack-luster shoot-out with a nice deke to send most of the alleged 5,516 in attendance home in a good mood. Alleged, because if there were more than 4,000 actually in the building, I'd be shocked. ...
