Will Money Be Flowing Freely?
KK Hockey —
... it becomes even more difficult to peddle a player signed at the height of the NHL’s wild post-lockout growth spurt.
On the other hand, if teams continue their pattern of overpaying for free agents, then anybody left in the starting blocks once the premier unrestricteds go off the market, may revisit the Heatleys, the Vincent Lecavaliers and so forth – and last week’s exercise in tire-kicking could turn into something far more tangible.
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Draft-day trade-fizzling had more to do with UFA period than lack of chatter
Snapshots —
... reiterated the fact that the Red Wings' bottom line for Marian Hossa involves a $4 million-per-season cap hit, and Duhatschek notes that the reason the half a billion or so rumored trades (maybe it just seemed that way) didn't pan out because teams can bid on players for the price of their contracts on Wednesday: June 28, Globe and Mail : In the end, the NHL's 2009 entry draft was more about smoke than fire, with only two prominent players changing teams and half-a-dozen others still on the board, awaiting word on their respective futures. This slow-go development, which is ...
More smoke than fire
Crash the Crease —
... for Dany Heatley, at a $7.5-million (all currency U.S.) annual salary-cap charge, this past week. If players of Heatley’s stature start to take deep discounts, starting July 1 – and the expectation is that Marian Hossa’s annual salary if he signs an extension with the Detroit Red Wings could average just north of $4-million a season – then it becomes even more difficult to peddle a player signed at the height of the NHL’s wild post-lockout growth spurt.
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NHL Morning Papers (Monday Edition): Q & A with Victor Hedman, Are the Sedins done in Vancouver, Blues have assets to trade, Lots of work for GM’s in next few days.
IllegalCurve.com —
NHL Free Agency & Trade:
With the NHL entry draft now in the rear-view mirror, the workload for 30 general managers and their front-office staff is set to increase in the next few days.
This weekend’s slow-go development in the NHL is tied inextricably to the upcoming free-agency period.
Today, Darryl Sutter will likely be in Edmonton to talk to Jay Bouwmeester and his Edmonton-based agent Bryon Baltimore.
With the long and ...
Still Pretending
Tom Benjamin's NHL Blog :: CanucksCorner.com —
... Eric Duhatscheck delivers up a post draft piece that begins with: In the end, the NHL’s 2009 entry draft was more about smoke than fire, with only two prominent players changing teams and half-a-dozen others still on the board, awaiting word on their respective futures. This slow-go development, which is becoming more pronounced every year, is tied inextricably to the upcoming free-agency period, and the uncertainty about how the market is about to unfold. If the dollars paid out this year are down from the ridiculous sums commanded by players over the past two years, then ...
