NHL Morning Papers (Friday Edition): Rick Nash closer to signing extension with Columbus, many teams after Saku Koivu and Marian Gaborik never tendered offer by new Wild GM
IllegalCurve.com —
... considering they have been playing together since they were 15, they are really excited.
For as much as he was ignored by Minnesota, Marian Gaborik was coveted by the Rangers from second free agency began.
Larry Brooks thinks the Rangers need a point-man for the power play before they need a center to play with Marian Gaborik.
Yesterday, the Coyotes signed veteran defenseman Adrian Aucoin to a one-year deal.
The Penguins may look to Jay McKee to replace the departed Rob Scuderi. However, Penguins ...
Shero Expects To Get Involved Today
Faceoff Factor —
... negotiations to bring back Ruslan Fedotenko. By my count, he’s been on the losing end thus far. But as the defending Stanley Cup Champions, Shero knew his Pittsburgh Penguins would have a target on their backs, and not just during the season. Winning the Stanley Cup — and even just making it there, as we saw one year ago with Ryan Malone — often inflates players’ values. With a limited budget, there’s not much Shero can do. But that doesn’t mean he won’t try. According to the Post-Gazette , Shero intents to get involved in the action today, hopefully learning the fate of ...
Penguins sign Guein - 7-3-09
Empty Netters —
Eat your heart out Bill Thomas.
The Penguins have signed former Flyers defensmean Nate Guenin, a native of Sewickley, to a one-year, two way deal.
Guenin appeared in one game last season with the Flyers and recorded no points. In 77 games with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL, he had 17 points (four goals, 13 assists).
EN Says: This is a signing for the sake of organizational depth. He'll get a look at as the team's sixth or seventh defenseman.
There's a Guenin-Guerin joke in there somewhere which we can't put ...
The Morning Skate: Courting Koivu, Rangers' Vulnerability and Teemu's Last Time
Slap Shot —
... market, the Canucks might try to lure Mats Sundin back for another season, this time at “a reasonable salary.” Kuzma writes, “At 38, the centre’s best days are long gone, but the Swedish centre did have eight points in eight playoff games after managing just 28 points in 41 regular-season games. Still, it was a hefty $5.626-million price tag for half a season.” Sundin is on some sort of vacation trip and G.M. Mike Gillis will contact him when he returns. Why does this sound familiar? Dave Molinari of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says the Penguins will learn today if Ruslan ...
Penguins sign defenseman Nate Guenin
PensBurgh —
... It's hard to say if Pitt plans on bringing this guy up to the Penguins' blue line or if he will step in for Wilkes-Barre as the lower part of a few lateral movements in the system. It's a fairly affordable deal either way, as Dave Molinari notes on the Post-Gazette's web site: ...
Penguins Re-Sign Fedotenko
Faceoff Factor —
Penguins Re-Sign Fedotenko Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins Jul 3, 01:17 PM | Hype this story! Just when things started looking bleak, general manager Ray Shero inked veteran winger Ruslan Fedotenko to a contract, keeping Evgeni Malkin’s left winger in place for one more year. Fedotenko marks the second prominent forward re-signing by the Penguins, who lost two prominent defensemen to free agency. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting the contract is worth $1.8 million, a paycut from the $2.25 million he earned last season. Reportedly, Fedotenko was seeking years more than dollars, though the opportunity ...
LHinks: Free agency turns sleepy, lens turns to Lighthouse Project
Lighthouse Hockey —
You knew that the excitement (and Snow-managed uncertainty) about the 2009 NHL Draft, followed immediately by free agency, would mean a certain franchise-defining real estate project would lose the spotlight for a bit.
Now that the Islanders are in wait-and-see bargain-hunting mode (a.k.a. B+ grade from Puck Daddy), and the big names are mostly off the market league-wide (check out Mirtle's post on who has money left; keep in mind the Isles' figure is without the inevitable Tavares rubber-stamp entry-level deal), it's time to surf some Isles links, Lighthouse Project and otherwise.
But first: Great signing by the ...
