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2009 Free Agency: July 1 Open Thread
Broad Street Hockey —
... land? Where will Dany Heatley be traded? WILL Dany Heatley be traded?
There are a ton of questions and a ton of excitement is bound to take place today. Spend the afternoon here at Broad Street Hockey.
Here is some reading material to set you up for the day...
A Flyers free agency cheat sheet, and cheat sheets from all around the league.
The Flyers salary cap chart, updated as of 11:59 AM today.
The top 100 unrestricted free agents, a depth chart of available forwards, a ...
2009 NHL free agency begins
PensBurgh —
... Sure, there's going to be a lot of action going on today throughout the hockey world. SBN Hockey makes it easy for you with this nifty little free agency hub. Mirtle also listed the Top 100 UFAs and provides a little ...
Breakning News: TSN says Kubina for Exelby
Sports Page Atlanta —
... L 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Battle of California UFA Day Open Thread by Earl Sleek on Battle of California 5 minutes ago 189 comments | 0 recs Canes Country Erik Cole stays with Carolina - Signs a Two Year Deal by Bubba on Canes Country about 1 hour ago 4 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink ...
For a Good Time--Visit the HF Leafs Board...
Sports Page Atlanta —
... 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Battle of California UFA Day Open Thread by Earl Sleek on Battle of California about 2 hours ago 207 comments | 0 recs Canes Country Erik Cole stays with Carolina - Signs a Two Year Deal by Bubba on Canes Country about 5 hours ago 21 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink ...
Blog Hits: Oilers nations is still in flux, Ohlund thinks his life is summed up by a Frank Sinatra song “The best is yet to come” and Spector tries to inject some reason into the insanity that is free agency day.
IllegalCurve.com —
... Bruins Blog: Apparently Jack Adams winner Claude Julien was a selling point to free agent Steve Begin.
Lightning Strikes: Gives us the conference call that Ohlund had with reporters, including this gem “My best years are ahead of me”.
Spector’s Hockey: Talks about how general managers need to avoid the risk of “auction fever”, getting into bidding wars for players and signing them for far more than they’re worth.
From the Rink: Provides a list of the top 100 free agents which shows you which ...
Free Agency Day One
Honk if you love justice! —
... One other helpful chart at From the Rink is the top 100 FAs, with the contracts getting filled in as they sign. Good for figuring out who your GM is not going to sign. ;) ...
July 2 Open Thread: "Hey Buddy, Can Ya Spare A Top 6 Forward?"
Nucks Misconduct —
... Not exactly inspiring stuff, but the summer is a long time folks. Of the top ten five free agents available in the world yesterday, don't forget we did snag two of them. We'll find our top six forward and bottom four defenseman soon enough. Keep an eye out for Luongo's extension that should be coming down soon as well. ...
Should Atlanta Target Eric Belanger?
Sports Page Atlanta —
Should Atlanta Target Eric Belanger?
The Thrashers are probably close to being finished--I have them with a projected payroll of $46 after Lehtenon and Armstrong re-sign. If there's another million left in the budget, the PK could ...
No Grade Inflation Here: Puck Daddy Rates Free Agent Frenzy
Sports Page Atlanta —
... | 0 recs From The Rink July 1 Roundup: 46 players signed, $406-million spent by James Mirtle on From The Rink 4 days ago 51 comments | 0 recs Hockey Wilderness Havlat Signs with Wild by buddhafisch on Hockey Wilderness 4 days ago 123 comments | 0 recs Canes Country Erik Cole stays with Carolina - Signs a Two Year Deal by Bubba on Canes Country 4 days ago 105 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink 4 ...
The annual 'free agent frenzy' proves that this CBA works no better than the last one, but revenue-sharing and escrow end up back in the league's pockets this time around
Snapshots —
... signed with team on July 2nd and 3rd, players like Alex Kovalev, Alex Tanguay, Francois Beauchemin , Mathieu Schneider, and Sergei Zubov remain on the market. The last three "Silly Seasons" in particular have seen even the staunchest allies of Gary Bettman's salary cap during the lockout tossing ever-increasing sums of money at players with the same abilities--two years ago, Robert Lang was ridiculously overpaid as a supposed point-per-game underachiever at $3.9 million, and these days, a point-per-game player earns anywhere from $6-8 million, with elite defensemen earning ...
Thrashers Re-sign Joey Crabb
Sports Page Atlanta —
... | 0 recs From The Rink July 1 Roundup: 46 players signed, $406-million spent by James Mirtle on From The Rink 3 days ago 51 comments | 0 recs Hockey Wilderness Havlat Signs with Wild by buddhafisch on Hockey Wilderness 3 days ago 123 comments | 0 recs Canes Country Erik Cole stays with Carolina - Signs a Two Year Deal by Bubba on Canes Country 3 days ago 105 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink 3 ...
Tuesday Links
St. Louis Game Time —
... with the Leafs. [TSN]
Andrew Raycroft, the former Calder winner, is on the move again. [TSN]
I like to say Ville Leino's name like "Vile." It's fitting. [TSN]
Chris Pronger wants an extension with the Flyers ... but does the Mrs. approve of the Illedelph? [TSN]
Now I have heard of Francois Beauchemin ... he should help Toronto. [TSN]
Wondering who is left on the FA market? [From The Rink]
Doc Whiskey and I agree ... this game looks awesome. ...
SB Nation Annouces Mobile Commenting!
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Rink Tue 04/07 L 2 - 4 @ Washington [image] Japers-sm Japers' Rink Sun 04/05 L 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Pension Plan Puppets Leafs GM Brian Burke Signs Beauchemin, Answers Prayers by blurr1974 on Pension Plan Puppets about 8 hours ago 18 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink about 21 ...
Is Nathan Oystrick Back in Atlanta?
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Rink Tue 04/07 L 2 - 4 @ Washington [image] Japers-sm Japers' Rink Sun 04/05 L 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Pension Plan Puppets Leafs GM Brian Burke Signs Beauchemin, Answers Prayers by blurr1974 on Pension Plan Puppets about 10 hours ago 19 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink about ...
Cool "Who Played with Whom" Tool!
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Rink Tue 04/07 L 2 - 4 @ Washington [image] Japers-sm Japers' Rink Sun 04/05 L 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Pension Plan Puppets Leafs GM Brian Burke Signs Beauchemin, Answers Prayers by blurr1974 on Pension Plan Puppets about 17 hours ago 19 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink 1 day ...
Rejoice! "Thrasher Killer" Nittymaki Departs for KHL!
Sports Page Atlanta —
... Japers' Rink Tue 04/07 L 2 - 4 @ Washington [image] Japers-sm Japers' Rink Sun 04/05 L 4 - 6 @ Florida [image] Litter-small Litter Box Cats Fri 04/03 W 3 - 1 Blog Extras NHL Free Agency Coverage Pension Plan Puppets Leafs GM Brian Burke Signs Beauchemin, Answers Prayers by blurr1974 on Pension Plan Puppets 1 day ago 19 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink 1 day ...
Which players are on your hockey thrill list?
Puck Daddy —
... Let's face it, this is about the time of the calendar year when hockey news comes to a crawl and everyone refreshes the batteries until training camps open in September. There's still plenty of big names available on the free agent market which will fill the dead spaces in the hockey news coverage for the next few weeks, but now is the time where puckheads begin enjoying their summer. Even ...
2009 Thrashers Prospect Camp Photo Gallery
Sports Page Atlanta —
... goal with Alex Auld by Brandon Worley on Defending Big D 2 days ago 11 comments | 0 recs Battle of California The Ducks sign Saku Koivu to a 1 year, $3.25 million deal by jamestobrien on Battle of California 2 days ago 166 comments | 0 recs Pension Plan Puppets Leafs GM Brian Burke Signs Beauchemin, Answers Prayers by blurr1974 on Pension Plan Puppets 3 days ago 19 comments | 0 recs From The Rink The top 100 unrestricted free agents by James Mirtle on From The Rink ...
Sunday Links
St. Louis Game Time —
... The Blues draft well, and NHL.com is taking note of it.
Pro-Orientation Camp news! From the Blues official website. Rutherford's write up on ending on a high note.
Jeff Gordon offers his opinion on how the kids are growing.
And Gordo will answer your questions on Monday.
No more Trent Whitfield. He signed with Boston on a two-way deal.
NHL News:
Mirtle provides an updated list of his 100 top FAs.
It's not all about Sundin this time. ...
Florida Panthers up the middle: Center of a troubled universe?
Litter Box Cats —
... No one else of note down on the farm at this point. Who's available at the Free Agent Center bazaar? Check it out (via Mirtle's most recent Top 100): ...
Back, meet corner.
Fear The Fin —
... don't want to keep regurgitating old points, but it seems quite evident now that by waiting until now (or later) to make a deal, Doug Wilson has basically shot himself in the foot. If he could go back and do it all again, I'd like to think that he would have been more active at the draft, even if the return wasn't what he was expecting. It was probably a hell of alot better than the return he'll get now.
In addition, most all of the decent free agents have now left the market. There still are a few gems to be had (Taylor Pyatt, although, he'll ...
It's Not Over Yet: Avs Still Have Free Agent Options
Mile High Hockey —
Mirtle compiled a list at the start of Free Agency of the top 100 players looking for a new contract/team. There are still a few notable players left, including capable winger Alex Tanguay and other former Avs including Derek Morris and Martin Skoula. And I think Stephane Yelle is still looking for work (correct me if I'm wrong, please).
Among Mirtle's list, there are a number of affordable vets that could add some experience to Colorado's wet-behind-the-ears band of prospects and youngsters. ...
