WhiteLightning91

It was Martin Kariya who they signed. Steve has been playing over in Sweden. I would be surprised to see Martin play in even half the 82 games.

I never said it doesn't happen. Relax.

If we are going to look for another defenseman I would look at Stuart, Sutton, Sydor, or Hamrlik. Roman Hamrlik could cost too much though. Either of the other 3 I would be fine with.

Well of course we won't RUN with it, this is hockey. We will skate away with the central title this year

Whew...Thank God he isn't coming here...Why the hell would he turn down Pittsburgh in favor of ******* St Louis? Did he forget what team Crosby/Malkin/Staal are on? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he just made a mistake with which team he meant to sign with...

Will take you're word for it. Still think that we could use Markov to really solidify the blue line.

Colorado is going nowhere until the fix there blue line and goaltending. Peter Budaj is not going to lead your team to the Cup. Imagine how much they could fix their defense if they would've cut ties with Theodore.

mr. negative? How about Mr. realistic-about-us-not-scoring-any-goals-if-Kozlov-is-our-sniper?

The numbers are from Ansar Khan so I'm assuming they are right.

It's an unwritten rule that you do not send offer sheets to other teams RFA's. It inflates the market and makes teams sign guys to contracts that are completely unnecessary. Do that to a team and the rest of the GM's could very well give you a massive "f*** You" when you come calling for a trade...

No way Selanne leaves Anaheim. He will retire or sign a 1-year deal with them. Kariya? I just puked...

Really sucks to be Dean Lombardi today...So much has been said about him so far this off season about how he was working so hard to land a top UFA and they haven't gotten ANYONE. Oh well, I'm not a Kings fan so what do i care?

We still need a reserve forward for the 13th spot. Nobody in GR is going to come close to Hudler in terms of skill. Keep Hudler.

Dammit Kenny...

Cross of our old pal Joey MacDonald from that list of Boston goaltenders. He is taking over for Biron as the backup for the Sabre's I'm pretty sure. Just need to find the link...

Filppula (694K) Datsyuk (6.7) UFA Samuelsson (1.2) Zetterberg (2.65) Holmstrom (2.25) Maltby (883K) Draper (2.128) Cleary (663K) Grigorenko (858K) Franzen (942K) UFA Kopecky (500K) UFA's - Todd Bertuzzi RFA's - Jiri Hudler, Darryl Bootland Lidstrom (7.6) UFA Rafalski (6.0) Kronwall (3.0) Lebda (650K) Chelios (850K) Lilja (1.0) UFA's - Danny Markov RFA's - Derek Meech UFA Osgood (850K) UFA's - Domink Hasek RFA's - Stefan Liv Commited: $39,418,000 Injury/Deadline Cushion: $2 Million Bonuses: $1.2 Million Total: $42,618,000 Available: $7,682,000

So you would rather have an absolutely horrendous season than a very successful one where you were able to shut up a lot of critics who said you're team wasn't going anywhere in the playoffs just so you can have some excitement for a couple weeks? You're delusional. It's hard to improve your team when they are already so good.

Shanahan was the whole reason Gomez signed in NY. Shanahan will be sporting the Ranger patch next year.

Even though the cap is set at $50.3M, teams can still spend up to $55M. They just need to find a way to get rid of that $5M by the start of the season. That is my only logical explanation for how Sather was able to pull this one off.

My 2007-08 Off Season Line-Up Filppula (694K) Datsyuk (6.7) UFA Samuelsson (1.2) Zetterberg (2.65) Holmstrom (2.25) Maltby (883K) Draper (2.128) Cleary (663K) Grigorenko (858K) Franzen (942K) UFA Kopecky (500K) UFA's - Todd Bertuzzi RFA's - Jiri Hudler, Darryl Bootland Lidstrom (7.6) UFA Rafalski (6.0) Kronwall (3.0) Lebda (650K) Chelios (850K) Lilja (1.0) UFA's - Danny Markov RFA's - Derek Meech UFA Osgood (850K) UFA's - Domink Hasek RFA's - Stefan Liv Commited: $39,418,000 Injury/Deadline Cushion: $2 Million Hasek's Bonus: $1.2 Million Total: $42,618,000 Available: $7,682,000 They need 2 forwards (Bertuzzi & UFA), 1 physical stay-at-home D-Man (Markov or UFA), and 1 starting goalie (Hasek).

My 2007-08 Off Season Line-Up Filppula (694K) Datsyuk (6.7) UFA Samuelsson (1.2) Zetterberg (2.65) Holmstrom (2.25) Maltby (883K) Draper (2.128) Cleary (663K) Grigorenko (858K) Franzen (942K) UFA Kopecky (500K) UFA's - Todd Bertuzzi RFA's - Jiri Hudler, Darryl Bootland Lidstrom (7.6) UFA Rafalski (6.0) Kronwall (3.0) Lebda (650K) Chelios (850K) Lilja (1.0) UFA's - Danny Markov RFA's - Derek Meech UFA Osgood (850K) UFA's - Domink Hasek RFA's - Stefan Liv Commited: $39,418,000 Injury/Deadline Cushion: $2 Million Hasek's Bonus: $1.2 Million Total: $42,618,000 Available: $7,682,000

No way Meech plays over Quincey. Meech is out of waiver options so most likely he will be picked up by another team.

Bertuzzi is looking for $3M for around 3 years. Holland wants to do a 1 year incentive laden deal. They need to find the common ground.

Gomez is going to be getting $7M+ for at least 5 years. Our D was in dire need of an upgrade when Schneider went on the market. You win championships starting with your D. Kenny made the right call putting the money into the defense first.

Our D wasn't exactly the broad street bullies when Schneider was back there...