The NHLPA is investigating the Nashville Predators after concerns arose that there was a possibility the team missed the deadline for qualifying offers to a number of their Restricted Free Agents.
If the NHLPA finds enough evidence, they will file a grievance requesting the players in question become UFA's.
The players in question include Sergei Kostitsyn, Cal O'Reilly, Matt Halischuk, Nick Spaling and three minor league players.
Shea Weber not included, so let's get that out of the way right now. He was given a qualifying offer last week so that the Preds could file for Team-Elected Salary Arbitration.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 12:46 PM
"There's no *expletive* commies on my team!" - Harold Ballard at the draft table in 1989, upon hearing that the Leafs were going to draft Sergei Fedorov. Ballard was dead less than a year later.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 02:49 PM
Ah Bettman will step in and everything will be ok, Nashville is one of his babies.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 02:57 PM
If Weber was on that list all of LGW would blow the biggest load.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 03:01 PM
Chicago did this recently too I believe.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:40 PM
Reports say the NHLPA has filed a grievance, seeking UFA status for the players mentioned.
"There's no *expletive* commies on my team!" - Harold Ballard at the draft table in 1989, upon hearing that the Leafs were going to draft Sergei Fedorov. Ballard was dead less than a year later.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:42 PM
Reports say the NHLPA has filed a grievance, seeking UFA status for the players mentioned.
Awesome.
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 11:14 PM
That should get them up to the Cap floor in a hurry. 
While I don't think they'll have to throw big money at any of these guys to keep them, they will have to spend more than they had budgeted for. This could really affect next years signing of free agents. With 4 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 2 goalies to sign, they may have to either dig deep and hope that they can afford a higher payroll, or say goodbye to some free agents that they had planned to keep. Like Suter and Rinne, perhaps. 
While I don't think they'll have to throw big money at any of these guys to keep them, they will have to spend more than they had budgeted for. This could really affect next years signing of free agents. With 4 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 2 goalies to sign, they may have to either dig deep and hope that they can afford a higher payroll, or say goodbye to some free agents that they had planned to keep. Like Suter and Rinne, perhaps.
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Posted 01 July 2011 - 01:34 PM
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Posted 01 July 2011 - 01:59 PM
Nashville is following Chicago's example of how to get a championship team? Interesting.
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Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:29 PM
From TSN:
From cbc dot ca:...
The Players' Association contends that Sergei Kostitsyn, Matt Halischuk, Nick Spaling and Cal O'Reilly, along with three minor-leaguers did not receive qualifying offers in timely fashion. Halischuk and Spaling signed two-year contracts on Thursday, while O'Reilly inked a one-year deal. How the signings affect Friday's hearing remians to be seen.
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Sergei Kostitsyn could be one of the top free agents of next summer with a strong performance next season with the Nashville Predators.
The Predators announced that the restricted free agent had come to terms on a one-year contract worth $2.5 million US.
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Posted 08 July 2011 - 06:53 PM
Decent deal they got on him. I expected for him to get around $3.5M.From TSN:
From cbc dot ca:
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