2014 Offseason League Signings and Trades

[matt198913 932]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 1m

The Habs need a new captain. Brian Gionta signs with the Buffalo Sabres.

No Gorges, no Gionta. Who's up for the C.

Plekanec

[rick zombo 3,739]

Speculation or fact? This could make the haters go nuts…..

Jim Matheson ‏@NHLbyMatty 2m

Wings better be in on Niskanen search or at least Stralman because they are losing touch in players wanting to go there as UFAs

I call BS.

Weiss and Alfie wanted to come here last year. So did Dekeyser.

[Mckinley25 677]

It's like Luke and Yoda...accept less cool because in this scenario Holland is Yoda and he's slowly dying.

So Holland is about to tell us about our sister? Is she right handed?

[Nightfall 871]

Interesting, i feel bad for ken holland. Hes trying, but looks like all he can land at this point are guys like weiss alfie, cleary etc.. guys that are going coffin shopping, detroits at the top of the list.

Luckily we have a good farm system

Heh, Weiss was considered to be a prime free agent back when he was signed. I guess one season of injury issues deep sixes a player here in Detroit.

[wings4thecup06 504]

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 48s

Shawn Thornton to FL, 2 yrs, $1.2 AAV

[kipwinger 8,522]

Orpik to Washington should add a little spice to the Pitts-Wash games. At long last, he'll get a chance to hit Crosby.

[e_prime 1,936]

wings4thecup06... we must follow the same people as we keep beating each other to the post by mere keystrokes.

Edited July 1, 2014 by e_prime

[Dominator2005 558]

Kenny is missing paper in his fax machine.... try telegraph Kenny!!!!

[matt198913 932]

Really bad signings so far.

[T.Low 1,011]

We're not going to do anything until I leave...so I'm leaving. This is T.Low signing off.

[kipwinger 8,522]

Of the forwards still available, my list goes 1. Iginla, 2. Vrbata, 3. Vanek, 4. Moulson.

Of the defensemen, I'll take 1. Niskanen, 2. Nobody.

[Dominator2005 558]

Dallas is building a very nice team there... wait, Jim Nill anyone?

[Dabura 12,207]

Kenny is missing paper in his fax machine.... try telegraph Kenny!!!!

Carrier pigeon!

[Dabura 12,207]

Of the forwards still available, my list goes 1. Iginla, 2. Vrbata, 3. Vanek, 4. Moulson.

Of the defensemen, I'll take 1. Niskanen, 2. Nobody.

Mostly agree. Not crazy about Vrbata, though.

[kipwinger 8,522]

Ah, ok. I know who he is now. He was good in "The Trotsky", for those not impressed with his work being "the other guy" in Seth Rogen films.

Mostly agree. Not crazy about Vrbata, though.

He'd be cheap and sign short term is my thinking. And he'd still probably give you 50 pts. Anything too expensive would drop him down my list pretty fast.

[Diluvian04 11]

Epic fail on 97.1

[rick zombo 3,739]

Holland’s quest for "more 20 goal scores” next year isn’t going very well so far.

[amato 3,210]

Epic fail on 97.1

That's how I feel about every one of their broadcasts

[wings4thecup06 504]

Wow. Orpik got $5.25million per for 5 years

[rrasco 1,312]

Man, word is SJ traded Stuart to Colorado. So much for him being with his family, unless his situation has changed.

Pierre LeBrunVerified account ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun

Hearing veteran d-man Brad Stuart has been traded from San Jose to Colorado; still pending trade call, Not official yet

Edited July 1, 2014 by rrasco

[gcom007 1,465]

I call BS.

Weiss and Alfie wanted to come here last year. So did Dekeyser.

I love Alfie and supported the signing and want him back next year, but he's not a long term solution by any stretch and fits right in line with a lot of the older stars in their later years that come here. It's not bad having those guys now and again, but attracting them says nothing about our ability to attract talent that you can build a team around long term.

Dekeyser was a hometown move.

Weiss stands up to it on some level, but it's not a point I'd be screaming about, because thus far, it's been a bust for us. I hate to say it, because it's pure speculation, but given that he wasn't out of the woods with injuries and what we've gone on to see in the last year, what if other teams simply knew better than to gamble on him?

I think the point being made is true to some extent, though obviously it's not 100% conclusive and there will always be exceptions. Any way you look at it though, we are a much tougher sell to UFAs and players on the trade block with NTCs/NMCs than we were five years ago.

[kipwinger 8,522]

Holland’s quest for "more 20 goal scores” next year isn’t going very well so far.

More than the one he had last year? He should be able to do that almost by pure luck.

Edited July 1, 2014 by kipwinger

[ogreslayer 1,069]

Man, word is SJ traded Stuart to Colorado. So much for him being with his family, unless his situation has changed.

Step-daughter is now 18/18+ I believe & the custody conditions that kept her in Cali no longer apply.

[Dabura 12,207]

I do kinda wonder if Babcock isn't sort of a UFA in all of this.

[e_prime 1,936]

Adam Proteau ‏@Proteautype 3m

The NHL really should rename the first day of agency "An Afternoon Of High Comedy And Instant Regret".