The NHL Off-season

[TBGKon]

TBay trades Darryl Sydor back to Dallas for a 4th rounder in 08.

WTF.....this really sucks, but at least we can do what we want with a draft pick

[Brass]

The Rangers have resigned Martin Straka.

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[jkrdevil]

TBay trades Darryl Sydor back to Dallas for a 4th rounder in 08.

WTF.....this really sucks, but at least we can do what we want with a draft pick

It called a salary dump. That's what happens when you give a 20 goal scorer who is a restricted free agent 7 million dollars per year.

I still have no clue what Tampa was thinking with that Richards contract. First off he was restricted meaning he had little to no negotiating power. Second even if was a UFA he wasn't going to get 7 million dollars, 5 at most if that.

[Brass]

TBay trades Darryl Sydor back to Dallas for a 4th rounder in 08.

WTF.....this really sucks, but at least we can do what we want with a draft pick

It called a salary dump. That's what happens when you give a 20 goal scorer who is a restricted free agent 7 million dollars per year.

I still have no clue what Tampa was thinking with that Richards contract. First off he was restricted meaning he had little to no negotiating power. Second even if was a UFA he wasn't going to get 7 million dollars, 5 at most if that.

Probably the fact that he won the Conn Smythe trophy, the Lightning probably thought that was a huge thing. They also probably wanted to lock him up for a few years. Other than that, it was a ridicolous deal.

[Brass]

I posted this on another message board, and thought I would post it on here to make things a little easier. I'll try to update it whenever someone signs:

Eastern Conference -

Atlanta Thrashers

# G Mike Dunham, 34

# F Serge Aubin, 31

# F Peter Bondra, 38

# F Eric Boulton, 29

# F Brad Larsen, 29

# F Scott Melanby, 40 (Resigned w/ ATL, $1 million/1 yr)

# F Robert Petrovicky, 29

# F Marc Savard, 28 (Signed w/ BOS, $20 million/5 yrs)

# F J.P. Viger, 29

Boston Bruins

# D Hal Gill, 31 (Signed w/ TOR, $6.3 million/3 yrs)

# D Brian Leetch, 38

# D Ian Moran, 33

# D Jiri Slegr, 35

# F Mariusz Czerkawski, 34

# F Tom Fitzgerlad, 37

# F Eric Healey, 31

# F Brad Isbister, 29

# F Dan LaCouture, 29

# F Josh Langfeld, 28

# F Eric Nickulas, 31

# F Marty Reasoner, 29

# F Travis Green, 35

# F Shawn McEachern, 37

Buffalo Sabres

# D Rory Fitzpatrick, 31

# D Jay McKee, 28 (Signed w/ STL, Terms Undisclosed)

# D Teppo Numminen, 37

Carolina Hurricanes

# G Martin Gerber, 31 (Signed w/ OTT, Terms Undisclosed)

# D Niclas Wallin, 31

# D Aaron Ward, 33

# D Glen Wesley, 37

# F Craig Adams, 29 (Resigned w/ CAR, $17.5 million/5 yrs)

# F Matt Cullen, 29 (Signed w/ NYR, $11.2 million, 4 yrs)

# F Mark Recchi, 38

# F Doug Weight, 35

Florida Panthers

# D Jamie Allison, 30

# D Alexander Karpovtsev, 36

Montreal Canadiens

# D Francis Bouillon, 30 (Resigned w/ MON, $1.875 million per yr, 3 yrs)

# F Jan Bulis, 28

# F Niklas Sundstrom, 30

New Jersey Devils

# D Tommy Albelin, 42

# D Ken Klee, 35

# F Patrik Elias, 30

# F Viktor Kozlov, 31

# F Jamie Langenbrunner, 30 (Resigned w/ NJ, $2.8 million per yr, 5 yrs)

# F Erik Rasmussen, 29

New York Islanders

# G Wade Dubielewicz, 27

# D Joel Bouchard, 32

# D Tomi Pettinen, 29

# F Jeff Hamilton, 28

# F Wyatt Smith, 29

New York Rangers

# D Tom Poti, 29

# D Jason Strudwick, 30

# F Steve Rucchin, 34

# F Martin Rucinsky, 35

# F Martin Straka, 33 (Resigned w/ NYR, Terms Undisclosed)

# F Petr Sykora, 29

Ottawa Senators

# G Dominik Hasek, 41

# G Mike Morrison, 26 (Signed w/ PHO, Terms Undisclosed/1 yr)

# D Zdeno Chara, 29 (Signed w/ BOS, $7.5 million per yr/5 yrs.)

# D Brad Norton, 31

# D Brian Pothier, 28 (Signed w/ WSH, Terms Undisclosed/4 yrs)

# D Wade Redden, 28 (Resigned w/ OTT, $13 million/2 yrs)

# F Tyler Arnason, 27 (Signed w/ COL, Terms Undisclosed/1 yr)

# F Vaclav Varada, 29

Philadelphia Flyers

# D Eric Desjardins, 37

# D Kim Johnsson, 30 (Signed w/ MIN, $19.4 million/4 yrs)

# D Chris Therien, 34

# F Donald Brashear, 34

# F Brian Savage, 35

Pittsburgh Penguins

# D Lyle Odelein, 38

# F Eric Boguniecki, 31

# F Ryan VandenBussche, 33

Tampa Bay Lightning

# G John Grahame, 30 (Signed w/ CAR, $2.8 million/2 yrs)

# D Pavel Kubina, 29 (Signed w/ TOR, $20 million/4 yrs)

# F Chris Dingman, 29

Toronto Maple Leafs

# G Ed Belfour, 41

# D Aki Berg, 28

# D Alexander Khavanov, 34

# D Luke Richardson, 37

# F Jason Allison, 31

# F Eric Lindros, 33

# F Clarke Wilm, 29

# F Tie Domi, 36

Washington Capitals

# G Brent Johnson, 29 (Resigned w/ WSH, $575,000, 1 yr)

# D Ivan Majesky, 29

# F Jeff Helpern, 29

Western Conference -

Anaheim Ducks

# D Ruslan Salei, 31

# D Jason Marshall, 35

# F Jeff Friesen, 29

Calgary Flames

# G Brian Boucher, 29

# D Bryan Marchment, 37

# D Cale Hulse, 32

# F Shean Donovan, 31

# F Chris Simon, 34

# F Mike Leclerc, 29

Chicago Blackhawks

# F Curtis Brown, 30 (Signed by SJ, Terms Undisclosed)

# F Matthew Barnaby, 33

# F Eric Daze, 30

Colorado Avalanche

# D Rob Blake, 36 (Signed w/ LA, $12 million/2 yrs)

# D Bob Boughner, 35

# D Karlis Skrastins, 31 (Resigned w/ COL, Terms Undisclosed)

# F Jim Dowd, 37

Columbus Blue Jackets

# G Martin Prusek, 30

# D Radoslav Suchy, 29

# F Jan Hrdina, 30

# F Trevor Letowski, 29

Dallas Stars

# G Johan Hedberg, 33

# D Willie Mitchell, 29 (Signed w/ VAN, $14 million/4 yrs)

# D Patrick Traverse, 32

# F Jason Arnott, 31 (Signed w/ NSH, $22.5 million/5 yrs)

# F Nathan Perrott, 32

# F Jeremy Stevenson, 31

# F Bill Guerin, 35

Detroit Red Wings

# G Manny Legace, 33

# G Chris Osgood, 33 (Resigned w/ DET, Terms Undisclosed/2 yrs)

# D Chris Chelios, 44

# D Nicklas Lidstrom, 36 (Resigned w/ DET, $7.6 million per yr/2 yrs)

# D Cory Cross, 35

# D Andreas Lilja, 30

# D Jason Wooley, 36

# F Mark Mowers, 32

# F Brendan Shanahan, 37

# F Steve Yzerman, 41

Edmonton Oilers

# G Dwayne Roloson, 36 (Resigned w/ EDM, Terms Disclosed/3 yrs)

# D Jaroslav Spacek, 32

# D Dick Tarnstrom, 31

# D Igor Ulanov, 36

# F Radek Dvorak, 29

# F Georges Laraque, 29

# F Mike Peca, 32

# F Fernando Pisani, 29 (Resigned w/ EDM, $8 million/4 yrs)

# F Sergei Samsonov, 27

Los Angeles Kings

# D Joe Corvo, 29 (Signed w/ OTT, $10.5 million/4 yrs)

# F Derek Armstrong, 33

# F Valeri Bure, 32

# F Mark Parrish, 29 (Signed w/ MIN, Terms Undisclosed/5 yrs)

# F Jeremy Roenick, 36

Minnesota Wild

# D Filip Kuba, 29 (Signed w/ TB, $9 million/3 yrs)

# D Daniel Tjarnqvist, 29

# D Andrei Zyuzin, 28 (Signed w/ CAL, Terms Undisclosed)

# F Marc Chouinard, 29

# F Randy Robitaille, 30

# F Marc Chouinard, 29

Nashville Predators

# G Chris Mason, 29 (Resigned w/ NSH, $1.25 million per yr, 2 yrs)

# D Mark Eaton, 28

# D Danny Markov, 29

# D Brendan Witt, 31

# D Marek Zidlicky, 29

# F Greg Johnson, 35

# F Yanic Perreault, 35

# F Mike Sillinger, 34 (Signed w/ NYI, Terms Undisclosed, 3 yrs)

Phoenix Coyotes

# D Jamie Rivers, 31

# F Boyd Devereaux, 27

# F Oleg Kvasha, 27

# F Geoff Sanderson, 34

St. Louis Blues

# G Reinhard Divis, 30

# G Patrick Lalime, 31 (Signed w/ CHI, $700,000/1 yr)

# D Kevin Dallman, 25

# D Steve Poapst, 37

# F Peter Cajanek, 30

# F Dallas Drake, 37 (Reeigned w/ STL, Terms Undisclosed)

# F Jeff Hoggan, 28

# F Ryan Johnson, 29

# F Dean McAmmond, 32

# F Scott Young, 38

San Jose Sharks

# F Alyn McCauley, 29 (Signed w/ LA, Terms Undisclosed, 3 yrs)

# F Scott Thornton, 35 (Signed w/ LA, Terms Undisclosed)

Vancouver Canucks

# D Nolan Baumgertner, 30 (Signed w/ PHI, Terms Undisclosed, 2 yrs)

# D Sean Brown, 29

# D Keith Carney, 36

# D Ed Jovanovski, 30 (Signs w/ PHO, Terms Undisclosed/5 yrs)

# D Eric Weinrich, 39

# F Anson Carter, 32

# F Trevor Linden, 36

# F Richard Park, 30

# F Jarkko Ruutu, 30

[steiny_ramone]

Apparently Weight has signed with St. Louis.

EDIT: Belfour has NOT signed with Florida. Sorry to look like a jackass.

[Davey]

Now there is another rumor ( i got this from sportsnet, dont ask lol) saying that the leafs are on the verge on the signing of Jeremy Roenick. But imo , i'll belive it when i see it lol.

[Brass]

Ruslan Salei has signed a 4-year deal with the Panthers.

[FiddySicks]

Kings sign Alyn McCauley

Thats kind of a bummer. Good up and coming player. But this will clear some space for the Sharks.

[dustyb58]

I heard that Detroit re-signed Lilja, but I have no other evidence of it...

[Brass]

Doug Weight returns to St. Louis!

[Neon_Matrix]

Now there is another rumor ( i got this from sportsnet, dont ask lol) saying that the leafs are on the verge on the signing of Jeremy Roenick. But imo , i'll belive it when i see it lol.

I'd LOVE to see JR here. I hate the guy with a passion but I find him to be unbelievably entertaining. Bring in Sean Avery too and they'll bask in our media.

Where was the Belfour in Florida rumor heard? This sounds very interesting.

[wheateater]

Now there is another rumor ( i got this from sportsnet, dont ask lol) saying that the leafs are on the verge on the signing of Jeremy Roenick. But imo , i'll belive it when i see it lol.

My deepest condolences.

[BigEd76]

ha...the Leafs love ex-Flyer centers with concussion problems...

[NJTank]

Elais staying in NJ watch him get the Captain C

[CMUBrent]

Now there is another rumor ( i got this from sportsnet, dont ask lol) saying that the leafs are on the verge on the signing of Jeremy Roenick. But imo , i'll belive it when i see it lol.

I'd LOVE to see JR here. I hate the guy with a passion but I find him to be unbelievably entertaining. Bring in Sean Avery too and they'll bask in our media.

Where was the Belfour in Florida rumor heard? This sounds very interesting.

Haven't heard anything about Eddie The Eagle going to Florida, but I've heard a few "Belfour to Detroit" rumors. Sorry, but I think I'll pass. Eddie's been one of the top goalies the NHL's seen in the past 30 years, and the best player ever to play in Saginaw, but he's 41 and his back is a mess. IMO, the Wings would be crazy to take a chance on Belfour, even for one season.

Ed Belfour, circa 1998-99? Definitely.

Ed Belfour, circa 2002-03? Sure.

Ed Belfour now? No thanks. Let him finish his career somewhere else, or retire, then the Spirit can raise his number 31 to the Wendler Arena rafters.

[Shane Does Art]

So where do you guys think Pronger will end up? And what will the trade look like?

I'm hoping he comes to Ottawa so we can have a BIG physical presence on the blue-line. Maybe Pronger for Havlat,Volchenkov and a pick

[OMMF]

You can move Shean Donovan from the Flames to the Bruins.

Now, if only we could play the games on paper.

[Neon_Matrix]

So where do you guys think Pronger will end up? And what will the trade look like?

I'm hoping he comes to Ottawa so we can have a BIG physical presence on the blue-line. Maybe Pronger for Havlat,Volchenkov and a pick

They'd ask for Messorov (or however his name is spelled) and most likely Havlet and a first round draft pic if they were to trade him to Ottawa.

I really don't know where he'll end up, but I'm willing to put money on him going somewhere in the States, not in Canada. Tampa Bay may be his destination or possibly Detroit if they are willing to part with Zetterberg or Datzyuk. All I know is its going to be hard to predict where he'll go.

[Fred T. Jane]

They'd ask for Messorov (or however his name is spelled) and most likely Havlet and a first round draft pic if they were to trade him to Ottawa.

I agree there. And if I'm Muckler, the only Blueliner that's on the table is Chris Phillips. Mezaros and Volchenkov are both young stars, and Ottawa would be silly to part with them. Frankly, I wouldn't even want him in a Senators' sweater. In a lineup loaded with talent in St. Louis, he did jack squat for years in the Playoffs. It'll take more than a single playoff run to convince me of the need to let go of some serious talent for him.