Official NHL 2007 Off-Season Thread - Fans of the banished teams unite!
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Kovalev news in Montreal:
"At the end of the season, I had a discussion with GM Bob Gainey," Kovalev told journalist Pavel Lysenkov, the author of his official biography. "I told (Gainey) that I didn't want to be back on the team if I'm treated the same way as I was (this past) season."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/26042007/3/sports-kovalev-unhappy-report.html
"At the end of the season, I had a discussion with GM Bob Gainey," Kovalev told journalist Pavel Lysenkov, the author of his official biography. "I told (Gainey) that I didn't want to be back on the team if I'm treated the same way as I was (this past) season."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/26042007/3/sports-kovalev-unhappy-report.html
Gotta love Steve Simmons for stirring up crap in Leafland.
http://www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2007/05/02/4147125-sun.html
http://www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2007/05/02/4147125-sun.html
TemplaerDude
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i don't like it here.
TemplaerDude
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what kind of pie is that? looks like curry. i love curry. tell me it's curry.
Spruce Moose
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Hi there!
I'm not too suprised to find myself here, but ya, feel bad for Luongo.
I'm not too suprised to find myself here, but ya, feel bad for Luongo.
Sorry Canucks.
The Preds and Flames already ate all the pumpkin pie. The Oilers and Lightning drank all the punch too. So yea.
We left some beets in the fridge for you though.
You guys missed out on the party. The Panthers brought these hot girls and it was bumping, but I saw them leave with the Penguins and Thrashers. We're gonna go home now, early tee time. Would invite you guys, but it's a bit too late to add you in.
Um, the Blues and Leafs are playing Magic: The Gathering in the corner there if you're bored.
So yea... have fun...
The Preds and Flames already ate all the pumpkin pie. The Oilers and Lightning drank all the punch too. So yea.
We left some beets in the fridge for you though.
You guys missed out on the party. The Panthers brought these hot girls and it was bumping, but I saw them leave with the Penguins and Thrashers. We're gonna go home now, early tee time. Would invite you guys, but it's a bit too late to add you in.
Um, the Blues and Leafs are playing Magic: The Gathering in the corner there if you're bored.
So yea... have fun...
Cold-Steel
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I traded some of my beets to the Panthers and walked away with Heidi Klum and the rights to Nathan Horton.
Mike Works
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oh god it smells like death in here
ah well....
might as well talk about something
does anyone have NHL07 for 360???
I'm on my 3rd season as Montreal, and I won the cup year 1, lost in the ECF to Buffalo, and have a 10-4 record so far...
its crazy fun, here are my lines:
Ovechkin-Koivu-Ryder
Kovalchuck-Drury-Frolov
Higgins-Peca-Perezhogin
Shishkanov-Perrault-Kostitsyn
Souray-Markov
Hannan-Timonen
Dandenault-Komisarek
eh, I only have 230k left in cap space, and theres no way I can sign Ovechkin since hes asking for too much and its his last year on his contract...
so the question is, should I trade Ovy and get a lot in return, or should I keep him and lose him to Free Agency???
decisions, decisions
might as well talk about something
does anyone have NHL07 for 360???
I'm on my 3rd season as Montreal, and I won the cup year 1, lost in the ECF to Buffalo, and have a 10-4 record so far...
its crazy fun, here are my lines:
Ovechkin-Koivu-Ryder
Kovalchuck-Drury-Frolov
Higgins-Peca-Perezhogin
Shishkanov-Perrault-Kostitsyn
Souray-Markov
Hannan-Timonen
Dandenault-Komisarek
eh, I only have 230k left in cap space, and theres no way I can sign Ovechkin since hes asking for too much and its his last year on his contract...
so the question is, should I trade Ovy and get a lot in return, or should I keep him and lose him to Free Agency???
decisions, decisions
Cold-Steel
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RaoulDuke said:
Oh god, yes.
Dump the dead weight and grab some guys who want to score and win together.
TemplaerDude
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i'd like for nonis to get rid of morrison but seriously, who wants a 3.2 million dollar 3rd line center? i think we're stuck with him for one more year unfortunately.
what this team needs is a sniper to play alongside naslund and try to get him alive again and a big net crasher for the sedins, someone with some skill.
if you ask me those are the missing links in this team, because if the sedins got that big presence in front of the net and naslund + some awesome guy are sniping shots in on the second line, you got two bonafide first lines playing for you getting more than enough offense than what this team needs, all of a sudden teams like anaheim have two lines to worry about, not just one and kinda one.
i hope to see kesler and green back, kesler more or less for the 3rd line duties, maybe second line if pyatt doesn't get resigned, green's a very good 4th line shaker and a good penalty killer.
lindens definitely a man who, if he's willing to, we should sign. he's such a heart player and can step up to second line fill-em-up roles if someone goes down with injury.
bulis needs to go.
fitzy, sorry pal, outta here.
santala can be let go for all i care.
sopel was a disappointment, he had an excellent first 10 games or so and then went back to his old invisibility tricks. with our depth in the back end, he's expendable.
smolinski i thought would be a good depth move at the deadline but before i was dead set against him and now i know why; he sucks, no chemistry with anyone, no skill, no real anything. he's the guy who is good for the 6th goal in a 6 - 1 win. he needs to go.
as for free agents, lord knows who the canucks should get, there's a lot out there this year that could help us and if we could only lose morrisons contract we'd have a whole heap of space.
just my thoughts.
what this team needs is a sniper to play alongside naslund and try to get him alive again and a big net crasher for the sedins, someone with some skill.
if you ask me those are the missing links in this team, because if the sedins got that big presence in front of the net and naslund + some awesome guy are sniping shots in on the second line, you got two bonafide first lines playing for you getting more than enough offense than what this team needs, all of a sudden teams like anaheim have two lines to worry about, not just one and kinda one.
i hope to see kesler and green back, kesler more or less for the 3rd line duties, maybe second line if pyatt doesn't get resigned, green's a very good 4th line shaker and a good penalty killer.
lindens definitely a man who, if he's willing to, we should sign. he's such a heart player and can step up to second line fill-em-up roles if someone goes down with injury.
bulis needs to go.
fitzy, sorry pal, outta here.
santala can be let go for all i care.
sopel was a disappointment, he had an excellent first 10 games or so and then went back to his old invisibility tricks. with our depth in the back end, he's expendable.
smolinski i thought would be a good depth move at the deadline but before i was dead set against him and now i know why; he sucks, no chemistry with anyone, no skill, no real anything. he's the guy who is good for the 6th goal in a 6 - 1 win. he needs to go.
as for free agents, lord knows who the canucks should get, there's a lot out there this year that could help us and if we could only lose morrisons contract we'd have a whole heap of space.
just my thoughts.
Cold-Steel
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Why do I get the feeling Nonis could probably get something awesome in return for Morrison?
I mean, the guy seems to get the best deals on cheap out of all the NHL General Managers.
2nd round pick for Smolinski, 2nd and 4th round pick for Sopel? The guy is a business genius.
On the plus side, he totally ruined Keenan's future as a GM.
I mean, the guy seems to get the best deals on cheap out of all the NHL General Managers.
2nd round pick for Smolinski, 2nd and 4th round pick for Sopel? The guy is a business genius.
On the plus side, he totally ruined Keenan's future as a GM.
HAY GUYS
Whats up?
Sharks 07-08:
Summer 2007 UFA's: Rivet, Hannan, Guerin, Smith, Traverse, Fergusen, Stafford, and Darche
Summer 2007 RFA's: Cavanaugh, Iggulden, Macho, Davison, Patzold, Plihal, Armstrong, Olson, and Valette.
UFA's after the 07-08 season: Thornton, Marleau, Toskala, Brown, Rissmiller, and Mink.
Goals:
Re-sign:
- Rivet
- Hannan
== key elements of our improving defense
Let Walk:
- Guerin
== useless
- Smith
== I'd love to see him stay, but best to open the space up for youth
The Rest of the Summer 2007 UFAs and RFAs: Most of them kept at minimal contracts, or used as fodder in trades
Extend 2008 Contracts:
- Thornton
- Brown
- Rismiller
Trade:
- Nabokov or Toskala
== Keep Toskala if we can negotiate a contract this year for cheap
- Bell
== someone please take this **** off our hands
- Marleau
== Captain Choke must go.
== Two years in a row of not being able to jolt his team from slumber
== Only 1 year left on contract, but could help receive defensive rental
== Probably could have only kept Thornton or Marleau. Clearly Thornton over Marleau.
Look for:
- Proven, Playoff-ready, Defenseman / Offensive Defense
- A Wing for Thornton
Expected new Youth in lineup:
- Setoguchi
- Some of the new faces in the RFA list
Notes:
- Ron Wilson stays. Great coach, nothing better on the market.
- Give Mike Grier the C.
- The new adjustments to the Tank next year will make it look hot, but sound quiet =\
We have most of the team in place, just more tweaking and some leadership change is needed. A team tweaked as described above could easily make a cup run if they showed up for all 60 minutes of every game - regular season and playoffs.
Whats up?
Sharks 07-08:
Summer 2007 UFA's: Rivet, Hannan, Guerin, Smith, Traverse, Fergusen, Stafford, and Darche
Summer 2007 RFA's: Cavanaugh, Iggulden, Macho, Davison, Patzold, Plihal, Armstrong, Olson, and Valette.
UFA's after the 07-08 season: Thornton, Marleau, Toskala, Brown, Rissmiller, and Mink.
Goals:
Re-sign:
- Rivet
- Hannan
== key elements of our improving defense
Let Walk:
- Guerin
== useless
- Smith
== I'd love to see him stay, but best to open the space up for youth
The Rest of the Summer 2007 UFAs and RFAs: Most of them kept at minimal contracts, or used as fodder in trades
Extend 2008 Contracts:
- Thornton
- Brown
- Rismiller
Trade:
- Nabokov or Toskala
== Keep Toskala if we can negotiate a contract this year for cheap
- Bell
== someone please take this **** off our hands
- Marleau
== Captain Choke must go.
== Two years in a row of not being able to jolt his team from slumber
== Only 1 year left on contract, but could help receive defensive rental
== Probably could have only kept Thornton or Marleau. Clearly Thornton over Marleau.
Look for:
- Proven, Playoff-ready, Defenseman / Offensive Defense
- A Wing for Thornton
Expected new Youth in lineup:
- Setoguchi
- Some of the new faces in the RFA list
Notes:
- Ron Wilson stays. Great coach, nothing better on the market.
- Give Mike Grier the C.
- The new adjustments to the Tank next year will make it look hot, but sound quiet =\
We have most of the team in place, just more tweaking and some leadership change is needed. A team tweaked as described above could easily make a cup run if they showed up for all 60 minutes of every game - regular season and playoffs.
All sorts of articles on the Leafs and MLSE's woes. Here's an example:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/columnist.jsp?content=20070508_120642_5636
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/columnist.jsp?content=20070508_120642_5636
BigJonsson
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****ING MLSE
UGH
UGH
Okay so I heard this on FAN590 yesterday from Nick Kypreos, so take this with a grain of salt.
He said he has heard rumblings within MLSE that they want Colangelo to take over. Possibly taking Peddie's job. I know it's been talked about a lot here in Toronto ever since he turned around the Raptors, but this is the first time I've heard any of the sports analyst talk about it not as wishful thinking.
He said he has heard rumblings within MLSE that they want Colangelo to take over. Possibly taking Peddie's job. I know it's been talked about a lot here in Toronto ever since he turned around the Raptors, but this is the first time I've heard any of the sports analyst talk about it not as wishful thinking.
Leafs would have made it, if the league had known about the performance enhancing Islanders!
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/221629
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/221629
Cash-in has just cashed in.
The New York Islanders have bought out the remaining four years of captain Alexei Yashin's 10-year contract.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/222215
The New York Islanders have bought out the remaining four years of captain Alexei Yashin's 10-year contract.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/222215
Crazymoogle
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Manics said:
A hell of a deal too. He gets a huge wad of cash plus 2.2m/season vs. the Islander's cap. I love how he has glowing things to say about Charles Wang, though. :lol
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