[NHL] Official Buyout & Signings Thread

[Matrix XII]

Wow, I really hope that trade is true, I'd take Boumeester over jovo and Luongo over Clouts anyday!

[bayrider]

Matrix, u guys JUST re-signed Dan "i cannot stop a beachball" Cloutier for 2yrs. Luongo is 10x the goalie Cloutier will ever be.

[berdusco]

IMO luongo is the or one of the best goalies in the league, also fench canadian...if you look at it french canadians have been some of the best goalies in recent years; roy, theodore, luongo, brodeur, need i go on?

[patelvishaal]

The English language cannot be saved.  :cry:

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yeah i noe my slang n thing has kinda taken over me now i have lots of trouble with spelling :(

[Matrix XII]

Matrix, u guys JUST re-signed Dan "i cannot stop a beachball" Cloutier for 2yrs. Luongo is 10x the goalie Cloutier will ever be.

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yeah man, i was sad to hear that :(

[NEVER85]

Haven't seen that deal at Eklund's... http://hockeyrumors.blogspot.com/

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Eklund's rumours have little to no basis in fact.

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=162869

[berdusco]

yeah, eklund just makes up a bunch of "rumors" which will always be just that-rumors, he was right once out of like 500 times, he's just a joke

also to anyone particularily from canada, you've probably gotten accustom to Hockey Night in Canada, hosted by CBC. well CBC has gone on strike, and says they will broadcast games without the commentors :no:

[Fred Derf Veteran]

The Toronto Star now has a hockey blog. Good luck finding info about other teams though... :p

http://thestar.blogs.com/hockey/

also to anyone particularily from canada, you've probably gotten accustom to Hockey Night in Canada, hosted by CBC. well CBC has gone on strike, and says they will broadcast games without the commentors :no:

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I assume it will be solved long before then. Management picked a good time to lock them out (before the fall season and before HNIC returns). Technically, they are locked out, they are not on strike.

[Ayepecks]

To say that Eklund just makes up rumors is absolutely asinine. The reason why people do not trust his rumors is because just that -- THEY'RE RUMORS! He gets some wrong, but you'd be surprised about just how many he gets right. How can you expect every freggin' rumor to be right when so many teams are competing for players? Eklund 90% of the time just says that teams have interest in players... how exactly is that "no basis in fact"?

Fact is, Eklund calls a lot of teams and asks them if they're interested in particular players. If they respond yes he posts it. Furthermore, he also has contacts further in the ladder than that -- he does know people who are actually involved with teams, and does get e-mail from actual members of clubs.

My opinion is that people hate Eklund's site because sometimes the rumors don't pan out and people get mad. To say "yeah, eklund just makes up a bunch of "rumors" which will always be just that-rumors, he was right once out of like 500 times, he's just a joke" is silly. Most of the time he never says that a player has signed with a club, only that clubs are in the running to get a player -- how is that being wrong?

Normally, when he says they're signed, they are. Case-in-point: he stated Andy Delmore was signed a few days before anyone else had.

[berdusco]

you've shut me up. i havn't seen anyone argue for eklund yet, so my hat tips to you

[Ayepecks]

Well, I've never defended him before, but I was just tired of people ragging on him for no reason. I mean, the fact of the matter is that normally when he says a deal is done, it is. And most of the time, too, when he says a deal is close to done it is. The thing is, he reports rumors, too, which show what teams are interested in players -- when fans of the teams who were interested in a player then get mad when they don't sign with their team and say he doesn't know what he's talking about.

I'm not saying he's always right... I'm saying what he posts are rumors, and not everything's going to be right, but it should be held to as high a regard as most other sources... not all, but most out there.

[bayrider]

People also forget the fact not all rumors pan out. For example: Teemu Selanne is in negotiations with Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Florida. Well of course if Teemu signs with Florida all the fanboys from every other team are gonna be like "OMG Eklund is so full of **** he lies, he makes stuff up from the top of his head" Fact is a lot of teams r interested in a lot of players and no one knows where they will sign except for the player, the agent and the GM of that team until an announcement is made. We can only make an educated guess from what we hear from sources. People just take things too seriously. Eklund has reported on many occasion hours and days in advance signings etc. He's also reported many things that didnt pan out. Of course he may have said Kariya was going to sign with Montreal because a source at the Bell Center reported Kariya at Bob Gaineys office or getting a physical. Well Kariya decided to sign with Nashville at the end cause they offered him the big bucks. Don't rely on any info until its official but its good to hear who is making an effort to sign.

[bayrider]

it's been a slow few days so i'll put up some rumors.

Selanne to Mtl (but TO has put in an offer of 2yrs $5m)

Bondra to Atlanta

a lot of talk around Theodore and someone else going to FLA for Luongo and someone else

Scott Lachance to TO

St Louis & Bouwmeister r have problems with their clubs signing them

Some key RFA's might be traded due to the cap and crazy team signings

Redden being shopped around by Ottawa

[berdusco]

recentish signings that havn't been mentioned yet:

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS-Signed RW Shane Hynes to a three-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed RW Jaroslav Balastik.

DALLAS STARS-Signed D John Erksine to a one-year contract, RW Janos Vas to a three-year contract, G Dan Ellis and F Brenden Morrow.

DETROIT RED WINGS-Signed forward Valtteri Filppula.

FLORIDA PANTHERS-Signed G Jean-Marc Pelletier.

MINNESOTA WILD-Re-signed C Rickard Wallin.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Signed C Randy Robitaille.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Signed D Joel Bouchard to a one-year contract

OTTAWA SENATORS-Signed C Steve Martins, LW Brett Clouthier and D Tomas Malec to one-year contracts.

PHOENIX COYOTES-Signed G Steve Passmore to a one-year contract.

[bayrider]

Selanne is back in Anaheim

[Ayepecks]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=134320

Hossa for Heatley.

For all you Eklund haters: he gave word of the deal first, so how is that for unreliable? It's not exactly something you could make up and it just magically happen.

[berdusco]

Monday's NHL Transactions

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS-Signed RW Teemu Selanne to a one-year contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES-Named Paul Strand youth and amateur hockey coordinator.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed D Cam Barker.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Re-signed C Mark Hartigan to a two-year contract. Signed C Peter Sarno to a one-year contract and D Mark Flood to a three-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS-Re-signed C Serge Payer. Announced a one-year affiliation agreement with Florida of the ECHL.

MONTREAL CANADIANS-Announced the retirement of D Stephane Quintal.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Re-signed C Shawn Bates to a one-year contract. Named Dan Bylsma assistant coach.

NEW YORK RANGERS-Signed F Jarkko Immonen.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Agreed to terms with G Jamie Storr, F Eric Chouinard, F Pat Kavanagh and F Ryan Ready on one-year contracts.

PHOENIX COYOTES-Signed D Paul Mara to a one-year contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Acquired D Steve McCarthy from Chicago for a 2007 third-round draft pick. Signed D Sven Butenschon.

[bayrider]

i think Atlanta got the better end of that deal, but you never know. Heatley may come back like he did his rookie season. Hossa is good, but he's not the kind of 'class act' i would like to have on my team and not someone whos deserving of $6m

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Doesn't Hossa have only 4 goals in 51 playoff games? Ouch. Where does he disappear to?

[bayrider]

i think Kovalchuk and Hossa on the same line would be a lethal combo though with Holik in center.

St Louis signs a 6yr $31.5m deal with Tampa. I think this means he's either gonna get traded for a couple of half decent players at a lower price or they're gonna cut some other players from the team.

Ohlund also resigns with Vancouver

Edited August 24, 2005 by bayrider

[berdusco]

Tuesday, August 23

BOSTON BRUINS-Signed RW Eric Nickulas and RW Garret Stroshein to one-year contracts and D Jay Leach to a two-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed D Todd Simpson to a one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS-Agreed to terms with RW Lauri Tukonen on a multiyear contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Signed G Pekka Rinne.

OTTAWA SENATORS-Signed F Marian Hossa to a three-year contract and traded him and D Greg de Vries to Atlanta for F Dany Heatley.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Signed C John Toffey and RW Marek Kvapil to multiyear contracts.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Signed C Petr Sykora to a one-year contract.

[Matrix XII]

that hossa trade was awesome for the sens!

[berdusco]

that hossa trade was awesome for the sens!

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depends how you look at it, if heatly can play as good as we've seen him play then hands down it is, but you also have to think about hossa as a sniper, usually good in the regular season, and inconisistant in the playoffs, IMO i dont see a clear winner/looser in this trade, i see it as a fair trade

[Bawx]

Go Bruins!

[R-Flex]

I like the Heatley trade. I think if he can shrug off the accident, he can get even better than his 89 point season!

However, Hossa cannot be dismissed so easily. He will be reliable and a goal scorer. Stick a playmaker in the middle, maybe Marc Savard (I think he'd be better than Holik), and Kovalchuk and Hossa will absolutely kill! Also, de Vries is a solid defenceman, albeit the contract he has, and will help the young Thrasher defence.

That much for Ohlund? Canucks are almost all spent on their payroll. Room for Cooke and that's it. They overspent on their best players, and were too hasty on Bertuzzi's contract a year ago. I don't think they'll do too well, with a questionable goaltender, a weaker defence, and not enough depth up front, especially with question marks Sedin, Sedin, and Carter. If they fail, they'll need scoring badly. And I don't believe that Naslund can carry the team. Bertuzzi will probably continue his high points rate- by just passing to Naslund. My idea with Bertuzzi the summer after his best season was to trade him for several younger players to help their depth, esecially after his 60 PIM playoff disaster that probably helped to ruin their chances of the Cup (Losing to Minnesota after being up 3-1).