Phightins Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Kovalchuk back to Devils. 7 years $60 million. Still not confirmed but that is the word. So much for that $100 million, eh Ilya? OK, forget that. NY Post fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 i love when you see news headlines like "KOVALCHUK SIGNS WITH DEVILS!!!", then you read the article and it says that he could sign a contract soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Predators sign Sergei Kostitsyn. 1 year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Halak signs a 4 year, 15 mil deaaaaaal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Evgeni Nabokov is going to the KHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Mikko Koivu signs a 7 year extension with the Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Kovy resigns with the Devils. Don't like the move for the Devils since they may have to hit the rebuild button in two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasX Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Gagne to Lightning. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Kovy resigns with the Devils. Don't like the move for the Devils since they may have to hit the rebuild button in two years. Is Burnside for real? He is saying it's a 17 year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Gagne to Lightning. . It was only a matter of time once the Kovalchuk deal went down. Just curious what we are getting back. I am hearing Mike Smith is a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Is Burnside for real? He is saying it's a 17 year deal.Yup. Might have a lower downfall to the contract but still, NHL needs to fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 I can't believe the Habs GM traded Halak for 2 sucky players wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Holmgren bent over for Stevie Y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Yzerman is doing a hell of a job for that mess in Tampa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) Holmgren bent over for Stevie Y. Not really. Salary dump, Homer's hands were tied. Of course, he brought this on himself with poor cap management earlier in his tenure as GM. But, he had no leverage and it was not realistic to expect much of a return for Gagne in terms of talent/draft picks/whatever. In the end, the Flyers got precisely what they wanted, which was cap flexibility. Would it have been nice to get a great goalie prospect or a first round draft pick for him? Absolutely. But which GM in their right mind would pay that kind of a price for a guy who was going to have to be waived if the Flyers couldn't trade him soon? Always sucks to see a terrific and beloved player moved strictly for cap purposes, but that's unfortunately the case here. Edited July 19, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Well in the terms of what he got, yes he did. I was just talking about straight up talent, though. But he did bring it on himself with the trading of Meszaros, the signing of Zherdev. Very poor cap management and it sucks seeing a good team such as Philadelphia having to make these sort of deals. Gagne was such a huge part of the Boston series comeback and an instrumental part the rest of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Well in the terms of what he got, yes he did. I was just talking about straight up talent, though. But he did bring it on himself with the trading of Meszaros, the signing of Zherdev. Very poor cap management and it sucks seeing a good team such as Philadelphia having to make these sort of deals. Gagne was such a huge part of the Boston series comeback and an instrumental part the rest of the way. The moves that really screwed the team over were when he overpaid for Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell back in 2007, which is what got the team in this terrible cap situation in the first place. Zherdev was signed to basically replace Gagne as a 1st or 2nd line winger. I happen to like that deal a lot, very affordable for a guy with that much potential. And it is only for one year. If he winds up being a bust, he is only on the books for this year, and if he plays himself into a bigger contract, hopefully Giroux, van Riemsdyk, etc will have progressed to the point where losing Zherdev won't be a huge deal. The Meszaros deal is a bit suspicious. He is definitely overpaid, but he (along with Sean O'Donnell) provides a significant upgrade to the 3rd pairing, which was the main objective of this offseason. In order to afford these upgrades, one of the expensive forwards had to go, and Gagne was the only one even slightly trade-able. If Scott Hartnell, Danny Briere, James van Riemsdyk, and Claude Giroux do not underperform again this season (and of course if Zherdev plays well), the loss of Gagne will not be a huge deal. Losing Gagne obviously sucks because of how great of a player he has been. But he was the second most tenured athlete in Philadelphia (only David Akers has been here longer, and Jimmy Rollins is the only other guy anywhere close). He is loved around here. The fact that he was let go for salary cap purposes is a very tough pill to swallow. But at the same time, it had to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 yeah, unfortunately it had to be done. i keep trying to think of some way to describe gagne right now, but i cant think of anything that fits. he has been a huge part of the flyers for the past decade, and he is no doubt one of the top flyers ever. he will be missed in philly, but hopefully JVR, giroux, and some others can step into his spot and take advantage but im glad that he went to tampa instead of the rangers like some reports said a couple weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Kovy deal got rejected by the NHL haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Tampa takes another Canadien in Dominic Moore. They could be a very scary team next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 And Eklund is reporting that James Wisniewski is getting traded to the Islanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Antti Niemi is now a UFA. Blackhawks sign Marty Turco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 its gonna be very interesting to see where niemi goes and how much money he gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Arbitrator apparently rules in favor of NHL in Kovalchuk case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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