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again though, it'd be a coup if the flyers could send this back to chicago.
and leino with his 2nd assist.
just sickening.
and byfuglien. and that whole D corps. toews is tremendous. bolland was hella impressive.
that's a great team that won.
but really, the winner had to be the kid with a ####### mullet.
"Yeah...uh...woo hoo...um...good going, I think."
Also, the CBC microphones picked him up yelling "We won the f*cking cup! We won the f*cking cup!"
But we're Canadian, so we won't make a big deal about some foul-mouthed American kid.
he bet on leighton.
Also -- what's less classy -- cheering during the anthem or staying to boo the Hawks as they lift the Cup? Well done, Philly.
FTW! Cheers to all resident BTF 'Hawk fans!
hey. patrick kane gets to walk out of the arena not being pelted by batteries. i'd call that a win from your point of view.
They even booed Jonathan Toews. How do you boo Jonathan Toews?
You call that booing? :) J. D. Drew, now that's booing. It's all very silly, of course. It's been how long since Drew spurned Philly? And it's American to turn down a job offer.
today, though, there's this:
I don't know if they were booing the raising of the Cup, or just left over booing for Gary Bettman.
Everyone boos Bettman.
Everyone.
There were scattered boos (and no cheers) for Bettman. The boos actually increased when they announced the Conn Smythe winner, and again when Toews lifted the cup.
Well deserved, too. Take your ratings win from this series and get the NHL back on tv, on a real sports channel, more than once a week.
If this signals that the team is getting ahead of the curve in terms of valuing goalies (in that they didn't feel like they had to give him a Fleury contract because of a good run in the playoffs), that's a good thing I suppose.
the flyers had been linked to hamhuis at the trading deadline, but since they were at the cap and playing like ####, no deal was completed.
Does this help the Flyers any? This does give them another defensemen, so they have 5 dependable ones instead of 4, but is this a huge add?
also nashville traded jason arnott back to NJ.
Nashville needs to move. They never pay anyone, they never win, the city doesn't care. They should be the Hamilton Predators.
Vezina - Miller
Selke - Datsyuk
Bing - St. Louis
Calder - Howard
Norris - Keith
Masterton - Ortmeyer
Adams - Tippet
Hart - Crosby
Lindsey (formerly Pearson) - Sedin
Messier - Doan
NHL Foundation - Miller
Hawks save about $5mil. Morin is supposed to be a decent prospect, or so I'm seeing.
Depending on what type of deal Niemi gets, this might be the only big move they have to make. If they let some other FAs go (Burish, Bickell, Madden, Boyton), they probably can resign Niemi, Hjalmarsson, Ladd, and Hendry.
Buff was the guy all along I was saying needed to go - his value was more than his production. But he had a helluva playoff run and he'll always be a fan favorite here. So part of me is sad to see him go, but this was the smart move.
also, with sopel gone, who's on the third pair for chicago?
This is a no-brainer
The salary cap purge has begun, dramatically, in Chicago:
This is highway robbery by the Hawks. They have to take that. I'm a huge Byfuglien fan, finding guys that big that can skate and have soft hands is tough, but a first and a second rounder for Big Buff and a #5 d-man? That's easy.
If they let some other FAs go (Burish, Bickell, Madden, Boyton), they probably can resign Niemi, Hjalmarsson, Ladd, and Hendry.
Sure. They should be able to keep Versteeg now. Burish, Bickell, and Boynton are all replacement level and shouldn't earn more than the minimum.
Well, if that's the biggest question mark the Hawks have, I'll take it.
I don't know the answer quite yet, and they might decide to pass on resigning Hendry (he did get benched for Boyton for games 5 and 6), so they might need to figure out both parts of that pair.
Or they'll just make the top 4 play the whole game.
i don't really follow the NHL draft anymore, but i don't think the average 24th pick would project to have that kind of value, at least not on average, and even if he does make a big impact, it won't likely be for 2-3 years.
The Hawks had absolutely no leverage, though. EVERYONE in the NHL knew they had to dump players. To get rid of one player they'd normally keep (Buff) and a third line defensemen and still get a 1st and a 2nd while having zero leverage, that's a nice trade.
Well, I'm sure there's people that don't know about the salary cap that are upset he's gone.
not that there's 6 more days of an exclusive negotiating window, or anything.
i will say that, though parent wasn't a huge loss, it will be a disappointment if they can't lock down hamhuis in the next week.
As for the rest of the league, who cares?
The Pens, Flyers, and Sharks all have to do something. They're close, and their windows are closing.
I'm curious to see where Nabakov lands.
i will say that, though parent wasn't a huge loss, it will be a disappointment if they can't lock down hamhuis in the next week.
How you feeling about this now?
Just sayin' those gifts got you a cup.
Gonchar signed with the Sens (3/$16.5). Another areas for the Pens to address, but it does free up some cap room.
[Edit] Coke to Jimmy P.
Campbell, maybe. Huet? The only gift that he gave was being so shitty that they found Niemi.
Added: And, while I like Campbell as a player, I believe he's one of the three highest paid guys on the team. He isn't that good. Those were horrible contracts. They were horrible the day they were signed, and Tallon deserved to be fired for them (and a few other big mistakes he made).
A whole lot of signings at http://www.kuklaskorner.com
im just hearing that boogard is looking at 4 years/6 million via the rangers. these numbers are mindboggling.
Mistakes Tallon made: Huet, the RFA mixup last year (which resulted in the bigger deals for Brouwer, Buff, Versteeg and Bolland), and must less so Campbell
Positive: EVERTYHING ELSE - the entire roster and the coaching staff.
Result: Net Positive (and not close). He did not *deserve* to be fired.
And the Versteeg trade isn't that bad. It sucks they lose him, but he was pretty damn inconsistent and downright maddenning at times. Talented, sure, but undersized.
Any time anyone challenges their crown as the dumbest management team in sports, the Dolans just up the ante.
forwards (12 players, 35.543)
gagne-5.250
richards-5.750
hartnell-4.200
briere-6.500
leino-.800
JVR-1.654
giroux-.822
carter-5.000
cote-.550
shelley-1.100
betts-.700
laperriere-1.167
defense (7 players, 23.492)
pronger-4.921
carle-3.438
timonen-6.333
coburn-3.200
meszaros-4.000
o'donnell-1.000
bartulis-.600
goalie (2 players, 2.480)
boucher-.925
leighton-1.55
the only 2 RFAs left unsigned are carcillo and darrell powe. i don't see why the flyers would have signed jody shelley if they planned on keeping carcillo, but powe should be in the plans for the 4th line.
the team needs two wingers. 1 to put next to richards, and the other to pair up with claude giroux. i'd prefer a strong checker on richards' wing, and hope for a good scorer on giroux's.
something's gotta be done on the jeff carter front. the top 3 centers on this team should be set in stone after these playoffs, and that leaves carter as the $5 million odd man out. i'd be interested (i think that's the right word) in seeing if he can make a go on giroux's wing, but with the cap being what it is, that opportunity might not come. strengthing the defense (which has already been done) should be the main priority, so if the choice comes down to keeping matt carle, or jeff carter, i'd think hard about keeping the D man.
I agree with all of this. They'll miss Versteeg a bit, but given that two of Byfuglien, Versteeg, Ladd, Sharp, Hjalmarsson, and Niemi had to go for cap reasons, Buff and Steeg were the two clear choices, in my opinion.
That Boogard news is just brain-rending.
That's actually the order I'd list them, too, though Ladd and Niemi are really close.
That's how I interpreted it, at least.
That's higher on Ladd and Niemi than I am. I'm actually down the most on Versteeg. But Hjalmarsson and Sharp were the two they had to keep the most.
And the Versteeg trade isn't that bad.
No, it wasn't. But, it would've been nice to keep him and Buff and not worry about Campbell's bloated salary. Even more than the salary, the years on that deal were horrible.
Andrew Ladd traded to the Atlanta 'Hawks "in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick and defensive prospect Ivan Vishnevskiy."
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SCH is saying there are rumors the Hawks have traded Ladd to Atlanta for a prospect and pick. That sucks. He's less replaceable than Buff or Versteeg, but if he's getting offers that are too big...
I thought by trading Buff and Versteeg they'd be able to keep all the RFAs. I hope this doesn't mean Niemi is getting that big of a deal; I'd rather roll the dice on another goalie than give up Ladd. Losing 3 of the top 6 forwards is really gonna stink. Maybe they've got something coming in for 2nd line center and Sharp's going back to the wing. That'll make this easier to swallow.
Brouwer - Toews - Kane
Kopecky - Sharp - Hossa
Beach? - Bolland - Bickell?
Stalberg? - The Pride of Honeoye Falls - ?
And I thought last year was "let the kids play".
*(assuming they eat Huet)
Burish probably is one of these. He'll be cheap, in theory.
Other than that, it's the 4th line. 10-15 minutes a game? These guys aren't too difficult to find.
I'm seeing his deal is going to be for more than $3mil. That's almost double what he made last year ($1.6mil).
His meaning Niemi? That's more than you'd like, but compared to other goalies, that's probably not too bad. Look at how much guys like Cam Ward make.
They have to be adding someone.
Ladd.
Wow. I always liked the guy and thought Carolina really undervalued him, but he's not a $3 million a year guy.
Vancouver locked him down. And Pittsburgh got Martin, the Devils got Volchenkov, and the Sens took Gonchar. Are there any top D men left?
How's John Scott sound? I guess he's the designated fighter now, with Eager, Burish, Buff and Ladd gone.
I have no idea why anyone would sign a fungible fourth line winger to more than the league minimum.
Tomas Kaberle is available for trade.
I don't either, man. Burish and Eager are nice players, but paying more than the minimum for them is pretty crazy. Guys like this are found all through the minors.
Welcome to the Corey Crawford era!
apparently the cap number is 1 year/2 million. there's a lot of upside in this deal.
My friend who's a big Flames fan is pretty happy with it. At just over half of what they were paying him, it doesn't seem like a bad idea.
I can't figure out that team. It seems they have the talent to be better, but aren't.
I haven't followed the NHL closely in years, but that's a ridiculous contract.
Fun with the salary cap. The cap hit is the average rate, so if you extend the deals way out, you lower the hit. Then, there's some rule that if you buy out the last few years, you can take the cap hit at once and it's off the books. That's why you see guys get these huge deals until they're ~40, but the last 3-5 years are at $500k, the team's can buy that out pretty easily. The NHL looked into this last year after Hossa got his 8(?) year deal from the Blackhawks, but it's all within the rules.
Kovalchuk must have REALLY wanted to get a $100M deal.
You wouldn't? It's $100M!
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