OFFICIAL: Free Agency Opening Day(s) thread....

[scottflyers88]

3 mil for jokinen is not really all that bad.

 

[mooger_35]

jeff tambellini to the nucks

where'd you see/hear this?

 

[scottflyers88]

4.25 mil per for volchenkov? steal. i thought he would get around 5 mil.

 

[awaz]

atlanta with the steal of free agency thus far.. 1.85 cap hit for mason!?.. impressive..

foster was a good deal for EDM but i think this one is better

 

[Dupster]

was on the tsn tweet...didn't see any details

 

[anderwho2513]

So basically, Gonchar replaces Volchenkov, Volchenkov replaces Martin, and Martin replaces Gonchar. Easy enough. All of them overpaid, undoubtedly.

And $.25 million more for a goalie twice as proven as Leighton?! WTF?!

EDIT: Of course Lou doesn't overpay. That man is more persuasive than.... I got nothing.

 

[awaz]

ya a-train getting way less than i expected.. thought 5 mil at the very least.. especially if hamhuis got 4.5.. i'd take a-train over hamhuis

is gonchar really going to make the most money of all the UFA d-men??

 

[postmaster]

Gonchar being paid the most per year out of all the defensemen is indeed laughable.

 

[CatScrap]

hammy is not a for sure to Van yet. Say he's still fielding offers.

Probably Buffalo Throwing 6 mill at him to "make up" for not doing anything earlier. Just like they "made up" not signing drury or briere by over paying for vanek....

 

[anderwho2513]

I wonder what blue-chip prospect Atlanta is going to give Chicago for Ladd. Bergfors? Kane?

 

[awaz]

if i'm a GM in the NHL i'm retracting all my offers for hamhuis at this point.. traded to philly, doesnt sign, traded to the pens, doesnt sign, appears to have signed with vancouver, but hasnt.. talk about not being able to make a decision..

 

[miamiforlife81]

why didnt ottawa just resign him? he must have had interest elsewhere or something.

 

[scottflyers88]

volchenkov has been the best deal so far. 4.25 mil cap hit for him? i would have taken him at 5 mil over hamhuis and he is now making less?

 

[mooger_35]

I wonder what blue-chip prospect Atlanta is going to give Chicago for Ladd. Bergfors? Kane?

Ivan Vishnevsky and a second-round pick

 

[anderwho2513]

Ivan Vishnevsky and a second-round pick

So they traded Lehtonen and a 2nd round pick for Ladd and a 4th?

Only in Atlanta.

 

[pixburgher66]

weird how all these deals worked out...really the defenseman shuffle going on. flabbergasted that gonch got the most. as the oldest, it just doesn't make sense. and IMO, he was by no means the best available.

 

[miamiforlife81]

Ladd gone too? Geesh.

 

[miamiforlife81]

How is Chicago going to field a third and fourth line?

 

[awaz]

i guess they dont plan on it.. what a firesale from the cup winners

versteeg, laad, sopel, buff, and eager all gone..

they got a couple prospects but talk about unloading

 

[scottflyers88]

i tried to tell people. they are in an awful situation. they still need to clear space and sign a bunch of ahl guys and guys making 500k.