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[DaeguKid]

Been interesting...im a Sens fan. Im pissed off. They have done nothing. Gerber has to go the minors so the team can spend some cash. A goalie will get injured on another team and then the Sens will get the call for a trade. It will pan out, but at the moment, the Ottawa Senators Office are thumb twidling. Sucks! I thought Redden would have been traded by now too! Next season will be good, but i think were going to start hurting after that unless we make some great trades and sign our core, especially Heatley.

Rangers and Philly look strong! But especially the Rangers. Lindquist is a heck of a goalie, Drury, Jagr, Shanny (he will sign) Avery (he will sign), Gomez. They got it going on. The Atlantic Division is going to be reallly good next year with Pittsburgh in there too! Not to mention Brodeur in Jersey. They just find ways to win. Islanders will be easy wins...nobody want to go there it seems. Though DiPeitro is turning into a star.


Love to hear other takes....
DK

[Saram]

The market seems to be slowing down after a hectic few weeks or so. Still a few signings going on. How about that $50 million offer the Oilers sent to Vanek? Wouldn't that have been a first rounder for the next FIVE YEARS? I figured Buffalo woulda taken the picks seeing that they're losing oh so many great players. Start rebuilding.
I'm hesitantly skeptical of the Habs picking up Hamrlik. As long as he's not another Niinniima.

[DaeguKid]

Is that the catch Saram? If you put out the offer sheet and it gets accepted, in return your club has to give up draft picks? I thought it was just a clear cut case of he is taken and that is all....

As for this offer sheet stuff, i like it. It is great for the players and keeps the off season much more interesting. The best off season by far is the NHL. NfL, nothing happens. MLB is pretty slow and the same with the NBA, not too much going on there either...

So who looks good to you for next year? What do you think of NJ's chances?
DK

[Saram]

I was wrong, it's only 4 first rounders in the next 4 years. It works on a pay scale of what you offer the restricted free agent. They offered Vanek over the max I think so they had to give up 4. Bobby Clark tried it last year on Ryan Kesler in Vancouver, but it was only a one year $1.9 million offer. I think Philly woulda given up a third rounder or something if Vancouver didn't match it.
As for NJ, they haven't done much, have they? They lost Gomez and Rafalski and picked up Zubrus I think. I always hope for a terrible year for them but year after year I'm proven wrong. I'd hate to think what would happen when the day comes that Martin Brodeur retires.

[Saram]

[DaeguKid]

Saram your killing me! The thought of an offer sheet to Spezza...it is going to happen. The guy is a playmaker...Heatley is a UFA next year too. This team is going to be torn to shreds soon enough! The Sens went out and signed Volchanov and Philips to 4 year deals just before the playoffs. Damn smart cause they both turned it on.

I see the Sens letting Heatley go after next season. They can not afford the guy. If they are not playoff bound this year, which is very unlikely i would say, they would trade him for sure. IMO the Sens need lock up Mike Fisher during the season too...i dont know if your a fan of his, but the guy is a great player and a heck of a leader...total heart, intensity, and hard core christian which means he is a great community role model. I see him as the captain of the future in Ottawa.

Either way though, Sens are screwed after next season. As for Crosby, you got it spot on there....Pens need to sign that guy to an 8 year contract at the very least. Could you imagine the offer sheet he would get.

Question for ya, can a player turn down an offer sheet? Does he have to take it? For instance, lets say Crosby wants to win Stanleys, takes a high, yet not as high paycheck, to spread the wealth on his team to win. Possible?

DK

[swetepete]

I wouldn't write off the Isles so soon. DiPietro is good; their top line is probably going to be Comrie, Guerin, and Fedotenko; and, they're still 15 million under the cap. They might get Sheldon Souray.
Comrie's got something to prove, and a one year contract; Guerin got 36 goals last year, and while he is 36, he's still a tough player who hits and goes to the net; Fedotenko might be fit well with Comrie's speed and scrappiness, adding a bit of speed on the wing.
Satan can fit that line too.
Honestly, I think they might sneak into the playoffs again. Ted Nolan gets good work from his boys, and the owner likes to spend money.
Plus, Yashin's gone. That will help.

[SarcasmKills]

Wings just signed Dallas Drake for some reason...

Scared yet?

[swetepete]

[Smee]

Dallas Drake was awesome in some of the early Super Nintendo NHL games. I would make a line with Drake-Federov-Paul Yzebart (no line changes) and they'd invariably be 1,2,3 in scoring in my season. For that reason I still have a soft spot for Dallas Drake.

[Newbie]

Philly looks a lot better.

Stupid Rangers... decent players signed for star player money. Did they learn nothing from Holik? Sadly, the team will do well next year.

My Leafs.... Blake could make a big difference, but I'm not so sure. Sounds like he has a great work ethic. Gary Roberts kinda guy. That could be nice. We need to get rid of 1 or 2 of our older defencemen and let some of the young guys play.

Glad to see Buffalo getting torn apart.

How about the Nashville crap! Bettman is gonna make the guy sell the team for 40 million less just so they stay in the states. What a joke. While I'd love to see them move to southern Ontario I don't quite agree with the statements in Canadian Press about a team in Hamilton being a "sure thing". I could see them having serious problems after a year or two.

[Smee]

I don't have any links to back it up----and maybe it was pre-strike NHL---but I thought a player in his second-to-final year of eligiblity could sign for one year under the average and become a free agent at the end of that year. That happened to Darius Kasparitus (and also to Kariya, who signed a one year deal for a low amount of money).

Crosby isn't in his second to final year. He has one year left on his rookie contract. Word has it he'll be content not being the richest player in the NHL. Looks like he'll sign for another 5 years.

And with offer sheets, do you mean offer sheets from another team? If a player turns it down, I guess that means he just doesn't sign with another team. If he refuses to sign with his own team, doesn't that make him a hold-out?

[swetepete]

[DaeguKid]

You know what, i forgot about two Isle factors...Ted Nolan...heck of a coach. And Cashin is gone....talk about removing cancer. I hate that guy! (Sens fan here)

I think the Rangers are going to kick ass next year. Lindquist is sick! Vezina nominee twice and he is like 24? Though im not too sure about their D. Either way, when you got Shanny, Jagr, Drury, Gomez and the pest Avery and Sather behind the bench. They got a team and a half.

Montreal and Edmonton are starting to look like lame ducks...seems no one wants to go there...I heard the taxing in Quebec is pretty sick. I would not want to go either if half my pay was gone just like that.

As for the Leafs...yes, Blake is a great player...but 5 years at 20 mill? WTF? I just think it is another Toronto/JFJ screw up. Everyone produces great in their contract year...ie McCabe. Blake played really great because the plays went through him in NY. TO is Matts and Darcy's team. Should be interesting for Maurice.

Sidney Crosby is the man if he takes a relatively non-outlandish contract. I think that comes down to two things: 1) he knows there are other ways to cash in. As in endorsments. 2) His boss in Mario Lemieux. If there is anyone a 20 year NHL star would want to work for, it would be that guy. You got to look towards the future, and I am sure Sid would not mind owning a team himself one day either....66 can show him more ropes than just the game itself.

DK
ps, Sens would have won if it was best of 9!

[Smee]

Crosby resigns, 5 years, $43.5 million.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=213216&hubname=nhl