*Official* NHL offseason thread

[a7x1337]

since so much stuff has, and is going to continue to do down, i figure i'd start a thread for all the moves in the offseason

big deals today were bruins signing Chara and Savard. yankeessuck'll be happy ;)

devils re-signed langenbrunner, but i'd rather have elias...i wonder what lou's gonna do.

jovanovski went to phoenix. i feel bad for him :p

[Cyph]

Brian Pothier and Zdeno Chara gone for Ottawa >< Ottawa picked up Joe Corvo which I know nothing about but I looked up his stats on NHL.com and did pretty good for the LA Kings. Won't be as good as Chara but hope he can fit in with my Senators. Redden's also staying, damn Boston ><

Edmonton resigned Pisani and Roloson which is a load off for them.

I'm interested in where Jeremy Roenick goes. He says he was interested in going to a Canadian team. Seems like he would be good for Calgary to help their offense.

Jay McKee signed with St. Louis which will hurt Buffalo's defense.

So much stuff going on watching the sports channels.



And the Kings just signed Rob Blake

[YankeesSuck]

Wooo! No way I didn't even know the Bruins did that. I'm pumped now, and happy they are making moves to get good players.

[ryan41]

noooooooooooooo i wanted the Rangers to pick up Chara. Boston is giving him 7.5 mil. a year :eek:


Elias staying put in NJ


John Davidson signed on to the Blues organization as President. I am happy for him, but will miss his announcing with the Rangers. :wah:

[Ulic]

Man, the Avs board is going crazy. We lost near all of our big name players and they act like the whole team fell apart.

People need to slap some sense into them.

[navid]

man, what a crazy free agency so far. chara/savard will be golden in bruins. huge boost to their topline. ottawa has gerber, so hopefully he can retain 20-40 games/season and do good.

pronger to leafs it seems.

[a7x1337]

Elias staying put in NJ
what?? is this your opinion, or official or whatever, since it's not on nhl.com/team site...

John Davidson signed on to the Blues organization as President. I am happy for him, but will miss his announcing with the Rangers. :wah:
:p i always disliked him as an announcer. not as much as sam rosen, though.

[Cyph]

pronger to leafs it seems.

Huh? Where'd you get that info from?

And Elias did resign, I think it was a 7 year deal.

http://www2.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/06NHL_freeagent_tracker.php seems to be more up to date than nhl.com's

[ryan41]

what?? is this your opinion, or official or whatever, since it's not on nhl.com/team site...

Elias inked a 7 year deal. i think it was 6 mil. each season but don't quote me on that one. i wonder what the devs are gonna do with Gomez now.

i think the Rangers will cut loose Sykora and resign Straka and Rucinsky. I like Sykora, but wouldn't be too upset with it.

Edit : nevermind, yeah Rangers resigned Straka. Now they better resign Rucinsky.

[a7x1337]

wow. 7 years, 42 mil. if they're right, this is a MAJOR relief for me.

i heard rumors that the devils were going to add havlat if elias was gonna stay...

edit: lalime with chicago. will he backup khabibulin, or what?

[ryan41]

no. the Devils cannot take Havlat. I want him for the Rangers.

[a7x1337]

no. the Devils cannot take Havlat. I want him for the Rangers.
:p he probably wants to go to a winner.
besides, elias is his best friend. with patty inked with the devils til 2013, havlat may lean towards jersey

[Mhael'72]

Tons of signings so far...and the spending is crazy...

Boston and Minnesota look to be improving the most...

Nj was smart to keep langenbrunner..that guys a beast....

Gerber in ottawa...Oh boy!:uhoh:


My Wings have done squat so far..and theres a press conference tommorrow at 1 and they didnt say about what.
I think Stevie Y is going to announce his retirement.:wah:

[JiveTurkey]

I've known since yesterday that Elias is staying with us. Also some more good news for ryan;) , Pronger went to the Ducks instead of the Rangers who were looking at him alot. Gomez, Gio, Hale, Martin, and White have all been resigned with the Devils and Langenbrunner of course.

[navid]

pronger for 5 ppl! what a trade haha

[Devastation]

July 3rd
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Acquired D Chris Pronger from the Edmonton Oilers for RW Joffrey Lupul, D Ladislav Smid and three future draft picks.
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Signed C Steve Rucchin and C Glen Metropolit.
BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with D Teppo Numminen on a one-year contract.
DALLAS STARS—Signed G Mike Smith to a one-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Announced the retirement of C Steve Yzerman.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Signed D Aaron Ward.
OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed F Jason Spezza to a two-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Named Andre Savard assistant coach. Signed D Mark Eaton to a two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed RW Dan Hinote to a multiyear contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Agreed to terms with F Mike Grier and F Curtis Brown on multiyear contracts.

[ryan41]

just got back from work and was happy to hear what happenned.........

woo good news with Aaron Ward. Rangers need a physical defenseman. He is still pretty average, but a good pickup none the less. i am tired of watching the Rangers D show no physical game what so ever besides Kaspar.

Ruchin went to the Thrashers. I liked him, didn't really get a chance to show what he could do but we lost some good veteran leadership with him gone. the contract they gave him seems outrageous for a 35 year old who has battled the injury bug. :eek: not 100 percent sure what Atlanta was thinking with that one.

Rangers also snagged Cullen from the Canes a few days ago which maybe he can be a good 3rd line center.

Yzerman retired. :wah:

now if the rangers can pick up a goal scorer i will be happy.

[navid]

wow the western/eastern champs are falling apart.

[YankeesSuck]

Brendan Shanahan could be the next to come to Boston.

[ryan41]

well he lives right in Mass. so it would be convenient.

Boston is interested and Shanny is too so i think the deal is pretty much closed unless the Wings can hold onto him.

[Liberator13]

Brendan Shanahan could be the next to come to Boston.

Grrr!
No! Wings already lost Yzerman, we can't lose Shanny as well!

[Devastation]

July 4th
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Signed G Fred Brathwaite, F Jason Krog and F Darren Haydar.
EDMONTON OILERS—Signed C Marty Reasoner to a two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to terms with F Brian Willsie on a two-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed C Jeremy Roenick to a one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed F Jarkko Ruutu.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed G Marc Denis to a three-year contract and re-signed LW Norm Milley to a one-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Signed G Andrew Raycroft to a three-year contract.

I'll update as I get updates.

[OilFan]

In a matter of a days Edmonton lost it's top D pairing. Wow.
So, are Daniel Tjarnqvist and Ladislav Smid supposed to make up for this? I'm not saying there poor D-Men but no pair could produce like 6-44. This is a very interesting so far and I'm looking forward to October but the Oilers aren't going to go as far as they did again without Kevin Lowe doing something major.

[navid]

thats weak if shanny really wnats out. hes a classic r-winger.

[a7x1337]

ty conklin to the blue jackets.
poti to the islanders.

nothing major in the past couple of days, though.

[ryan41]

yup Poti now a fishstick. Ranger fans gave him a lot of shit that he didn't deserve.. he is just way too soft and didn't contribute all that much being an offensive defenseman...

but still Ranger fans made him a scapegoat which was pretty gay.:banghead:

[JiveTurkey]

Shanahan is now a Ranger.:rollseyes Whatever, he's in his 18th season, the Rangers just want to sign the best players hoping for a repeat of last year. :rolleyes:

[NYG 5]

hockey offseason is more excititng than world cup finals.

[ryan41]

Shanahan is now a Ranger.:rollseyes Whatever, he's in his 18th season, the Rangers just want to sign the best players hoping for a repeat of last year. :rolleyes:

well thank the fuck christ it is only a one year deal.

i love him, but he is 37 (i think). Picking up ONE veteran player helps the team, but its signing a buncha over the hillers that killed the past Rangers. he still can put the puck in the net and help the PP..also a good leader for the team. take some pressure off of the one man scoring machine. Either way it isn't a long term contract so for now i am happy about it.

[Owned]

Why did Detroit get rid of Shannahan, wtf are they gonna do now.. someone please help explain WTF THEY'RE GONNA DO

[Cyph]

Ottawa Senators trade Martin Havlat and Bryan Smolinksi to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Tom Priessing, John Hennessy, Michal Barinka, and Chicago's 2008 second-round draft pick. The San Jose Sharks also got Mark Bell in this deal.

At first i was like WTF at this deal because Ottawa traded Havlat AND Smolinksi for mostly prospects. But, Preissing is a great defenseman but the rest of the deal is prospects so I'm not sure if I like this deal. This deal also frees up a lot of cap space for Ottawa, they better get a 2nd/3rd line center because now they need it. Havlat also signed a 3 year, $18 million deal with Chicago, Havlat is not worth $6 million ><

[ryan41]

Chicago is waaaaaaaaaaaay overpaying for Havlat. he is awesome, but damn a lot of money. now he gets to play in Chicago..what the fuck Havlat being a Blackhawk is just weird. I wonder if he can help the organization get back on its feet again.

[Devastation]

July 10th, 2006

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Re-signed LW Stanislav Chistov to a two-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES—Signed F Andrew Peters to a one-year contract. Traded the rights to D Jan Hejda to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2007 seventh-round draft pick.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Re-signed F Tony Salmelainen and F Patrick Sharp to two-year contracts and D Lasse Kukkonen to a one-year contract.

DALLAS STARS—Re-signed C Steve Ott to a two-year contract. Signed C Marty Sertich.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Re-signed Dan Cleary to a two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed D Brendan Buckley and D Kevin Dallman to two-year contacts, Named Mike Johnston associate coach, Jamie Kompon assistant coach, Bill Ranford goaltending coach and Nelson Emerson video and player development consultant.

MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed D Brent Burns to a multiyear contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed F Chris Higgins and D Mike Komisarek to one-year contracts

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Re-signed D Colin White to a multiyear contract. Signed RW Mike Rupp.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Sent F Martin Havlat and F Bryan Smolinski to the Chicago Blackhawks for D Tom Preissing, D Josh Hennessy, D Michal Barinka and a 2008 second-round draft pick. Released assistant general manager Peter Chiarelli, allowing him to become general manager for the Boston Bruins.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed LW Josh Gratton to a one-year contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Acquired F Mark Bell from the Chicago Blackhawks for D Tom Preissing and D Josh Hennessy. Signed F Matthieu Darche and D Patrick Traverse.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Re-signed D Shaone Morrisonn to a two-year contract.

[tomgreen]

great post

[a7x1337]

so i guess the rumors that elias and havlat were demanding to play together was false. i like havlat, but i'd rather have gomer and gio.

glad the devils re-signed white. he's a huge part of the team

edit: 7/14 - you know things are slowing down when luke richardson being signed is one of the top stories on nhl.com...

[ypsidan04]

Brendan Shanahan left because he misses the old days? What, 4 years is too long to go without winning a Stanley Cup? Sounds like a spoiled brat. :rolleyes: :wave:

If Shanahan (and Ben Wallace) obviously have no problems leaving the city for superficial reasons after all they've been through here, then why should we miss them?

[a7x1337]

Brendan Shanahan left because he misses the old days? What, 4 years is too long to go without winning a Stanley Cup? Sounds like a spoiled brat. :rolleyes: :wave:
i never liked the guy, but now i hate him. 1. he, as you said, seems like a spoiled brat and 2. he's in the rangers.

anyway, samsonov to the canadiens and zednik to washington.
edmonton's certainly unfolding...

[Devastation]

July 13

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed G Michael Leighton to a one-year contract.

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Signed F Jon Sim. Re-signed D Mark Popovic and F Colin Stuart.

BOSTON BRUINS—Named Marc Habscheid associate coach.

BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with G Martin Biron on a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Re-signed F Rene Bourque to a two-year contract, D Duncan Keith to a four-year contract and F Michael Holmqvist to a one-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Agreed to terms with G Peter Budaj and F Cody McCormick.

DALLAS STARS—Signed W Chris Conner to two-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Signed C Matt Hussey and D Dan Smith to one-year contracts.

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Re-signed C Gregory Campbell to a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed LW Pascal Dupuis to a one-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Re-signed G Yann Danis to a one-year contract and F Duncan Milroy, D Andrew Archer and D Dan Jancevski.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Named Dan Flynn and Daniel Lacroix assistant coaches.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed F Bobby Robins, D Neil Komadoski and D Neil Petruic to one-year contracts.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Signed LW Boyd Kane, C Daniel Corso and D Martin Grenier to a one-year contracts. Resigned RW Matt Ellison to a one-year contract.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed D Dennis Seidenberg and F Fredrik Sjostrom to two-year contracts.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed C Blair Jones to a three-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed C Brooks Laich. Re-signed G Frederic Cassivi.

[ryan41]

Crapitals acquired Brashear
thread bump

[Devastation]

July 14

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed RW Shawn Thornton and RW Pierre Parenteau to one-year contracts.

BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with D Andrej Sekera on a three-year contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Agreed to terms with D Derrick Walser and G Craig Kowalski on one-year contracts.

DALLAS STARS—Agreed to terms with RW Junior Lessard on a one-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS—Signed C Shawn Horcoff to a three-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with G Alex Auld and C Stephen Weiss on one-year contracts.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed C Trevor Lewis to three-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed RW Matt Foy and D Erik Reitz.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed G Jordan Parise.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Re-signed D Joni Pitkanen to a one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Named Chuck Fletcher assistant general manager and Ed Johnston senior adviser for hockey operations.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed F Joe Pavelski, F Graham Mink, G Taylor Dakers and D Scott Ferguson. Re-signed D Rob Davison, F Scott Parker and G Dimitri Patzold.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed LW Mitch Fritz.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Acquired LW Taylor Pyatt from Buffalo for a 2007 fourth-round draft pick.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Re-signed G Frederic Cassivi.

[ryan41]

Stars signed Lindros to a one year or 30-40 games deal. I guess he is Arnott's replacement.

[DontBottaMe13]

anyone else hear that the islanders signed garth snow as their new GM lol

[bsquared977]

peca to the leafs.

[a7x1337]

sure looks like the oilers have no intentions of playing next year :confused:

[ZX-6RR]

With Pronger and Peca gone, all they have left is Pisani and Roloson...







:(

[Cyph]

Well last year they traded for Samsonav, Roloson, and Spacek during the season. I'd think they will try to do something like that again, of course if they don't they do have a good future. Resigned Pisani Roloson Horcoff, got Lupul and that other Anaheim prospect from the Pronger trade, and a shit load of draft picks from them. I don't see them making the playoffs with their current roster though.

[Aznor]

Leafs are looking much better this year with the additions of Peca, Raycroft, Kubina and Gill (a slight improvement from berg hah). Meanwhile ditching the bearded brontasaurus (allison), lindros, domi, belfour, berg (finally), khavanov.

If oneill plays like he did under maurice in carolina, young guns (steen wellwood) continue to improve and Raycroft bounces back to calder form, then we have a solid playoff bound team IMO.

There may be alot of "ifs" but far less gambles than last year. I think the season relies on Raycroft, we have solid D in front of him, if he performs then we'll be set.

I feel bad for edmonton, such a good cup run and now they loose half their squad. At least they kept Roloson, but they need to pick up some defence.

[ryan41]

Vokoun given clearance to play again.
http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/news.asp?story_id=978

[a7x1337]

Vokoun given clearance to play again.
http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/news.asp?story_id=978
that's good. he's one of my favorite goalies.

how come felix potvin hasnt been picked up by anybody? he's in good condition and wants to play, and there are definitely some teams who could use him...

[ZX-6RR]

that's good. he's one of my favorite goalies.

how come felix potvin hasnt been picked up by anybody? he's in good condition and wants to play, and there are definitely some teams who could use him...
Ha, I used to idol that guy when I was in grade school. Had his official Leafs jersey, tonnes of posters of him and shit. That guy was the man back in the day. I had no idea he was even a free agent, as I thought he was still playing for L.A.

Well, he's still a good, solid goal keeper, so I'm kinda surprised no one's scooped him up yet.

[ZX-6RR]

The Eastern Conference -

Atlanta Thrashers
IN
# G Johan Hedberg (FA from Dallas)
# G Fred Brathwaite (from Russia)
# D Jason Krog (from Sweden)
# F Niko Kapanen (trade from Dallas)
# F Steve Rucchin (FA from NY Rangers)
# F Jon Sim (FA from Florida)
# F Kyle Wanvig, 25 (FA from Minnesota)
OUT
# D Jaroslav Modry (trade to Dallas)
# F Patrik Stefan (trade to Dallas)
# F Marc Savard (FA to Boston)
# F Robert Petrovicky (FA to Pittsburgh)

Boston Bruins
IN
# D Zdeno Chara (FA from Ottawa)
# D Paul Mara (trade from Phoenix)
# D Wade Brookbank (FA from Vancouver)
# F Marc Savard (FA from Atlanta)
# F Shean Donovan (FA from Calgary)
# F Mark Mowers (FA from Detroit)
OUT
# G Andrew Raycroft (trade to Toronto)
# D Nick Boynton (trade to Phoenix)
# D Hal Gill (FA to Toronto)
# F Marty Reasoner (FA to Edmonton)
# F Patrick Leahy (FA to Nashville)

Buffalo Sabres
IN
# D Jaroslav Spacek (FA from Edmonton)
OUT
# D Jay McKee (FA to St.Louis)
# F Mike Grier (FA to San Jose)
# F Taylor Pyatt (trade to Vancouver)

Carolina Hurricanes
IN
# F Trevor Letowski (FA from Columbus)
# F Scott Walker (trade from Nashville) OUT
# G Martin Gerber (FA to Ottawa)
# D Aaron Ward (FA to NY Rangers)
# F Matt Cullen (FA to NY Rangers)
# F Doug Weight (FA to St. Louis)
# F Josef Vasicek (trade to Nashville)

Florida Panthers
IN
# G Alexander Auld (trade from Vancouver)
# G Craig Anderson (trade from Chicago)
# D Bryan Allen (trade from Vancouver)
# D Ari Vallin (from Finland)
# D Ruslan Salei (FA from Anaheim)
# F Todd Bertuzzi (trade from Vancouver)
OUT
# G Roberto Luongo (trade to Vancouver)
# G Jamie McLennan (FA to Calgary)
# D Lukas Krajicek (trade to Vancouver)
# F Jon Sim (FA to Atlanta)

Montreal Canadiens
IN
# F Mike Johnson (trade from Phoenix)
# F Sergei Samsonov (FA from Edmonton)
OUT
# F Richard Zednik (trade to Washington)
# F Jan Bulis, 28 (FA to Vancouver)

New Jersey Devils
IN
# F Mike Rupp (FA from Columbus)
OUT
# D Ken Klee (FA to Colorado)

New York Islanders
IN
# D Brendan Witt (FA from Nashville)
# D Tom Poti (FA from NY Rangers)
# F Mike Sillinger (FA from Nashville)
# F Andy Hilbert (FA from Pittsburgh)
# F Chris Simon (FA from Calgary)
# D Tom Poti (FA from NY Rangers)

New York Rangers
IN
# D Aaron Ward (FA from Carolina)
# F Matt Cullen (FA from Carolina)
# F Brendan Shanahan (FA from Detroit)
# F Adam Hall (trade from Nashville)
OUT
# D Tom Poti (FA to NY Islanders)
# F Steve Rucchin (FA to Atlanta)
# F Dominic Moore (trade to Penguins)

Ottawa Senators
IN
# G Martin Gerber (FA from Carolina)
# D Tom Priessing (trade from San Jose)
# D Michal Barinka (trade from Chicago)
# F Joe Corvo (FA from Los Angeles)
OUT
# G Mike Morrison (FA to Phoenix)
# D Zdeno Chara (FA to Boston)
# D Brian Pothier (FA to Washington)
# F Tyler Arnason (FA to Colorado)
# F Martin Havlat (trade to Chicago)
# F Bryan Smolinski (trade to Chicago)

Philadelphia Flyers
IN
# D Nolan Baumgartner (FA from Vancouver)
# D Lars Jonsson (from Sweden)
# F Randy Robitaille (FA from Minnesota)
# F Geoff Sanderson (FA from Phoenix)
OUT
# D Kim Johnsson (FA to Minnesota)
# F Branko Radivojevic (FA to Minnesota)
# F Donald Brashear (FA to Washington)

Pittsburgh Penguins
IN
# D Mark Eaton (FA from Nashville)
# F Jarkko Ruutu (FA from Vancouver)
# F Dominic Moore (trade from NY Rangers)
# F Nils Ekman (trade from San Jose)
# F Robert Petrovicky, 29 (FA from Atlanta)
OUT
# F Andy Hilbert (FA to NY Islanders)
# F Shane Endicott (FA to Nashville)

Tampa Bay Lightning
IN
# G Marc Denis (trade from Columbus)
# D Luke Richardson (FA from Toronto)
# D Filip Kuba (FA from Minnesota)
# F Nikita Alexeev (from Russia)
OUT
# G Fredrik Norrena (trade to Columbus)
# D Pavel Kubina (FA to Toronto)
# D Darryl Sydor (trade to Dallas)
# F Fredrik Modin (trade to Columbus)

Toronto Maple Leafs
IN
# G Andrew Raycroft (trade from Boston)
# D Hal Gill (FA from Boston)
# D Pavel Kubina (FA from Tampa Bay)
# F Mike Peca (FA from Edmonton)
OUT
# G Ed Belfour
# D Luke Richardson (FA to Tampa Bay)
# F Tie Domi
# F Eric Lindros (FA to Dallas)

Washington Capitals
IN
# D Brian Pothier (FA from Ottawa)
# F Donald Brashear (FA from Philadelphia)
OUT
# D Nolan Yonkman (FA to Nashville)
# F Brian Willsie (FA to Los Angeles)
# F Jeff Halpern (FA to Dallas)
# F Richard Zednik (trade from Montreal)



The Western Conference -

Anaheim Ducks
IN
# D Chris Pronger (trade from Edmonton)
# F Stanislav Chistov (from Russia)
OUT
# D Ruslan Salei (FA to Florida)
# D Ladislav Smid (trade to Edmonton)
# F Joffrey Lupul (trade to Edmonton)
# F Jeff Friesen (FA to Calgary)

Calgary Flames
IN
# G Jamie McLennan (FA from Florida)
# D Andrei Zyuzin (FA from Minnesota)
# F Alex Tanguay (trade from Colorado)
# F Jeff Friesen (FA from Anaheim)
OUT
# D Jordan Leopold (trade to Colorado)
# F Shean Donovan (FA to Boston)
# F Chris Simon (FA to NY Islanders)

Chicago Blackhawks
IN
# G Patrick Lalime (FA from St.Louis)
# F Denis Arkhipov (from Russia)
# F Martin Havlat (trade from Ottawa)
# F Bryan Smolinski (trade from Ottawa)
OUT
# G Craig Anderson (trade to Florida)
# D Michal Barinka (trade to Otatwa)
# F Curtis Brown (FA to San Jose)
# F Matthew Barnaby (FA to Dallas)
# F Mark Bell (trade to San Jose)

Colorado Avalanche
IN
# D Jordan Leopold (trade from Calgary)
# D Ken Klee (FA from New Jersey)
# F Tyler Arnason (FA from Ottawa)
OUT
# D Rob Blake (FA to Los Angeles)
# F Alex Tanguay (trade to Calgary)
# F Dan Hinote (FA to St. Louis)

Columbus Blue Jackets
IN
# G Ty Conklin (FA from Edmonton)
# G Fredrik Norrena (trade from Tampa Bay)
# D Anders Eriksson (from Russia)
# F Alexander Svitov (from Russia)
# F Fredrik Modin (trade from Tampa Bay)
OUT
# G Marc Denis (trade to Tampa Bay)
# F Trevor Letowski (FA to Carolina)
# F Mike Rupp (FA to New Jersey)

Dallas Stars
IN
# D Jaroslav Modry (trade from Atlanta)
# D Darryl Sydor (trade from Tampa Bay)
# F Patrik Stefan (trade from Atlanta)
# F Matthew Barnaby (FA from Chicago)
# F Jeff Halpern (FA from Washington)
# F Eric Lindros (FA from Toronto)
OUT
# G Johan Hedberg (FA to Atlanta)
# D Willie Mitchell (FA to Vancouver)
# F Niko Kapanen (trade to Atlanta)
# F Jason Arnott (FA to Nashville)
# F Bill Guerin (FA to St. Louis)

Detroit Red Wings
IN
OUT
# F Mark Mowers (FA to Boston)
# F Brendan Shanahan (FA to NY Rangers)

Edmonton Oilers
IN
# D Ladislav Smid (trade from Anaheim)
# D Daniel Tjarnqvist (FA from Minnesota)
# F Joffrey Lupul (trade from Anaheim)
# F Marty Reasoner (FA from Boston)
OUT
# G Ty Conklin (FA to Columbus)
# D Chris Pronger (trade to Anaheim)
# D Jaroslav Spacek (FA to Buffalo)
# F Georges Laraque (FA to Phoenix)
# F Sergei Samsonov (FA to Montreal)
# F Mike Peca (FA to Toronto)

Los Angeles Kings
IN
# G Dan Cloutier (trade from Vancouver)
# D Rob Blake (FA from Colorado)
# D Kevin Dallman (FA from St. Louis)
# F Scott Thornton (FA from San Jose)
# F Alyn McCauley (FA from San Jose)
# F Brian Willsie (FA from Washington)
OUT
# F Mark Parrish (FA to Minnesota)
# F Jeremy Roenick (FA to Phoenix)

Minnesota Wild
IN
# D Keith Carney (FA from Vancouver)
# D Kim Johnsson (FA from Philadelphia)
# F Mark Parrish (FA from Los Angeles)
# F Branko Radivojevic (FA from Philadelphia)
OUT
# D Daniel Tjarnqvist (FA to Edmonton)
# D Andrei Zyuzin (FA to Calgary)
# F Randy Robitaille (FA to Philadelphia)
# F Marc Chouinard (FA to Vancouver)
# F Kyle Wanvig, 25 (FA to Atlanta)

Nashville Predators
IN
# D Nolan Yonkman (FA from Washington)
# F Jason Arnott (FA from Dallas)
# F Josef Vasicek (trade from Carolina)
# F Shane Endicott (FA from Pittsburgh)
# F Patrick Leahy (FA from Boston)
OUT
# D Mark Eaton (FA to Pittsburgh)
# D Brendan Witt (FA to NY Islanders)
# F Mike Sillinger (FA to NY Islanders)
# F Scott Walker (trade to Carolina)
# F Adam Hall (trade to NY Rangers)

Phoenix Coyotes
IN
# G Mike Morrison (FA from Ottawa)
# D Ed Jovanovski (FA from Vancouver)
# D Nick Boynton (trade from Boston)
# F Jeremy Roenick (FA from Los Angeles)
# F Georges Laraque (FA from Edmonton)
OUT
# D Paul Mara (trade to Boston)
# F Mike Johnson (trade to Montreal)
# F Geoff Sanderson (FA to Philadelphia)

St. Louis Blues
IN
# D Jay McKee (FA from Buffalo)
# F Doug Weight (FA from Carolina)
# F Dan Hinote (FA from Colorado)
# F Bill Guerin (FA from Dallas)
OUT
# G Patrick Lalime (FA to Chicago)
# D Kevin Dallman (FA to Los Angeles)

San Jose Sharks
IN
# F Curtis Brown (FA from Chicago)
# F Mike Grier (FA from Buffalo)
# F Mark Bell (trade from Chicago)
OUT
# D Tom Priessing (trade to Ottawa)
# F Scott Thornton (FA to Los Angeles)
# F Alyn McCauley (FA to Los Angeles)
# F Nils Ekman (trade to Pittsburgh)

Vancouver Canucks
IN
# G Roberto Luongo (trade from Florida)
# D Lukas Krajicek (trade from Florida)
# D Willie Mitchell (FA from Dallas)
# F Marc Chouinard (FA from Minnesota)
# F Taylor Pyatt (trade from Buffalo)
# F Jan Bulis, 28 (FA from Montreal)
OUT
# G Alexander Auld (trade to Florida)
# G Dan Cloutier (trade to Los Angeles)
# D Nolan Baumgartner (FA to Philadelphia)
# D Bryan Allen (trade to Florida)
# D Keith Carney (FA to Minnesota)
# D Wade Brookbank (FA to Boston)
# D Ed Jovanovski (FA to Phoenix)
# F Todd Bertuzzi (trade to Florida)
# F Jarkko Ruutu (FA to Pittsburgh)

Just so everyone knows, that's all the trades up to date. God damn, the Canucks did a lot of retooling this off season. Wow, Canucks aquired Luongo?! Wonder how much that set them back...

[ryan41]

Luongo = $27 mil / 4 yrs.


$6
$6.5
$7
$7.5

and a no trade clause the final three years.

and thanks for the IN OUT list.

[bsquared977]

Boston, Toronto, Calgary & Chicago are the most improved teams. I'd say Ottawa and Edmonton are the most depleted from last season.

[a7x1337]

thanks for the list :cool:

belfour was signed by florida. should be interesting to see how he does

[ZX-6RR]

Not a problem. :p

Wow, I just realized the Leafs lost Domi... It's not going to be the same without him. Lindros isn't a big deal. He pretty much did fuck all in his tenure with the Leafs, same with Belfour.

They were great at one point, but their prime was a long time ago. There was a time a few years ago when the Leafs were a young man's team. I hope they can progress a little better next season.

[Cyph]

Boston, Toronto, Calgary & Chicago are the most improved teams. I'd say Ottawa and Edmonton are the most depleted from last season.

Chicago? They've signed a backup goalie, a player in Russia and made one trade so far. They did get Havlat and Smolinksi but they lost prospects and Bell. In total, they've lost more players than they've acquired. And the New York Islanders have to be up there in the top 3 improved.

Also Carolina is losing a lot of their talent, Ward, Gerber, Recchi, Cullen and Weight are all gone. Ottawa did get worse but they're still better than most teams in the NHL.

[Aznor]

Chicago? They've signed a backup goalie, a player in Russia and made one trade so far. They did get Havlat and Smolinksi but they lost prospects and Bell. In total, they've lost more players than they've acquired. And the New York Islanders have to be up there in the top 3 improved.

Also Carolina is losing a lot of their talent, Ward, Gerber, Recchi, Cullen and Weight are all gone. Ottawa did get worse but they're still better than most teams in the NHL.

Garth snow as GM + useless overpaid yashin, and the future of the isles isnt too bright.

Chicago definately overpaid for havlat, other than that no significant moves to warrant them most improved.

[Ulic]

I want to see Fredrik Norrena play. Maybe Columbus will actually let him play.

[ryan41]

Hasek back in Detroit for the second (officially third) time. one year deal. wonder if he will stay healthy. i can't imagine him playing much more than 50 games.

[SuperMan313]

Can't wait till Hockey season!!

[ZX-6RR]

Vokoun given clearance to play again.
http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/news.asp?story_id=978
Maybe Kiprusoff can beat his ass again. :bigwink:

[a7x1337]

woah, forsberg to islanders. this is definitely going to hurt colorado.

http://www.nhl.com/features/insider/nyi_col_trade080406.html (http://www.nhl.com/features/insider/chi_phi_trade080406.html)jk lolz

[ryan41]

wait what? :confused:

[idontknow]

guess Malkin is not palying this season :( (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20060807_121559_5172)

[a7x1337]

desjardins retired.

sad to see him and yzerman go - two class acts

[evilmittens]

We should get a pre-season thread going soon.

Anyways, the Wild are looking good this year. I am excited to see they spent some money on talent to go with Gaborik.

[a7x1337]

We should get a pre-season thread going soon.

Anyways, the Wild are looking good this year. I am excited to see they spent some money on talent to go with Gaborik.
what did they do besides re-sign gaborik?

edit: they got parrish, carney and johnsson, three decent players. not sure if it's enough to make them a playoff team again, but we shall see

[OilFan]

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish Petr Sykora a warm welcome to (rainy) Edmonton. He's a great addition to our already stellar offence.

[ZX-6RR]

'Tis a great day, because I only just realized that Sutter has resigned as head coach from the Flames...

[DontBottaMe13]

im pissed the rangers let sykora go i liked him a lot

[evilmittens]

what did they do besides re-sign gaborik?

edit: they got parrish, carney and johnsson, three decent players. not sure if it's enough to make them a playoff team again, but we shall see
They also got Demitra.

[Chewy]

I'm so stoked about hockey season this year… Go Canucks!

[ZX-6RR]

I'm so stoked about hockey season this year… Go Canucks!
Still can't believe they aquired Luongo...

[FashiOnistA]

I really hope the Bruins make the playoffs this season...they won't...but a gal can still dream.

[evilmittens]

I really hope the Bruins make the playoffs this season...they won't...but a gal can still dream.
You follow hockey, shit, I tolerated you before. Now I like you.

[ryan41]

Bruins just signed Kessel, so theres a nice little addition.

[Aznor]

I really hope the Bruins make the playoffs this season...they won't...but a gal can still dream.

I wouldn't count them out just yet...they've got a solid backend, need some steady goaltending. I'm not sure if they picked up any forwards, but defensively theyre looking sound.

[FashiOnistA]

I wouldn't count them out just yet...they've got a solid backend, need some steady goaltending. I'm not sure if they picked up any forwards, but defensively theyre looking sound.

Ah man..the good old days with Ray Borque and Adam Oates.

[viper22]

edmonton's offense is unbreakable, we have no limits and no boundries, your teams losing to my team is imminent.

[ZX-6RR]

Flames sign Matthew Lombardi.

That should be very good for them.

[Jk1725]

edmonton's offense is unbreakable, we have no limits and no boundries, your teams losing to my team is imminent.

Well thats not saying much.....my team sucks
But edmontons offense....not so great:rolleyes:

[navid]

next season should be decent, not any blockbusters, but it shall shape up to be somewhat interesting.

[Mhael'72]

edmonton's offense is unbreakable, we have no limits and no boundries, your teams losing to my team is imminent.

the Oilers has Hemsky and Horcoff...the rest is negligable...I guess Lupul counts too.

Edmonton will be lucky to make the playoffs this year with the division their in.

[ZX-6RR]

Islanders sign DiPietro to a 15 year - 67.5 million dollar deal...

That might just be the stupidest thing I've ever heard.