NHL Free Agency Thread, July 2nd
by Mr. Plank on Jul 2, 2009 4:24 AM PDT
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Solid updates on Huskins from Ducks fans (yes, the serpents have invaded our humble home). Avert your eyes from the cap situation we all saw coming. Check out the Cheat Sheet if you're confused. Pour out yo' drink for Brian Boucher one more time. Be on the lookout for trades involving Luko, Michalek, Cheechoo, Ehrhoff, Nabokov, Murray... hell, anyone on the current roster. Prepare for DW to bide his time. Reminisce about the Thornton trade, remember Wilson swung a deal for Boyle on the 4th of July, pray the autopsy turned up something sensible, and find time to admire the computer tan you got yesterday.
Prediction: Clowe signs a 4 year $3.2 per contract. That's right, I'm ballparking baby- E5 city, mark it down.
Go Sharks.
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Dang
My dreams of a Pavelski, Gaborik, Michalek line have just been dashed…
by Fear the 8 on Jul 2, 2009 6:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Leave it to the only man that could
“Crusher of dreams, AKA moneybags” Glen sather.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
by joe579 on Jul 2, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ughh i'm not even excited anymore
because of the cap thing
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 6:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching the Bouwmeester press conference, I just realized that Jay Bouwmeester is actually Darryl Sutter 30 years ago. The body language, the way they both talked and everything. Even they way they close their mouths is the same. Friggin’ Hilarious! (Their similarities that is, not this post and definitely not this bad photoshoop).
- Matchsticks & Gasoline
Hahaha
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
by Mr. Plank on Jul 2, 2009 8:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Toooooo good.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by That'll Cheech You on Jul 2, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL! Sutter looks like he’s gumming dentures.
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
by Teas on Jul 2, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There should be the caption, "Get off my lawn you whippersnappers" under that pic
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
by adragon on Jul 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll play the guessing game too...
I’d say it’s a backloaded deal, coming to 3.1 annually over 4 years.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by That'll Cheech You on Jul 2, 2009 8:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well...now that the news is official.
I’m going to need a new photoshop for my avatar. But allow me to go through the grieving process first.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
by joe579 on Jul 2, 2009 9:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We’re here for you.
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
by Section223 on Jul 2, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wasn't some action supposed to start at 9?
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe all the GMs just opened their wallets
and realized they emptied them yesterday
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
off topic...
but here’s some crazy WTF!!!!???? news for all you early birds
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have heard of people giving birth that way
but usually they don’t leave the baby behind after.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how do you not know you're pregnant?
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
I have never personally been with child, but from what I have heard, you can actually still have your period, and not really gain much weight, and then find yourself popping a kid out 9 months later. It’s weird, but it happens. Even if your cycle stops or changes, some women are less than concerned by that sort of thing, so it’s entirely possible there were signs that were ignored.
As for the weight gain aspect, not all women gain a lot of weight when preggers, and some have to fight to keep weight ON. Not everyone gets morning sickness, either.
Discovery channel has a show about it, which would probably give some more medically sound answers, but I haven’t really been that into watching it. That whole idea is super creepy.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do enjoy grossing guys out on occasion, I have to say.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no problem
i enjoy being informed. I can’t be grossed out about babies anymore after being forced to watch C-section footage from the 1940s for a class
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would be pretty bad, yeah.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that show once. It was really, really weird. Like, once this woman went to the hospital because really bad stomach pains she thought was a kidney stone or something, and when she went to the bathroom there she had her baby.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i guess i just never imagine
that babies just plop out, like – woops! plunk there’s my baby!
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet you thought you were asking a rhetorical question… =)
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
by Section223 on Jul 2, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure he did
but sadly for you all, I decided to take it seriously.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there goes those sex ed classes
MeThinksSports, Giants, Sharks, and Randomosity
by serrapadre716 on Jul 2, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless they changed the program
which is entirely possible, I don’t think they cover surprise pregnancies.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pregnancies?
MeThinksSports, Giants, Sharks, and Randomosity
by serrapadre716 on Jul 2, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mentions that the “details of Ryane Clowe’s new contract with the Sharks should be forthcoming” and also addresses the horrible state of the WTC comments
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
by Section223 on Jul 2, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
which are pretty horrible...
everyone has been calling for DW’s head becase he hasn’t gotten Hossa or Gaborik
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't even read the WTC comments anymore...
I can only take so much irrationality.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Jul 2, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was so fucking awesome how Pollak just went in there and wrecked house. What a machine.
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
by Mr. Plank on Jul 2, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was about effing time, too...
Yesterday it was just, unreadable…
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Jul 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why I stopped reading the comments
they’re bad for your health
But, yeah, super good show by DP there. Way to lay down the law, my man!
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We just lost Riley Armstrong to the Calgary Flames.
Just read this in the WTC comments. Can anyone confirm this?
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
by Section223 on Jul 2, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by That'll Cheech You on Jul 2, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From SI
Flames sign Garth Murray, Riley Armstrong
So Calgary continues to be the Great White North Sharks
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jul 2, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm here
I had a dream that Clowe was signed for 3 years at $3.3M per. I started to believe it until I saw that none of the deals have been confirmed yet. It does still gives me some hope for the Huskins deal, but eh.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i pray that huskins deal is fake
i hope that was your bday wish when you blew out the candles (but don’t tell if it was!)
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just realized that I did not blow out any candles yesterday. Plan for today: get cake, make a wish, blow out candles. Oh, and eat cake.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i could go for some cake right now
mmmmm
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, did Torrey even show?
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by That'll Cheech You on Jul 2, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No :(
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't blame yourself
he won’t go anywhere alone, he and seto are attached at the hip. He knew it would be awkward to show his true feeligns with seto around so he stood you up instead
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I watch the Wings a lot," says Thornton. "They're the NHL's second-best team."
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Jul 2, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by That'll Cheech You on Jul 2, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright
I have a date with the cardiovascular system. Hopefully they won’t try to force into into a weird triple date like Tuesday’s date with the kinetic chain, but we’ll see. I expect something to happen because I won’t be able to immediately comment on it.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Leafs announced the Grabovski signing. 3 years, $8.7 million.
ZOMG, there’s actually a signing!
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 11:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently leaving didn’t spawn more signings or trades. The repository system is next. Come on FA market! Don’t let me down!
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, my Twitter says that Kovalev might be back in Montreal, but no comfirmations yet.
Oh, and Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame just bought a Sony DVD player and a Wii Fit. But that has nothing to do with hockey at all, lol
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
still news though!
go Adam! Don’t blow the Wii up, pls.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, seriously. And I love his username – @donttrythis. Just perfect.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scuderi to Kings
Hearing Scuderi deal is $3.4 million per for 4 years
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Jul 2, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
boredom city
at least I had stuff to study today, or I’d have gone nuts.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Sharks have been failing in their duties to keep me entertained at work…
zzzzzzzzzzzz…
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Jul 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how can the clowe and huskins deals not be official yet?
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 2:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Because DW knocked the pen out of Huskins hand when he saw the typo (1.7 Per year)
"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009
by Morti on Jul 2, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check out the Sharks' site
It lists 10 forwards on the roster for next year…
Cheechoo
Clowe
Marleau
Michalek
Mitchell
Pavelski
Setoguchi
Shelley
Staubitz
Thornton
…which kind of makes sense in current way. I guess Staubitz is expected to play on the big club this year.
However, it gets more dicey when they only list 5 defensemen…
Boyle
Ehrhoff
Lukowich
Murray
Vlasic
…not counting the ones that have “officially”, but not really been signed.
Also, Boucher is gone since the goalies are listed as…
Greiss
Nabokov
I have to imagine that someone is actually in charge of the accuracy of that list, but they’re failing right now.
Jon Casey fan since '84
by stufflife on Jul 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
looks right to me
they’ve included everyone under contract and the RFAs since their rights are still controlled by the Sharks.
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
by Teas on Jul 2, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burke says Gustavsson is still noncommittal after meeting with him in Sweden.
So, guess we’re still in the running…
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
by Section223 on Jul 2, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The crickets are deafening in Hockey land today
"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009
by Morti on Jul 2, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how can there not be more deals than this
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 4:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Erik Cole
signs two year deal to stay with Hurricanes
by Brian5517209 on Jul 2, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Slow news day
she said, stating the obvious.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Very surprising how quiet it's been today
I know the cap situation is somewhat in flux, but still, I’d expect to see more then what we’ve seen in just the second day of free agency.
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
by Teas on Jul 2, 2009 5:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if anyone has posted this.
The Panthers signed Jordan Leopold to a one-year deal worth $1.75 million.
Florida received the negotiating rights to Leopold when they dealt Jay Bouwmeester to Calgary. The two sides weren’t able to broker a deal prior to Leopold becoming a free agent on July 1, but they kept talking and made the deal. It makes losing Bouwmeester a little more palatable. Leopold had seven goals and 24 points with the Avalanche and Flames last season.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 2, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if anyone has posted this.
The Coyotes signed defenseman Adrian Aucoin to a one-year, $2.25 million deal.
The veteran defender had 10 goals and 34 points last season with the Flames. He became expendable when Calgary signed Jay Bouwmeester to a contract. He will bolster the blueline with his big shot, especially on the power play.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 2, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Coyotes signed Stefan Meyer to a one-year deal.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t released. Meyer’s rights were acquired in the deal that sent Steven Reinprecht to the Panthers in mid-June. He had 18 goals and 40 points in 65 AHL games last season and will be a depth player at best for the organization.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 2, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WTC UPDATE!!!
Contract confirmations for Clowe and Huskins? Not coming today after all.
booooooo
by idunno723 on Jul 2, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
so to recap...
the Sharks have signed Rob Blake
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, to be fair
they also let several players know they weren’t going to give them QOs, and Boucher left. So they didn’t just sign 1 dude. The officially signed one, unofficially signed 2 and let 4 go-ish.
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok fine fine
but it’s curious is what i’m saying
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ehh
I don’t know. DW isn’t the type to do a lot right away. I’m a little weirded out by how the deals w/ Clowe and Huskins aren’t super final yet, but aside from that…
I don’t know. I have NO idea what DW is going to do. I think that freaks me out the most!
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what's weirding me out
the strange half-done deals
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heatley...the ongoing saga
Only one word for Heatley drama: mess
Heatley’s Agent J.P. Barry: “I specifically told him two days ago, long before the trade happened, ‘Do not trade him to Edmonton until you have other options.’ And he turned around and consummated the trade despite my request. The result of which is that I get a phone call from a guy that I really respect in Steve Tambellini, who was excited, and I had to inform him what happened. – ”I think it was completely mishandled by [Murray]. It was a pressure tactic. He loaded up the gun and put the gun against our heads."
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jul 2, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
/me dances for you
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank you!
i feel a lot better now
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
here to help
and dance, apparently
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by CTGray on Jul 2, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clowe Signed according to ESPN 3.5 mil per for 4 years. Still no confirmation from the Sharks org
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
again, strange that it would be that much
if it’s true
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
shrug, that seems about right to me
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
by Teas on Jul 2, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well
3.5 was the highest I was hoping they would go, so in other words I was hoping they would go lower
by a10dency2ask on Jul 2, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you and me both, but as long as we can get away without having to overpay or over-commit the number of years, I can’t complain.
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
by Teas on Jul 2, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice find- just popped up the link on the front page.
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
by Mr. Plank on Jul 2, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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