should liven back up in about 30 minutes or so once teams can sign FAs

7/1/2007 11:33:51 AM

or now:
Manny Fernandez to Bruins for prospect and a mid-round pick
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2922238

7/1/2007 11:37:29 AM

Briere to Philly

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

8 years, $52 million, no trade clause

They better pray last year wasn't a fluke

[Edited on July 1, 2007 at 3:50 PM. Reason : 8]

7/1/2007 3:34:04 PM

that's interesting..

7/1/2007 3:37:57 PM

$10 million in the first year is insane.

Not that I mind Philly fucking themselves over.

7/1/2007 3:57:21 PM

Rafalski to the Wings

A mod needs to edit that fucking sound embed out of the first page it fucks up my browser every time I try to reply.

[Edited on July 1, 2007 at 4:20 PM. Reason : just kidding on gomez]

7/1/2007 4:05:29 PM

Quote :

"Rafalski to the Wings"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

7/1/2007 4:34:42 PM

Gomez to the Rags
Blake to the Leafs (4 yr/$20mil)

7/1/2007 7:46:27 PM

as a Flyers fan, I'm ecstatic that we got Briere, with him and Gagne together that's going to be awesome. They did pay an awful lot though, hope this doesn't mean Pitkanen is gone. We could use the future Brian Leetch.

7/1/2007 7:50:58 PM

Pitkanen is gone to Edmonton.. He and Sanderson for Jason Smith and Lupul

7/1/2007 7:56:01 PM

I like Lupol, but I don't know about that trade. What's really bad for the Flyers though (and pens, devils, and islanders) is NY now has Gomez AND Drury.

7/1/2007 8:02:28 PM

apparently the rags would like to score some goals this year. Jesus Christ thats a lot of money wrapped up in forwards!!

7/1/2007 8:14:32 PM

Jeff hamilton anyone???

[Edited on July 1, 2007 at 8:43 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2007 8:42:46 PM

message_topic.aspx?topic=471368&page=7

7/1/2007 8:44:45 PM

Jon Sim to the Isles for 3 yrs

7/1/2007 8:53:30 PM

"Anaheim Ducks's defenceman Scott Niedermayer Is about to announce he is retiring from the NHL. Details to follow."

7/1/2007 8:55:28 PM

^thats why they signed Schneider

7/1/2007 8:55:49 PM

Gomez?!
Drury?!

FUCK YEAH

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

7/1/2007 9:04:42 PM

^ You better take care of Gomer you damn dirty Rag lover!

Man, too bad msfag only shows up to gloat about the Bananaslugs. I'd love to see his face now that they lost Crybaby Briere and Drury. Owned.

I really hope that Scotty doesn't retire, but if he does then I am glad that he got one last Cup.

7/1/2007 9:08:46 PM

Id like to see the wings go after smyth or emery. plz to let hasek go

7/1/2007 9:33:54 PM

The Flyers have taken 3 teams captains.

7/1/2007 9:38:39 PM

It doesn't really count when a team has two captains and you take the shitty one though.

7/1/2007 9:55:40 PM

http://forums.sabres.com/index.php?showtopic=25728

pretty funny comments from sabres fans. Its like briere assualted them personally

7/1/2007 10:48:29 PM

Smyth to the Avs

7/1/2007 11:41:51 PM

ahahahahahaha

fuck buffalo

7/2/2007 12:00:02 AM

Kariya signed with the Blues

7/2/2007 12:16:50 AM

this has been my favorite free agent day since Ronnie came back, if there is one thing i love more than the Canes getting better, its the Sabres getting worse

7/2/2007 1:22:52 AM

pens signed dany sabourin, which is only noteworthy because he THANK GOD will replace girlsname thibault

7/2/2007 8:17:12 AM

Pens also signed Sydor and Sykora. That should give them some offense, but they will still struggle to score goals

[Edited on July 2, 2007 at 8:55 AM. Reason : .]

7/2/2007 8:53:36 AM

you think i really care we aren't throwing our money at players, we get all our players from our ahl team, where do you think vanek, pominville, gaustad and stafford came from, our team keeps replenishing itself with new players, we'll be fine and under cap

7/2/2007 9:21:30 AM

^^do you mean those 2 players will struggle to score goals, or the Pens overall. B/c they have a pretty decent looking group of forwards now.

also, Nashville's lookin pretty shitty now

[Edited on July 2, 2007 at 9:27 AM. Reason : preds]

7/2/2007 9:23:28 AM

Quote :

"Pens also signed ... Sykora."

Which one? Pizza or the other one? As usual nhl.com is slow with posting this stuff.

7/2/2007 10:35:35 AM

Quote :

"do you mean those 2 players will struggle to score goals, or the Pens overall. B/c they have a pretty decent looking group of forwards now. "

I meant to add " "

7/2/2007 11:19:50 AM

aww, look, mshaul is deluding himself

how cute

7/2/2007 12:17:49 PM

Quote :

"our team keeps replenishing itself with new players, we'll be fine and under cap"

You'll have enough players, sure, and probably dig up some good ones, but what about a CAPTAIN?

Briere is irrelevant other than scoring, but it's gonna be really fucking tough to replace Drury.

As for being under cap...that's the point of the cap. You can't be over it.

7/2/2007 1:26:23 PM

replacing drury will be hard, we can go with connelly provided he stays healthy, go with vanek, though he might not be ready or go with a veteren like tempo numminen, all depends on who is ready to step up this year and lead

7/2/2007 1:31:40 PM

The mere fact that you would suggest Thomas Vanek (a player I love, but not captain material) illustrates my point wonderfully.

7/2/2007 1:32:57 PM

your point being?

7/2/2007 1:37:58 PM

There's no one on that team who can adequately replace Drury.

7/2/2007 1:46:38 PM

Maybe they can just give everyone on the roster the chance to be captain like in 03-04!

7/2/2007 2:00:30 PM

^ You think the Rags will give Drury an A right off the bat?

7/2/2007 2:15:56 PM

they should take that c off of jagr and stick it on drury or shannahan

7/2/2007 4:51:32 PM

In case you missed anything:

White -> Atlanta
Poti -> Washington
Zednik -> Florida
McClean -> Florida
Schneider -> Anaheim
Tarnstrom -> Edmonton
Grebeshkov -> Edmonton
Briere -> Philadelphia
Sarich -> Calgary
Rafalski -> Detroit
Perreault -> Chicago
S. Thornton -> Boston (that's not making up for anything Boston!)
Dvorak -> Florida
Hamilton -> Carolina
Ouellet -> Tampa
Perrin -> Atlanta
Blake -> Toronto
Gomez -> NY Rangers
Drury -> NY Rangers
V. Kozlov -> Washington
Sabourin -> Pittsburgh
Hannan -> Colorado
Sim -> NY Islanders
Smyth -> Colorado
Kariya -> St. Louis
Sydor -> Pittsburgh
Sykora -> Pittsburgh
Ortmeyer -> Nashville
Battaglia -> Toronto
Krajicek -> Vancouver
Nylander -> Washington
Hamrlik -> Montreal
Lang -> Chicago
Strudwick -> NY Rangers
Bonk -> Nashville
DeVries -> Nashville

7/2/2007 6:29:17 PM

Quote :

"^ You think the Rags will give Drury an A right off the bat?"

The Rangers gave one to Shanahan right off the bat and with Nylander leaving I don't really see why we wouldn't, not to mention the fact that I can't really think of anyone we'd give it to over him. He's a proven winner and leader.

edit: I'll miss Ortmeyer though

[Edited on July 2, 2007 at 6:51 PM. Reason : .]

7/2/2007 6:51:19 PM

Bertuzzi to the Ducks, I like the cut of Burke's jib

7/2/2007 9:53:58 PM

Quote :

"we get all our players from our ahl team, where do you think vanek, pominville, gaustad and stafford came from"

yep, that's all your players! where did Briere come from? how bout Drury? your boy Connolly? Spacek? Numminen? I could keep going, but I think I've made my point.


Aside from that dumbass, the Caps have made some (unfortunately) nice moves so far.

7/3/2007 7:26:33 AM

im talking about our young core of players, you know the future of the team, spacek played like shit this year, connelly was out the entire regular season except two games, numminen is over 40 and gonna retire this year or next, roy, vanek, gaustad, paille, pominville, stafford, mair, paetsch...you are the only dumbass, you are still in the lets hate on everything buffalo and celebrate everything that happens too them even if their fans don't care, buffalo is still a playoff team

7/3/2007 8:20:41 AM

psst.. mair was not drafted by buffalo

7/3/2007 2:56:04 PM

he has still spent time in Rochester

7/3/2007 4:55:39 PM

Oh yeah man, Derek Roy and Drew Stafford.

Might as well just warm up the Stanley Cup Victory Parade float now.

7/3/2007 5:08:04 PM