Should have created this a while back.

Here's what's happened so far:

Coaching Changes:

Florida:
OUT Jacque Martin
IN Peter Deboer

Los Angeles:
OUT Marc Crawford
IN ????

Tampa Bay
OUT John Tortorella
IN ????

San Jose
OUT Ron Wilson
IN Todd McClellan

Colorado
OUT Joel Quenneville
IN Tony Granato

Toronto
OUT Paul Maurice
IN Ron Wilson

Ottawa
OUT Bryan Murray
IN Craig Hartsburg



1st round - Friday, June 20, 7 PM (Versus)
rounds 2-7 - Saturday, June 21

TSN Bob McKenzie's Top 60 Prospects: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11437

Notable Expiring Contracts:

Jaromir Jagr
Marian Hossa
Joe Sakic
Wade Redden
Sergei Fedorov
Rob Blake
Marcus Naslund
Jose Theodore
Mats Sundin
Olaf Kolzig
Peter Forsberg
Adam Foote
Pavol Demitra
Brad Stuart
Cristobal Huet
John-Michael Liles
Teemu Selanne
Sean Avery
Brian Campbell
Ryan Malone

6/16/2008 7:18:16 PM

glad to see colorado changing coaches.

6/16/2008 7:21:11 PM

San Jose dropping Ron Wilson is surprising. They had a strong team. Dallas was just a bit stronger.

6/16/2008 7:54:19 PM

yea i was curious as to why san jose is dropping as well

6/16/2008 8:27:00 PM

Because they can't seem to break through.

They get Jumbo Joe, they can't get to the Finals.

They solidify Nabokov as their #1, they can't get to the Finals.

Something's gotta change for there to be a breakthrough, and they can't fire the team. SJ has more talent than Dallas.

6/16/2008 8:38:13 PM

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/

Quote :

" Blake Wheeler, the highly-sought winger from the University of Minnesota, has advised his agent to finalize terms of a contract with the Bruins, a two-year deal that won’t be made official until July 1, in keeping with NHL bylaws that govern the movement and signing of unrestricted free agents. "More than 20 NHL teams were interested in Blake, and this was a very tough decision,’’ said Wellesley-based agent Matt Keator, who also represents Boston captain Zdeno Chara. "And ultimately it came down to a few things for Blake, but mostly that he was comfortable with where the Bruins were headed as an organization — how this year they brought along kids like David Krejci, Milan Lucic, and Mark Stuart. They’ve done a good job of developing kids, and he wants to continue along that line.’’"

6/16/2008 8:44:41 PM

Some post here or alert me when official word comes out about alternate jerseys in 08-09. I'm sick of reading unsubstaniated rumors.

6/16/2008 8:45:45 PM

The Canes will have a black alternate. I work at a hockey shop and we ordered them months ago. Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Edmonton, LA, Minnesota, Montreal, NYI, Ottawa, Philly, Phoenix, SJ, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto, and Vancouver will also have new thirds.

As for Wheeler...poor Gretz.

6/16/2008 8:48:03 PM

sucks we lost todd to the sharks, he's supposedly a GREAT assistant... i wish him luck as the head coach

6/16/2008 8:48:22 PM

Quote :

"According the Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus Blue Jackets are close to acquiring the negotiating rights to Penguins' power forward Ryan Malone, who is slated to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. The newspaper suggested deal could be consummated as early as Tuesday. However, NHL sources also told the Dispatch that the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks also are talking to Pittsburgh about acquiring Malone's rights."

6/17/2008 6:38:28 PM

Quote :

"A change to Rule 76.2 will place the first faceoff of a power play in the defending zone of the team that committed the foul. A change to Rule 81.1 states that “any contact between opposing players while pursuing the puck on an icing must be for the sole purpose of playing the puck and not for eliminating the opponent from playing the puck.”"

6/18/2008 8:54:24 PM

^^



malone deserves good money but the pens are trying to get contracts for malkin, hossa, and MAF. . .

6/18/2008 9:35:42 PM

I don't see them keeping both Hossa and Malkin. I don't even know how they would manage that with the cap.

6/18/2008 11:30:25 PM

wow sounds like the wongs are going to resign stuart and go after sundin.

id really like to see them bring in a solid backup goalie

6/18/2008 11:59:27 PM

Vinyl: Are the third jerseys this year going to be the solid black design with the warning flag across the front or down the side??




I personally like the first over the second

6/19/2008 2:54:52 AM

seconded

6/19/2008 3:33:46 AM

i think it needs to have the two flags instead of one

6/19/2008 9:27:20 AM

I saw that about Sundin (for the wings)

We should steal Fleury from the penguins... or start investing in a young hotshot goalie... within the next 3 years cause i know ozzy will roll, but the current backup is important

6/19/2008 10:34:05 AM

top free agents

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20080617&Category=SPORTS05&ArtNo=612002&Ref=PH&Profile=1053

6/19/2008 10:35:19 AM

I don't know what the thirds are going to look like, all that was on the RBK order was "CAR 3RD TBA (BLACK)"

6/19/2008 3:21:08 PM

i absolutely hate both those jerseys and that stupid flag symbol

6/19/2008 3:37:40 PM

the carolina storms

6/19/2008 4:32:54 PM

prob the 3rd ugliest jerseys in the nhl

6/19/2008 8:01:25 PM

Well then I guess it's a good thing that those aren't real

6/19/2008 8:02:32 PM

that is a good thing

6/19/2008 8:03:33 PM

of user-made Canes 3rd jerseys, those are about the shittiest I've seen.

6/20/2008 12:19:42 AM

Ray Emery has been waived

6/20/2008 1:07:47 PM

bwahahahaha

6/20/2008 1:56:46 PM

i will be pissed if VSGLF HD is on golf when the draft comes on.

6/20/2008 4:55:20 PM

I just saw something on the espn bottom line about Malkin getting an offer from a Russian team

something like a 3-year deal, $12.5 million per year tax-free

that would be pretty wild if one of the best players in the league gets plucked out to go play in Russia

6/20/2008 4:59:38 PM

he won't go

he already had to be smuggled out of russia just to get back since the mafia forced him to sign a russian contract

russia sucks, especially magnitogorsk

6/20/2008 5:04:31 PM

LOl @ Eklund saying Spezza to the Oilers!

but it is an e3!?!

6/20/2008 5:08:52 PM

e1 - made up
e2 - made up
e3 - made up
e4 - he saw a couple people post it on hfboards
e5 - already reported in the media

6/20/2008 6:11:25 PM

Reportedly Alex Tanguay to Montreal for the 25th overall pick

6/20/2008 6:41:58 PM

Oli Jokinen to Phoenix for Keith Ballard, Nick Boynton, and the 49th overall pick

3 way deal:
Mike Cammalleri to Calgary
12th overall pick to Los Angeles
17th overall and 28th overall to Anaheim

6/20/2008 7:20:41 PM

i think there is a 0% chance the wings actually select a player in the 1st rd

6/20/2008 7:56:02 PM

What would they trade it for?

6/20/2008 7:58:07 PM

RJ Umberger and 4th rounder to Columbus for 19th overall pick and 3rd rounder

6/20/2008 8:10:52 PM

^ that kind of pisses me off but philly usually makes pretty good picks in that area of the draft (Simon Gagne, Jeff Cafter, Mike Richards)

6/21/2008 11:28:46 AM

umberger to columbus means malone to columbus is less likely

i think it'd be great if he stayed in the burgh but it seems unlikely, especially since tanguay to montreal lessens the habs' need for hossa, in whom they were interested

also tiger woods to the kings for jack johnson (e4)

[Edited on June 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM. Reason : -]

6/21/2008 12:01:08 PM

it's now official: The Mullet will be coaching the Lightning

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3457480

6/23/2008 2:11:58 PM

i'm so glad he's in the southeast

i have no words for how happy i am about the quotes we're gonna get

the only way i'd be happier would be if they hired don cherry

6/23/2008 3:25:55 PM

i'm going to have to make special trips to raleigh for games against the lightning now

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 3:44 PM. Reason : TEH MULLET]

6/23/2008 3:31:03 PM

TB gave Vinny a 9yr/$77mil deal

6/25/2008 2:10:23 PM

6/25/2008 2:15:53 PM

Opening Night - Thursday, October 9 - Toronto at Detroit

6/27/2008 2:17:40 PM

104 days

[Edited on June 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM. Reason : is that the only game or something? or is that the only one that has been announed?]

6/27/2008 2:43:39 PM

Line has been announced as well: DET -9

6/27/2008 5:38:21 PM

I think I am just as excited about hockey in the fall as I am college football. Sucks that I live all the way in fucking Charlotte now.

6/28/2008 1:19:51 AM

Quote :

"The Tampa Bay Lightning's new ownership group vowed to be "staggeringly aggressive' in the NHL's free agent sweepstakes and they are trying to get a head start on that. The Lightning have traded a fourth-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for the exclusive negotiating rights to forwards Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts, who are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents on July 1. ''We said earlier this week we would be aggressive in our pursuit of free agents in order to win and compete,'' Lightning owner Oren Koules said. ''This trade today doesn't guarantee anything, but we believe it gives us a leg up in our attempt to sign these two impact players.'' If the Lightning were to sign Malone, the more coveted free agent of the two, Pittsburgh will receive Tampa Bay's third-round pick in 2009 or they will receive Dallas' fourth-round pick in 2009, previously acquired by the Lightning, if they are not able to sign Malone."

[Edited on June 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM. Reason : .]

6/29/2008 11:35:59 AM