2011 NHL Free Agency Thread
 

Free Agency starts in about 12 hours.

I think Vokoun goes to the Avs or stays in Florida and Richards signs with the Rangers.

Any Avs fans out there?

If they don't sign Vokoun, who would they sign?

Im sure this will turn out well...


Honestly how many CP members can name 5 (current) NHL players not named Crosby or Ovechkin (sp?) off the top of their head without cheating/looking it up?

Unleash the Phury
WebGem
DaFace
Bearcat
Predarat
OTW58
Pushead2

And more .

Boston's going to let Ryder and Kaberle hit the market.

Any news on Savard?

I'm hoping for Vokoun. If not him, I have absolutely no clue what we'll do in goal for next year.

Harding?

In other news, Stewie's brother, Anthony, might be headed to St. Louis. D'Agostini is probably going to hit the open market. Blues didn't want to go into arbitration with him.

Any Avs fans?

Morphius, DaFace, me... pfft, we run this place. Watch your back, Blues boy.



:D

Kyle DeLexus

If possible, we would like EJ back for a bag of pucks. Oh, and for Kroenke to own the Blues, too.

Is that possible?

Really hoping the Blues sign Jovanovski.

I'm really hoping for Vokoun. That would be the best scenario. If not, my second choice would be Varlamuv from the Caps. He's pretty damn good, and I think he'd fit in well. Josh Harding maybe. Ray Emery maybe.

The scuttlebutt is that he's going to retire, but there's nothing that approaches confirmation of that.

Kings fan here

Harding wouldn't be that bad. Emery, IMO, is a darkhorse.

There's rumors out there that the Blues are interested in Langenbrunner.

I could, but all my guys are up in Winnipeg now. :(

If those F'ers go and start winning I'm gonna be pissed.

Is anyone going to protest the owners by not going to Phillips Arena?

Let the fun begin.

Let me know when the Devils sign someone good.

Won't be any fun for us. We won't do shit today, just like every other year.

This team DESPERATELY needs an elite scorer, but we'll continue to go after role players - like we don't already have a ****ing roster full of them.

The roster is good enough to make the playoffs. We saw the problem last year that we had was depth.

Won't be disappointed if the Blues don't sign someone on Day 1 of FA, but I'd be shocked if they didn't sign a quality player soon.

D'Ags, reportedly, is close to resigning.

"Good enough to make the playoffs" isn't good enough. It's time to start making the playoffs regularly AND doing some damage.

They aren't going to do that without getting an elite scorer, IMO.

Flyers sign Jagr

Add me. Did you see the size of the NHL Playoff thread?

Why is it with all the ****ing stupid threads ('what color is your hair', 'man poops on old lady', 'i thought that lady was dead' etc) every time someone creates a hockey thread some dickwad has to come in with a "hockey sucks!", "no one cares" style comment?

Seriously, it's not like we make the thread titles misleading. If you don't like it stay out you unwelcome cock bag and go **** yourself.

Flyers are going to be cleaning house this off season from the looks of it. I can't believe they got rid of Mike Richards.

And how good of a goalie is Ilya Bryzgalov? I don't watch the west too much.

Ed Jovanowski back to FLA

I don't understand why they signed Jagr. With this signing it means it's unlikely Ville Leino will be back. I much rather would have just resigned Leino.

If this happened, that would be awesome! The Avs are my 'other' team so him in an A-V-S jersey would be too cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...5/Vokoun-1.jpg

It's been a few years, but this is what I remember of him, because they swept the Avs that year...

Playoff stats...
I've kind of lost track of him since he went to Phoenix, but it looks like he put up good numbers there, and I know he's played some for Russia in the Olympics and World Championship.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/newsindex.htm...reeagents/2011

Capitals trade Varlamov's rights to Avalanche
Friday, 07.01.2011 / 2:00 PM / NHL Free Agency 2011
NHL.com
The Washington Capitals have traded the rights to restricted free agent goaltender Semyon Varlamov to the Colorado Avalanche for a first-round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft and second-round selection in either 2012 or 2013.

Varlamov was a first-round pick in 2006 and has competed with Michal Neuvirth, a second-round choice in the same draft, for the "goaltender of the future" tag in Washington ever since. The 23-year-old Russian goaltender has appeared in 59 regular-season games and 19 postseason contests for the Capitals.

He replaced Jose Theodore in net for Washington during the 2009 and 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but missed a large portion of the 2010-11 campaign because of injury. With Theodore gone, Varlamov and Neuvirth were competing for the starting job, and it was Neuvirth who played every minute during the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Capitals.

Forget the Vokoun to A-V-S jersey then lol. Varlamov has potential, and was caught up in a Log Jam of the same type of goalie in Washington.

I don't get that either the dude is 40 years old. Maybe it's just a FU to Pittsburgh.

Heh...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...2/varlamov.png

I was hoping for Vokoun, but there's a 10 year difference in age here, so Varlamov could obviously be more of a long term solution... or maybe they'll sign both. :)

Woot.... that's awesome. I like him quite a bit.

Now add Vokoun too....

according to Hockeybuzz.com,the Avs looking at signing Erik Cole.

Vokoun talking with the Caps now

Flyers sign Max Talbot

They will like him, he will fit in well in Philly!

Pheonix just got Mike Smith from Tampa, they may be clearing room for good ole Thomas.

Another ex-penguin. This guy reminds me of Reremy Roenick.

The A-V-S got themselves a pretty damn big D-man. He seems to like to hit too!

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=3863

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Report is that Michael Ryder is signing with Dallas.

2 years at $3.5 million per

Flyers trade Versteeg to Florida for a 2nd round pick

Bruins are rumored to be signing Benoit Pouliot for 1 year, $1.1 million.

Leino to Buffalo 6 years 27 million.

Blues are about 4 mil. under the cap.

If the only signing the Blues make is a backup goalie, I'm going to shit a brick.

JS Giguere to Avalanche

Budaj to the Habs.

Is Elliott going to the AHL?

Reports: Canadiens sign Cole, Budaj
Friday, 07.01.2011 / 3:57 PM / NHL Free Agency 2011
NHL.com
The Montreal Canadiens have reportedly signed free agent wing Erik Cole and goalie Peter Budaj to multi-year contracts.

According to TSN, Cole has inked a four-year, $18 million contract and Budaj was given a two-year, $2.3 million deal.

The 28-year-old Budaj, who now becomes the backup to Carey Price in Montreal, has played all six of his NHL seasons with the Colorado Avalanche. He has a career record of 101-91-27 with a 2.83 goals-against average. He made 45 appearances in 2010-11 for Colorado, producing a 15-21-4 mark with a 3.20 GAA and .895 save percentage.

Damn. The AVS gave up a ton to get that kid. The 2012 draft is supposed to be one of the deepest drafts in awhile and the Avs are expected to be better, but still not great.

The Blues gave up Eller last season to get Halak. Halak has a better playoff track record and most will say that Halak is probably a slightly more valuable player (if a little older). Don't forget - Halak beat Varlamov in the game 7 showdown. Eller doesn't have the value of a 2012 first rounder, I'm virtually certain of that. Let alone the 2nd rounder thrown in.

I think the Avs overpaid a little here.

Souray signs with Dallas

Eh, they'll get a 3rd line winger and a depth defenseman as well.

Afterall, they've gotta spend the money somewhere to even reach the salary floor. They'll throw it at a couple of aging vets that will gladly take a 1-yr deal.

If you have any expectations at all for this FA signing period, prepare to be disappointed.

From Bob McKenzie:

Ponikarovsky gets $1.5M on a one year deal in Carolina.

Ehrhoff to Buffalo is for 10 years and $40 million.

O'Byrne re-signs with Col for 2 more years

I don't have any expectations aside from what you mentioned.

I'm only optimistic because Army said ownership gave him a budget above the cap floor. Not expecting a Richards like signing.

I'm 99.999999% sure that the Coyotes are intentionally going to tank this season.

Flyers back in on the Brad Richards sweepstakes. Calgary also to make a play for him

Tomas Fleischmann Signs with Florida

This is a signing I don't agree with.

The guy had one "decent" season with 19G, 34A, and 53 pts...and he gets close to 4.5 mil per year? Pretty sick money...I wonder how this changes the complexity of things. What will the other top tier FA's above him get?

Good signing imo. He will be a good mentor to Varhalamov

Blues signed Brian Elliott. Haha.

hahah that was a nice hit.

I like it.... solid veteran in Giguere and hopefully a long term solution with Varmalov.

Did Elliott have a down year last year or does he really suck?

Vokoun to the Caps, 1 yr 1.5 mil?? WTF??? Something does not seem right there.

Predarat is a cheater!

Stcheviok to NY. Like that signing a lot.

I can't help it, I live in SEC country you know. It comes with my envornment.

Well RamsFan, looks like Jason Arnott is yours! Jamie Langenbrunner too.

**** yeah. At least they made some moves. Nichol is also a solid signing.

Blues lineup looks scary good if Perron is healthy.

He is a feisty little guy, plays 110% 100% of the time.

He won about 60% of his faceoffs last year. So that's a big win.