GhostofPotvin29
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BlueWhiteBlood said:
Ahh apologies, should have read back further. Still getting used to the board being really active again!
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Ahh apologies, should have read back further. Still getting used to the board being really active again!
BlueWhiteBlood
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Potvin29 said:
No worries, looks like there is some good research there.
Boston Leaf
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Zee said:
Im totally with this
iwas11in67
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Boston Leaf said:
...and what happens if Reimer and Scrivens falter out of the gate and the "fans" start chanting "LOUUUUUU!"? Then Gillis has all the leverage.
UFA goalies in summer 2013
Backstrom
Thomas
Nabokov
Smith
UFA goalies in summer 2014
Lundqvist
Miller
Kiprusoff
Hiller
Halak
Vokoun
Elliott
Patience might be a virtue here.
Backstrom
Thomas
Nabokov
Smith
UFA goalies in summer 2014
Lundqvist
Miller
Kiprusoff
Hiller
Halak
Vokoun
Elliott
Patience might be a virtue here.
Zee
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cw said:
Problem in today's NHL is, how many "big name" players get to free agency any longer? Every time we talk about some player becoming available in free agency, they re-up with their current team for a gazillion years. Also some of the guys on that list are getting up there in age.
Of the players on that list, I see one of Halak or Elliot making it to free agency (barring a trade which is also possible). I'd want Halak personally, but I think St.Louis will re-sign him and deal Elliot.
Meh. To me thats a pretty crappy list.
This summers UFA's are quite old (other than Smith)... and if we didnt want Vokoun for a song this last summer, I doubt we'd want any of these guys either. Smith is a product of the system, don't want that.
Next summers are obviously better but Lundqvist is going nowhere, Vokoun and Kipper will be ancient, and no way I'd want Elliott. Miller probably stays in Buffalo also.
It's Hiller or Halak really.... I'd definitely like either one but the chances are very slim.
This summers UFA's are quite old (other than Smith)... and if we didnt want Vokoun for a song this last summer, I doubt we'd want any of these guys either. Smith is a product of the system, don't want that.
Next summers are obviously better but Lundqvist is going nowhere, Vokoun and Kipper will be ancient, and no way I'd want Elliott. Miller probably stays in Buffalo also.
It's Hiller or Halak really.... I'd definitely like either one but the chances are very slim.
bustaheims
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cw said:
Man, if by some miracle Lundqvist makes it to free agency . . .
GhostofPotvin29
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bustaheims said:
How are the Rangers looking cap-wise by then? Since it's going down...
What's the deal with Thomas this year? Is he retired or is he just sitting out?
I just found this actually:
http://bostinno.com/2013/01/15/tim-thomas-wants-to-play-next-year-should-the-bruins-let-him/
It's kind of a funny article, I like the slant they took here:
Thomas changed his phone number and is making himself unavailable to Tuukka Rask, who will be filling Thomas? skates on a full-time basis.
?Rask said that he wanted to give Thomas a call recently, but when he tried the number he had registered for the former other half of the tandem, he found it didn?t work anymore,? the site recently revealed.
They make it sound like he changed his number specifically to avoid Rask... which is funny.
I just found this actually:
http://bostinno.com/2013/01/15/tim-thomas-wants-to-play-next-year-should-the-bruins-let-him/
It's kind of a funny article, I like the slant they took here:
Thomas changed his phone number and is making himself unavailable to Tuukka Rask, who will be filling Thomas? skates on a full-time basis.
?Rask said that he wanted to give Thomas a call recently, but when he tried the number he had registered for the former other half of the tandem, he found it didn?t work anymore,? the site recently revealed.
They make it sound like he changed his number specifically to avoid Rask... which is funny.
bustaheims
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Potvin29 said:
A little tight until the summer Lundqvist's contract runs out - but, at the same time, at that point, only 3 current players will be under contract for more than $18M against the cap.
louisstamos
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Potvin29 said:
They're set up pretty well for it - Gaborik, Callahan and a bunch of others become UFAs at the same time.
GhostofPotvin29
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Thanks guys. So not too much of a crunch for them.