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I'd steal Cory Murphy from Tampa so you don't have to pay! Or hell, send an offer sheet Cam Barker's way, not like Chicago can afford to match a decent offer...

Actually speaking of Tampa, their line 3-4 still sucks but for as much as I make fun of them, this roster looking pretty decent...

Prospal-Lecavalier-St. Louis
Malone-Stamkos-Vrbata
Halpern-Artyukhin-Craig
i've seriously never heard of their potential 4th liners

Hedman-Ohlund
Meszaros-Ranger
Walker-Murphy

Smith

I guess it's easier with two top two picks in two years. Hedman line 1 is stretching too much, but I like him with Ohlund from a mentoring standpoint and Meszaros-Ranger is not a top line pairing. At all. Murphy, as mentioned above, is currently a UFA but hopefully they're smart enough to resign him.
 
Roloson is washed up, I'm not sorry to see him go. Getting Heatley would have been cool, but the oilers take 50 goal scorers and make them into 20 goal scorers so I can't see why he would waive his no move clause for us.

Hopefully our new coaching can help, but our lineup is mediocre and I doubt we'll be picking up any star players
 
Nice goalie swap for the Oilers there, definitely an upgrade, although the price is maybe an ickle higher than I'd hope. Not likely to encourage Heatley much, but...

Hope my Caps do something beyond fucking Knuble... as much as I hate Breashear and his amazing ability to take terrible minors not having a goon is a little worrying too, even though it's never bothered my home team much...
 
Aha, Cam Barker is a good idea. Gillis has shown he's not afraid of going the offer-sheet route for young players too (last year he went for David Backes).
 
Bye bye Spacek. Sorry for not giving you an extension during the season, pretty much guaranteeing you'd test free agency and leave.

But we got Montador. Cool, I guess. Hey, maybe they'll make him captain!
 
Lol, Kaberle to Atlanta... the official trade of CaptainKashimoto, from the Leafs to the Thrashers X)


I have absolutely no idea why this deal was made. Additionally, poor Vin has to put up with Hal Gill this year :(
 
Teifu said:
Lol, Kaberle to Atlanta... the official trade of CaptainKashimoto, from the Leafs to the Thrashers X)


I have absolutely no idea why this deal was made. Additionally, poor Vin has to put up with Hal Gill this year :(
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Kubina not Kaberle big difference.
 
Ah, I misheard then - that is a big difference!

That is what I get for trying to listen to TSN while i play FF11 i guess!
 
Signing a 30 yo for 12 years... what the hell is going on?

I'm assuming the idea is they will be paying him below his value for the first few years and he probably will retire much before his contract expire.... which at the end might mean a lot of money saved... But even then it still sounds ridiculous and I know those big contracts are getting trendy but they are usually handed to younger guys....

Also Beauchemin, I like you a lot, don't ruin it by joining the Leafs.

Teifu said:
Additionally, poor Vin has to put up with Hal Gill this year :(
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Wait what..........

Is that who Gainey brought up to replace Komisarek? :chaos::chaos::chaos:

It better be a one year deal for something in the 1.5 million range.



edit : Cammalleri FUCK YEAH.
 
Yes, yes I am, but New York is calling my name if they don't get Heatley by the end of the day

Though, Martin Havlat is still intriguing for somebody

I'm loving the Wild's offseason so far! We start with a first round pick that is 5'10" and weighs 180 pounds. I feel cheated by the reasoning our GM gave us for him, claiming the smaller defensemen that move the puck are the premier DMen of the NHL. Now we saw some decent contracts for DMen who move the puck today, but they just aren't going to be the best players on the ice ever. I know at pick 16 you can't ask for much, but the draft pick smelled of trying to appease the fans crying about "no Minnesotans on the Wild!!!!" When I think of top DMen (whether offensively defensively or both) in the league I immediately think of names like: Lidstrom, Niedermeyer, Pronger, Chara, Phaneuf, Bouwmeester, Green, etc. (I know I missed a lot of names, but you catch my drift). What do they all have in common? They all are 6'++ and generally weigh 195+ pounds. Smaller DMen do have roles in the NHL obviously, but to claim we took a prospect with a chance to be a top tier player baffles me when he doesn't even have the size of any of the top NHL DMen.

I might just be bitter because I go to the University of Minnesota and watched Schroeder play well and thought he could fit the offensive system our new GM is promising. He then convienently gets drafted by the Canucks (not much love for them from Wild fans). Recent UofM players have played well in college, but they have all made the leap and then some into the NHL recently (best example: Blake Wheeler - he had one great college year and the rest he was really just average. Another example is Phil Kessel). At least it is easier to name smaller forwards that can play well and be considered top NHL forwards.

edit: yep, signed with the Rangers

edit edit: and now the Wild are running out of offensive options to sign with our promised "offensive revolution." I think I'm going to have to buy the NHL TV package to watch every team but the Wild next year
 
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