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Happy Free Agency Day!

Tigger said:
Frank E said:
Ryan Hamilton gone to the Oil.

Eakins effect.

Hope he does well, was hoping he'd come back.

I think the Marlies are going to have an influx of playings coming out of junior, no? I think they'll be able to fill the spot, but it also shows us again how much the players loved Eakins.
 
Tigger said:
BlueWhiteBlood said:
Tigger said:
Matt Cooke is still available...

Boooooooooo, sync broken!  ;)
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Ha! That was tendered with a big 'ol stick.

I'd consider him. Stats not unlike Clarkson, hits and can be an effective hockey player when he's not being @sshat.

Every time I see him play, I'm struck by the fact that he's a pretty decent hockey player.
 
Chev-boyar-sky said:
Tigger said:
BlueWhiteBlood said:
Tigger said:
Matt Cooke is still available...

Boooooooooo, sync broken!  ;)
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Ha! That was tendered with a big 'ol stick.

I'd consider him. Stats not unlike Clarkson, hits and can be an effective hockey player when he's not being @sshat.

Every time I see him play, I'm struck by the fact that he's a pretty decent hockey player.

I can't get by the asshat part personally.
 
BlueWhiteBlood said:
mr grieves said:
McArthur, Gordon, Scuderi/Ference... players that actually address team needs and come as better price performers than the big-ticket bauble and Stajan v.2.0 we went after today.

They tried to get Scuderi and he didn't come, win some lose some. Gordon got a high cap hit IMO and MacArthur was not liked by Carlyle and we've seen how much pull he has with management.

Ouch. That is quite a bit of money...

From what we've heard, TOR was in on three guys: Bozak, Clarkson, Scuderi. I'm sure that I'll be told I can't possibly know that because the reporters I've read weren't at MLSE headquarters. Well, whatever.

It looks to me like they had targeted three particular players. I don't really like that approach unless you're going after someone really special. In general, I'd have preferred the team identify roster spots -- not particular players -- and find the best deals available.

The names I threw out were "a cheap 20-goal scorer that can move up and down the line-up," "a depth forward that can take draws," and "a minute-eating top-4 defenseman." Maybe there were options available other the names I threw out; I'm no pro scout.

But what happened today was this: Clarkson's an upgrade on MacArthur, but so much more expensive that we can't afford to replace/ upgrade Frattin (who gets promoted that can play up and down the top-9 wings?), can't bring in another depth forward, can't upgrade defense. And that leaves aside whatever that contract becomes in three years. But for the present moment, it looks like we can sign the RFAs or move one of them with (I'd guess) Kuli to bring in some of that, maybe the Dman, and that's about it.

There are things I think teams have done well with on the UFA market. In  the UFA marketplace, signing top-six or top-pairing talent isn't often done as well as signing the sort of depth players I'd like to have seen brought in.
 
lamajama said:
Horton says he wanted "a quieter place"...is this want you want
to hear from a $$$$ free agent??

Pathetic really. He wants to hide away and in a soft market so he and his crap play go unnoticed.

Also the guy will have shoulder surgery and wont play until December. What was Columbus thinking? Especially since he has concussion issues too. Jeez.
 
Kessel Run said:
Maybe we should sign Kessel's brother for the Marlies to get his name on that long term contract.

He have any uncles that want to be scouts? A second cousin that's good with numbers? We could always use some more help managing cap space. No stat-head pussies though.
 
Potvin29 said:
Nik the Trik said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
mr grieves said:
Kessel Run said:
Maybe we should sign Kessel's brother for the Marlies to get his name on that long term contract.

I'd rather have his sister....

  :o

I'm choosing to believe that he means that from a hockey playing perspective.

Actually I don't think women are allowed to play in the AHL or the NHL.
Manon Rh?aume was drafted by Tampa and played an exhibition game....but I was talking nothing about hockey  ;D
 
Palmateer29 said:
Potvin29 said:
Nik the Trik said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
mr grieves said:
Kessel Run said:
Maybe we should sign Kessel's brother for the Marlies to get his name on that long term contract.

I'd rather have his sister....

  :o

I'm choosing to believe that he means that from a hockey playing perspective.

Actually I don't think women are allowed to play in the AHL or the NHL.
Manon Rh?aume was drafted by Tampa and played an exhibition game....but I was talking nothing about hockey  ;D

Societal-ly though.
 

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