The Flyers acquired Janne Niskala from the Preds for a seventh round pick. Niskala will beef up the Phantoms, but with Eminger already joining the team I don't see him cracking the roster. The Lightning have waived Marc Denis for the purpose of a buyout. The Hurricanes have signed Tuomo Ruutu to a one-year deal. I [...]
2008 may be dubbed as “the summer of the offer sheet” if many of the rumours circulating come to fruition. There are numerous young players who are set to hit the RFA market this summer without a contract. There are also many teams with roster holes and enough cap space to make some bold offers to these players. In this first segment, I’ll break down the current situations for Corey Perry, Mike Green, Steve Bernier, Joe Pavelski, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard.
D’un point de vue de pool à vie, voici quelques notes rapides sur la fin de semaine du Repêchage Amateur :
Ben Clymer, Jeff Hamilton and David Tanabe have all been placed on waivers for the purpose of a buyout. None of them have any fantasy value. Shea Weber is expected to be extended today by the Preds. The arrival of Boynton and Ballard in Florida makes it unlikely that Cory Murphy will ever get in the [...]
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From a keeper league standpoint, here are some quick notes from the weekend’s Entry Draft:
Wayne Gretzky envisions Jokinen, Doan and Mueller as linemates. This is bad news for Turris owners, who anticipated that he would be in that middle spot. As such, Turris may fall short of 55-60 points as a rookie. The Coyotes gave up their No.90 pick to the Rangers for Alex Bourret. Bourret is coming off another [...]
I am not going to comment on the prospects taken, as we already have an expert around here for that with Matt Bugg. In this article, I will discuss the trades that took place, and the potential ramifications of those deals.
The Sens gave Chris Kelly a four-year contract extension. I think he could have actually had decent 55-point pop on a new team... but not in Ottawa. The Leafs and Islanders each blew their chance to pick up Nikita Filatov, who could be the steal of the draft. Remember - Jagr was chosen fourth in his [...]
As it happens - Matt Bugg gives you his thoughts on the selections and happenings of the draft. Simply refresh the page for the latest update. See below...
2:27 PM- Detroit surprises everyone by taking a Swede from Timra in the seventh round. They did this nine years ago and ended up with a Conn Smyth winner. This kid, Jesper Samuelsson, had 61 points playing Division 1 hockey.
2:03 PM- The 7th and final round is coming to a close, and some weird stuff is happening.
-Tampa selects David Carle. Which doesn't make any sense, since he announced his retirement this weekend because of a heart condition discovered during draft physicals. The mystery further depeneds because one article states Carle opted out of the draft, meaning the NHL should rule the pick ineligible.
-Jersey gets two interesting players in defender Harry Young and power winger JS Berube. Young is 6'4 and racked up 155 PIM this year; he's a great value pick this late as a 5/6 D. Berube is a supreme agitator and power forward in them old of Jean-Francois Jacques.
-Nashville drafts 6'6 Swedish goalie Anders Lindback, who was considered a second rounder earlier in the year. Not very talented.
1:50 PM- The Jackets make a neat little pickup in 6'3 center Sean Collins. He's your prototypical Canadian boy, playing in the Manitoba Junior A league. He finished second in scoring with 115 points in 60 games. Doesn't play a power game, instead thriving on his intelligence. He's one of the smartest players in the draft.
1:39 PM- Into the final round now, and Tampa starts it off with a bang. Matias Sointu was the most skilled Finn in the Draft, but he's 5'10 and 154 lbs.
Dobber: Just want to extend my congratulations to Bugg. He had Viktor Tikhonov going 35th in Dobber's Fantasy Prospects Report. The Hockey News did not have him in their Top 100, and TSN did not have him in their Top 75. If that's not a great job of projecting, I don't know what is! Good [...]
