The Canadiens acquired centre Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenceman Mike Busto from the New York Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins and defencemen Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.
My monthly keeper league player rankings will be postponed until the dust settles. Likely Friday. They did it. The Flames signed Bouwmeester to a five-year deal worth $33 million. Analysis to come. Phoenix did not qualify Joakim Lindstrom. He will become a UFA. Looks as though the arrival of Dawes, Prucha and Upshall spelt doom [...]
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Walker talks with Dan Marr, the Director of Scouting for the Atlanta Thrashers, about the outlook for Evander Kane and his other eight other picks from the weekend; Lyle Richardson from SpectorsHockey.net gives us everything we need to know about the July 1st free agent frenzy; Landon Ferraro is a Detroit Red Wing, and he gives a couple of minutes of his time; Draft talk, free agency talk - it's all here! You can download the file in our Dobber Nation page (click HERE) or on ITunes .
Angus here! Haven't rambled in a while! The Devils have signed Johnny Oduya to a multi-year extension with a cap hit of $3 million. Carolina has re-signed Jussi Jokinen to a two year deal. The cap hit is a very friendly $1.75 million. Mike Gillis flew to Sweden to negotiate with the twins. Expect them to be [...]
With all the attention given to the draft picks lately – and deservedly so – the trades that went down, both minor and major, haven’t been properly analyzed. Let’s take care of that right now.
The Rangers will not qualify Freddie Sjostrom, making him a UFA on Wednesday. I told you he was no good...and some readers had actually argued the point! The Canucks are too polite to do it publicly, but they are probably laughing at the Sedin's demands behind closed doors. Yeah right, sign them until they are [...]
Kind of anti-climatic, but the Panthers traded Jay Bouwmeester to Calgary for Jordan Leopold and a third-round pick. So basically for a third, since Leopold is a UFA. The Flames with JBo and Phaneuf on the back end would be mighty indeed, but I fear for their success. This is closer to Anaheim's formula for [...]
Tomorrow - Matt Bugg will Blog live the other rounds of the NHL Draft! Be sure to join us! Pronger's arrival in Philly will hurt Coburn and Carle, but is sure helps Whitney and Wisniewski. Also - this is HUGE for Lupul owners. No longer buried, he should flourish back in ANA. Pronger traded to Philly for [...]
TSN says the offer is Kessel for Kaberle and that seventh pick. Horrible offer in my books, as the team could just draft a Phil Kessel with that pick (like Schroeder). Pretty big letdown IMO. Not tonight, but everyone seems so certain it's close to done. Look for the Leafs to move up in the [...]
For the seventh summer in a row, I am looking at each NHL team from a fantasy standpoint and giving an evaluation. You can find that each Tuesday at The Hockey News. Yesterday I profiled San Jose and St. Louis, you can find the articles here . The Preds have qualified Ryan Jones, Ryan Maki, [...]
