The rumors were true - the Islanders signed Josef Vasicek to a one-year contract. Jason Allison is still looking for a home. Correction from a reader - Mark Bell played once in Canada last season - Feb 24 in Calgary. There goes my conspiracy theory! The Vancouver Canucks finally met with Trevor Linden last night. Surprisingly, [...]
The Sharks have signed Dimitri Patzold to a one-year deal. It is unknown if it is a one-way or two-way contract. He will battle Thomas Greiss for the backup role and if it is a two-way deal he will lose that battle. All things being equal, I like Greiss better to win the job. Mike Ricci [...]
The Coyotes have signed Alex Auld. It is reportedly a two-way contract, which means the job is still Aebischer and Tellqvist's. He was considering a deal in Europe, and still might...I guess that may only happen if he takes a shot at an NHL job in camp and loses. Those of you who did not pick [...]
The Atlanta Thrashers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild have very lucrative jobs up for grabs – both in reality as well as in fantasy hockey. The job available? No.1 center. It’s anyone’s guess who will line up at center ice when the puck drops to start the season for those teams, but if you managed to secure him late in your draft…hoping…then you will likely hit the jackpot.
The Miami Herald is reporting on a rumor that Alex Auld is considering a contract offer from a team in Europe. Joe Dipenta has re-signed with the Ducks. I don't know if Brian Burke would have made that happen if he wasn't fairly certain that Niedermayer would retire. The rumors continue to swirl that the Islanders [...]
The Phoenix Coyotes have acquired winger Radim Vrbata from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for center Kevin Adams.
The Isles have signed Andy Sutton to a three-year deal. If the Band-Aid boy can play 70 games he should be good for 110+ penalty minutes. The Sens have signed Justin Mapletoft, who played in Germany last season. The former CHL All-Star is likely not going to be a big NHL contributer in the future and [...]
Rob Schremp suffered a quad injury - that was why things were moving along slowly (as reported a few days ago in my ramblings). He should still be fine for training camp and will battle Andrew Cogliano for the final center's job. Mike Peca is only talking to the Rangers right now. The Coyotes signed Joel Perrault [...]
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Wow - brain freeze. I know I wrote about Karel Pilar somewhere (the Forecaster maybe?)...but apparently, it wasn't on this, my own, site. D'oh! Well here goes - Karel Pilar jeopardizes the chances of one of Mark Popovic, Nathan Oystrick and Tobias Enstrom of making the team. I think Pilar could make this team and [...]
