Montreal – Alexei Kovalev: Offer Off Table
A report from Pat Hickey states that this offer has now been taken off the table by Montreal: a two-year deal for $8.8 million.
Radek Dvorak Re-Signs with Panthers
The Florida Panthers have signed winger Radek Dvorak to a two-year deal.
Lightning Sign Mattias Ohlund
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed defenseman Mattias Ohlund to a seven-year deal worth $3.75 per year. Very cap friendly.
Dany Heatley – Still Not Waiving NMC
*Pending Dany Heatley waiving his no-trade clause*
*UPDATE - Heatley is still not waiving his no-movement clause and now Ottawa is on the hook for a $4 million bonus. Unless they can make up this bonus in the trade with the Oilers AND Heatley comes around, this deal will die. But BOTH teams had agreed to this deal. Full store HERE .*
Assuming that Heatley waives his NMC (which he has not, see above note), a trade agreement has been reached with the Oilers for Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid.
Flames Sign Jay Bouwmeester
The Calgary Flames have signed defenseman Jay Bouwmeester to a five-year deal worth $33 million.
Higgins and McDonagh Dealt for Gomez
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.
Spector, Marr, Ferraro – Draft & Free Agency Talk
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer on the 25th of every month. Let's talk some fantasy hockey!
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 .
From Start to Finnish
Eat your heart out, Garth Snow. Just as you were a big brute between the pipes, so too shall be the goalies you draft. You surprised me by taking a huge Finnish goalie to start the second day of the NHL Entry Draft, but I was not surprised to see the day end with another hulking Finnish goaltender, Petteri Simila, being chosen at #211.
Draft Weekend 2009 The Deals
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.
NHL Draft – Rounds 2-7 – Bugg’s Live Blog
Much like Stu McDonald did last night , Matt Bugg, DobberHockey's Draft Guru, will live Blog Saturday's Entry Draft happenings.