Hockey Rambling

 My projections for the upcoming Fantasy Guide are for the most part complete, other than tweaking. Using a clean slate in the rankings, I used the new projections - which is why you see a lot of jumping around on the lists. Don't think of it as a player dropping 30 or jumpin 12 spots, [...]

 Craig Rivet has been traded to the Sabres for picks. This hurts his fantasy value, which was marginal as it was...  Angus here. According to CKNW 980 in Vancouver, the Canucks are preparing an offer sheet for Valtteri Filppula. They would have to offer at least $4 million to get Detroit worried. Vancouver has acquired Steve Bernier [...]

 I didn't know the Habs had an ECHL team. Why else would they have just signed Marc Denis? The Leafs have signed Dominic Moore and John Mitchell to one-year contracts, and they signed Greg Scott to a three-year entry-level deal. Scott is an undrafted 20 year old who had a point per game in the WHL, [...]

 The Penguins have signed Brooks Orpik to a six-year deal worth $22.5 million, or $3.75 per year. Kurtis Foster, he of the terrible fractured femur, has signed a one-year deal with the Wild. Wojtek Wolski has signed a two-year deal with the Avs.  The Pens have officially signed Malkin to a five-year extension worth $8.7 million per [...]

 Happy Canada Day! The Rangers signed Wade Redden to a six-year deal, $6.5 million per season. Analysis to come...  Bobby Holik signed with New Jersey for one year, $2.5 million. That guy has made more money in the last six or seven years than anyone in the league it seems... The Blues have matched the Vancouver offer sheet, [...]

 Angus here with some West Coast updates. Bob McKenzie is reporting that Sean Avery would love to be a Maple Leaf, and the feeling is mutual. Now that would be interesting.  Interesting thought... Columbus is after Brendan Morrison, and both Bertuzzi and Naslund are unrestricted. Does a team dare to re-unite the West Coast Express?  Pierre [...]

 Edmonton has acquired Lubomir Visnovsky from LA. Going the other way is Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene. Brian Rolston's rights have been dealt to Tampa Bay. Malone-Stamkos-Rolston. Not too shabby. Adam Foote has re-signed with the Avalanche on a two year deal. He will make $3 million per. John-Michael Liles has re-signed with Colorado. He signed a four-year [...]

TSN: "The Calgary Flames announced Friday that the team has re-signed centres Craig Conroy and Daymond Langkow, left wing Eric Nystrom and goaltender Curtis McElhinney." This is not unexpected, as they were just waiting for the salary cap info.  TSN: "The Dallas Stars announced Friday that the club has signed left wing Loui Eriksson to [...]

 With the NHL's announcement that the salary cap is $56.7 million and the floor is $40.7 million, look for a lot of announcements shortly - as teams such as the Flames were holding back the official announcement of a contract with Daymond Langkow until the cap was announced.  Martin Straka has not officially signed to play [...]

Angus here, whats up gang. Scott Niedermayer will be confirming his return, possibly as early as tomorrow. The source is the Ducks official blog on their site. Will be very interesting to see how they handle RFA-to-be Corey Perry.  The Newsday out of New York is reporting that Jay Bouwmeester is unhappy with the Jokinen [...]