Confirmed Signing with Link: 2017-18 Free Agency Thread

[caley]

The tweet itself doesn't seem to be linking anymore, but I still can see the text of the tweet on mine...weird!

It reads

Hearing UFA forward Dwight Kings will be signing in the KHL. #Canucks showed mild interest.

— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) July 27, 2017

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Dalton Thrower was under contract with Montreal.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

[caley]

 

[caley]

Dalton Thrower was under contract with Montreal.

I was trying to edit the tweet back in but it didn't work. Seems to be deleted.

Anyways, here it is.


Also per Elite Prospects

-UFA D Mat Clark, who played this past season for San Antonio of the AHL while under contract to Colorado, has signed with Bolzano of EBEL.

-UFA G Jonas Gunnarsson, who played this past season for Milwaukee of the AHL while under contract to Nashville, has had his rights loaned from Malmo to HV71 of the SHL, presumably for him to play for the latter.

Also


My translation

"I'm exploring many options in Europe, Switzerland, the KHL, I don't know what tomorrow will bring" -Simon Despres

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

WHEELING, W.Va. – The Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, announced the club has signed goaltender Colin Stevens for the 2017-18 season.

http://www.echl.com/colin-stevens-signs-nailers

Was under contract with Florida.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

[Beautvillier]

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

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[caley]

Per Elite Prospects, UFA F Borna Rendulic, who played last season for Vancouver as well as Utica of the AHL, has signed with Pelicans of Finland.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Don't mean to be a pain but are you still doing the camp invite thread, Caley? I have a few rookie invites to throw in whenever it gets going.

 

[caley]

Don't mean to be a pain but are you still doing the camp invite thread, Caley? I have a few rookie invites to throw in whenever it gets going.

No worries!

I have it all ready to go and was going through some bad family stuff (Sick dog! ) but things have cleared up and I'm trying to decide whether to launch it Monday or wait for a team to announce a TC roster.

So far I have RJ Umberger (DAL) and Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Prust (LAK) for NHL camps and Carl Neill (BUF), Alex Belzile (COL) and Ivan Kosorenov (PHI) for rookie camps. If you have more than that, feel free to list them here and I can get a headstart on adding them into the thread, or post them when I create the thread. Either way!

 

[Mike Jones]

No worries!

I have it all ready to go and was going through some bad family stuff (Sick dog! ) but things have cleared up and I'm trying to decide whether to launch it Monday or wait for a team to announce a TC roster.

So far I have RJ Umberger (DAL) and Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Prust (LAK) for NHL camps and Carl Neill (BUF), Alex Belzile (COL) and Ivan Kosorenov (PHI) for rookie camps. If you have more than that, feel free to list them here and I can get a headstart on adding them into the thread, or post them when I create the thread. Either way!

I'm kind of curious about Belzile going to rookie camp. He's played over 240 games (If my math is right) between the AHL and ECHL. He seems a little too old and experienced for rookie camp.

 

[tigervixxxen]

No worries!

I have it all ready to go and was going through some bad family stuff (Sick dog! ) but things have cleared up and I'm trying to decide whether to launch it Monday or wait for a team to announce a TC roster.

So far I have RJ Umberger (DAL) and Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Prust (LAK) for NHL camps and Carl Neill (BUF), Alex Belzile (COL) and Ivan Kosorenov (PHI) for rookie camps. If you have more than that, feel free to list them here and I can get a headstart on adding them into the thread, or post them when I create the thread. Either way!

Great to hear, I always look forward to the camp thread. And glad to hear your pup is doing better.

For Colorado, Hugo Roy and Thomas Gregoire were invited to camp as well. In there they talk about being invited to both, which is typical for the Avs to just invite everyone to both. http://www.lapresse.ca/la-tribune/s...rado-gregoire-et-roy-seduisent-lavalanche.php

As far as Belzile, yeah it's funny that he'd be invited to rookie camp at his age but I guess they see it as reward for having a good year. Avs don't have many prospects and they have quite a few NCAA prospects from the last two drafts so it's going to be a pretty thin group at camp so they are going to need more AHL guys to fill it out.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Was under contract with Tampa Bay.

 

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[Soundgarden]

It's weird, he went to arbitration and signed a 1 year contract w/Nashville before this.

 

[caley]

It's weird, he went to arbitration and signed a 1 year contract w/Nashville before this.

So either Nashville is loaning him to Bratislava or possibly Nashville will terminate his contract.

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Elsewhere



Was rumored a few weeks back, now confirmed.

 

[caley]

UFA D Matt Greene, who was bought out by the Kings after playing 2016-17 with them, has signed on with the team as a pro scout.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Boise, ID (8/15/17) – Steelheads Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Neil Graham announced on Tuesday that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Cody Corbett on an ECHL contract for the 2017-18 season. Corbett is preparing for his fourth professional season.

In March he was traded to the Washington Capitals and reported to the Stingrays.

http://www.idahosteelheads.com/blog/steelheads-news/steelheads-agree-terms-defenseman-cody-corbett/

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Jaynen Rissling was under contract with Nashville.

 

[Booba]

Montreal UFA

The Toledo Walleye have added forward Connor Crisp ahead of the 2017-18 season. Crisp, who was drafted in the third round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Montreal Canadiens, joins the Walleye after play most of the last season with the Brampton Beast.

Crisp scored 7 points (4 goals, 3 assists) in 63 AHL games over the past four years, with both the Hamilton Bulldogs and the St. John’s IceCaps During his season with Brampton, Crisp tallied 14 goals and 19 assists for a total of 33 points across 43 games.

Arizona UFA

Moroz, 23, was a second-round pick ( 32nd overall) of the Edmonton Oilers in the 2012 NHL Draft and has spent the last three seasons in the American Hockey League. The Edmonton, Alberta native posted four goals and nine points in 41 AHL games last year split between Bakersfield and Tucson, along with 46 penalty minutes.

In 147 career games, Moroz has posted 14 goals, 28 points, and 314 penalty minutes. Moroz’s toughness is well-documented, as he led the Condors with 99 penalty minutes in 40 games in 2015-16 and led all AHL rookies in 2014-15 with 169 penalty minutes.

 

[caley]

Howden, a former first round pick of Florida, was under contract to Winnipeg last season, but also played in the AHL with Manitoba.

 

[caley]

I'm always amused when a random RFA takes so long to re-sign with a team. Like what was McGinn holding out for that would lead to him not simply taking the QO when it was offered?!