Speculation: Every NHL Team's Best Free Agent Signing In History

[BigBadBruins7708]

How many cups has Chara given you?

..."best UFA signing of all time". That's cute.

2011

and a decade of being the most physically dominant and one of the 2-3 best defenders in the league.

what have your UFA signings given you?

and "thats cute".....I remember my 1st time on the internet

 

[BreakingGood]

The answer for the Maple Leafs is pretty easy, and it's definitely not Ed Belfour.

By a long shot, the Leafs best free agent signing is Borje Salming. The guy was a key part of their blueline for over fifteen years and had a Hall of Fame career in the Blue and White. There is nobody even close to Salming in terms of free agent signings for Toronto.

I don't think we can really count undrafted FAs vs UFAs. It's an entirely different thing. I mean, if we do that, then isn't it like, Charlie Conacher?

 

[BreakingGood]

There is a difference between good and great.

I mean, not actually.

 

[BreakingGood]

I'm not saying you are wrong but when your team is 100 years old this is a tough one to answer. It would probably take some research. If we are thinking modern he was a good one, I also liked Mogilny a lot.

I think this has to be just unrestricted free agents and not like, undrafted guys. The modern UFA system is like, less than 25 years old.

 

[Alan Wake]

2011

and a decade of being the most physically dominant and one of the 2-3 best defenders in the league.

what have your UFA signings given you?

and "thats cute".....I remember my 1st time on the internet

Martin St Louis. Nuff said.

Weird that the best FA signing in the history of the NHL only got you one cup!

Here's hoping you make it to the second round so we can slam you and Chara right out of the playoffs. Hell, I hope you take the first seed so that we play Toronto. Wouldn't want Toronto to squeak a stealth win past you.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I guess James Wisniewski from the Jackets. He was solid for a long time and brought back a good return when traded.

My first thought too but technically... the team traded for his rights and then signed him to a contract. So I don't know if that counts even though it's nitpicking.

Kristian Huselius I think was in Cbus the longest and was certainly the most productive. Vinny Prospal was a veteran signing who was productive but more importantly helped set an important tone for the franchise.

 

[powerstuck]

You include Hainsey, Robidas and Blake but you leave out Curtis Joseph, Alexander Mogilny and Shayne Corson?

Memory has a ''better before'' date

 

[Scruffy]

Zdeno Chara...easily

His signing is in the debate for best UFA signing of all time

HM to Tim Thomas too (for the Bruins)

Well technically the Bruins Signed Bobby Orr as there was no draft until 1963, so I'm gonna have to go with Bobby over Zdeno.

 

[Legend123]

Habs: nobody

 

[WSS11]

Hard to say for Anaheim. Our goalie, top 4 defense, and top 9 forwards are all drafted and developed by us except for Kesler, Henrique, Silfverberg, and Cogliano who were all traded for.

Scott Niedermayer?

 

[MattMartin]

Islanders:

Matt Moulson

 

[Allan92]

Martin St Louis. Nuff said.

Weird that the best FA signing in the history of the NHL only got you one cup!

Here's hoping you make it to the second round so we can slam you and Chara right out of the playoffs. Hell, I hope you take the first seed so that we play Toronto. Wouldn't want Toronto to squeak a stealth win past you.

I'm not saying your wrong or right but....MSL only got one cup too?

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

Avs - In terms of name recognition and career accomplishments, it's probably a tie between Kariya and Selanne, assuming Forsberg signing two UFA contracts to play 11 total games at the end of his career doesn't count.

In terms of what they did on ice, Andrew Brunette is probably the right answer. He was very solid with Sakic for a couple of years, after the rest of the core was dismantled.

 

[mrinsane]

Alex Radulov for the Habs

 

[Alan Wake]

I'm not saying your wrong or right but....MSL only got one cup too?

Do you see me bragging that MSL is the best UFA signing of all time?

No?

Wow. How observant of you.

 

[Allan92]

Do you see me bragging that MSL is the best UFA signing of all time?

No?

Wow. How observant of you.

Do you see me saying as much? Or accusing you of anything?

But you're very good at sarcasm, well done...... (am I doing it right?)

 

[The General]

Hard to say for Anaheim. Our goalie, top 4 defense, and top 9 forwards are all drafted and developed by us except for Kesler, Henrique, Silfverberg, and Cogliano who were all traded for.

Didn't the Ducks sign Teemu Selanne as a free agent after the lockout?

 

[Todd1a]

Marty St. Louis free agent in 2000 signed by the lightning

 

[Alan Wake]

Do you see me saying as much? Or accusing you of anything?

But you're very good at sarcasm, well done...... (am I doing it right?)

Perhaps I doubted that you were wise enough to know that I was hinting that the person who was making that claim about their UFA signing might be a bit ridiculous?

Sorry for making you think so hard.

 

[Allan92]

Perhaps I doubted that you were wise enough to know that I was hinting that the person who was making that claim about their UFA signing might be a bit ridiculous?

Sorry for making you think so hard.

For the record a guys who's still playing for said team after a decade (consisting of a cup win, another finals and a presidents trophy) in his 40's still logging twenty-something minutes a night on a contender definitely deserves to be in the conversation for best UFA ever, I don't see the ridiculousness at all.

Well, at least not from that guy

 

[Howie Hodge]

Don't be that guy........

 

[nbwingsfan]

Martin St Louis. Nuff said.

Weird that the best FA signing in the history of the NHL only got you one cup!

Here's hoping you make it to the second round so we can slam you and Chara right out of the playoffs. Hell, I hope you take the first seed so that we play Toronto. Wouldn't want Toronto to squeak a stealth win past you.

Didn't St. Louis also only bring 1 cup? At least Chara has another finals.

 

[Alan Wake]

Didn't St. Louis also only bring 1 cup? At least Chara has another finals.

And in 2011, Martin St. Louis' Bolts beat the Penguins, Capitals, and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Bruins (his only cup in Boston) in 7 games.

I think this is where I take my leave. I'm not a fan of pissing contests.

 

[triggrman]

Nashville signing Belfour changed our history

 

[Stephen]

Anaheim: Scott Niedermayer
Arizona:
Boston: Zdeno Chara
Buffalo:
Calgary:
Carolina: Ron Francis
Chicago: Ed Belfour
Colorado/Quebec: Peter Stastny
Columbus:
Dallas: Ed Belfour
Detroit: Brian Rafalski
Edmonton:
Florida:
Los Angeles:
Minnesota: Ryan Suter
Nashville: Paul Kariya
New Jersey: Brian Rafalski
Islanders:
Rangers: Wayne Grezky
Ottawa:
Philadelphia:
Pittsburgh:
San Jose:
St. Louis: Joe Mullen
Tampa Bay: Martin St. Louis
Toronto: Curtis Joseph
Vancouver:
Vegas:
Washington:
Winnipeg: