This might be the worst FA pool I have ever seen in my life. There is literally nothing worth having besides the two Anaheim guys.
******* look at that crop of defensemen...
******* look at that crop of defensemen...
Speculation: 2013 Free Agency
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InjuredChoker
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From guys I think may/will test the market I would take a shot at
Perry
Smid
Semin
Horton
Clowe
Scuderi
Ryder
Murray
Raymond
Latendresse
Would love Getzlaf but I think he's a lock to re-sign. Smid too, I'm afraid.
Perry
Smid
Semin
Horton
Clowe
Scuderi
Ryder
Murray
Raymond
Latendresse
Would love Getzlaf but I think he's a lock to re-sign. Smid too, I'm afraid.
This might be the worst FA pool I have ever seen in my life. There is literally nothing worth having besides the two Anaheim guys.
******* look at that crop of defensemen...
Yeah because those other guys are clearly not as good as Cleary or Abby or Miller or Bert.
We are not going to get elite players every FA, might as well get over that now. This isn't pre-lockout anymore.
Henkka
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Yeah because those other guys are clearly not as good as Cleary or Abby or Miller or Bert.
We are not going to get elite players every FA, might as well get over that now. This isn't pre-lockout anymore.
Yeah, almost every organization is signing their key pieces to life-time contracts, so the pool is getting thinner and thinner every year.
I'm with DatsyukianDeke on this one, the odds of grabbing elite talent in free agency is not going to be good. But a couple good signings of guys like Semin, Horton, Murray or Latendresse and having Gus and Tatar in the bigs full time can make them contenders. Defensively all they need is a stop gap for a couple years until Sproul and Ouellet make the club. That is assuming Holland doesn't wait until they are 35 to call them up.
If history shows anything Cleary gets a multi-year contract with a NTC, so look forward to that
If history shows anything Cleary gets a multi-year contract with a NTC, so look forward to that
shultzyfeelinirie20
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kuick
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No one good, don't get your hopes up. Guys like Gaborik aren't going to get bought out like some crazy main board posters are speculating.
Some guys you can probably expect:
Mike Komisarek
Tomas Kaberle
Rick DiPietro
Ville Leino
Shawn Horcoff
and maybe if we're lucky:
Henrik Tallinder
J-M Liles
Don't want any part of these guys, and I don't expect many better players. One guy to keep an eye on could be David Booth in Vancouver. Was awesome when healthy in with Florida, struggling with injuries, can't seem to find his way with the Nucks. At 4.5 million for the next few years it's possible they try and clear him. I'd be REALLY surprised though, he might have some value in a trade.
Yeah because those other guys are clearly not as good as Cleary or Abby or Miller or Bert.
We are not going to get elite players every FA, might as well get over that now. This isn't pre-lockout anymore.
For me, it's not a question of if they're as good as those guys, but if signing them is worth the roster squeeze forcing a kid to GR for another year.
Let Cleary and Miller walk, shoot for the big names out there, but I'm not sure there's a point in signing someone modestly better than Sammy or Bert. Just plug a kid in there and ride out the final years of those other deals, to prepare to swing again the following summer. Even if we don't have a kid who's ready, I think there will always be a middle tier guy to sign for a reasonable, short salary.
garry1221
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Gotta remember, you don't build a contender through UFA. There's obvious needs on this team, but we're not filling all of 'em in one year. I love a good fantasy roster, but I've got to stay realistic. Reality is, even without looking at UFA, just re-signing our RFA, we're looking at a full roster. IMO a big statement will come when/if we use the amnesty buyouts. If we don't, then the bottleneck still exists and likely gets more clogged. Still working on a semi-realistic fantasy roster of my own.
mindfly
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I wonder if that will change with Fehr at the head of the PA. In MLB, I think the union put a lot of pressure on guys to hit the open market and take the biggest deal they could (which wasn't hard with the Yankees around). We might start seeing more UFA hitting the open market and taking big deals, especially with the CBA locked in and no real worries about losing half their paycheck to rollbacks or anything else.
newfy
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Perry, Clowe or Horton in the top 6 would be nice or add Frazer Mclaren to the bottom lines. Doing both while having Tootoo would be perfect. The wings would get bullied in that division if they dont address their toughness. It seems like Holland recognized that need a bit in signing Tootoo though so we'll see.
Squirrel in the Hole
Be the best squirrel in the hole
Would love Clarkson, but would settle for Clowe.
Would love Hainsley, but would settle for Murray.
Any of the above would surprise and delight.
btw: I believe both Cleary and Bert will retire at the end of the season.
Would love Hainsley, but would settle for Murray.
Any of the above would surprise and delight.
btw: I believe both Cleary and Bert will retire at the end of the season.
The 2013 RFA class has some star players too:
Anisimov
Kadri
Hodgson
OEL
McDonagh
Shattenkirk
Voynov
Also guys like Petro, Sam Gagner, Bogosian, who I like but will probably be out of our price range. I'd love Anisimov...6'3", fast, good hands, good shot, could play on Datsyuk's wing and then take over at center when Datsyuk eventually leaves. Probably not likely Columbus lets him leave since he was a big piece in the Nash deal, though.
Anisimov
Kadri
Hodgson
OEL
McDonagh
Shattenkirk
Voynov
Also guys like Petro, Sam Gagner, Bogosian, who I like but will probably be out of our price range. I'd love Anisimov...6'3", fast, good hands, good shot, could play on Datsyuk's wing and then take over at center when Datsyuk eventually leaves. Probably not likely Columbus lets him leave since he was a big piece in the Nash deal, though.
InjuredChoker
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I'm sure that OEL and McDonagh are out of the price range too. OEL will be perennial Norris Candidate, McDonagh #1D, maybe not enough offense for Norris.
Laser Rayzor
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Big Poppa Puck
HF's Villain
Good point. Realistically, I doubt Kenny goes after any RFA's, unless it's by trade...Just hoping he can sack up and get us some real players this offseason.
mindfly
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Parise is the only surprise...
Suter played in a ****** market, Semin.. I wouldn't call high end.
If that's true, I think that might have been a one time thing. Weber would have been best "quick fix" replacement for Lidstrom that this team could have hoped for. I don't think he'd offer-sheet anyone unless he was desperate and the perfect player was available, which I believe was the case.
The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
OEL and McDonagh are both perfect reasons to be honest, although I think both teams would move heaven and earth to match. In fact in the case of Phoenix especially if they got a new owner they could be angry enough to offer sheet Nyquist and Smith in response. We are about to have a ton of young talent, careful who you make enemies with on the RFA sheets with that coming up the pipeline.
RedMenace
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FORWARDS
Corey Perry ($7.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Damien Brunner ($2.500m)
Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Alexander Semin ($7.000m)
Gustav Nyquist ($1.750m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.750m) / Tomas Tatar ($0.840m)
Joakim Andersson ($0.875m) / Darren Helm ($2.125m) / Jordin Tootoo ($1.900m)
Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
DEFENSEMEN
Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Anton Babchuk ($2.500m) / Brendan Smith ($2.250m)
Brian Lashoff ($0.725m) / Jakub Kindl ($1.050m)
Kent Huskins ($0.750m)
GOALTENDERS
Jimmy Howard ($4.000m)
Petr Mrazek ($0.773m)
OTHER
Buyout: Mikael Samuelsson ($0.000m)
Buyout: Carlo Colaiacovo ($0.000m)
Traded: Johan Franzen
Traded: Kyle Quincey
Traded: Jonas Gustavsson
Traded: Justin Abdelkader
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