Speculation: 2014 Free Agency

[floridada]

Tallon is officially on the chopping block. We get off to a slow start, we should fire him. This is a dumb "my guy" type of move. What a stupid wasteful signing.

Exactly. What the **** is he thinking?

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Ha, Ryan Miller to the Nucks

 

[Great8Cam]

Statsny is 1.5 million more a year and two years less! That's a much better contract.

Yes, but it is doubtful that he wanted to come here. Better Cup chances with Blues.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Montoya coming here. Not bad

 

[RainingRats]

Yup.

And it's not the money, that we have tons. It's the term that sucks. I was hoping for a 3 year deal, max 4. The term makes this a really, really risky deal for Tallon.

Disagree. Bolland coming off the injury shouldn't be getting more than a year. He's a good, not great third line center. Marcel Goc is better than Dave Bolland. Nobody will give Goc this type of money. This is the epitome of Tallon loving "his guys" and paying them whatever they want. It's absurd money, even in free agency for a third line center.

 

[RainingRats]

Yes, but it is doubtful that he wanted to come here. Better Cup chances with Blues.

I'd rather sign dave bolland to a three year contract at 7 mill a year lol

He will be the next buyout.

Why not sign Brad Richards?

This is a horrible move and a poor use of cap space

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 25s
Ryan Miller's deal with VAN is three years with an AAV of $6M.

 

[RainingRats]

lol Shawn Thornton

Some things never change. Where are the impact players? We still need defense

 

[Madhatter73]

Two Facts of the NHL: Free Agents will always get paid... No one is immovable...

If Bolland doesn't work out, it's not going to kill us.

 

[Krisberdeau]

Panthers have signed backup goalie Al Montoya and enforcer type Shawn Thornton acc. to source. #FlaPanthers

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Harvey Fialkov ‏@hfialkov 41s
Panthers have signed backup goalie Al Montoya and enforcer type Shawn Thornton acc. to source. #FlaPanthers

 

[SoupyFIN]

Move over to the new thread guys..

This is at #1040 already in case you didn't notice.

 

[RainingRats]

Two Facts of the NHL: Free Agents will always get paid... No one is immovable...

If Bolland doesn't work out, it's not going to kill us.

IT's not going to kill us, we have plenty of space but it's going to cause headaches signing Barkov and Bjugstad. And just because we have the cap space, doesn't mean we should waste it.

 

[FlaPanthers7]

Bolland's contract is just plain stupid - I don't get wasting that kind of $$$ AND years on a third line player.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Shawn Thornton is great!!

 

[Krisberdeau]

Latest on Niskanen? Want him so bad. Hope Jussi is a factor.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

3 years for Thornton

 

[johnjm22]

I remember arguing with some of you guys years back about what an awful GM Tallon is.

The guy is a trigger happy idiot that makes moves just for the sake of making them.