GDT: 2014 Free Agent Frenzy - Shot Gun start at 12:00 PM est

[GordonHowe]

20m for Pouliot... the gongshow continues.

God, that's crazy. As someone said when Wideman signed that contract with Calgary, "His hands were shaking as he signed."

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie
Nothing official yet but I believe MTL a likely winner in Jiri Sekac UFA sweepstakes. Much sought after 22-year-old winger in KHL last year.

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

PooPoo finally has some stability hahahaha the all those top 5 picks are wasted in Edmonton

 

[Artemis]

Some words of wisdom from Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown):

Despite living to regret the majority of the deals handed out in the opening days of free agency, you can always count on somebody, somewhere getting carried away.

Barring the appearance of a genuine superstar on the open market (and none of this year’s class qualifies), the smart move would appear to be to sit out for a few days and then go bargain-hunting once the remaining players start to sweat. But the allure of hitting a home run on opening day is just too tempting for most teams. Besides, you have to imagine some of these GMs thinking, if today’s deal ends up being a disaster, it will be some other guy’s problem soon enough.

If your team stays on the sideline today, consider yourself lucky. If not, you might as well enjoy the day while it lasts. After all, it’s always fun to go shopping, even if it’s for stuff you can’t afford. History tells us that the bill will come due soon enough, and it will be bringing more questions with it.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/unleashing-the-nhl-free-agency-money/

 

[Ladyfan]

The Oilers just signed Benoit Pouliot to a 5 year contract.. HAHAHAA

WOW how much $$ ?

 

[Fire Sweeney]

By the end of the day Chris Kelly's contract will look great!

This should help his value on Chiarelli's secondary market.

 

[2KA]

Oh man. That's really bad.

It is complete insanity. The Oilers are just a hopeless cause

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

someone Pouliot that horseshoe out of Benoit's arse.

 

[RedBruin]

WOW how much $$ ?

20m.

 

[Hali33]

Leave it to the Oilers to embarrass themselves first today.

 

[Bridges31]

WOW how much $$ ?

4mil a year

 

[DoubleAAAA]

Hey Oilers, you doing it wrong..again.

Fayne`s a good deal ... but that Poo deal Oh my

 

[Gator Mike]

I mean, holy crap... I'd rather have Seth Griffith on a five-year deal than Pou.

 

[GordonHowe]

WOW how much $$ ?

20 million!

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

...

Fayne for the Oilers is GREAT.

Pouliot? OUCH.

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

Mark Fayne now makes more per year than Boychuk. Insanity.

 

[Gee Wally]

I mean, holy crap... I'd rather have Seth Griffith on a five-year deal than Pou.

hell. Id take Peter Griffith.

 

[mHlnGXt9Xlnn1Qes3Vtn]

Oilers strike again... The gift that keeps on giving

 

[YNWABoston]

Chad Johnson signed with the Islanders

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

The NHL Files ‏@TheNHLFiles
Chad Johnson signs with the Isles.

 

[2KA]

One would think the Oilers would be desperate for a guy like Johnny Boychuk

 

[unifiedtheory]

5 years for Benny the Pooh. ****ing hilarious.

 

[qc]

Pouliot's agent is some kind of sorcerer.

 

[Blitzkrug]

It's still very early, but it's going to be tough as hell to outstupid the Oil on that one.

 

[GordonHowe]

Puckdaddy Aggregated Twitter Feed

Here's a useful roundup of real time tweets from some of the best in the biz,


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...-agent-frenzy-chatterbox-day-1-121724727.html