GM Game #6 by Bingo, RR, and IR4

[Peter Griffin]

Will only respond to PM's containing a contract offer.

Kubina-Looking for at least a three year deal.
Gonchar-Looking for a shorter term deal.
Seidenberg--One offer, looking for more money, at least three years.
Corvo-One offer, looking for at least three years.
Tallinder-No offers.
Sutton-No offers.
Foster-No offers.
Ference-No offers.
Wallin-One offer on table, wants NTC and one year deal.
Foote-Looking at retirement.
Lebda-No offers.
Hnidy-Signed with Flyers.

 

[BillyShoe1721]

The Flyers have added defenseman Shane Hnidy to our team. He signed for 1 year, 750K/year. He will be a good addition to our 3rd pairing to mentor Oskars Bartulis and cover for him so Oskars can further develop his offensive game.

 

[IslesRock4]

The Red Wings have signed veteran winger Ray Whitney to a 2 year contract worth $6M in total. He will be given a no-trade clause.

 

[Peter Griffin]

The Flyers have added defenseman Shane Hnidy to our team. He signed for 1 year, 750K/year. He will be a good addition to our 3rd pairing to mentor Oskars Bartulis and cover for him so Oskars can further develop his offensive game.

Confirmed.

 

[Peter Griffin]

The are pleased to announce the signing for veteran goaltender Marty Turco to a two year deal worth $8M. The deal includes a NMC.

"With the departure of Tomas Vokoun at last year's trade deadline we felt we needed a veteran presence in goal until Jacob Markstrom is ready to take over."

With this signing the Florida Panthers have placed goaltender Pascal Leclaire on waivers.

 

[this providence]

Forward Group Free Agency Update:

Looking For Term & Money:
Ponikarovsky, Alexei 29 --- Offers on table. Looking for close to $4.0/per. Will take his time.

Vets Looking For Contenders:
Selanne, Teemu 39 --- Offer from contender. Awaiting more offers.
Whitney, Ray 37 --- SIGNED by Detroit. 2 years - $3.0 million/per
Nolan, Owen 37 --- Offer from contender. Waiting to see what other offers come in.
Kariya, Paul 35 --- Offer from contender. Awaiting more offers.

Role Players:
Williams, Jason 29
Belanger, Eric 31 --- Offer from contender. Waiting to see what other offers come in.
Comrie, Mike 29
Winchester, Brad 28
Wellwood, Kyle 26
Johnson, Ryan 33
Veilleux, Stephane 28
Svatos, Marek 27
Ebbett, Andrew 26
Petersen, Toby 31
Lundmark, Jamie 28

Vets Looking For Work:
Tkachuk, Keith 37 --- SIGNED by Boston. 1 year - $2.5 million
Lang, Robert 38
Sykora, Petr 33
Niedermayer, Rob 34
Maltby, Kirk 36

Enforcers:
Asham, Arron 31
Ivanans, Raitis 30

Looking for Work:
Pyorala, Mika 28
McCormick, Cody 26
Ellis, Matt 28
Eaves, Ben 27
Guite, Ben 31
Brookbank, Wade 32
Willsie, Brian 31

 

[rc258667]

FA Signing

Boston is pleased to sign Keith Tkachuk. Boston believes Keith has at least one more great season to give to a contender. We see him as a fit with Savard as some one who can play in front of the net and in the corners to score the tough goals.

 

[Classic Devil]

Hamhuis - 4 years, $18M with the Los Angeles Kings
Volchenkov - Signed with Washington prior to Free Agency
Johnsson - 1 year, $3.5M (NTC) with the Chicago Blackhawks
Lydman - One offer on the table, looking to see if there is any other interest
Morris
Aucoin - Signed, TBA
Eaton - 2 years, $2M with the Dallas Stars
Colaiacovo - Two offers on table, waiting for one team to distinguish themselves
Ward
Clark
Leopold - 3 years, $6.3M with the Philadelphia Flyers
Bergeron - 3 years, $6M with the Boston Bruins

 

[rc258667]

Boston

Boston is happy to annouce the signing of MA Bergeron. We feel he will be a huge contributor to our PP.

Boston is still hoping to aquire a top 6 wing and number 1 d man.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

The Chicago Blackhawks have resigned defenseman Kim Johnsson

1 yr / 3.5 million (NMC)

Kim will be our #4 dman and paired with Niklas Hjalmarsson. We feel he will be a great influence on the continued development of Hjalmarsson into an elite NHL dman.

With this signing the Hawks are pretty much set for the offseason

Beach - Toews - Kane
Brouwer - Bolland - Hossa
Ladd - Madden - Byfuglien
Bickell - Dowell - Kopecky

Keith - Seabrook
Hjalmarsson - Johnsson
Sopel - Hendry

Mason
Niemi

2010 draft
G Jack Campbell (1st round - 14th overall) (Acq via trade with Wild)

C Joey Hishon (1st round - 26th overall)

RW Charlie Coyle (2nd round - 39th overall)

2011 Draft
Hawks 1st rounder
Hawks 2nd rounder
Flames 2nd rounder
Hawks 3rd rounder
Leafs 3rd rounder
Hawks 4th rounder
Hawks 5th rounder
Hawks 6th rounder
Hawks 7th rounder

System depth
- LW Billy Sweatt
- LW Colton Gillies (Acq via trade with Wild)
- C Marcus Kruger
- C Brandon Pirri
- C Philip Mcrae (Acq via trade with Blues)
- C David Toews (Acq via trade with Islanders)
- C Byron Froese
- RW Akim Aliu
- RW Igor Makarov
- D Jonas Junland (Acq via trade with Blues)
- D Brian Connelly
- D Dylan Olsen
- D Nick Leddy
- D Shawn Lalonde

Hawks have a strong lineup and will have over $14 mil freed up after end of season to resign Brouwer and Seabrook longterm

Our Farm is also fairly strong in most area's and the 2010 draft will just make it deeper.

 

[BillyShoe1721]

The Flyers are happy to complete their defensive corps with the addition of D Jordan Leopold. He will be on our 2nd pairing with Kimmo Timonen. He will be on our 2nd PP unit with Joni Pitkanen, and we feel he will be a solid addition to our team. With this move, we are still looking to move Ryan Parent. We would ideally like a good 3rd line RW back in return. We only have one more spot to fill with a FA signing.

Gagne-Richards-Carcillo
JVR-Carter-Briere
Abdelkader-Giroux-_____
Powe-Betts-Laperriere

Pronger-Pitkanen
Timonen-Leopold
Parent-Hnidy
Bartulis

Backstrom
Boucher

 

[IslesRock4]

Sign goalie Michael Leighton to a 2 year deal worth $600k/year. He'll backup Howard.

 

[habsman56]

Sign defensemen Dan Hamhuis 4 years, 4.5M/Year

 

[TLinden]

Dallas Stars have completed a trade with the Vancouver Canucks

This trade had cap space on the mind, we had to clear some room up, but we're still happy with our return.


Ryan Clowe
Sergei Kostitsyn
Colby Goloubef


Mason Raymond
Jordan Schroeder
Peter Andersson

The swap of Ryan Clowe and Mason Raymond was big in our mind, we clear 1.1 M in cap space, and gain a 25-30 goal scorer with a bright future. Sergei Kostitsyn is going to be a great player but didn't fit into our future plans, and Colby Goloubef was being overshadowed by Philip Larsen on our depth chart for defense. Gaining Jordan Schroeder was huge. A future of Neideretter-Glennie-Schroeder is huge in our eyes.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Updated

Pavel Kubina- Has not received one offer yet.
Joe Corvo-Close to signing a deal with a team in the East.
Sergei Gonchar-Signed with team in East.
Dennis Seidenberg-Couple deals on the table, not fully impressed with offers thus far. Seeking at least a three year deal.
Henrik Tallinder-Various offers on the table, nothing of much interest.
Andy Sutton-No offers yet.
Kurtis Foster-Signed with team in West.
Andrew Ference-No offers yet.
Adam Foote-Most likely going to retire, unless a legit contender makes a nice offer.
Brett Lebda-No offers yet.
Shane Hnidy-Sigend with Flyers.

 

[TLinden]

Dallas Stars announce the signing for defenseman Mark Eaton to a 2 year 2M dollar contract.

Eaton is a veteran presence on this team and will be paired with Alex Edler on the 2nd pairing.

Hejda-Schultz
Edler-Eaton
Fistric-Skrastins

 

[T_Cage]

Client Updates:

Rene Bourque- Lead offer is in the 3.5per range from a young playoff team. He likes the situation and may not wait too much longer
Colby Armstrong- Lead offer is in the 2Mil range. He'd like to see if there is more out there, but the team is a good fit
Mark REcchi- 1 yr offer for decent money. Would like to search for a more viable cup contender, but would de not be unhappy with this team.
Matt Culen- 1 offer at a sizeable paycut. Team isnt overly important, looking for ice time and money.
Chris Higgins- 1 offer. Would like a 2-4 yr deal at solid money, but isnt opposed to the idea of a 1yr deal to "bounce back"
Taylor Pyatt- 1 offer close to the 1M range. Will sign soon.

The rest have no solid offers yet (including surprisingly Olli Jokinen, who is considering Russia). If you have interest let me know, the first players will likely start signign late tonight with more to come monday afternoon-night

 

[matt trick]

Begin, Lehtinen, Stajan, and Stemniak have agreed to deals.

Kovalchuk is deciding between three teams. In order to get in on the bidding consider 14 years 10 million per to enter the bidding. He will give a discount for an elite team, but it will not be a huge one.

 

[RR]

Are pleased to welcome Matt Stajan and Lee Stempniak to the organization, and we welcome back Adrian Aucoin.

Stajan and the 'Yotes agreed to a 4-year deal that will pay the Center $3.5M per season.

Stempniak, expected to wing alongside his former Leafs teammate, agreed to a 2-year deal worth $2.25M per season.

Aucoin, who had an outstanding season in 2009-10 in Phoenix, his first here, was rewarded with a 2-year deal at $2.5M per year.

 

[Kessel>Seguin +]

Oilers have an excess of fowards and a lot of these guys will go cheap

Samuelsson - Top 4 Defensmen / 3rd round pick
Horcoff - Will package a pick or prospect with him
Nielson - 5th round pick
Stortini - 5th round pick
Gilbert - Solid prospect
Khabibulin - Will package a pick along with him

Possibly Brule, Cogliano, Penner, Hemsky are available but will cost a little more

PM if interested

 

[RR]

Phoenix Coyotes are looking to add to our prospect pool and picks in the 2011 draft.

Available are:

Petr Prucha -- Good speed, gritty two-way play, and can chip in on the power play and scoring department. Available because we believe Boedker and MacLean are ready to make the jump to the NHL.

Lauri Korpikoski -- Excels on the penalty kill and in the shootout. Great speed, great hands, great puck-handler but has trouble finishing. Available because, see Prucha above.

Kurt Sauer -- The consummate defensive defenseman. Available with Maxim Goncharov's arrival in Phoenix.

 

[matt trick]

Kovalchuk and depth still available

Top 6 pieces:
Kovalchuk- Show me the money. First line ice time. #1 PP. Contender, Russian presence, years are all of importance as well. Illya is fair and away the best player, and he expects to be treated like it. Top deal is 14 years, 147 million with NMC.

Modano and Lehtinen- really only interested in playing in Dallas, but will explore all options.

Ruslan Fedotenko- top 9 ice time. Hoping to get into the 2 million range.

Lee Stempniak- top 6 ice time is top priority. Looking for a short-term prove yourself deal. If someone offers several years he will take it.



Matt Stajan- top 6 ice time, 3.0-4.0, multi-year



Third line depth
Adam Mair- Multi-year @ 800k. Third line ice time?

Doug Weight- just wants to continue his career. Competitor or young team is fine.

Jordan Tootoo- top 9 ice time. 1.5 million is the likely starting bid. Multiple years is important.

Steve Begin- 2 years @ 1 million. Wants competitor

Craig Conroy- has one more year to give to a competitor.

4th liners
Eric Nystrom- 2 year deal, 4th line or better.

Wayne Primeau- 1 year, 4th line or better


Available upon request:
Calder, Kyle 30 ANA $500,000 --- --- --- 1
Gratton, Josh 27 ATL $600,000 --- --- --- 1
Koci, David 28 COL $575,000 --- --- --- 1
May, Brad 38 DET $500,000 --- --- --- 1
Bochenski, Brandon 27 TBL $525,000 --- --- ---1
Barch, Krys 29 DAL $575,000 --- --- ---1
Belak, Wade 33 NAS $650,000 --- --- --- 1
Bayda, Ryan 29 PIT $500,000 --- --- --- 1
McAmmond, Dean 36 NJD $500,000 --- --- ---1
Peters, Warren 27 DAL $500,000 --- --- ---1
Hollweg, Ryan 26 PHO $500,000 --- --- --- 1
McGrattan, Brian 28 CGY $547,000 --- --- ---1
Scatchard, Dave 33 NAS $550,000 --- --- ---1
Konopka, Zenon 28 TBL $487,500 --- --- --- 1
Fritz, Mitch 29 TBL $500,000 --- --- --- 1

 

[Backstrom #19]

Washington Capitals sign 3 veteran forwards.

Steve Begin, Paul Kayira, and Owen Nolan all signed contracts with the Capitals today.

Steve Begin signed a 2 year, 2 million(1 million per) dollar deal.
Paul Kayira signed a 2 year, 4 million(2 million per) dollar deal, with a NTC.
Owen Nolan signed a 1 year, 2.25 million dollar deal.

These 3 forwards will fit in well with our team. Our new lines are these...

Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Mike Knuble
Paul Kayira - Brooks Laich - Alex Semin
Tomas Fleischman - Mathieu Perreault - Owen Nolan
Steve Begin - David Steckel - Matt Bradley
Andrew Gordon

Anton Volchenkov - Mike Green
Jeff Schultz - Karl Alzner
Tom Poti - John Carlson
John Erskine

Semyon Varlamov
Michal Neurvirth

We have about $600,000 in cap space...If the move was right, we could trade Fleischman or Semin.

 

[IslesRock4]

Sign center Eric Belanger for 1 year worth $1.4M. He also gets a NTC.

Detroit has about $500k in cap space to sign a winger.

Holmstrom-Datsyuk-Franzen
Hartnell-Zetterberg-Whitney
Cleary-Belanger-Bertuzzi
Draper-Helm-xxxxx

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Vlasic-Kronwall
Ericsson-Stuart

Howard
Leighton

 

[TLinden]

Sign center Eric Belanger for 1 year worth $1.4M. He also gets a NTC.

Detroit has about $500k in cap space to sign a winger.

Holmstrom-Datsyuk-Franzen
Hartnell-Zetterberg-Whitney
Cleary-Belanger-Bertuzzi
Draper-Helm-xxxxx

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Vlasic-Kronwall
Ericsson-Stuart

Howard
Leighton

Why don't you bring Dougy Weight to Detroit for 500k?