Free Agency Frenzy 2010 Day 2 Open Thread: Will the Devils make any moves today?
by Tom Stivali on Jul 2, 2010 10:28 AM EDT
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PrintGood morning everyone please use this thread for any news that comes up today. Will Ilya Kovalchuk re-sign? Will we see any major trades? Are you still as psyched about the Volchenkov signing as I am? Sound off below!
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Please use this post as an open thread for all NHL Free Agency discussion. Talk about what other teams are doing, talk about what you want to see from the Devils, talk about trades, talk about how you feel about pending FAs from NJ and as long as it's about NHL free agency. Please follow the rules at all times, and please, please, please do not report rumors as news or fake news. Link to sources (actually link to them, don't just dump the URL in the text box and hit post - this includes Tweets); give credit to sources; and actually listen to good, reliable people (e.g. Gulitti, Chere, anyone at TSN or CBC, CapGeek, Not Hockeybuzz). This gives respect to the sources and let's everyone who's reading this know what's really up.
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Thanks to Zelepukin For This Link
Also a fanshot but thought it was relevant in this thread as well. Stan Fischler has his take on yesterday’s events.
He got $5 mil because JFJ likes to overpay for no good reason. Remember, he traded a 1st, 2nd and 4th rounder for Vesa Toskala and then signed him to a $4 mil/year contract.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
July 2nd, 2009
As a point of reference here are some of the players signed last year on the second day of free agency:
Rob Scuderi
Jordan Leopold
Adrian Aucoin
Nik Antropov
Mark Recchi
Will the Devils make any moves today?
Here’s hoping.
I know Lou is still hot for Kovalchuk, and looking at the numbers he could make it work if he dumped Salvador and Zubrus, or some other combination of players we won’t mention due to their particular contract situation, but honestly, as nice as it would be to have a 40+ goal scoring threat, I still feel this team needs another puck moving defenseman (preferably with a good point shot) and a solid defensive Center who can handle the face off dot… and it’s an either/or situation as far as I can tell.
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The biggest surprise to me was Kovy didn’t sign a contract yesterday. I thought for sure he would be one of the first to sign somewhere.
No way
He was very methodical about where he was going to play next year. he waited until July 1st, he wasn’t going to rush into things and ink the first big contract that came his way.
I figured that any team interested would have had their offer to him ASAP and he would just have to choose the one he liked best. Now I can’t help but think he might be waiting for someone to make some extra room for him with a trade or releasing some one.
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Teams will wait on Kovalchuk to make his decision — there isn’t anyone on the market remotely comparable to him.
You saw runs on the kind of guys where there are a lot of similar players. Those guys risked getting left without a chair when the music stopped, so they made sure they had a landing spot. Ask yourself this — where are Turco and Nabokov going to land now that seven goalies signed yesterday and there doesn’t seem to be a starting spot available for them and their expected contracts?
Nobokov hasn’t done much to help himself. He wants to be the #1 and it seems that the rest of the league is following the Sharks by losing faith in him.
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
He probably priced himself out of the market. The KHL offered him big money, and he thinks he’s worth it…. only he wants the NHL as well.
A lot of players are going to learn (if they haven’t already) that you can have the KHL’s money, or the NHL experience…. but only a select few (e.g., some guy named Kovalchuk) can have both at the same time.
Good point. I can see a huge offer from the KHL going to his head and expecting a NHL team to match it. It seems teams now would rather go with some one who is unproven than some one who got to the playoffs and didn’t come through.
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
It seems teams now would rather go with some one who is unproven than some one who got to the playoffs and didn’t come through.
I don’t think it is necessarily a preference for rookies over veterans. As with the NFL, I think it is a case where it is cheaper to keep a rookie than a veteran, especially in a world with a hard salary cap. Why pay a veteran $1-2 million when you can have 2-4 rookies at the same price?
Better to take a chance with a group hoping to find a #1 instead of overpaying for 1 guy.
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Teams needing Cap hits
The Islanders, St Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Atlanta Thrashers and Tampa Bay Lightning all need to take on significant Cap money in order to reach League Minimums. Let’s focus on these teams if we will be ‘jettisoning’ anyone to dump salary. Do any of these trade scenarios work with these teams?
I think we can probably remove the Islanders from that list. I doubt they’re going to be doing the Devils any favors without an astronomical and unacceptable cost.
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Why not?
Division rivals maybe, but the two teams have never had an icy relationship. At least not by my recollection.
Islanders
I just dont see how the Islanders will come up with $12M in salary with a handful of roster spots to be filled. Colorado is in the same boat.
Huge offer to Kovalchuk?
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Never say never
Fire and ice and the LA times jsut reported that the Isles are in the Kovalchuck sweepstakes. Not to mention NHL.com. They say Snow offered as much as 10 million for 10 years.
I still think Colorado could be a landing spot for Kovalchuk.
As for the Islanders, they can sit patiently and wait for a team that has to move money. Philadelphia might be in that boat, after all…. and I suspect they wouldn’t be the only ones. They could get paid nicely in terms of picks and prospects to help a team in a cap crunch out, or to take an undesirable salary off someone’s hands.
I just can’t see it. Perhaps I’m being influenced by knowing their fanbase’s feelings toward the Devils, but I just can’t see it.
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Doesnt have to be the Isles
There are still 4 other teams that need to produce at least $8M in contracts, so maybe we can swings deals with them.
I wouldn’t mind that.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I honestly figured he’d have retired by now. Go out on top and all.
He’s not a 3rd liner any longer, I don’t feel, and I’d rather get younger.
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Same here on Madden
I was going to be happy for the guy, but then he goes and bashes the team that gave him his start. Not cool.
I’d rather get younger too.
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Burnside’s Devils Hatred
- Impact-o-meter: 666.0
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Nice
Best part is that he called the Penguin blueline the deepest in the League after the two signings.
Martin – Michalek
Orpik – Letang
Goligoski – Lovejoy
Oh yes, the most intimidating Defense in all the League.
I hate to say it....
…. but I don’t consider that Pittsburgh defense the deepest or best in the Atlantic Division, let alone the league. I think I’d rather have the goons who pulverized us in the first round of the playoffs over Pittsburgh’s core, or even our own at the moment.
Oh yes, the most intimidating Defense in all the League.
There’s a mass delusion around the greater Pittsburgh area that believe it is.
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Delusion
I like it. Their defense is a polar opposite to ours, 4 puck-movers and one stay at home guy in Orpik.
Flyers, Devils, then Pittsburgh, and then those two NY teams that dont matter, especially on the back end.
I thought Michalek was also more of a defensive type.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ben Lovejoy is real scary.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Question to the Group:
Are there any additional goons available that the Rangers can overpay for today?
There is some guy named Andrew Peters available out there. Not sure if any of us have heard of him, however. (/sarcasm)
Who?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
My wish for today!
That Tomas Kaberle FINALLY gets traded. I really can’t take his name in ‘rumors’ anymore.
My wish for Kaberle....
…. is that Brian Burke overplays his hand and can’t trade him at all. It gives Scott Burnside and all the other yutzes something to talk about, and it shows Burke isn’t the wonderous GM they’ve made him out to be. Nothing better than watching the “smartest man in the room” out-smart himself.
It's Toronto...
there will be rumors about every player for at least 6 months, that’s just how they are there.
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Based off of what everyone reported yesterday, does that mean that only the Kings and the Devils are left in the Kovalchuk Sweepstakes at this point?
Ok. It didnt seem like anyone was given a legitimate chance of than the Devils and the Kings yesterday.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
St. Louis
John will probably not be happy with me, becuase I don’t recall the article and can’t link to it, but I have read that St. Louis is one of the teams in relativley poor financial shape. I don’t think they are going to get involved in this
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, there is the KHL as well. I think there’s a “mystery” team in the mix as well, although it is probably one of the two very likely suspects (St. Louis, Colorado). If it was just LA-NJ-KHL, I think he’d make a decision.
Colorado and St. Louis reportedly "out"
As you know by now, Kovy hasn’t been excited about LA’s $7M per offer, he’s still looking for $10M and a longer deal, and as that statement was made, you can pretty much count out the Blues and Avs, at least that’s what bloggers from those two areas have said. Dean Lombardi remains frustrated at best, and “for now,” the Kings aren’t ready to shoot another, long deal at Kovalchuk, which makes sense, because they have a lot of guys to ink in a few years. That leaves the Devils who really have to make some kind of dramatic trade to be “serious” contenders for him, but Lou still wants him, and if Lou wants him, Lou gets him.
If I had to guess, the longer this goes, the more interested a team like the Isles or Leafs would become.
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is everyone focusing on Salvador strictly as a salary dump? In the right context (i.e., not being asked to play on the top pair) he could be of some use to another team.
Because the Devils will have to move a salary if they re-sign Kovalchuk. After you remove the untouchables (Parise, Zajac) and the NTC guys (Elias, Brodeur, Langenbrunner, White, Rolston), you’re left looking at Zubrus and Salvador as the high-salary guys most likely to be moved. Salvador probably has more value because of his position, and because his contract is more palatable than Zubrus (2 years at $2.9, as opposed to 3 years at $3.4).
Also, because the point of a Salvador trade would be more to expunge his salary from your cap than it would be to try and get “equal value” or something close in return.
Right.
If it makes sense to another team and Lou can wrangle a late pick out of it or something, more power to us… but on the whole moving him is all about clearing the space.
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Because he’s one of the few guys that can be moved… that is, he doesn’t have a NTC, his salary and terms aren’t too bad, and his role is redundant with White, Fraser and Volchenkov.
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Whats keeping us from moving Anssi Salmela or Skoula to aswell though? We arent using both of them. Atleast we are using Salvador.
Skoula signed in the KHL, didn’t he?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh. Sorry I missed that. Ill look it up real quick.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Skoula is gone, and Salmela could be moved, but at what gain?
It’d clear $612k in space and leave us needing to add another defenseman.
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Isn’t Salmela also injured? I thought he tore up his knee at the World Championships, and had surgery that will keep him sidelined into training camp.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Skoula is a free agent, so we can’t trade him.
Salmela’s salary isn’t large enough to make much of a difference in the cap situation…. plus I suspect he’s headed to Albany.
Speaking of cap-type moves, why the heck the buy-out for Andrew Peters? How does it help the cap situation at all? You’ve created dead space for this season and next, and whomever replaces him on the roster is making at least the same amount of money. Seems to me that it would have been better to tell him he would be in Albany unless he found another team to take him on, and then give him and his agent permission to find said team. If he finds one, trade him for “future considerations”. If he doesn’t, to Albany with ya!
I was thyinking the same thing. What’s the point? Are you doing Andrew Peters a favor by buying him out?
Financially, maybe. If he finds a team to pay him the $500k this season, he has that and the $334k buy-out in his pocket, putting him ahead of the game by the buy-out. If he doesn’t, he’s lost one-third of his salary for nothing.
It just seemed to me that nobody wins in this scenario. The Devils lose cap money and flexibility, Peters loses money, and you might have a use for him. Even if you kept him on the NHL roster as the second extra forward, and only played him in case of injury or because you wanted more beef (say for Philly), he wasn’t going to cost you anything. I’d rather have him as a healthy scratch than a kid who would benefit from steady playing time in the Minors.
They didn’t lose that much cap space. They lose $167k for this year and next year. That’s a savings of $334k this season, and a loss of $167k next year. That’s a net savings of $167k.
Peters had a 1-way contract, PL3 has a 2-way this season, and 1-way next year. There’s absolutely no point to have 2 players like Peters and Leblond on the roster. PL3 is capable of handling Peters’ role (and better IMO). It’s more flexible to have PL3 on the 2-way contract.
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by Matthew Ventolo on Jul 2, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Way late in making a comment on a thread that seemingly died three hours ago (blame my having to work, darnit!)…. but a one-way contract means you owe him the NHL salary whether he’s in the NHL, the AHL, or on team-subsidised trips to the Bahamas as to keep him from being a “bad influence”.
A one-way contract can be expunged from the cap, if you pass the guy through waivers and assign him to the Minors. You won’t save any cash…. and you don’t have to oblige him to report to the Minors if you don’t have a use for him there…. but his cap number vanishes unless he’s in the 35+ category.
Yes, Peters is almost completely useless when you already have PL3 on the team, and other guys who will step up and fight as needed. At the league minimum, however, he isn’t hurting your cap situation (a player replacing him will have at least the same figure)…. and buying him out simply makes the situation as bad as can possibly be.
Can’t vouch for her credibility, but Helene Elliott of the LA Times wrote an article saying the Kings can’t get Kovalchuk, as he’s asking for too much.
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For what she’s reporting he wants, no one can afford him.
Short of a long-term, cap friendly structure, I don’t see how he could realistically expect an NHL team to be able to pay him that much unless he’s willing to go to a team like the Islanders.
I will say, though, that the lack of news from the Kovalchuk camp does suggest that Lou is still somehow involved.
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10-12 years at $10 m/yr is ridiculous
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by Matthew Ventolo on Jul 2, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there any team in the league that can come up with that kind of money for him?
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
The Islanders.
I’m serious. They are significantly under the cap floor.
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by John Fischer on Jul 2, 2010 12:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed, and I’m skeptical about the figures because, if he just wanted money, he could have stayed in Atlanta… they offered him a comparable deal.
Or he’d already be in the KHL.
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But then there’s something like this… http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/07/02/brophy_can_you_win_kovy/
He lost me with:
Frankly, I see Kovalchuk as one of those guys who is happier getting two goals in a 5-3 loss than being held pointless in a 4-1 win.
Frankly, I don’t see that.
Then he goes on to talk about how Marty needs to rest because he’s looked tired in the playoffs lately. Yawn.
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Then he goes on to talk about how Marty needs to rest because he’s looked tired in the playoffs lately.
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve read an article that’s made that claim. I’d almost have enough money to pay Marty’s contract myself.
I wonder if Souray is worth half of his cap hit…
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by John Fischer on Jul 2, 2010 12:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There were rumors yesterday that the Devils had expressed some interest in trading for Sheldon Souray. Do you, and other mods/posters more familiar with the Devils situation than I am, think he would be a worthwhile acquisition?
He would be one, but my concerns are 1) injuries and 2) That $5.4 million cap hit. Devils have $4,248,333 in cap space, meaning that Edmonton will have to take on Zubrus or Salvador’s contract
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
No
It’s as simple as that. We need to get younger and players who have a desire to win. This guy is neither, he had two legitimately good seasons, and is injury-prone. Waste of money in my book, plus if we don’t sign Kovalchuk, that leaves us with $4.2M to spend on a third line center and another defenseman if Lou wants to take that road. I do see some kind of trade, possibly involving Salvador or Zubrus, but nothing more than that. I still think Belanger would be a great fit here to take formally John Madden’s role, and I think we could use one more defenseman not named Mottau.
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Belanger won’t demand 3M. More likely 2 million or less. The other defenseman could be signed from 1.5 down. Or go the cheap way and get Sestito and Corrente to take those roles.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If Souray is claimed on waivers, does the claiming team pay 1/2 the cap hit for the life of the contract?
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Claiming team pays the full cap hit. If claimed off re-entry waivers, the team that claims pays 1/2 the cap hit, while the other team has to pay half the cap hit.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, so if the Devils were to claim Souray on re-entry waivers, would they be paying a cap hit of $2.7 mil for each of the two seasons left on Souray’s deal, or would it be $2.7 mil this coming season, and $5.4 mil in 2011-2012?
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
From the CBA (pdf link is below)
per 50.9 (g) (ii)
To the extent the Player does require Waivers to be Loaned to a
minor league affiliate, he cannot be Loaned or recalled without
first clearing regular Waivers, and then cannot be Recalled to the
NHL parent Club during the same League Year without also
clearing a new Re-Entry Waiver procedure, pursuant to which the
Player can be claimed by another NHL Club for fifty (50) percent
of the contract’s remaining amounts to be paid, with the balance to
be paid by and charged to the waiving NHL Club (both amounts to
be counted against each Club’s Upper Limit, Actual Club Salary
and Averaged Club Salary, and counted against the Players’
Share);
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by Matthew Ventolo on Jul 2, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh, you’re right. Until he’s on re-entry then, the Devils should stay far, far away from him.
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by John Fischer on Jul 2, 2010 12:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
$5.4MM Cap Hit vs $2.75MM Cap Hit, makes Souray seem quite desirable at that price. Puck-mover, big, PP specialist, Huge shot, too bad he’s left-handed.
Interesting.....
If he clears does he get bought out? Or do they bring him right back up to go through re-entry waivers.
Can he bought out at this point? I thought the buyout period ended on 6/30.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Go Get Him
No reason not to get Souray if you are only paying 1/2 his Cap Hit, $2.75M per year, less than Salvador, less than White…
Probably a dumb question but..
I just read here in the Hockey News that the Ranger may put Wade Redden in the minors to avoid his cap hit.
Is there any way that is an option with say a Rolston? Or is that an option for the Rangers just because they have so much freaking money?
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
It won’t work for Rolston, because of the 35+ rule.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
More explanation — Because Rolston was over 35 when he signed his contract, the cap hit will only decrease by $100k if he’s sent to the minors. The cap hit remains totally unchanged if he retires or is bought out.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Over 35 rule
What is the background of the over 35 rule. It would seem to me it is a huge negative for over 35 year old players – there is a much bigger risk with these guys so most wont be able to get a long term deal?
Makes Rolston’s deal even more baffling to me that we would give it to him
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
At the time of the Rolston signing, he was coming off 3 consecutive 30-goal seasons, and per this report from Tom Gulitti, more than half the teams in the league were chasing him — http://njmg.typepad.com/devilsblog/2008/07/rolston-has-17.html
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
This is exactly why Pittsburgh didn’t want to go longer than 2 years for Gonchar.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The rule was instituted to remove a loophole teams could use to sign older players to multiple year deals to spread out the cap hit, knowing full well they’d just be retiring in a year or three and the contract would come off the books.
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Thanks
I understand that a little bit, but since Hockey does not have the signing bonuses that there are in football, it does not seem quite as important. If the player knows the contract length is not real anyway, why would they look for the longer term?
Kind of rhetorical questions, I am all set. thanks.
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
That makes the Rangers look bad (again)
If you’re a free agent looking to sign with a team that pays like NYR, why would you pick the Rangers if another offer presented itself? If you don’t perform, they’ll dump you in the AHL…
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think it will happen like that. Redden was just terrible and sather was stupid to sign him to that money when Ottawa knew he was slowing down. I doubt the Rangers would ever send down Kovy if he didn’t perform. That is if the Rangers sign him and it looks like they won’t.
Piece by piece we are slowly turning into the 2000 Devils team, anyone up for the A-Line: The Sequel?
by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahh
I thought it might have something to do with that. Gotta brush up on that.
by Devilssection21fan on Jul 2, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
Souray
When he comes back up thru waivers, or is bought-out, I cannot imagine the Devils not making a play towards getting him. He fills out the requisite of what we require, does he not?
I understand his recent injury history is kind of scary, but at less than White and Salvador, I think we need to take the chance. Would his contract of 1/2 carry on to next season as well? If so, absolutely make this move.
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by Matthew Ventolo on Jul 2, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks. I’ve always hated the money part of sports so I just avoided it but it seems the time has come where I need to know how it works.
by fearloathing13 on Jul 2, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
According to Capgeek
Capgeek
SHELDON SOURAY BUYOUT FROM CAPGEEK.COM
2010-2011: $2,400,000
2011-2012: $2,400,000
2012-2013: $1,500,000
2013-2014: $1,500,000
Don’t the worst teams in the League get first dibs when a player is brought back up on re-entry waivers, or is it the other way around? I just don’t get it.
Yes, normally every team under them in the standings gets a shot before the team calling him up does … but this is the offseason and there are no standings.
To complicate matters further, the Oilers are the worst team and so no team would go before them.
I’m wondering how it would work myself.
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Take the Oilers out of the equation. Once they put him on waivers, they can’t make a claim on their own player. The team with the worst record from the other 29 teams would get the first shot.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
So, by virtue of being the worst team, 29 other teams get first crack at him, but if they were the 2nd to last team only 1 would? Hardly seems fair.
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My understanding of the waiver process, both normal and re-entry, was that the team placing the player on waivers always takes itself out of the equation, giving the other 29 teams first crack.
Gotcha. That makes more sense. For some reason I misremembered it as only teams under that team in the standings had the opportunity.
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If Souray is a viable option...
Why not Joe Corvo? Corvo also brings puck-moving skills, a booming shot, and doesn’t come with the injury risk that Souray does. Corvo also had some experience this past season playing on Carolina’s #1 pairing before his trade to the Caps.
Corvo’s cap hit last year was $2.65 MM, and I doubt he’d get any more than that this time around.
He’s also right-handed.
Correction and note
Corvo’s cap hit was $2.625 MM.
He’s also about a year younger than Souray.
by HockeyWeasel on Jul 2, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't mind that either
I could see that working well, actually. If you want someone cheap, look no further than Marc-Andre Bergeron (sarcasm…)
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Bergeron would be cheap but his defense lacks and that is a main cause on why Lou wouldn’t target him. If anything, Lou would offer a two way contract for 700,000.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Idk how reliable this is, but Lebrun has posted:
@Real_ESPNLeBrun Oilers have zero interest in eating half of Souray’s contract via re-entry waivers. They want to lose his full contract on normal waivers. 8
Lebrun then posted right after that:
@Real_ESPNLeBrun LOL, not saying Oilers will succeed in losing Souray on normal waivers, just passing on what they’re telling me, haha.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I could see the Islanders picking him up at full salary. He fills a positional need and helps fill a the need to reach the salary floor.
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No. He is up for grab among all the teams.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
His NTC is over, so Edmonton no longer has the say, but maybe he gets to choose if claims are put in, or no?
It seems kinda slow today, but most of the big name guys went yesterday though, so its not surprising.
Yeah, I think he’ll go shortly, but realistically, he can play the waiting game for a month or more if he wanted to.
I don’t think it’s in his best interest though. The longer he waits the more likely teams will be to have filled in their available cap space and not have the room to fit him in.
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Well at 10-12 years and 10 mill a season that pretty much already happened. haha
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. I was expecting today to be very slow until Kovy signed, provided he signed somewhere today. Then I think there will be a media explosion for a while. haha
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure it was hockeybuzz that had the story about Marty being traded for Semin, so you be the judge on how legit it is ;-)
Hockeybuzz= counterfeit stuff.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think its so much made up as that they report so many rumors that aren’t going to happen you’re better off just randomly guessing.
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Or just picking a player’s name and a team out of a hat.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Dirk Hoag: 1 Eklund: 0.
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by Ubiquitous on Jul 2, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
WALLOFTEXT Sorry for the C/P but you did ask for a tallinder report.
Here’s a sabres fan’s perspective on Tallinder
He’s amazing in terms of getting the puck out of the zone (Sure-thing icing on the PK, too!). Its out of his own zone that he can’t play any offense at all. He’s great for the 3 on 2 breakout passes, but nothing farther up the ice than that. For demonstration, Tallinder’s offensive zone plays are:
Wrist puck at net (usually misses)
Shoot puck in corner
Pass to defense partner.
That’s it. In four years i don’t think i’ve ever seen him do anything other that those three moves.
In terms of grit, he’s more of a pusher than a hitter. He’s perfectly happy to push a someone away from the puck and take it, but he doesn’t really have a mean streak in him at all. He also doesn’t get hit very often because he’s fairly nimble (especially for someone who is 6’4.)
I hope Lou can cure his nasty habit of only playing in contract years for your sakes. And no more wrist injuries. He’s had too many of those. For those of you that were worried about giveaway totals. Don’t. Giveaways in the Northeast are horribly inflated (mainly the fault of the habs)
On a more mercurial note, he gives a decent interview, has an awesome accent to english ability ratio (not as good as lydman, seriously, if Lydman does anything in a game, tell your media friends to interview him for awesome sound bites), and is a prototypical super-nice swede. Though harder to judge from afar, i’ve heard he’s great in the locker room and mentoring the other swedes you have coming is exactly the role he should be in.
I’m sorry for the C/P but if im typing a wall of text, i demand that people have to read it.
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Much obliged.
If he can get the puck out of the zone, his lack of offense shall be forgiven!
Looking at his video highlights (though granted, they’re pretty slim considering they span his entire career) it seems he has flashes of offense… reminds me of a Johnny Oduya in that respect.
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He could probably rack up a bunch of assists. No goals, though, goals aren’t happening.
If you can somehow find a full game, that’d probably be better for judging his skill set.
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One of the biggest issue many of us wanted to have addressed this off season was the team’s struggles to get the puck out of the defensive end against an aggressive forecheck.
If he can help with that, he’s already a fantastic pick up in my book.
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No video to be found, but I recall a playoff series a few years ago (I believe with Ottawa) in which the Devils were called for icing after clearing the zone on a PK. Madden was furious.
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by John Fischer on Jul 2, 2010 2:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't like what Martin said
How is it that Lou didnt have anything on the table with Lou saying he had something on the table?
As per Gulitti
It’s possible his agent screened some calls and he has no real idea of what was offered by whom except the deal he signed with the team he decided ahead of time he wanted to play for.
Or it could be that Lou’s offer expired on June 30th at 11:59:59.
Or it could be that he’s lying. And a jerk.
Or it could be that Lou had some insight that led him to not want him.
In the end, I’m prone to believe Lou’s word over Pinchy-Face Paul Martin McGee.
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idk, I dont think I believe him. Why would Lou say he did if he didnt. In Lou We Trust. Hopefully we will resign my favorite D man Andy Greene and not let this happen again.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Andy Greene thanks you for not wishing the team would force him to resign.
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If they don’t re-sign Andy Greene, I think I might cry. He’s my favourite defenseman on the Devils. Please Lou. Think of the crying girls.
Lou always thinks of the ladies first.
He’s smooth like that.
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Got at least one more year of Andy ‘Smooth Operator’ Greene. Hope Lou breaks some protocol and re-ups him before approaching UFA time
Agreed, especially considering our track record with keeping UFAs. Elias is the only one to ever test the water and stay.
A lot depends on how he performs this year though. I’m optimistic but unconvinced last year wasn’t a fluke.
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I cant, but an online translator can. haha
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Defenseman Milan “Juice” Jurcina and forward PA Parenteau have both signed 1 year contracts with the New York Islanders.
Guess they’re not biting on Souray.
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More Islanders Per ESPN/LeBrun
Jurcina we knew about. I don’t think I’ve seen Mark Eaton mentioned yet.
Eaton is always getting injured though.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Wanna hear something funny?
Eklund an hour before- The Devils going VERY hard after Kovalchuk right now. (E4)
Eklund about 10 minutes ago- Source: Kovalchuk and Kings Closing In on Deal. (E4)
Can he atleast stick with one team?
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s Eklund…What else would you expect? haha
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by Matthew Ventolo on Jul 2, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Eklund
Remember, Eklund is almost single-handedly responsible for the “Brodeur trade rumors” involving Alex Semin.
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
What in the world is your problem with twitter? You follow the people who you want news from and it all shows up in an easy to see stream of information.
Stop being old fogeys.
old fogeys. haha Havent heard that in a while.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Go take a nap pops
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
You are being crazy hooligans with all of your elderly talk.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Douglas Adams said it best:
1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;
2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;
3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.
Apply this list to movies, rock music, word processors and mobile phones to work out how old you are.
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What in the world is your problem with twitter?
Well, I can’t speak for others, but for me it comes down to:
- I think it is a medium for the ADHD world out there, the people who lose interest after two lines.
- I think it (and other forms of media such as FaceBook and MySpace) are for those people who feel the need to have a community of “virtual” friends who they are always updating on every little thing they do. I have a cousin whose wife just gave birth, and from what my siblings (who do use Twitter) tell me, she’s updating everyone on every little thing, such as the newborn making a mess in her diaper.
I’m not asking for feature-length articles — I understand the nature of the immediate news cycle, and that you can’t get much length out of these reports. Still, is something that at least resembles journalism too much to ask for? A paragraph, even?
Stop being old fogeys.
Pardon me for being “old”. (35)
When you find a cure for old age, please feel free to let me know. I’m not getting any younger, you know.
Damn I need to change my name if Kovy signs elsewhere… Any thoughts?
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
I like it, maybe A-Train
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
PennStationA-Train
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Something with A-Train..
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Peanut butter and jelly is really good. You could just change it to that.
by undersuspicion426 on Jul 2, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
In Soviet Russia, the A-Train ride YOU!
Too long?
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Then Zubrus gets traded? ha ha
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody can get traded (see: Gretzky, Wayne).
If it helps, Lou will probably only trade Zubes if it is to clear cap space for Kovalchuk :-)
Yes. But with my luck they will but it doesn’t matter now.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Volchenkov
was my favorite player in Ottawa for a couple seasons, and I made the mistake of not getting his jersey knowing he was about to be let go at this seasons’s end. I regret that decision now.
Anyone think Arnott will take Number 7 like when he broke in with the Oil?
It would be weird seeing Arnott’s name in the number 7. He should take 25. I am going to get my Volchenkov jersey in a couple weeks!! Once Salvador gets traded he can wear number 24. I am changing my name to A-Train offically.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
How about....
….RolliePollieRolston. It isn’t like we’re expecting Brian Rolston to be anything other than a Devil (a fabulously compensated one, especially for the returns) for the next two years.
by acasser on Jul 2, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
NIce. That’s a rec’in
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You know you still can’t have a second account.
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by John Fischer on Jul 2, 2010 4:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Idk if this is good or bad.
@Real_ESPNLeBrun Asked Lamoriello if he was still in it, he replied again, ``There’s nothing new, that’s all I’m going to say."
From what I can find about it, it seems like he is angry, but L.A. is reporting the same thing so maybe Kovy is trying to make a decision.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That seems like the best choice to me. haha We fixed the D hopefully and it looks like we brought in the right coaches to help the offensive spark. I think he could do great things here. He will atleast make us more dangerous cause if we have shut down D and then we can feed him/Elias/Parise the puck on a quick turn around we would be dangerous I think.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Just got off the phone with Lamoriello. He does not anticipate anything happening today with Kovalchuk.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 2, 2010 5:08 PM EDT reply actions
Hmm…hey lets drag this out another day. Build the anticipation.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
10-12 years 10mill is unrealistic amounts of money. If he really wants that then I think he will end up in the KHL.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t believe the report that he’s looking for that kind of money. No team can pay him that much and remain a contender. If he was looking for that much money, he could have just stayed in Atlanta. No player in the league makes that much money. Only one player has a cap hit over 9 a year (Ovechkin), and only three are between 8-9 (Crosby, Malkin, Staal). Only 13 more have a cap hit over 7, and only six of them have not been on the trading block (Nash, Chara, Heatley, Gaborik, Thornton, Iginla). The rest (Richards, Lecavalier, Gomez, Campbell, Vanek, Drury, Spezza) are pretty terrible contracts.
If there’s any truth to it, it’s that he’s looking to be paid a salary of 10 million for a few years on a front-loaded deal that would pay him early but end up with a cap hit of 8 million or less.
More to the point, if Kovalchuk really just wanted that much, well, Atlanta offered that to him back in February. He could have taken it then. So unless he wants his cake and eats it too, I’m skeptical if that’s his true demand.
And if it really is that high, why isn’t some GM yelling from the rooftops, “This is what he wants! I’ll never pay it! What a fool!”, if only to kill Kovalchuk’s leverage?
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If I recall
The day the initial trade for Kovalchuk was made, Gulitti was reporting the same thing, then around 5-6 pm, Dreger, MacKenzie and Cullen all said “there will be a trade tonight…to an Eastern team not named NY or PHI.”
I think Kovy will wait another day to see if any other NHL teams throw their names into the hat, but unless it’s the Isles or Leafs, and that seems unlikely for now, it’s down to us and them (LA).
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
7.5 million. Kovy knows what he is going to get, Lou added Volch, Tallinder, and Moose (Kovy’s friend), and his family won’t be swamped with media. Ilya’s a smart guy and will pick the team that fits him the most and the team that has a better chance in winning this year and years upcoming. I would go to NJ but I’m a Devils fan. If he wants more money and a life in LA with tons of media following him around and a slight chance in winning this year then so be it. If he goes the Hossa way for less money and a better chance in winning with guys he already knew (Hossa didn’t know anyone) with NJ than good for him. But it his and his family’s decision on where he will go.
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by RolliePollieKovy on Jul 2, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that makes sense. Earlier on when he moved to NJ there were reports that his family loved NJ, so maybe that is a step in the right direction for us. I hope it is atleast.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't see LA giving him too much flexibility
In my opinion, LA needs to make this a shorter signing, due to who they need to keep in the coming years, and you can’t assume their current roster won’t change again at some point, I have heard from sources not named Eklund that LA doesn’t want to exceed $7M, in which case, we can waive them goodbye. Lou is SUPPOSEDLY setting his limit at $8.5M, but again, nothing about that is confirmed, and it may change anyway.
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by DownGoesAvery on Jul 2, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Im not 100% sure on how it would affect us, but I could easily be ok with 7.5-8mill for a long term deal, but I dont think he will lower his price on a long deal. I could see lowering the price for a 4 or less year deal if he thinks he can win a cup.
by Jacob Shepherd on Jul 2, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
But what does that mean?
Does Kovalchuk want “real money” now and then take a year of minimum salary at the end of the deal to balance the cap or is he saying that $8-10M has to be the average salary per season? I would expect a Hossa-like deal to go down with someone at some point, but it’s really tough to figure anything at this point.
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