During the salary cap era – chara, kovalchuk, hossa, suter, parise and now maybe stamkos. So once every 2-3 years you get a big time player becoming available.

I’d put kovalchuk up on stamkos’ level.
- Tumbleweed

And... although he was a bust... Brad Richards

During the salary cap era – chara, kovalchuk, hossa, suter, parise and now maybe stamkos. So once every 2-3 years you get a big time player becoming available.

I’d put kovalchuk up on stamkos’ level.
- Tumbleweed

I don't think Kovalchuk ever was a free agent. Didn't NJ trade for his rights and then sign him?

I don't think Kovalchuk ever was a free agent. Didn't NJ trade for his rights and then sign him?
- BestRapperAlive

He signed mid July

He signed mid July
- Tumbleweed

Ahh, i was too lazy to look it up. So he probably did look at offers from other teams before signing for 17 years with NJ. Or was the 17 years with Atlanta before the NHL rejected the contract? (frank) I can't remember

Hey James, yeah it's me from that other site you used to be on. I know we had our differences over players and advanced analytics, so was surprised to see you here. So I read a couple of your articles. The Goligoski article and this one.
Though I never agreed with with everything, mainly the Stamkos situation and though it is a now a moot point, one of your comments regarding resigning Reimer, I actually enjoyed reading them. I also think the Vegas team could have come up with a better name. How does the "Las Vegas Black Knights Lounge Singers" sound?
Anyways goodluck with everything.