This will be a very uneventful FA. I see us signing maybe 1 bottom 6 guy. Winnick would be a decent pickup. Big, Toronto boy, can play all forward positions; good two-way guy.
- gravyface

ATM, if we sign a Prust, Tootoo, or Winnick, and a vet goalie tommorrow to 1 or 2 year deals at reasonable prices.... I'll be perfectly happy...

I want Connolly moved though.... could care less what for at this point....

Maybe Connolly and a 4th for a 6th???

Brodeur, Semin; there are a handful of top tier players who will hit the market.
- Two_For_Truth

Semin is KHL trash, any team who signs him will regret it

Yes, I have seen this summer before, a few times.
- GoneFullRetard

Somebody should make a movie called Canada Day.

Same idea as Groundhog Day but about July 1st and UFAs.

Semin is KHL trash, any team who signs him will regret it
- wingz4life

You mean like the Red Wings?

You mean like the Red Wings?
- Two_For_Truth

yes, they sign him ill be

UFA's are preparing their presentations for the Oilers tomorrow in hopes they are graced with a contract offer.


Big lineup.
- robin_steele264

Really?! For a guy that got busted twice for crack and stole a car on his first night in Edmonton?!

yes, they sign him ill be
- wingz4life

If any team can reform Semin, it's the Red Wings. With Datsyuk as his center, it's like rehab for lazy Europeans.

If any team can reform Semin, it's the Red Wings. With Datsyuk as his center, it's like rehab for lazy Europeans.
- Two_For_Truth

uhhh we have johan franzen, hes a lazy (frank)

lets just say, the money would be better spent on Parise/Suter then on Semin

ATM, if we sign a Prust, Tootoo, or Winnick, and a vet goalie tommorrow to 1 or 2 year deals at reasonable prices.... I'll be perfectly happy...

I want Connolly moved though.... could care less what for at this point....

Maybe Connolly and a 4th for a 6th???
- cor99

Give him away for free. You can't be choosy. We might have to pay to be rid of him. The guy's a (frank)ing waste of skin.

Lets say after we re-sign Kulemin, Franson, and Frattin, we have around 8M left....

We sign a 4th line LW for around 1.5M... that leaves 6.5M

would anyone be opposed to sign Marty to a 1 year 5.5M NMC deal?

(assuming of course NJD is no longer to sign him and he has to go somewhere else and he wants to play for us)

uhhh we have johan franzen, hes a lazy (frank)

lets just say, the money would be better spent on Parise/Suter then on Semin
- wingz4life

What if Parise ends up in Pittsburgh and the Red Wings go with Plan B? With 24 million in cap space, the Red Wings could afford Suter and another big ticket salary.

Lets say after we re-sign Kulemin, Franson, and Frattin, we have around 8M left....

We sign a 4th line LW for around 1.5M... that leaves 6.5M

would anyone be opposed to sign Marty to a 1 year 5.5M NMC deal?

(assuming of course NJD is no longer to sign him and he has to go somewhere else and he wants to play for us)
- cor99

He's 40. Maybe 3.5.

Give him away for free. You can't be choosy. We might have to pay to be rid of him. The guy's a (frank)ing waste of skin.
- Betelgeuse

I know.... it pisses me off to see him on our depth chart... Lombardi can go to the AHL, and Komi could be useful under Carlyle's system.... but Connolly

Give him away for free. You can't be choosy. We might have to pay to be rid of him. The guy's a (frank)ing waste of skin.
- Betelgeuse

No one is taking him for free. The only scenario I could ever see Connolly being moved is being the salary coming back in a trade for Stastny.

Komisarek for JBo ... do you do it?

What if Parise ends up in Pittsburgh and the Red Wings go with Plan B? With 24 million in cap space, the Red Wings could afford Suter and another big ticket salary.
- Two_For_Truth

Glucker thinks your Mapes or UG or something.

What if Parise ends up in Pittsburgh and the Red Wings go with Plan B? With 24 million in cap space, the Red Wings could afford Suter and another big ticket salary.
- Two_For_Truth

Semin probably, dont want another soft player on this team

No one is taking him for free. The only scenario I could ever see Connolly being moved is being the salary coming back in a trade for Stastny.

Komisarek for JBo ... do you do it?
- Boosinicka

Of the top of my head, yes. Let me go check stats and cap and I'll confirm.

No one is taking him for free. The only scenario I could ever see Connolly being moved is being the salary coming back in a trade for Stastny.

Komisarek for JBo ... do you do it?
- Boosinicka

Connolly, Mac, Franson, Blacker, 2nd

for

Stastny

then

Komi for Backlund (because it is Feaster )

Connolly, Mac, Franson, Blacker, 2nd

for

Stastny

then

Komi for Backlund (because it is Feaster )
- cor99

how silly of me

and that's too much for Stats as much as I want him. But I see more value in Franson than most.

Semin is KHL trash, any team who signs him will regret it
- wingz4life

I wouldn't mind seeing him on a 1 year deal on a line with Grabo and Kulemin...

Lupul - Lombardi - Kessel
Semin - Grabo - Kule
JVR - Bozak - Frattin
Prust - Steckel - Brown
Connolly

If Lombardi plays with us next season, i want to try him between Lupul and Kessel.... Lombardi is pretty solid defensivly (terrible offense, although Kess and Lups could help) and the speed he has is unbelievable, not to mention a full summer of training and a full training camp... i think he COULD suprise

I wouldn't mind seeing him on a 1 year deal on a line with Grabo and Kulemin...

Lupul - Lombardi - Kessel
Semin - Grabo - Kule
JVR - Bozak - Frattin
Prust - Steckel - Brown
Connolly

If Lombardi plays with us next season, i want to try him between Lupul and Kessel.... Lombardi is pretty solid defensivly (terrible offense, although Kess and Lups could help) and the speed he has is unbelievable, not to mention a full summer of training and a full training camp... i think he COULD suprise
- cor99

hes not going to sign for 1 year

how silly of me

and that's too much for Stats as much as I want him. But I see more value in Franson than most.
- Boosinicka

Mac, Franson, 2nd for Stastny is fair value.... then i added Connolly as cap, and Blacker because... well it's Connolly

hes not going to sign for 1 year
- wingz4life

Oh.... i didnt see you were his agent...

who do you expect calls from tommorrow?

how silly of me

and that's too much for Stats as much as I want him. But I see more value in Franson than most.
- Boosinicka

How did we acquire them? Tim was free, Clarke was free, Cody was free. So paying "free" for a 1st line C is too much. Have you been smoking too much Edmonton crack?!

Oh.... i didnt see you were his agent...

who do you expect calls from tommorrow?
- cor99

semin sign for 1 year? he wont. he will sign for multiple years hopefully in the KHL
he signed a 1 year deal last year, hes not going to again just to play it (frank)ing Toronto