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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 4:17:49 PM   
SmallieKiller


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Status: offline 		I agree with Huselius, he's a pretty good player and he tortures us for sure.  Vrbata wouldn't be a replacement for Ruutu at all.  Vrbata is more talented, but he's no where near the agitator that Ruutu is. 

Looks like the Pens traded the rights to Malone and Roberts to Florida for a 4th round pick, a 3rd if Malone signs. 

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 5:23:12 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 6:37:18 PM   
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Looks like the Pens traded the rights to Malone and Roberts to Florida for a 4th round pick, a 3rd if Malone signs. 




close, Tampa Bay, the mullet always seemed to like Malone, Tampa Bay seems like they are trying to go from worst to first, quickly


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 9:32:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		LOL, thanks Venomous, no idea why I typed Florida.  As I was typing it, I was thinking how Malone can play with Lecavalier and Stamkos... Neither of whom play for Florida. 

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 9:36:35 PM   
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Well if we sign avery, we won't need ruutu.



Avery is looking for something in the ballpark of 5 mil, which is not worth it at all, you could have Ruutu back for less than half of that

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/28/2008 11:12:15 PM   
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Tampa is making waves. BIG ONES. Mike Smith, that goalie from dallas is a stud.
Watch out if this years taught us anything, it's anyone can beat anyone. (Philly)


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/29/2008 5:12:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wade Dubielewicz  Signed on the new Russian league. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241971&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main

Does anyone see this league as a threat? More money Less games. Could be a good place for guys in thier upper 30's, or near the end of thier Career

I could see Jagr going, Straka has left already too.

I see this as  the MLS to world soccer, I'd expect them to toss a boatload of cash to someone, kinda like the MLS did for beckham.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/29/2008 7:05:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Down the road maybe, but right now no.  Some players who are borderline NHL players could head over there and make a good career over there.  Also some aging stars could dwindle out over there, very much like the MLS.  I don't see any top tier players leaving for it.  they all want to play against the best, and that still is the NHL. 

If I'm not mistaken, Straka went to play in the Czech league, not the Russian league.  I could be wrong though.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/30/2008 1:40:15 AM   
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Well it's official. That's a lotta hooch. Good for him. Lets hope it was his talent and not just his linemates that made him that good.


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/30/2008 2:00:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		It was his linemates.Malone is a good stand in front of the net guy,but ain't worth more than 3 mil a year.Roberts is a great locker room guy and did wonders with the Pens this year,but is he worth $1.5 mil a year at his age?I don't think so.Shero will do the right things and hopefully sign Orpik and Hossa,although I don't think both will happen.

We got a great core group of players and I don't see the management having a yard sale.

Look for a good crop of players to come from the second best team in the minors this year to fill in these voids that other teams are going to overpay for i.e. Malone,Hossa,and whoever else doesn't sign.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/30/2008 7:10:52 AM   
SmallieKiller


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Status: offline 		Couldn't agree more goby, Malone was only as good as Malkin and Sykora.  The kid is tough as hell though and I'm actually upset to see him go, as much as I've bitched about him over the years, it was nice to see him actually figure out how to play in the NHL.  He won't have Malkin anymore, but he may end up playing with Lecavalier and St. Louis, so that can't be very bad for you either.

On a related note, I see Tampa also traded for the rights to Brian Rolston, they're making a little run at things here I see.

*add

I see Roberts also signed on with Tampa, he signed a 1 year deal.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/30/2008 11:25:39 AM   
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If I'm not mistaken, Straka went to play in the Czech league, not the Russian league.  I could be wrong though.


Not true that Straka is leaving the NHL yet.  It's funny how these Euro clubs sign an NHL player, and then make a press release stating that they did so.  And North American media outlets run with that story, without contacting teh player or his agent to inquire about the terms of these contracts.  Euro contracts do not work the same as American contracts.  And they more often than not contain out clauses.  They are essentially "contingency plans" for players, in case it doesn't work out for them in the NHL.

On Marty Straka:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3461712

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PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- A report out of the Czech Republic has Martin Straka leaving the New York Rangers and returning to his former Czech club.  

Straka's agent, however, denied the report.

"Marty has made it clear that he will wait until after July 1 to evaluate all his options and make an informed decision at that time," Ritch Winter, Straka's longtime agent, told The Canadian Press on Thursday.

The club, HC Lasselsberger Plzen, announced on its Web site Thursday that Straka, who played for the Rangers the past three seasons after joining the NHL in 1992, would be a player and sports director for the club.  "We struck a deal with Martin last night," club president Tomas Kral said on the site. 

Winter, however, told the Canadian Press: ''Plzen has made an aggressive offer but it's just one of the offers he will be considering," adding that teams from Russia and Sweden also were interested in Straka.  The 35-year-old forward, who will be an unrestricted agent on July 1, scored 257 goals and had 460 assists in 954 NHL regular-season games, and added another 26 goals and 44 assists in the playoffs. 

He joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992, and also played for the Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and Los Angeles Kings before signing with the Rangers in 2005. He scored 14 goals and had 27 assists last season.  

Straka played for Plzen before moving to the NHL, and during the 2004-05 lockout season. Straka was on the Czech team that won the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 6/30/2008 7:28:15 PM   
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Tampa is hitting it hard, We'll see what happens.

Vinny P, good thing he's no longer on the flyers.


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 4:00:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah,but Tampa made waves a few years ago with a BIG contract to Brad Richards.Yes,they won a Cup but it was the same deal that sent them to the basement a few years later and they had to unload him to Dallas for a few cheap draft picks.I think they'll be a playoff team this year but the big contracts they're signing will catch up to them in 2-3 years where they will flounder in mediocrity again.But hey,one year is all it takes!


Gotta sign Orpik but I don't think he wants to play here anymore the way he was treated by Therrien.Hossa is rumored to go to Boston,which means he will go somewhere else because the rumors are usually wrong.For some reason I see him in a Rangers uniform.

Detroit is set for a couple years and are under the cap,maybe Jagr goes there?If so,I'll never get the credit for this BS rumor I just made up.Burnside from ESPN will say it came from an undisclosed source.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 1:23:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Radim Vrbata signs with lightining.......3 years 9 million.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242173&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl


are the lightning dealing coke or somthing?


Team needs defense.....


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 2:09:12 PM   
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Team needs defense.....



Not when you score 8 a night... 

Reminds me of the Nigerian team from the 2002 World Cup, they came right out and said "We don't play defense, you score 4, we're going to score 5"

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 2:10:12 PM   
SmallieKiller


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Status: offline 		By the way, the Pens did resign Dupuis, 1.4 per for 3 years.  Good signing.  Like to see Ruutu under contract soon.  Then Hossa

*ADD

Inked Eaton for 2 years, 1 mil per.  It'll be nice if he can stay healthy.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 8:17:50 PM   
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11353

F - Tampa.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 8:47:13 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 9:14:39 PM   
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AWESOME.


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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 9:21:49 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 9:54:12 PM   
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Did I hear right on kdka, that the pens are looking to bring back Jagr?



you heard correctly. i hope that primadonna goes somewhere else.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:16:28 PM   
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Did I hear right on kdka, that the pens are looking to bring back Jagr?



you heard correctly. i hope that primadonna goes somewhere else.


Why? 

He could function very nicely here.
He wouldn't be in the spotlight. No pressure.

He's buds with Sykora and he can SHOOT.

The past is past. It can't be fixed, but if he came back and played well, many would forget.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:33:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		imo he was great before he could speak English. i think he was/is a great talent. could be wrong, but imo he's a primadonna with a lousy attitude that isnt needed.

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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:37:45 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:42:22 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:45:21 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:47:09 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:47:54 PM   
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RE: Official Off-Season thread - 7/1/2008 10:53:36 PM   
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