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[digitalmonkey]

ANAHEIM
Morrison, Brendan
Marchant, Todd
Niedermayer, Rob
Pahlsson, Samuel
Moen, Travis
Larsen, Brad
Niedermayer, Scott
Beauchemin, Francois
Hedican, Bret
Montador, Steve
Huskins, Kent

ATLANTA
Reasoner, Marty
Perrin, Eric
Hoffman, Mike
Havelid, Niclas

BOSTON
Axelsson, P.J.
Yelle, Stephane
Hnidy, Shane
Fernandez, Manny
Thomas, Tim

BUFFALO
Afinogenov, Maxim
Connolly, Tim
Kotalik, Ales
Peters, Andrew
Ellis, Matt
Spacek, Jaroslav
Numminen, Teppo

CAROLINA
LaRose, Chad
Bayda, Ryan
LaCouture, Dan
Ryan, Michael
Seidenberg, Dennis
Tanabe, David

CALGARY
Cammalleri, Mike
Bertuzzi, Todd
Moss, David
Roy, Andre
Lundmark, Jamie
Aucoin, Adrian
Warrener, Rhett

CHICAGO
Havlat, Martin
Adams, Craig
Walker, Matt
Johnson, Aaron
Khabibulin, Nikolai

COLUMBUS
Peca, Michael
Malhotra, Manny
Williams, Jason
MacDonald, Craig
York, Mike
Backman, Christian
Norrena, Fredrik
Dubielewicz, Wade

COLORADO
Sakic, Joe
Arnason, Tyler
Laperriere, Ian
Guite, Ben
Willsie, Brian
Parker, Scott
Durno, Chris
Leopold, Jordan
Tjarnqvist, Daniel
MacKenzie, Aaron
Raycroft, Andrew

DALLAS
Lehtinen, Jere
Lundqvist, Joel
Sutherby, Brian
Parrish, Mark
Wilson, Landon
Zubov, Sergei
Sydor, Darryl
Janik, Doug
Krahn, Brent

DETROIT
Hossa, Marian
Samuelsson, Mikael
Franzen, Johan
McCarty, Darren
Kopecky, Tomas
Downey, Aaron
Chelios, Chris
Conklin, Ty

EDMONTON
Cole, Erik
Strudwick, Jason
Roloson, Dwayne
Sabourin, Dany

FLORIDA
Zednik, Richard
Dvorak, Radek
Peltonen, Ville
Sprukts, Janis
Bouwmeester, Jay
Boynton, Nick
Skrastins, Karlis
Cullimore, Jassen
Anderson, Craig

LOS ANGELES
Calder, Kyle
Armstrong, Derek
Gauthier, Denis
O'Donnell, Sean
Ersberg, Erik

MINNESOTA
Gaborik, Marian
Veilleux, Stephane
Kolanos, Krys
Skoula, Martin
Bergeron, Marc-Andre
Foster, Kurtis
Mojzis, Tomas
Backstrom, Niklas
Schaefer, Nolan

MONTREAL
Tanguay, Alex
Koivu, Saku
Kovalev, Alexei
Lang, Robert
Begin, Steve
Kostopoulos, Tom
Bouillon, Francis
Dandenault, Mathieu
Komisarek, Mike
Brisebois, Patrice
Henry, Alex
Denis, Marc
Schneider, Mathieu

NASHVILLE
Sullivan, Steve
Bonk, Radek
Fiddler, Vernon
Nichol, Scott
Ward, Joel
Ortmeyer, Jed
De Vries, Greg
Zanon, Greg
Koistinen, Ville

NEW JERSEY
Gionta, Brian
Madden, John
Holik, Bobby
Rupp, Michael
Shanahan, Brendan
Oduya, Johnny
Weekes, Kevin
Clemmensen, Scott

NY ISLANDERS
Guerin, Bill
Weight, Doug
Comrie, Mike
Sillinger, Mike
Hilbert, Andy
Jackman, Tim
Fritz, Mitch
McLean, Kurtis
Pock, Thomas
Lee, Chris
MacDonald, Joey
Danis, Yann

NY RANGERS
Betts, Blair
Orr, Colton
Rissmiller, Patrick
Kalinin, Dmitri
Mara, Paul
Valiquette, Stephen

OTTAWA
Neil, Chris
McAmmond, Dean
Kuba, Filip
Richardson, Luke
Gerber, Martin

PHILADELPHIA
Knuble, Mike
Kane, Boyd
Hatcher, Derian
Alberts, Andrew
Vaananen, Ossi
Kukkonen, Lasse
Biron, Martin
Niittymaki, Antero
Munroe, Scott

PHOENIX
Reinprecht, Steve
McGrattan, Brian
Hoggan, Jeff
Morris, Derek
Klee, Ken
Tellqvist, Mikael

PITTSBURGH
Satan, Miroslav
Sykora, Petr
Fedotenko, Ruslan
Zigomanis, Mike
Minard, Chris
Pesonen, Janne
Taffe, Jeff
Gill, Hal
Boucher, Philippe
Scuderi, Rob
Garon, Mathieu

SAN JOSE
Grier, Mike
Roenick, Jeremy
Lemieux, Claude
Cavanagh, Tom
Blake, Rob
Semenov, Alexei
Boucher, Brian

ST. LOUIS
Tkachuk, Keith
Hinote, Dan
Winchester, Brad
Whitfield, Trent
Weaver, Mike
Wozniewski, Andy
Legace, Manny

TAMPA BAY
Roberts, Gary
Recchi, Mark
Pettinger, Matt
Koci, David
Gratton, Chris
Ward, Jason
Brookbank, Wade
Malik, Marek
Heward, Jamie
Melichar, Josef
Murphy, Cory
Niskala, Janne
Kolzig, Olaf

TORONTO
Antropov, Nik
Moore, Dominic
May, Brad
Devereaux, Boyd
Newbury, Kris
Battaglia, Bates
Joseph, Curtis

VANCOUVER
Sundin, Mats
Sedin, Daniel
Sedin, Henrik
Pyatt, Taylor
Burrows, Alexandre
Jaffray, Jason
Ouellet, Michel
Krog, Jason
Ohlund, Mattias
Davison, Rob
Nycholat, Lawrence
Baumgartner, Nolan
Labarbera, Jason
Sanford, Curtis

WASHINGTON
Fedorov, Sergei
Kozlov, Viktor
Brashear, Donald
Giroux, Alexandre
Mink, Graham
Sloan, Tyler
Helmer, Bryan
Johnson, Brent

[ajs510]

Of the Buffalo list, I only expect Connolly, Ellis and Spacek to be resigned. Connolly will have to discount himself considerably to make this happen, and I don't expect a long-term deal, most likely only two years.

[Piddle Duck]

DETROIT
Hossa, Marian
Samuelsson, Mikael
Franzen, Johan
McCarty, Darren
Kopecky, Tomas
Downey, Aaron
Chelios, Chris
Conklin, Ty


Hmmm, I expect Kopecky and Sammy will be signed. At least Kopecky, I know they really like him.

Dmac, Downey, Chelly, and Conks will most likely not be a Wing next year.

The real question in Detroit these days has been the Hossa/Franzen issue. Who do you sign and can you get them both signed?

I really like Franzen and even though I don't like Hossa that much, he looks pretty damn good on this team. I really didn't expect this to be an issue since it sounded like he only planned to come one year, give up some money and try and win a cup and then sign a big contract next season with a team desperate enough to pay a lot. Now he says he loves it hear and wants to stay and maybe finish his career here. I would love to see them both signed but I don't think that will happen, Holland even said it would be close to impossible but he will try. I suspect they will take Hossa over Franzen.

[dEv~]

Now he says he loves it hear and wants to stay and maybe finish his career here.

I'd take this statement with a grain of salt to say the least.

[rocketpoker828]

DETROIT
Hossa, Marian
Samuelsson, Mikael
Franzen, Johan
McCarty, Darren
Kopecky, Tomas
Downey, Aaron
Chelios, Chris
Conklin, Ty


Hmmm, I expect Kopecky and Sammy will be signed. At least Kopecky, I know they really like him.

Dmac, Downey, Chelly, and Conks will most likely not be a Wing next year.

The real question in Detroit these days has been the Hossa/Franzen issue. Who do you sign and can you get them both signed?

I really like Franzen and even though I don't like Hossa that much, he looks pretty damn good on this team. I really didn't expect this to be an issue since it sounded like he only planned to come one year, give up some money and try and win a cup and then sign a big contract next season with a team desperate enough to pay a lot. Now he says he loves it hear and wants to stay and maybe finish his career here. I would love to see them both signed but I don't think that will happen, Holland even said it would be close to impossible but he will try. I suspect they will take Hossa over Franzen.

I agree with all of this. I hate seeing Franzen go if they can't sign him and Hossa, but Hossa can carry a line, which Franzen has done at times, but not with the consistency of Hossa.

[Zach6668]

Franzen to the Pens, plz.

[LJB723]

J-Bo to S-J one time?

Too much?

[runthemover]

J-Bo to S-J one time?

Too much?

no way can they afford him.


blake's 5 mill comes off at the end of the year but they've got thornton at 7.2 for one more years, Marleau at 6.3 for one more year, Boyle at 6.67 for four more years, and Nabby for 6 next year.

That's 26 right there. if cheech is only pulling 3rd line duty his 3.5 for the next two years is steep. Milan's increasing salary structure kinda sucks but if he performs it's ok. Ehrhoff, Vlasic, and Murrary are at 3.2, 3.1, 2.5 each as well.

that's about 42 mill or so right there


as far as pay increases, this year the biggest salary increase will be Ryane Clowe. after that you've got Pavelski and Setoguchi who have one more year each until RFA status. everyone will be looking for pay increases. Marcel Goc, Tomas Plihal, Torrey Mitchell.


Sharks UFA

Mike Grier
Jeremy Roenick
Claude Lemieux
Rob Blake
Alexei Semenov
Brian Boucher

[Zach6668]

no way can they afford him.


blake's 5 mill comes off at the end of the year but they've got thornton at 7.2 for one more years, Marleau at 6.3 for one more year, Boyle at 6.67 for four more years, and Nabby for 6 next year.

That's 26 right there. if cheech is only pulling 3rd line duty his 3.5 for the next two years is steep. Milan's increasing salary structure kinda sucks but if he performs it's ok. Ehrhoff, Vlasic, and Murrary are at 3.2, 3.1, 2.5 each as well.

that's about 42 mill or so right there


as far as pay increases, this year the biggest salary increase will be Ryane Clowe. after that you've got Pavelski and Setoguchi who have one more year each until RFA status. everyone will be looking for pay increases. Marcel Goc, Tomas Plihal, Torrey Mitchell.


Sharks UFA

Mike Grier
Jeremy Roenick
Claude Lemieux
Rob Blake
Alexei Semenov
Brian Boucher

That doesn't change his cap hit at all, of course. His cap hit is $4.333M, even if his pay is only $3.0M this season.

Cheechoo's cap hit is only $3.0M, even if his pay will be $3.5M.

The biggest problem with the Sharks cap situation, is that Clowe will need a big pay raise, and Setoguchi will get one after next season, so they'd be wise to not tie themselves up in too big of a contract for too long.

Having said that, with Blake's $5M coming off, they might have the room to squeeze in a J-Bo, but it's unlikely, and then you get into a situation where you're paying a few guys a lot of money, and might have trouble filling in the holes (although I dunno if that would happen with Wilson's management). Maybe Blake gets resigned for a year or two, after how well he's played this year?

[runthemover]

Blake getting resigned seems very likely to me. the question is the pay. 5 mill over 2 years would be great. probably will be closer to 8 over two. maybe he'll retire if they're lucky enough to win it all. go out on top.



a cheechoo trade might be likely in the offseason. someone would be willling to take a chance on him as a top 6 guy. sharks have too much going on. though he's quite a good 3rd liner for the sharks.

[Zach6668]

I wonder what Cheech would look like on the Pens?

I don't know enough about him, but he scored 50 goals one year, didn't he? Is he fast? Good hands?

I wonder if he'd work on Sid's wing... Hmmm... Cheap option too.

[runthemover]

he's not a good skater but had a nose for being in the right spot. not a guy who carries the puck or skates fast but he's good positionally, doesn't make mistakes in his own end and can play the dump and chase fairly well.


he's really been quite good in his 3rd line role. you'll often see him on the ice at the end of the game.


I just don't see the reason to keep him as a Shark if he's going to play the 3rd line role. Wilson wouldn't dump him by any means but I think he'll at least explore an option to replace him with a guy that's getting paid 2 mill / year less. should get good value for a guy that can score like cheech can. it's a bit unfair to say he only did well because of Joe when he after that Rocket Richard winning season (56 goals), he was battling injuries for a while and came flying out of the gate until getting hurt again and losing his spot. if you're only playing 3rd line role you're not going to be scoring but people around the league only look at his numbers.

[strategy's_touch]

yes I agree... cheechoo is quite the amazing talent

[Piddle Duck]

yes I agree... cheechoo is quite the amazing talent

For $7.75 you sure hope so

[MapleLeafpoker]

CAROLINA
LaRose, Chad
Bayda, Ryan
LaCouture, Dan
Ryan, Michael
Seidenberg, Dennis
Tanabe, David

Larose and Seidenberg they will probably try to resign, but wont pay a lot for either I hope. Id rather they just sign Seidenberg.
Other 3 are probably done as Canes. Tanabe might be done, period. (concussion issues)
I always hoped for better things from Tanabe, and I followed him thru Pheonix when Gretzky said "faster than Coffey," and suddenly people thought Tanabe was the next 100pt D. Oops. Maybe the Great One messed with his head, or maybe he was always just a really fast skater who couldnt do much else.

Haven't seen enough of Ryan to comment either way, no idea what mngt thinks of him.

[strategy]

For $7.75 you sure hope so

$3.50. I got a salary break.

[Speed Limit]

FLORIDA
Zednik, Richard
Dvorak, Radek
Peltonen, Ville
Sprukts, Janis
Bouwmeester, Jay
Boynton, Nick
Skrastins, Karlis
Cullimore, Jassen
Anderson, Craig

I guess since we're all weighing in on what we know best about, I shall do the same. I think Zednik and Dvorak will be gone, they're both playing a very similar role these days, so if one were to stay I'd say Zed. Peltonen wants to come back badly, and has voiced his wish to play when Florida opens in Helsinki, I do think he'll stay Pete DeBoer likes him a lot and has called him "...pound for pound the toughest guy I've met." Sprukts is an anomaly, guy has more question marks on him than Jim Carrey's Riddler outfit. Bouw...enough said there (though perhaps I could mention the deal that Florida just put on the table). Boynton will be back, and I do think Karlis will be as well. Jassen I can see out the door, especially if Bryan Allen returns in complete health. Anderson is someone Florida wants to keep but I think they understand that he has some value and that they can certainly try to shop him, or sign/ship, if they can get assets in return.

[LJB723]

Bouw...enough said there (though perhaps I could mention the deal that Florida just put on the table).

Please do...

[Speed Limit]

Please do...

Long term deal (said to be in the 5 year range, give or take a year.), 6.5 per year. I guess that is the base deal and both sides will go from there.

[digitalmonkey]

Added rest of teams.