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Iggy is going to be a Duck come Tuesday.
WHOA WHOA WHOAwhat? If this happens, I'll gladly watch more Ducks games live
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I like those new ducks road jerseys and how they phased out the old jerseys that said Anaheim ducks and made the 3rd jersey the primary jersey.
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Lots better than the ones they replaced IMO. I HATE wordmarks for logos. Still would prefer they bring back the Mighty Ducks logo in orange/black/white.
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Kings retro jersey for next season
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I've seen some fan made design jerseys with the mighty ducks logo with the current colors online before. They looked pretty cool actually.
I wouldn't be surprised if something of that nature eventually makes its way in as a 3rd jersey somewhere down the line.
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Initially unable to finalize a deal to send Sam Gagner to the Arizona Coyotes from Tampa Bay, Arizona GM Don Maloney came up with a plan with Steve Yzerman.
“I said, ‘I’m going to have a beer. You have a glass of wine,’” Maloney said. “If you can come up with an idea, call me back.”
Internally, the Coyotes concluded that if the Tampa Bay Lightning could retain enough salary on Gagner, he was the guy they wanted. But they couldn’t do it otherwise.
A determined Yzerman made it happen. He kept one-third of Gagner's salary; that is better than buying him out, which was likely the other option.
And now, the question for Tampa Bay is this: What was all of this for?
With the trades, the Lightning have an additional $5.65 million in cap space after sending Teddy Purcell to Edmonton, Gagner and B.J. Crombeen to the Coyotes and Nate Thompson to the Anaheim Ducks. According to CapGeek.com, the Lightning now have $9.5 million in cap space, and that’s before they put Mattias Ohlund on long-term injured reserve. In October, the Lightning will have even more flexibility.
It makes the Lightning one of the most fascinating teams to watch when free agency finally opens on Tuesday at noon ET.
A couple of factors may provide clues as to exactly what the Lightning are looking for. Colleague Pierre LeBrun reported that the Lightning made a push for the No. 1 overall pick before the draft in Philadelphia. It was the package that came closest to making Panthers GM Dale Tallon pull the trigger.
The prize of the draft was potential franchise defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who would give the Lightning a pretty darn good one-two punch with Victor Hedman and complements his style quite well.
The other factor, and it might have been absolutely coincidental, is that the Lightning cleared their cap space on the same day that defenseman Christian Ehrhoff became available.
The Sabres processed the buyout on the 31-year-old defenseman, and he immediately joined Matt Niskanen, Anton Stralman and Dan Boyle as the best defensemen available in free agency. For a weak class, those are pretty good options. Each offers something a little different, and each would be a good fit in Tampa Bay.
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Given the number of teams interested, Matt Niskanen figures to cash in this week.
Boyle wasn’t initially believed to be interested in a return to Tampa Bay when this process started, but he could be warming up to the idea with Yzerman’s aggressive moves to improve the team. The Lightning have also reached out to Niskanen and are interested in him.
Like the market for Niskanen, the market for Ehrhoff is going to be a competitive one. News of his buyout was on the wire all of 10 minutes when agent Rick Curran got his first call from an interested team.
The Ehrhoff camp was a bit surprised about the buyout development. They had submitted his trade list before the deadline and knew that the Sabres were shopping him because of concerns about the cap recapture penalty, but a buyout wasn’t necessarily something they expected Sunday.
That said, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Ehrhoff now gets to pick his destination, going from a rebuilding team to his choice of interested teams, destinations Ehrhoff was still figuring out on Sunday after multiple conversations with Curran.
“I think it would be premature to suggest he’d go in one direction or the other,” Curran said when we chatted Sunday. “I suggested he look at the various clubs, results of the draft, trades that were made and see what he thought.”
But the interest should be quite real.
“It would be naive not to think there won’t be interest,” Curran said.
Ehrhoff is capable of putting up 40 to 50 points on a good offensive team, and you shouldn’t be fooled by his ugly minus-27 last season in Buffalo. That number is an outlier on a career that’s been mostly in the positive, including a plus-36 in 2009-10 with the Canucks. One other positive about Ehrhoff is that he posts strong possession numbers, at least relatively speaking. In 2013-14, the Sabres controlled 50.1 percent of the shot attempts at even strength when he was on the ice. As a team, Buffalo was at 45.1 percent.
Along with Tampa Bay, Detroit and Washington are both aggressively pursuing defense in free agency or via trade. The Red Wings kicked the tires on Ehrhoff at the trade deadline and will likely circle back in free agency, although GM Ken Holland has made it clear his preference is for a right-handed shot. That makes Niskanen and Boyle more attractive to the Red Wings, and Detroit is on Boyle’s short list.
Boyle prefers to stay in the East, in part because it’s wide open in the playoff race. The deciding factor for him will be whether he believes he can help push a team to the next level in its championship bid. Barring a change of plans, he will sign a two-year deal, which would be perfect for a team like Detroit that has young defensemen coming and doesn’t want to get too tied up in term.
The Washington Capitals have the forward depth to trade for a defenseman, but they’re also a team to watch in free agency. Like many other teams, they have reached out to Niskanen. Unlike Detroit, which has placed a priority on a righty, coach Barry Trotz said there’s no preference when I asked him about a right-handed shot versus a left-handed shot.
“I think we want some veteran guys back there to stabilize things and allow some of the younger guys to develop, so you put them in the right hole," Trotz said. “There’s a couple D-men that we’re actually targeting, but probably so are 20 other teams. Teams are smart. They lock up their core for a long period of time. The windows of those guys have changed.”
Spezza list hasn't changed
The two positions that are at a premium right now remain defense and center. The center market is thin, which is good for Ottawa, but as long as teams think they have a shot at Paul Stastny, the best offer might not come for Jason Spezza.
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Jason Spezza's list of teams to which he'd accept a trade remains unchanged.
The ideal thing for Sens GM Bryan Murray would be Stastny re-signing with the Colorado Avalanche. Those talks continue, but in the meantime, Spezza has no intention of expanding the teams to which he’d accept a trade.
“I don’t think it necessarily has to [expand],” said Curran, his agent, who hasn’t made any tweaks to the no-trade list. “It’s been the same list it’s always been.”
The St. Louis Blues still look like the most logical destination, with a real necessity to add another center to keep up with the work done by Anaheim GM Bob Murray and the powerhouse Los Angeles Kings. Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill also confirmed he’s trying to add a center to play behind Tyler Seguin. Spezza already shot down a trade to Nashville, another team in the West trying to keep up down the middle.
Murray seemed despondent at times during the draft with his inability to move Spezza, but the Spezza camp remains optimistic a trade will get done.
“I’d like to think there’s a deal to be made,” Curran said.
“I said, ‘I’m going to have a beer. You have a glass of wine,’” Maloney said. “If you can come up with an idea, call me back.”
Internally, the Coyotes concluded that if the Tampa Bay Lightning could retain enough salary on Gagner, he was the guy they wanted. But they couldn’t do it otherwise.
A determined Yzerman made it happen. He kept one-third of Gagner's salary; that is better than buying him out, which was likely the other option.
And now, the question for Tampa Bay is this: What was all of this for?
With the trades, the Lightning have an additional $5.65 million in cap space after sending Teddy Purcell to Edmonton, Gagner and B.J. Crombeen to the Coyotes and Nate Thompson to the Anaheim Ducks. According to CapGeek.com, the Lightning now have $9.5 million in cap space, and that’s before they put Mattias Ohlund on long-term injured reserve. In October, the Lightning will have even more flexibility.
It makes the Lightning one of the most fascinating teams to watch when free agency finally opens on Tuesday at noon ET.
A couple of factors may provide clues as to exactly what the Lightning are looking for. Colleague Pierre LeBrun reported that the Lightning made a push for the No. 1 overall pick before the draft in Philadelphia. It was the package that came closest to making Panthers GM Dale Tallon pull the trigger.
The prize of the draft was potential franchise defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who would give the Lightning a pretty darn good one-two punch with Victor Hedman and complements his style quite well.
The other factor, and it might have been absolutely coincidental, is that the Lightning cleared their cap space on the same day that defenseman Christian Ehrhoff became available.
The Sabres processed the buyout on the 31-year-old defenseman, and he immediately joined Matt Niskanen, Anton Stralman and Dan Boyle as the best defensemen available in free agency. For a weak class, those are pretty good options. Each offers something a little different, and each would be a good fit in Tampa Bay.
[+] EnlargeMatt Niskanen
Cal Sport Media
Given the number of teams interested, Matt Niskanen figures to cash in this week.
Boyle wasn’t initially believed to be interested in a return to Tampa Bay when this process started, but he could be warming up to the idea with Yzerman’s aggressive moves to improve the team. The Lightning have also reached out to Niskanen and are interested in him.
Like the market for Niskanen, the market for Ehrhoff is going to be a competitive one. News of his buyout was on the wire all of 10 minutes when agent Rick Curran got his first call from an interested team.
The Ehrhoff camp was a bit surprised about the buyout development. They had submitted his trade list before the deadline and knew that the Sabres were shopping him because of concerns about the cap recapture penalty, but a buyout wasn’t necessarily something they expected Sunday.
That said, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Ehrhoff now gets to pick his destination, going from a rebuilding team to his choice of interested teams, destinations Ehrhoff was still figuring out on Sunday after multiple conversations with Curran.
“I think it would be premature to suggest he’d go in one direction or the other,” Curran said when we chatted Sunday. “I suggested he look at the various clubs, results of the draft, trades that were made and see what he thought.”
But the interest should be quite real.
“It would be naive not to think there won’t be interest,” Curran said.
Ehrhoff is capable of putting up 40 to 50 points on a good offensive team, and you shouldn’t be fooled by his ugly minus-27 last season in Buffalo. That number is an outlier on a career that’s been mostly in the positive, including a plus-36 in 2009-10 with the Canucks. One other positive about Ehrhoff is that he posts strong possession numbers, at least relatively speaking. In 2013-14, the Sabres controlled 50.1 percent of the shot attempts at even strength when he was on the ice. As a team, Buffalo was at 45.1 percent.
Along with Tampa Bay, Detroit and Washington are both aggressively pursuing defense in free agency or via trade. The Red Wings kicked the tires on Ehrhoff at the trade deadline and will likely circle back in free agency, although GM Ken Holland has made it clear his preference is for a right-handed shot. That makes Niskanen and Boyle more attractive to the Red Wings, and Detroit is on Boyle’s short list.
Boyle prefers to stay in the East, in part because it’s wide open in the playoff race. The deciding factor for him will be whether he believes he can help push a team to the next level in its championship bid. Barring a change of plans, he will sign a two-year deal, which would be perfect for a team like Detroit that has young defensemen coming and doesn’t want to get too tied up in term.
The Washington Capitals have the forward depth to trade for a defenseman, but they’re also a team to watch in free agency. Like many other teams, they have reached out to Niskanen. Unlike Detroit, which has placed a priority on a righty, coach Barry Trotz said there’s no preference when I asked him about a right-handed shot versus a left-handed shot.
“I think we want some veteran guys back there to stabilize things and allow some of the younger guys to develop, so you put them in the right hole," Trotz said. “There’s a couple D-men that we’re actually targeting, but probably so are 20 other teams. Teams are smart. They lock up their core for a long period of time. The windows of those guys have changed.”
Spezza list hasn't changed
The two positions that are at a premium right now remain defense and center. The center market is thin, which is good for Ottawa, but as long as teams think they have a shot at Paul Stastny, the best offer might not come for Jason Spezza.
[+] EnlargeSpezza
Graig Abel/Getty Images
Jason Spezza's list of teams to which he'd accept a trade remains unchanged.
The ideal thing for Sens GM Bryan Murray would be Stastny re-signing with the Colorado Avalanche. Those talks continue, but in the meantime, Spezza has no intention of expanding the teams to which he’d accept a trade.
“I don’t think it necessarily has to [expand],” said Curran, his agent, who hasn’t made any tweaks to the no-trade list. “It’s been the same list it’s always been.”
The St. Louis Blues still look like the most logical destination, with a real necessity to add another center to keep up with the work done by Anaheim GM Bob Murray and the powerhouse Los Angeles Kings. Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill also confirmed he’s trying to add a center to play behind Tyler Seguin. Spezza already shot down a trade to Nashville, another team in the West trying to keep up down the middle.
Murray seemed despondent at times during the draft with his inability to move Spezza, but the Spezza camp remains optimistic a trade will get done.
“I’d like to think there’s a deal to be made,” Curran said.
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I dunno why these GMs sleepin on Spezza.
Yes hes gunna miss time but so what when hes out there he is a FORCE. Not too different than the guy that jus lead the post season in goals... Get him on a contender and hell be a HUGE problem.
Yes hes gunna miss time but so what when hes out there he is a FORCE. Not too different than the guy that jus lead the post season in goals... Get him on a contender and hell be a HUGE problem.
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It's not anyone sleeping on Spezza.
1. Bryan Murray is asking for way too much in return for a guy who has injury concerns and more importantly only has one year left on his contract. For example, he wanted the Ducks to start with the 10th pick. He's said any deal needs to start with a 1st round pick and a top prospect. He might get one of the two.
2. Spezza has a NTC. According to reports Murray had a deal with Nashville for Spezza before they traded for Neal. Spezza wouldn't waive.
3. St. Louis and Dallas are both waiting to see if they get Stastny once free agency opens. Whichever doesn't is where Spezza will likely end up.
1. Bryan Murray is asking for way too much in return for a guy who has injury concerns and more importantly only has one year left on his contract. For example, he wanted the Ducks to start with the 10th pick. He's said any deal needs to start with a 1st round pick and a top prospect. He might get one of the two.
2. Spezza has a NTC. According to reports Murray had a deal with Nashville for Spezza before they traded for Neal. Spezza wouldn't waive.
3. St. Louis and Dallas are both waiting to see if they get Stastny once free agency opens. Whichever doesn't is where Spezza will likely end up.
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Blah blah yes there are current roadblocks but hes been trade bait for like 3 years haha they cant work out a package like columbus did for Nash? Ottawa has lots of young psuedo decent talent.
Must be the laugh :x
I dunno Spezzas list but i cant see him accepting dallas.
Must be the laugh :x
I dunno Spezzas list but i cant see him accepting dallas.
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Hell, the Ducks might still be in on Spezza too. Something fishy is going on in Anaheim. We didn't even give Perreault a qualifying offer, so he'll be a UFA tomorrow. Along with Bonino and Koivu that's 120+ points of production from the center position that needs to be replaced.
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Reports are saying that he's told management he's open to Dallas.
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Yeah, Dallas definitely wasn't on the previous list of teams he wouldn't accept a trade to. IIRC it was NSH, NYI, CAR, FLA, MTL, TOR, VAN, CGY, EDM, WPG. Pretty sure he has to submit a new list tomorrow though.
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is there a site with rumors and what not? sort of like mlb trade rumors for baseball?
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Twitter? ^ 
hockeybuzz? I mostly just read around HF sometimes too.
hockeybuzz? I mostly just read around HF sometimes too.
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hockeybuzz....that works. thanks man
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Briere to COL for PA Parenteau and a 5th
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hockeybuzz....that works. thanks man
Hockeybuzz is about as bad as it gets. The guy that runs it (Eklund) is a total hack. HFBoards is pretty much the go to for all things hockey. Any worthwhile information always ends up there.
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ugh HFBoards...some of the people on there drive me nuts. but yeah i guess the rumor threads would be straight
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Sounds like Spezza is headed to Dallas.
Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson for Chiasson, Guptill, Paul, and a 2nd.
Steal for Dallas. The West is going to be disgusting this year. :x
Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson for Chiasson, Guptill, Paul, and a 2nd.
Steal for Dallas. The West is going to be disgusting this year. :x
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word Bobby...we need some of insider love from the MLB thread in the NHL thread
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Spezza on the Stars
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Told Vanek has list down to 5-6 teams
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Rangers UFAs all headed to market: Stralman, Pouliot, Moore and Boyle
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Hawks and Pat Brisson still negotiating on Toews/Kane extensions...
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Interesting part of this Spezza trade to Dallas is that GM Jim Nill on Saturday thought Spezza wouldn't go to Dallas.
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Nill found out otherwise Saturday night or Sunday morning and on Monday began re-exploring a deal with Ottawa.
Told Vanek has list down to 5-6 teams
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Rangers UFAs all headed to market: Stralman, Pouliot, Moore and Boyle
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Hawks and Pat Brisson still negotiating on Toews/Kane extensions...
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Interesting part of this Spezza trade to Dallas is that GM Jim Nill on Saturday thought Spezza wouldn't go to Dallas.
Real_ESPNLeBrun Pierre LeBrun
Nill found out otherwise Saturday night or Sunday morning and on Monday began re-exploring a deal with Ottawa.
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What I think the Caps will do...
Stralman/Gorges (trade)/Legwand.
Stralman/Gorges (trade)/Legwand.
