Free Agent/Trades Off-season 2005

[Derek21]

So ya mean TSN made a mistake initially with Burke in Pitt? Or someone did. Cause when I saw him listed under Tampa, I thought it was a joke.

Good move by the Lightning. I guess they plan to go the same route with Grahame as the Flyers did with Esche. Even though they lost a few players, if they get Lecavalier and St. Louis signed, they're going to still be very formidable.

[sammyk]

Yah, Sportsnet had him going to Pitt.

[BlueSkirt]

Rob DiMaio goes to Bolts.

[langs15]

Pittsburgh Penguins - Acquired goaltender Jocelyn Thibault from the Chicago Blackhawks for a fourth round pick in the 2006 Entry Draft.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=10407

[Christopher_watts31_ls]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=133011

Penguins land Thibault in deal with Chicago

TSN.ca Staff

8/10/2005 12:03:42 PM

Spurned by Sean Burke on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins responded by acquiring goaltender Jocelyn Thibault from the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2006 Entry Draft

[BlueSkirt]

Ugh !

How awful to work that hard & then only be worth A PICK in the FOURTH Round of a Draft !

[Christopher_watts31_ls]

I didnt think this deserved its own thread so i put it in here

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=133015

Red Wings hire Lewis as scout

Canadian Press

8/10/2005 1:26:45 PM

DETROIT (AP) - Former Red Wings coach Dave Lewis, who was replaced last month by Mike Babcock, accepted an offer to be an NHL scout for Detroit.

[MantaRay]

I heard that Lindros signed with the Leafs. I have to listen to Toronto FAN590 to make sure its official

[BlueSkirt]

Capitals sign two free agent defenders

TSN.ca Staff

8/10/2005 2:29:54 PM

The Washington Capitals signed two free agaent defencemen on Wednesday, getting Ivan Majesky and Mathieu Biron to join the re-building franchise. Terms were not disclosed.

The well-travelled Biron was recently bought out of his contract by the Florida Panthers.

Biron, 25, was selected 21st overall (first round) by Los Angeles in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Islanders on June 20, 1999, and subsequently moved to Tampa Bay and then Florida.

The 6-foot-6, 220-pound native of Lac-St-Charles, Que., recorded three goals, 10 assists (13 points) and 51 penalty minutes in 57 games with Florida in 2003-04.

He debuted in the NHL with the Islanders in 1999-2000, playing a full NHL season as a 19-year-old. In five NHL seasons Biron has totaled eight goals, 23 assists (31 points) and 127 penalty minutes in 201 games.

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Majesky, 28, was selected 267th overall (ninth round) by Florida in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Thrashers in exchange for a second-round Entry Draft pick on June 21, 2003.

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound native of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, recorded three goals, seven assists (10 points) and 76 penalty minutes in 82 games with the Thrashers in 2003-04.

In two NHL seasons Majesky has totaled seven goals, 15 assists (22 points) and 168 penalty minutes in 145 games. Two of his goals have been game-winners. He appeared in all 82 games with Florida as an NHL rookie in 2002-03 while averaging nearly 21 minutes of ice time per contest.

[BlueSkirt]

Sharks re-sign Primeau for two-years

Matvichuk and Primeau

Canadian Press

8/10/2005 3:03:16 PM

SAN JOSE (CP) - The San Jose Sharks re-signed unrestricted free agent centre Wayne Primeau to a two-year contract Wednesday.

In 2003-04, Primeau posted career-highs with nine goals and 20 assists in 72 games with the Sharks, and ranked second on the team with 90 penalty minutes.

Primeau enters the 2005-06 season one game shy of his 500th career NHL game. Through 499 games with Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh and San Jose, Primeau has posted 42 goals, 86 assists and 546 penalty minutes.

The six-foot-two, 230-pound Toronto native was a first-round selection, 17th overall, by the Sabres in the 1994 NHL draft.

[Derek21]

I heard that Lindros signed with the Leafs.  I have to listen to Toronto FAN590 to make sure its official

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That's still up in the air actually. Carter to Toronto could happen.

[br_hockey]

hrdina signed with the blue jackets...according to sportsnet.ca

[insanity_gallops]

Hrdina to Columbus confirmed by TSN.

Also:

- The Sedin twins sign with Vancouver for one year

- Tom Preissing signs for 2 years with the Sharks

- Samsonov and Axelsson take Boston's one-year qualifiers

- Justin Williams comes to terms with the Canes for one year

[Darwindog]

good for hrdina...

did Stevens freaking retire yet???

"Ronnie Francis hasn't yet so I'm not going to either - fair market retirement - so ha! "

jackass.

Edited August 10, 2005 by Darwindog

[sammyk]

The Calgary Flames on Wednesday announced the retirement from the NHL of Turek, who won a Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999 and posted a career year one season later with St. Louis.

The 35-year-old Turek, who spent parts of eight seasons in the NHL, will continue his playing career in his native Czech Republic.

Source: TSN.ca

[Akuma]

Sens Re-Sign Havlat and Fisher

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=133046&hubName=nhl

[aylbert]

hrdina signed with the blue jackets...according to sportsnet.ca

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I still think we should have tendered him and traded him, or someone else, later... We gave up Rupp and a 2nd rounder (57th overall--- It wound up going to the Oilers, who drafted a 2 way center in Geoff Paukovich) in 2004 so he could play 13 reg season games (1g, 6a) and 5 playoffs games (2g, 0a)... for a total of 18 games, 3 goals, 6 assists?

Grant it hindsight is 20/20, but in hindsight, Lou got hosed

I dont think tendering him would have put us in a position of weakness like taking Roenick and a 3rd rounder for nothing.... We could have easily picked up a 3rd rounder or something for Hrdina which is better than nothing.

Edited August 10, 2005 by aylbert

[bruins4777]

Ugh !

How awful to work that hard & then only be worth A PICK in the FOURTH Round of a Draft !

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stole the words right out of my mouth.

axelsson and sammy got signed! thank god.

if joe doesn't accept this new offer...god.

hahhaahah stupid capitals got biron, he blows.

[Triumph]

hrdina signed with the blue jackets...according to sportsnet.ca

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I still think we should have tendered him and traded him, or someone else, later... We gave up Rupp and a 2nd rounder (57th overall--- It wound up going to the Oilers, who drafted a 2 way center in Geoff Paukovich) in 2004 so he could play 13 reg season games (1g, 6a) and 5 playoffs games (2g, 0a)... for a total of 18 games, 3 goals, 6 assists?

Grant it hindsight is 20/20, but in hindsight, Lou got hosed

I dont think tendering him would have put us in a position of weakness like taking Roenick and a 3rd rounder for nothing.... We could have easily picked up a 3rd rounder or something for Hrdina which is better than nothing.

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Tendering Hrdina would've put us in a very difficult spot. We obviously could not tender both Kozlov and Hrdina, and Hrdina cannot play RW, so that I think is why Lou tendered Kozlov over him. With other teams knowing this, I'd be surprised if we got a 5th for him - Hrdina was not worth the price of his tendered contract anyway, so who knows about even a 5th.

Hindsight is 20/20 but I think the deal was made for the right price - Mike Rupp would be non-tendered or gone on waivers anyway, and while a 2nd round pick is nice, it was worth acquiring Hrdina for - recall that Hrdina was signed through 2005 so we would've had a year of him had the lockout not happened, or even if we had played a partial season.

[BlueSkirt]

Samsonov, Axelsson return to Bruins

Canadian Press

8/10/2005 4:33:08 PM

BOSTON (CP) - Winger Sergei Samsonov has accepted his one-year, $2.77-million US qualifying offer from the Boston Bruins, the NHL team announced Wednesday.

Samsonov, 26, was fifth on the Bruins in 2003-04 in goals scored with 17 despite missing 23 games with a knee and rib injury.

He has played in just 66 games over the past two NHL seasons due to injury, missing 74 games in 2002-03 after wrist surgery.

Winger P. J. Axelsson also accepted his qualifying offer of $1.064 million.

The 30-year-old Swede joined the Bruins in 1997-98 following four years in the Swedish Elite League with Frolunda Goteborg.

He has twice scored ten-or-more goals in a season, including 2002-03 when he established career season-highs with 17 goals and 19 assists in 66 games.

He spent the lockout season in Sweden with Frolunda Goteborg.

[BlueSkirt]

Wild re-sign the ex-Devil Zyuzin.

[aylbert]

hrdina signed with the blue jackets...according to sportsnet.ca

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I still think we should have tendered him and traded him, or someone else, later... We gave up Rupp and a 2nd rounder (57th overall--- It wound up going to the Oilers, who drafted a 2 way center in Geoff Paukovich) in 2004 so he could play 13 reg season games (1g, 6a) and 5 playoffs games (2g, 0a)... for a total of 18 games, 3 goals, 6 assists?

Grant it hindsight is 20/20, but in hindsight, Lou got hosed

I dont think tendering him would have put us in a position of weakness like taking Roenick and a 3rd rounder for nothing.... We could have easily picked up a 3rd rounder or something for Hrdina which is better than nothing.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Tendering Hrdina would've put us in a very difficult spot. We obviously could not tender both Kozlov and Hrdina, and Hrdina cannot play RW, so that I think is why Lou tendered Kozlov over him. With other teams knowing this, I'd be surprised if we got a 5th for him - Hrdina was not worth the price of his tendered contract anyway, so who knows about even a 5th.

Hindsight is 20/20 but I think the deal was made for the right price - Mike Rupp would be non-tendered or gone on waivers anyway, and while a 2nd round pick is nice, it was worth acquiring Hrdina for - recall that Hrdina was signed through 2005 so we would've had a year of him had the lockout not happened, or even if we had played a partial season.

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Could we have taken him to salary arb? If so, I imagine we would have won and then would have had a more affordable asset to trade.

While it did make sense at the time of the trade, If we knew the season would be wiped out and contracts not carried, we would not have paid that much.

[Darwindog]

who cares -- what's done is done and I dont think it makes that much of a difference in dollars and cents or in trade bait or talent or anythign -- it's just not that big of a deal one way or the other -- Devils didn't take any kind of a bath anywhere IMO. It costs more in time to think through the possible reprocussions than just going ahead and cutting lose any of these guys hrdina, rupp which ever situation you want to ponder -- at the end of the day it just doesn't matter it had to be done. Any alternate solution is more than likely a wash - right?

[aylbert]

I just dislike letting talent walk for free if we can qualify them, lower their salary, and turn them around for a 3rd-5th round pick...

[section 110]

Lukowich to Isles:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=133144&hubName=nhl