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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 6, 2003 20:49:47 GMT -5
I thought this would be useful( a sticky maybe  ) here is a list of UFAs...the ones who are crossed out have already signed I eliminated the minor leaguers who are not interesting Anaheim Patric Kjellberg (III) Adam Oates (III) Fredrik Olausson (III) Signed 2 year deal with Swedish teamSteve Thomas (III) German Titov (III) Marc Chouinard(UFA) Signed with the Wild Atlanta Tony Hrkac (III) Vyacheslav Kozlov (III) re-signed by ATLUwe Krupp (III) Jeff Odgers (III) Damian Rhodes (III) Lubos Bartecko (UFA) Andreas Karlsson (UFA) Per Svartvadet (UFA) Boston Don Sweeney (III) Signed with the Dallas StarsLee Goren (VI) Signed with the PanthersTim Thomas (VI) Sean Brown (UFA) Signed with NJMichal Grosek (UFA) Re-signed by BostonIan Moran (UFA) Re-signed with BostonBuffalo Jason Botterill (VI) Calgary Craig Berube (III) Dave Lowry (III) Mike Mottau (VI) Signed by AnaheimLadislav Kohn (UFA) Blake Sloan (UFA) Levente Szuper (UFA) Carolina Jan Hlavac (UFA) Nik Tselios (UFA) Signed by PhoenixTommy Westlund (UFA) Mike Watt (UFA) Chicago Mike Eastwood (III) Signed by the PensTodd Gill (III) Chris Simon (III) Signed by the RangersSami Helenius (UFA) Signed with Jokerit Colorado *Greg de Vries (II) Signed by the RagsBryan Marchment (III) Signed by the LaffsBryan Muir (UFA) Jeff Shantz (UFA) Columbus Ray Whitney (III) Signed by DetroitMathieu Darche (VI) David Ling (VI) Re-signed by CBJJamie Allison (UFA) Radim Bicanek (UFA) Darren Van Impe (UFA) Dallas Ulf Dahlen (III) Greg Hawgood (III) Kirk Muller (III) Lyle Odelein (III) Corey Hirsch (UFA) Detroit Sergei Fedorov (III) Signed 5 year deal with AnaheimIgor Larionov (III) Luc Robitaille (III) Signed with LAJason Woolley (III) Re-signed with the WingsSteve Yzerman (III) Re-signed with the WingsJesse Wallin (VI) Signed with CGY Edmonton Brian Swanson (VI)Signed with AtlantaDan Cleary (UFA) Signed with PhoenixFlorida Igor Kravchuk (III) Stephane Matteau (III) Jamie Rivers (UFA) Signed with DetroitIgor Ulanov(bought out) Los Angeles Craig Johnson (III) Chris McAlpine (III) Felix Potvin (III) Brad Norton (VI) Re-signed with LASteve Heinze(bought out) Ken Belanger (UFA) Mikko Eloranta (UFA) Erik Rasmussen (UFA) Signed with NJJamie Storr (UFA) Alexey Volkov (UFA) Minnesota Cliff Ronning (III) David Cullen (VI) Signed by BuffaloJohan Holmqvist (VI) Re-signed with the WildDieter Kochan (VI) Rastislav Pavlikovsky (VI) Jean-Guy Trudel (VI) Ladislav Benysek (UFA) Hnat Domenichelli (UFA) Derek Gustafson (UFA) Lubomir Sekeras (UFA) Montreal Mariusz Czerkawski(III) Signed by the IslandersBill Lindsay (III) Gino Odjick (III) Matthieu Descoteaux (VI) Gone to Europe.Eric Landry (VI) Apparently gone to Europe.Matt O'Dette (UFA) Nashville Wade Flaherty (III) Re-signed by NashvilleBrent Gilchrist (III) Bill Houlder (III) Reid Simpson (III) Cale Hulse (UFA) Signed with the CoyotesJere Karalahti (UFA) Cameron Mann (UFA) Denis Pederson (UFA) Domenic Pittis (UFA) Signed by BuffaloTodd Warriner (UFA) Pascal Trepanier(UFA) Signed with Tampa BayClarke Wilm (UFA) Vitali Yachmenev (UFA) New Jersey *Pascal Rheaume (II) Tommy Albelin (III) Ken Daneyko (III) Retired.Jim McKenzie (III) signed with NashvilleJoe Nieuwendyk (III) Richard Smehlik (III) Ken Sutton (III) Oleg Tverdovsky (UFA) |
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 6, 2003 20:53:35 GMT -5
New York Islanders
Kevin Haller (III)
Garth Snow (III) Re-signed with the Isles
Ray Schultz (VI)
Steve Valiquette (VI) Signed by Edmonton
Randy Robitaille (UFA) Signed by the Thrashers
Steve Webb (UFA)
New York Rangers
Ted Donato (III) Signed by Boston
Dave Karpa (III)
Sylvain Lefebvre (III)
Sandy McCarthy (III)
signed by BostonBoris Mironov (III)
William Tibbetts (UFA)
Ottawa
Magnus Arvedson (III)
Rob Ray (III)
*Brad Smyth (Group II)
Mathieu Chouinard (UFA) Signed with the Kings
Toni Dahlman (UFA)
Philadelphia
Joe Sacco (III)
Mark Greig (UFA)
David Harlock (UFA)
Peter Vandermeer (UFA)
Peter White (UFA)
Jamie Wright (UFA)
Matt Zultek (UFA)
Phoenix
Kelly Buchberger (III) Signed by the Pens
Scott Pellerin (III)
Paul Ranheim (III)
Deron Quint (UFA) TSigned by Chicago.
Brad Ralph (UFA)
Pittsburgh
Kent Manderville (III)
Joel Bouchard (UFA) Signed with the Sabres
Alexandre Daigle (UFA)
Shawn Heins (UFA)
Mathias Johansson (UFA)
Hans Jonsson (UFA)
Ville Nieminen (UFA) Signed by Chicago.
Jamie Pushor (UFA)
Robbie Tallas (UFA)
Vladimir Vujtek (UFA)
St. Louis
Steve Dubinsky (III)
Steve Martins (III) Re-signed by STL
Rich Pilon (III)
Shjon Podein (III)
Martin Rucinsky (III)
Daniel Corso (UFA)
San Jose
Adam Graves (III)
Mark Messier (III)
Tampa Bay
Janne Laukkanen (III) Re-signed with TB
*Vaclav Prospal (Group II) Signed with Anaheim
Kristian Kudroc (UFA) Signed with Florida
Stan Neckar (UFA)
Nolan Pratt (UFA) Re-signed with TB
Toronto
Doug Gilmour (III)
Phil Housley (III)
Glen Wesley (III) Signed with Carolina.
Josh Holden (VI)
Paul Healey (UFA) Signed by NYR
Jonas Hoglund (UFA)
Petr Svoboda (UFA)
Vancouver
Trent Klatt (III) Signed with the LA Kings
Brad May (III) Re-signed by Vancouver
Murray Baron (III)
Nolan Baumgartner (VI) Re-signed by Vancouver
Peter Skudra (UFA)
Washington
Sergei Berezin (III)
Calle Johansson (III) Retired
Ken Klee (III)
Dmitry Yushkevich (III)
Chris Ferraro (VI) Signed by Phoenix
Joel Kwiatkowski (VI)
Ivan Ciernik (UFA)
Peter Ferraro (UFA) Signed by Phoenix
Colin Forbes (UFA)
Josh Green (UFA) Signed with Calgary
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Post by PTH on Jul 6, 2003 22:04:48 GMT -5
Wow, Marc, you didn't call this one "official" - are you feeling ok ? ;-)
And you forgot Kilger, he was a UFA for a few hours :-D
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 6, 2003 23:26:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I am OK  There are alot of guys on that list who are interesting for AHL depth...Jesse Wallin is one, ditto for Lee Goren, Mike Mottau, Cameron Mann, Daniel Corso, Matt Zultek,etc all guys who at once were fairly decent prospects and are still rather young.. as for NHLers, the only guys who interest me and who fit in our budget are guys like Rheaume, Rasmussen, Nieminen and Webb(decent 14th forward)...basically 4th liners |
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Post by habs4life on Jul 7, 2003 1:26:30 GMT -5
I don't know why but i still think that daigle can turn it around. Maybe he'd be pretty good in a habs jersey. I don't think he'd be too expensive either, and i'm pretty sure he can put up the numbers that audette put up!!
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Post by Habsolution on Jul 7, 2003 2:22:48 GMT -5
I don't know why but i still think that daigle can turn it around. Maybe he'd be pretty good in a habs jersey. I don't think he'd be too expensive either, and i'm pretty sure he can put up the numbers that audette put up!! I personally would stay as far as possible from Daigle because I don't think that's the kinda guy you want your prospect to develop around. He's a sorry excuse for a human being and a fraud. Guess why he came back. All he wants is squeeze some juice out of the poor GM who's going to award him a contract. He had A LOT of chances and he screwed them all. I vote no ... |
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Post by DeportivoHabs on Jul 7, 2003 12:59:34 GMT -5
As for Daigle....
he played alright when paired up with Lemieux (as did Rob Brown and John Cullen)...but after that he was sent down. I'd have to see him publicly making a severe campaign to return. But for a couple bucks it still might be worth the gamble.
What about Ivan Ciernik - he showed some good stuff last season didn't he?
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Post by DeportivoHabs on Jul 7, 2003 13:14:50 GMT -5
Correction.
Ciernik did not have as good a season as I thought.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 7, 2003 15:52:56 GMT -5
Correction. Ciernik did not have as good a season as I thought. yeah but he was a decent Sens prospect a couple years ago. |
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Post by GoMtl on Jul 7, 2003 15:55:15 GMT -5
Pascal Rheaume, Erik Rasmussen and Blake Sloan are about the only guys that really interest me... Rheaume would be great, he could replace Juneau or else just play 4th line. Either way, he brings good depth, and comes cheap. Rasmussen is another Kilger, but even as an under achiever, he brings size and strength. I really like Sloan, and the way he plays the game, he's a good pest, but probably too small for our line up.
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Post by AH on Jul 7, 2003 16:08:45 GMT -5
I want Nieuwendyk and want Juneau dealt. Signing JN does not mean we are shying away from the youth movement, i.e. Ribeiro in the 2nd center spot. JN would be there for insurance purposes in case Ribs falls flat on his face.
Of course, signing JN will enable us to deal Perreault and make for a more balanced lineup than what YP would bring as #3 center.
Also, he will not command the big bucks everyone is expecting. $ 2.5 million per year for 2 years will do it.
bottom 2 lines:
Hossa - Nieuwendyk - Ward
Sunny - Kilger - Ryder
Dwyer / Dackell
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Post by GoMtl on Jul 7, 2003 16:46:23 GMT -5
I think we need one more d-man for Hamilton, right now it looks like Hamilton will have Bouillon, Beauchemin, Archer, Jarventie (maybe), and Shasby (maybe), (considering Hainsey will make the big club). So that's 5 guys, and not even for sure, so we could use another free agent a-la Damphousse and Dagenais. Personally my choice would be Shawn Heins, he's really physical, and has a wicked shot. He's not huge, but he uses what he has, I liked his play last year in Pittsburgh a lot when I seen it, he might be willing to star in Hamilton if he's offered a contract no where else. Another guy is Jesse Wallin, who still might have some potential.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 8, 2003 21:34:16 GMT -5
bump.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 9, 2003 13:11:47 GMT -5
apparently the Stars have signed Don Sweeney. One guy less on the market.
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Post by blny on Jul 9, 2003 13:55:22 GMT -5
apparently the Stars have signed Don Sweeney. One guy less on the market. I think he makes for half of a Hatcher.  He's still pretty compitent. Hard to believe the old guy from (St Stephen?) New Brunswick lasted this long. Just goes to show you, size really doesn't matter if you play your position well. Sweeney made a career out of being pretty good at everything. It'll be weird not to see him in a Bruins jersey, being that he spent his whole career to this point in one. |
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Post by blny on Jul 9, 2003 14:01:09 GMT -5
Pascal Rheaume, Erik Rasmussen and Blake Sloan are about the only guys that really interest me... Rheaume would be great, he could replace Juneau or else just play 4th line. Either way, he brings good depth, and comes cheap. Rasmussen is another Kilger, but even as an under achiever, he brings size and strength. I really like Sloan, and the way he plays the game, he's a good pest, but probably too small for our line up. Rheaume would be a great pickup if we didn't have Juneau. Pascal was super for NJ throughout the playoffs. I'm surprised that NJ hasn't actively pursued resigning him. They may yet. Still I think injecting the youth is a good move. We find out where we stand with a lot of our prospects leading into the labour situation. Then, if things resolve quickly (not likely) we can fill holes with players that could/would be potentially cheaper. PR-wise, it's the right move at this point. If the team fails miserabley, blame it on a youth movement and draft well. If the team is close the options are unlimited. We may stink it up this year, but the team has better direction and focus than it has had in some time. |
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Post by cousin nark on Jul 9, 2003 19:55:37 GMT -5
With the possible departure of Brisebois, and the desire to see Traverse and Dykhuis gone, we should consider signing FA Sean Brown. At 6'3" and 205 (outdated weight?), he has good size and is very physical and comes cheap. This past year with Boston was wasted as they had him as a forward on a line with Stock and Oliwa.
While in Edmonton he had some pretty good years. He is big, physical and very possessive of the area in front of the net. Sean is physical enough that he had a tendency to take roughing penalties. He doesnt however take dumb penalties and has learned to play his style while cutting down on penalties taken. His plus/minus in Edmonton was between +1 and +8 once established with Edmonton.
In junior he had decent offensive numbers due to his good wristshot, but is now a stay at home defenseman and has few points as an NHLer.
He is quite similar actually to Souray, and would make it a lot more difficult for the opposition to move around in our end.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 11, 2003 10:55:51 GMT -5
Sabres sign Joel Bouchard: www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/ny-isles113368303jul11,0,7820706.story?coll=ny-hockey-headlines The Rangers lost out on free- agent defenseman Joel Bouchard, who will continue his impressive comeback with the Sabres. Bouchard recovered from meningitis three years ago and a tumor on his salivary gland last summer to return to the NHL with the Rangers last season before being dealt to the Penguins in the Alexei Kovalev deal. |
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Post by AH on Jul 11, 2003 10:59:30 GMT -5
It doesn't matter.
You are not eligible for the waiver draft or waivers unless you have completed 3 years of pro hockey. Pro hockey is either at the NHL, AHL, or ECHL level.
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Post by Maritimer on Jul 11, 2003 11:53:55 GMT -5
Ah good old Joel Bouchard...used to live down the street from me when he played for the Saint John Flames...Bouchard was always a 'tweener...6'0 190lbs is small for a defenseman although he could skate like the wind.
Good to see the guy get a chance
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 11, 2003 14:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 15, 2003 10:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by Raskolnikov76 on Jul 15, 2003 10:21:03 GMT -5
What are the latest Fedorov rumors?
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 15, 2003 10:25:40 GMT -5
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Post by Polarice on Jul 15, 2003 10:29:18 GMT -5
What's happening with guys like Graves,Whitney, Odelein, Yushkevich?
I would'nt mind having a couple of these guys playing for the habs.
Polarice
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 17, 2003 11:06:46 GMT -5
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 21, 2003 11:42:48 GMT -5
Pooh bears signed Ted Donato...............
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 24, 2003 16:35:26 GMT -5
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Post by MPLABBE on Jul 26, 2003 17:20:51 GMT -5
ATL re-signs Kozlov.http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=48577
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Post by MPLABBE on Aug 17, 2003 8:52:24 GMT -5
..do the bump...
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) here is a list of UFAs...the ones who are 
He's still pretty compitent. Hard to believe the old guy from (St Stephen?) New Brunswick lasted this long. Just goes to show you, size really doesn't matter if you play your position well. Sweeney made a career out of being pretty good at everything. It'll be weird not to see him in a Bruins jersey, being that he spent his whole career to this point in one.
