Hoss Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Free agency start date: July 1, 2014 (teams can start conversations on June 25th) Sortable Free Agent Tracker: http://www.tsn.ca/nh...ature/?id=25880 Big names out there (I will try to provide links for info): Matt Niskanen, D (PIT) -- Interested teams: MIN NYI Brian Boyle, C (NYR) -- Interested teams: WPG Brad Richards, C (NYR) -- Interested teams: NYI Steve Ott, C (STL) -- Interested teams: BUF Lee Stempniak, RW (PIT) Radim Vrbata, RW (ARI) Martin Brodeur, G (NJ) -- Interested teams: PIT CHI BOS TOR Mikhail Grabovski, C (WAS) Olli Jokinen, C (WPG) -- Interested teams: WPG David Legwand, C (DET) Dustin Penner, LW (WAS) Re-signings: Andrei Markov, D (MON) Re-signed for 3 years, $17.25M Ryan Callahan, RW (TB) Re-signed for 6 years, $34.8M Marian Gaborik, RW (LA) Re-signed for 7 years, $35M Milan Michalek, LW (OTT) Re-signed for 3 years, $12M Signings: Manny Malhotra, C (MON) Signed one year, $850K Christian Ehrhoff, D (PIT) Signed one year, $4M Mark Fayne, D (EDM) Signed four years, $14.5M Benoit Pouliot, LW (EDM) Signed five years, $20M Paul Stastny, C (STL) Signed four years, $28M Mike Cammalleri, C (NJ) Signed five years, $25M Tom Gilbert, D (MON) Signed two years, $2.8M Mason Raymond, W (CAL) Signed three years, $9.5M Dan Boyle, D (NYR) Signed two years, $9M Dave Bolland, C (FLA) Signed five years, $27.5M Clayton Stoner, D (ANA) Signed four years, $13M Brooks Orpik, D (WAS) Signed five years, $27.5M Ales Hemsky, RW (DAL) Signed four years, $12M Ryan Miller, G (VAN) Signed three years, $18M Brian Gionta, RW (BUF) Signed three years, $12.75M Shawn Thornton, RW (FLA) Signed two years, $1.2M Jonas Hiller, G (CGY) Signed two years, $9M Thomas Vanek, LW (MIN) Signed three years, $19.5M Jarome Iginla, RW (COL) Signed three years, $18M Matt Moulson, LW (BUF) Signed five years, $25M Anton Stralman, D (TB) Signed five years Edited July 1, 2014 by Tankalicious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABRES 0311 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Martin Brodeur, G (NJ) -- looking for any role on a contender. How about assistant skate sharpener? No doubt one of the best to ever sit between the pipes but he is quickly becoming the Ken Shamrock of hockey. I wouldn't mind seeing Stastny as a Sabre Edited June 17, 2014 by RambosKnife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Dale Weise won't hit the open market: @renlavoietva: Contrat de Dale Weise: 2 ans / 1M$ annuellement. #canadiens #tvasports Two years at one mill each in Montreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Dale Weise won't hit the open market: @renlavoietva: Contrat de Dale Weise: 2 ans / 1M$ annuellement. #canadiens #tvasports Two years at one mill each in Montreal. That's a nice deal for the Habs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking at the list of available free agents, one thing is clear... Paul Statsny is about to become a very, very rich man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Looking at the list of available free agents, one thing is clear... Paul Statsny is about to become a very, very rich man. He's going to do just fine. I'm betting Vanek will too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 @Hope_Smoke: Jeff O'Neill "Dallas, Winnipeg make a play for Ryan Miller. It's like people think he just can't play anymore, it blows my mind" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 @TheFourthPeriod: Sharks announce they've re-signed @Stalock32 to a 2-year contract @SanJoseSharks: #SJSharks re-sign unrestricted free agent forward Mike Brown to a two-year contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 @Real_ESPNLeBrun: Isles GM Garth Snow says he's now shopping Dan Boyle's rights, having been unable to sign the pending UFA defenseman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 @Real_ESPNLeBrun: Isles GM Garth Snow says he's now shopping Dan Boyle's rights, having been unable to sign the pending UFA defenseman... Gee, didn't see that coming. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Gee, didn't see that coming. :rolleyes: Ehrhoff's rights, the Vanek deal, and now this. Garth has gotten really good at trading for something and then having to turn around nearly immediately and trade that for less. That's how to build a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Ehrhoff's rights, the Vanek deal, and now this. Garth has gotten really good at trading for something and then having to turn around nearly immediately and trade that for less. That's how to build a winner. This is a man who once tried to trade his entire draft for Ryan Murray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 @DarrenDreger: @Real_ESPNLeBrun. Told Boyle is intrigued by Isles offer and interest, but remains undecided. Still firm on a 2 year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 @DarrenDreger: @Real_ESPNLeBrun. Told Boyle is intrigued by Isles offer and interest, but remains undecided. Still firm on a 2 year deal. If he is this close to Free Agency he has to test the market right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 If he is this close to Free Agency he has to test the market right? Always what I think, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 @Real_ESPNLeBrun: Isles GM Garth Snow says he's now shopping Dan Boyle's rights, having been unable to sign the pending UFA defenseman... C'mon, tire fire! C'mon! In all seriousness: if Boyle signs elsewhere, this will be yet another log on the Islanders-are-a-loser-franchise fire. Combine it with last-year-in-LI empty building, embittered fans and general malaise, and maybe, if the Sabres are lucky, Tavares not fully recovering right away, and it really could be a debacle of a season for the Islanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 This is a man who once tried to trade his entire draft for Ryan Murray. ...and the other GM said no. I can't imagine turning that down. Scott Howson everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 ...and the other GM said no. I can't imagine turning that down. Scott Howson everybody! Actually, that's a better point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Malooga Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 For someone who is a stickler about starting threads being discussed elsewhere and re-posting stuff... This couldn't go in the Free Agency thread opened three weeks prior to this one? Lol. :nana: http://forums.sabres...abres-strategy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 For someone who is a stickler about starting threads being discussed elsewhere and re-posting stuff... This couldn't go in the Free Agency thread opened three weeks prior to this one? Lol. :nana: http://forums.sabres...abres-strategy/ No, it couldn't. Someone requested a Free Agent Frenzy thread which is what we had last offseason, too, and that thread is about the Sabres strategy. Not the same topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 No, it couldn't. Someone requested a Free Agent Frenzy thread which is what we had last offseason, too, and that thread is about the Sabres strategy. Not the same topic. As the author of the other thread, I agree. In that one, I just wanted to know what people thought our team should do, not what everyone else's team is doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Malooga Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) No, it couldn't. Someone requested a Free Agent Frenzy thread which is what we had last offseason, too, and that thread is about the Sabres strategy. Not the same topic. As the author of the other thread, I agree. In that one, I just wanted to know what people thought our team should do, not what everyone else's team is doing. Fair enough, my bad, I actually JUST saw that conversation in the other thread...I was just busting balls anyways. Question though...if the Sabres could get anyone who is realistically available, who would you want them to get? Do you offer-sheet a Linden Vey, Jeremy Morin, or somebody like that...it is what Murray always talks about, right? (Someone a few years into their development, that hasn't caught on with their NHL team?) Edited June 19, 2014 by Bob Malooga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnkirishone Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Question though...if the Sabres could get anyone who is realistically available, who would you want them to get? Do you offer-sheet a Linden Vey, Jeremy Morin, or somebody like that...it is what Murray always talks about, right? (Someone a few years into their development, that hasn't caught on with their NHL team?) doesn't this sort of discussion belong in a different thread? :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Do you offer-sheet a Linden Vey, Jeremy Morin, or somebody like that...it is what Murray always talks about, right? I hope we NEVER offer sheet anyone. It's garbage and we of all people know it. The hockey gods will be coming around for us instead of against us very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I hope we NEVER offer sheet anyone. It's garbage and we of all people know it. The hockey gods will be coming around for us instead of against us very soon. I absolutely hate the unwritten rules about not offering RFAs. "Free agent" is in there for a reason. So is restricted. Don't low ball but pay what you value that player as. If their team won't ante up it's not your fault. There are compensation system, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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