Free Agency Madness: Hour 5
by Matthew Dirt on Jul 1, 2009 3:00 PM CDT
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3:00: Sam deserves a break - I'm taking over for him now. Expect fewer updates since I'm "working" and there's less going on. But hey, how about that Hossa deal huh? Am I right?
3:01: And we break in with some huge news right away. Khabby heads out to join the Oilers.
3:03: Everyone jumped on Havlat for playing big in a contract year, but not for Khabby. Guess who was hurt more this season too? If Khabby's groin doesn't hold this could be a great move. Though I still would have liked to get some extra space with the cap
3:05: TSN goes to a press conference with Bouwmeester - this is boring. I'm bored now
3:09: 4 years - 15 Mil for Nik. That's a 3.75 cap hit (impressed with my math skills?). That hit would look good in a Hawks sweater, but the length wouldn't.
3:12: The Northwest division is now Khabby, Luongo, Kipper, Backstrom and... Budaj?
3:16: McClure reminds me that Anderson signed with the Avs... I suck at this live blogging thing
3:21: Rangers, Oilers, and Maple Leafs are the leading candidates to land Chris Neil... good luck with that guys...
3:22: Flames re-sign Adam Pardy - which reminds me - don't the Blackhawks have some RFAs?
3:25 All right, your Marian Hossa's first Second City Photoshop. Yes, he has the same first name as John Wayne, but he also has the same first name as....
and yes, I'm nominating "Fat Tony" as Hossa's Second City name.
3:28: How long til we get confirmation about these Havlat to the Habs rumors? He's gotta be the next big name to fall.
3:31: Hey look - Deadspin posts a hockey column - congrats guys. Didn't even take a story about funeral burgers this time.. how nice
3:37: It's getting slow around here.. so here's a question - if you had $60 Million what would you do? Other than two chicks at the same time of course
3:40: Phantom reacts to the Panda signing - http://csnchicago.com/pages/new_landing?Mora-Blackhawks-Sign-Hossa-to-Multi-Year=1&blockID=61828&feedID=661
3:42: OK we've got Eklund still throwing his dumb ratings around saying Havlat is going to Montreal, San Jose and Columbus - no word on what happened to LA.
3:43: Tallon is going to be holding a press conference at 4:00... so does that mean he's done for the day? You can watch it on the official site - I'm guessing TSN cuts over to it too
3:45: The Habs make the signing official... Hall Gill is shipping off to Montreal - 2 years/4.5 Mil total
3:49: Eklund says the Habs have something big coming.. dude.. we already talked about Hall Gill. Anyways, hold onto your butts
3:52: Just a reminder - we'll be switching over to a new thread at 4:00.. just in time for Tallon's presser
3:57: Fourth Period says Hawks still negotiating with Pahlse... interesting... aaaaaand SWITCH
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certainly throws a cog
into the Hawk-works
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
At least he'll get to see his favorite opponents 6 times a year?
by gmh on Jul 1, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
on the TSN blog
[Comment From Chris]
“As a flames fan i hope Edmonton doesn’t get Khabibulin. He’s our kryptonite.”
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Im kind of ok with this
hes getting older, and has not played great for us. He was good, but as many have pointed out he never really was lights out short of a few moments…
With Khabby gone
there is a bit of room available money wise. Havlat, anyone?
Oh, and does Darryl Sutter have any teeth? He looks like my dad with his dentures out.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Nik and Huet are about equal in my book.
If we could have saved by signing Nik and trading Huet’s contract, it would have been nice, but I’m fine with Huey being our number one guy.
agreed
and I’m on board with taking a run at Beauche now and clipping Barker’s $3m-ish.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Bob McKenzie reports that the contract for Khabibulin is four years for $15 million in total.
You and I are gonna live forever
whoa
that’s insane…well I guess we know why he didn’t want a 2 year deal with the Hawks now.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
BIG MISTAKE
To pin our hopes for a cup run on the French Five Hole……
We had better get Scuderi, Beauchemin AND Komisarek.
A great day just went very sour for me.
by Return of the Roar on Jul 1, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions
Gotta disagree
We will be just fine with Huet, plus Khabby was average in the playoffs.
agreed
there really isn’t much difference between the two other than injury concerns. Huet still makes more (around $2m per year) so if the argument is Khabby + say Beauche vs Huet + Barker…I’d rather have the former but not at a 4 year commitment to Khabby.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
note:
Pierre McScumHonk “loves the Khabby signing at a 4 year deal”…“best move they could make”.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
That is how you know it was a bad thing for the Hawks.
by Return of the Roar on Jul 1, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Pierre McGuirre
The guy whose team moved to Carolina and didn’t tell him.
Now that is a shitty coach.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
You could not be more wrong on both points
We most certainly will not be fine with Huet. He is mechanically terrible, cannot play the puck outside of the crease to save his life, and of course…the five hole. Next season will prove me correct.
As for Khabi in the playoffs – even Luongo, Osgood or Fluery could not have survived the period after period of onslaught from Detroit as well as Khabi did. Very few soft goals in that series. No defense in front of him. And if we don’t get MORE defense in front of Huet, we may not even make the playoffs next year.
Folks, we are not going to win the cup three or four years from now. If it happens it has to be in the next two years.
by Return of the Roar on Jul 1, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Huet is good
he never had a rhythm last season. And remember the last game of the conference finals?
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
agreed
let’s see what he can do with regular PT before casting him off. He goes down too early..hopefully he can correct that.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Huet is 34. I don’t think he is very correctable at this point.
The tick bomb just went off in the Hawks’ hands.
by Return of the Roar on Jul 1, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I first saw Clay Davis
In 25th Hour. ThAt was the original Shieeeeeeeeet. When he found dope in Edward nortons couch. Thought it was great he brought it back in The Wire
i'm scratchin and clawin to get it done for you Clarence!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QpWKu98h3I
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
i'm sorry i gots to get the hell up outta here before i lose my damn mind!
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
We could make huet a D man
It worked for goldberg in mighty ducks 3. He even scored the game winning goal!
Scratch Budaj
3:12: The Northwest division is now Khabby, Luongo, Kipper, Backstrom and…Budaj?
How long before it’s Craig Anderson?
Walker's possible replacement
is off the board. Jermain Franklin reports that the Flames have re-signed RFA Adam Pardy.
Oh my God
I forgot the joy of the Walker-free zone! No more Wiggum!
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know much about Kopecky........
How do you guys view this signing?
"If you're scared, go buy a dog" - Stacey King
i agree with this
and since it happened right after Hossa signed – it was probably a package deal.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
I'm in favor
We will have a good pivot for a third/fourth line. It sucks for Colin Fraser, who I was hoping would get his reward for his awesome defensive play. Basically, Kopecky has a good two-way game and wins faceoffs in either zone.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
he didn’t have a good BTN rating posting a -0.03 but I believe he played on a line with the relics most of the year in Draper and Maltby so those ratings may be skewed.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Poor fella
to be the meat of that suck sandwich.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
but maybe Draper showed him how to cheat on the dot.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
If you're gonna learn
learn from the best, or at least most practiced.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
What about Kovalev?
any ideas on where he’ll end up? back in Montreal?
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Kovalev is in his late 30’s, right? I think he’ll stay with the Habs, but they’ve had so many changes that he may just go.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
saw a bit
ago that the alleged $2y/$8.8m deal wasn’t finalized with MON. If he doesn’t end up back in MON most of these secondary wingers probably won’t sign until something gets done with Heatley and Gaborik first, then Havlat, Kovalev and Cammalleri should follow suit.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
his PP numbers suffered badly last season
but I would still think he’d be serviceable … but maybe not a good fit for the Hawks.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Can we PLEASE just call Hossa
“Panda”? We can drop the “sad”…
VERSTEEG!
by Bwana on Jul 1, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
I'm ok
with it…it’s a great name for him…not as cool as Kung Fu Panda which is SF Giants Pablo Sandoval’s nickname…but it fits him well.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Netminder situation
do we have one now? is it official with Khabby gone? … are we comfortable/content with what we’ve got … I sure as hell am not.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Scott Clemmensen
to the Panthers. Not that it really matters if the Hawks are going to go with Niemi/Crawford as the backup.
this is what i was refering to above
Clemmensen might have worked here if only for a year or two … I don’t know if Niemi/Crawford is ready.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
if Crawford
isn’t ready by now will he ever be?
by runningquicklynowhere on Jul 1, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
i guess we'll find out
when he starts for Huet this season.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
He's ready
Like Huet, he needs to have a steady position with his coach’s confidence. I think his game will step up; think back to his first game with the Indian head, a shut out, and the next game against Scum he faced fifty shots and stopped all but four.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
if you're talking about that Ducks game
that wasn’t Crawford’s first game with the ’Hawks. That would be a 6-5 SO loss against the Blues in 06, I believe.
by gmh on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I sit corrected
I did not know about ’06; I was thinking of ’07. My bad.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Crawford
did post a shutout against the Wings in the 07-08 season. Everyone would love a more experienced backup but until either of these guys get some PT we’ll never truly know what we have.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I want Craw to have a shot
He is pretty close to fundamentally perfect; his relfexes are a bit slow, but he doesn’t let in the first shot he faces and has stolen games for Rockford.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I would love
to get Josh Harding from MINN…he’s a RFA and I’d imagine MINN and he’ll probably resign and/or be too costly for us anyway.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Harding would be solid
but agree … he’ll command some cash and we’ll likely not be able to compete with Versteeg, etc. also commanding cash.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Does VERSTEEG! 'command' cash?
I have doubts that he is that dominant to demand any major cash.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously?
He doesnt even know how to dump the puck in…
by ZootSuitZombie on Jul 1, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I heard he was a douche
now I believe it.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
it was that
Fergie rap which did him in.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Mirtle:
The major issue with the Khabibulin deal is his age and the fact it’s a four-year deal. That’s a long time to lock up a 36-year-old
You and I are gonna live forever
especially
a 36 year old with a 50 year old’s groin.
by runningquicklynowhere on Jul 1, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
RDS reports that the Flyers have signed Ian Laperierre for three years and $3.5 million.
Looks like Scum lost out on him.
You and I are gonna live forever
looks like the Flyers are trying to top the Ducks in PIM…adding Ian and Pronger.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
How much money is sopel tying up?
Can we get rid of him already? I hope he doesn’t have to play next year… Maybe we can have sopel, chelios, and the crypt keeper compete for a spot in training camp.
Sopel
makes $2.333m for the next two years.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
unless
someone like Ed Jovanovski needs to be punched in the face.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Rec'd
Excellent.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Is it monetarily possible for Havlat to be a Hawk next year?
All this Hossa/Khabby news…when do we find out that our hearts are broken?
It's iffy
JHC would have to take a one year deal and we decide to pass on VERSTEEG! Now, if we could dump Sopel ( a near impossiblilty with his reeeeeee-diculous contract), then there may be room for a longer contract.
by russellguldin on Jul 1, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
probably
if the Hawks waive cest la vie to Versteeg, Barker, and find someone to take Sopel’s contract and JHC takes around $4.5-5m a year. Of course you’d also have to find D replacements. As much as I’d love to have him back we need to concentrate on the D. Beauche and if Q/Tallon insist on a physical presence to go along with 51Phantom would need to be fit into the cap.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
he also made sure to mention that they have a lot more work to do with their RFAs…which is of course accurate.
by Crease Monkey on Jul 1, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I'll post this every time Pierre is mentioned.
VERSTEEG!
by Bwana on Jul 1, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 7 recs
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