And that means that we would have 1.1mm for a D-man and forward. I assume that’s fine if we’re talking about players that will typically be healthy scratches.

Since Turco already turned down $2MM a year for two years with Philly because he wants more money, I sure don’t see that happening.

Really fast, good size, scored 9 goals in 40 games for TOR

“I’ve decided to take my talents to South Beach and, uh, play for the Florida Panthers.”

I doubt Stan would have grabbed him on a 1-way deal without the intention of having him as at least a number 7 D-Man.

And he did average about 10 minutes a game with only a -3 for a low scoring team. He’s not going to be great and will probably scare the shit out of us more often than not, but it looks like he will be suiting up. At least he’ll probably beat the hell out of a few guys.

Look at what I do for a living, Feather.

I noticed the headline that says “Kustok laces up skates…” over on the right sidebar.

Being maturity and the cap hit that comes along with him. He needs to work on a few “anger” issues and also that 1.24 cap hit (always forget his cap hit)

UFA or RFA? Someone here will know.

even if he performs well, most likely he’ll be traded when his contract comes up…probably just trying to make any sort of splash in the NHL so he can get picked up…good call on his part

I think just about every player in Skille’s shoes would have taken this kind of cut. He’s had a handful of games, showed that he can play up here but not necessarily with consistent production. The only reason the pay cut is there is because he’s been making loads down in the AHL on his first contract as a 7th overall pick.

Not very many players looking for their second contract are going to make much more than 600k when they’ve had as few games as Skille. I really don’t think this was a steel or a discount situation; it;s what he’s worth right now.

getting a raise, he only made $50K last year – he was on a 2 way deal. His NHL salary was $850K + $425K in performance bonuses.

but i’ve read rumblings on this site as well as other blogs where people were quoting “experts” or even Kruger himself that he very well may be returning to Sweden next season to “round out some more”. apparently the kid is very dedicated to improving his game (great attitude), and thats after coming off a campaign where he was nominated for Rookie of the Year in the Swedish Elite League!

I really hope he makes the big club and contends for The Calder this coming season (high hopes, i know). from all THE REPORTS i’ve read on him, he seems to have a high level of hockey IQ with some really nice hands, plus it would really help solidify our depth down the middle … but at the same time, we’ve had centers like Dowell stewing in Rockford just itching to come up, but with guys like Fraser and most recently Madden in the lineup there has been no need … i hope we can put Sharp back at wing and Bollan back at 2nd line center, this way Stan has at least two Center positions needed to be filled with cheep talent (and really, its only 1 center position seeing as how unless Dowell completely screws the pooch in training camp hes going to be centering the 3rd or 4rth line) …

how hum, slow day. I really hope to see this Kruger kid in the near to not-so-distant future (don’t even get me started on how eager i am to see Morrin get NHL ready)

he REALLY wants to play this season. I think we can all agree he’s payed his dues in ockford long enough. Good for him and good on Stan. Skille’s and Makarov’s signings make us steps closer towards being done with all the cap/roster nonsense.

and we’re still over the cap. There just doesn’t seem to be a way to keep Nemo without trading someone else.

there’s still a chance Reasoner gets dealt if the cap room is needed.

bye bye? I’m still not sold on Lalonde being #5 Dman ready but I seem to be in the minority on this so I give up there.

i can’t stand to watch anymore baseball … anyone see THIS? im thinking about going, at least for the signings.

How about the old lady and the car mirror one?

I’d be concerned about him – but don’t know precisely what his personality issues are so as to opine decisively

that the Flyers were leery of how well he’d recovered from the injury which is why they didn’t sign him. Maybe?

I don’t know how it works, but I do like the discount NBA teams get for keeping the players they draft. That’s right, isn’t it? I’m not a basketball guy, but I think that’s it.

reply fail. that was meant as a follow up to Campbell32

and although I’m not an NBA fan, I do like the whole “hometown discount” concept they have when you resign one of your players. It might help bring more stability to the rosters, which in turn could help increase interest.

I personally have no problem with the bonus hits. Hell, they were part of the negotiated contracts and had the Hawks not won the Cup or Toews and Kane got other additional performance bonuses, they would have worked in our favor.

Good explaination. I’m not all that in the know with the way all this cap stuff works, but this was pretty easy to make sense of.

I agree with you mostly, modnar, but it’s pretty tough to compare Brouwer’s 2nd contract with Versteeg’s and Barker’s. Brouwer was an AHL scorer who seemed to demonstrate he didn’t have an NHL touch, while Versteeg was a Calder nominee and Barker was a 3rd overall pick who was qb’ing the power play. A second contract for those kinds of young players is going to be higher than most … I doubt even without the snafu that we’d have been paying less than 2.3 or 2.5 for each.

There sure are some terrible GMs in this league.

Makes you wonder what what said when we signed Campbell?? There’s making a splash in the free agent market – and then there’s the “cannonballlll!”

Did you think they would win the cup last season?
Skille didn’t get his shot last year because $$ had a lot to do with it. Who would have thought Versteeg would turn out to be what he was?

This is why they play the games. Watch it. Enjoy it! I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

i’ll play.

may have been a “must” part of the deal for Atlanta to do it; something like, OK we’ll take so and so and give you so and so, but you have to take Reasoner. I have my doubts that Stan demanded he get Reasoner in that deal, but I could be wrong.

What would you like to discuss?