NHL Free Agency Live Blog
Check in here all day long for all the NHL free agency action. Well, at least the stuff that will affect the Minnesota Wild.
4:15 pm - Sportsnet: Habs finalizing deal with Cammalleri
Sportsnet reporting Cammalleri to Montreal -- five years, $30 mill
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1:00 pm - Craig Anderson signed by the Avalanche
I’m hearing a two year, $3.6 million deal, but waiting for confirmation on numbers.
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12:51 pm - Marian Hossa signs with the Blackhawks.
Hossa to Chicago, according to TSN. Does this open things for Martin Havlat to come here?
EDIT: 12 years for $5.2M/year.
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Mattias Ohlund to Tampa Bay Lightning
RT @Sean_Leahy: TSN: Ohlund signs 7 years, $3.75 avg/year
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Sedin's Re-sign with Canucks:
RT @DarrenDreger: Sedins have agreed to 5 year extension and will stay with the Canucks. log on to www.tsn.ca
The brothers have signed a pair of five-year contacts, averaging $6.1 million a season.
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Rob Blake signs with San Jose Sharks
TSN is reporting Rob Blake has signed with the Sharks
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Hmmm....
Sedins back to the Nucks huh?
So they has 22 mill roughly, down 12, gives them 10. Not alot of room for an 8 mil contract for Sally Sore Sac.
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Wow
Slow opening 20 minutes.
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Mattias Ohlund to Tampa Bay
$3.75M/7 years
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Nathan-
Nick says stop by and say hi in the live chat if you get time:
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Scuderi in talks with Fletcher. Hossa to Chicago both per TSN.
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TSN: Florida re-signs Radek Dvorak. 2 years, $3.4 mill total
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@theteam990 - $8.8 million for Kovalev for 2 years
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RT @TheFourthPeriod: Habs also extend offers to Hossa, Gaborik and Havlat.
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Guy on NHL Live
From Colorado bad mouthing the Flames… as if he has so much to be proud of.
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Lord
Is it Dater? He’s a douche.
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Wow
even worse actually.
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EJ on NHL Live: Andy Greene inks deal with Devils
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Craig Anderson to Avs
http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2009/07/01/anderson-an-av/
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WOW - TSN Is reporting Hossa and Chicago is done
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TSN: Tampa signs Matt Walker for 4 years at $1.7 million per.
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Ty Conklin Signs 2 yr. deal with Blues. $1.3 million average
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Welcome to the new NHL salary cap
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Chicago has also signed Tomas Kopecky to a two-year deal.
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Newsday is reporting that the Islanders have agreed to a two-year deal with Dwayne Roloson for a total of $5 million. "Wow," says Darren Pang...
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I don't think he'll sign a long-termer like that
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Why?
Sally and his agent think he is worth AO money, remember? Who cares what Hossa got. Obviously Salcer’s client is way better than him… right?
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Damn
I saw your email, and was planning on posting that once there was a deal made!
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it will be two year or six plus.
he will either try to sign just long enough to “ride out” the recession or go long in case his groinal deficiencies continue
Buffalo signs Montador.
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Wish list
Edmonton looking at Clemmensen in goal; Harding “is definitely still a possibility,” says source #nhl
Who do we want from Edmonton?
Chirp chirp chirp
I feel like napping. Maybe I could curl up with Fletch.
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Hope he's not
I would like to see him bring in Lappie from COL, He’s quiet and so is Gabby so maybe MaryAnne is coming tro his senses. 12 years 3 mil a year
The Boulin wall to the Oilers?
Looks like Harding gets to keep his iron range red jersey for a while
Per TSN
Nikolai Khabibulin is the latest big name off the board in free agency, as the veteran netminder has signed a four-year, $15 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
Laperriere to Flyers , Rupp to Penguins, Gill to Montreal
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Is anybody else getting the Feeling that Gaborik just won't get what he's looking for and he will resign with the Wild
for that apparent 78.5 Million contract…
yes and no
Right about now gabbie is calling Velieux and asking him if other teams told him last year that he was delusional about his percieved valu around the league. Now a peek into gabby’s mind……How can that be? Everyone in MN told me I was the best. Maybe the KHL wants me now, No?…..OK Fletch, I’ll sign for the money offered me last year…….What do you mean that offer is not available now, my agent told me………………………………………I have to fire my agent. I gotta call Burnsie and tell him Salcer is an idiot.
Not worried if they do not do anything.
Sorry hit return instead of tab. The first day of Free agency, while exciting is the sports version of an Initial Public Offering in finance. While every now and then one of the offering will end up being a steal, most of them will be sold at an incredibly inflated price in the grab em while you can frenzy, after everyone settles down a bit reallity will set in, much like it is for Gabby right now.
Sportsnet reporting Montreal close to deal with Cammalleri
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Which means that it's not happening.
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Kovalchuk to Rangers? (e1)
According to my sources within the Atlanta Thrashers organization, the New York Rangers are willing to part with RW Nikolai Zherdev, G Henrik Lundqvist and D Wade Redden to obtain the services of LW Ilya Kovalchuk. Remember, you heard it here first!
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Gen your own Eklund rumors!
Owner Craig Leipold said last weekend his wallet is wide open. (did all the money fall out?)
If not re-signed by 11 a.m., the top free agents include Marian Hossa, the Sedin twins, Martin Havlat and Mike Cammalleri. The next wrung includes Alexei Kovalev, Alex Tanguay, Brian Gionta and Nik Antropov.
Maybe we can get the #1 draft pick next year?
Its Official!..Wild Make their first signing!
Wild signs Nashville D Greg Zanon — per TSN — to three-year deal. from Russo’s Twitter.
$5.2 mil
$1.73 mil/year compared to Skoula’s $1.9
Good thing we’re saving all this money to be able to buy… no one.
I think we are making a Huge Run at Martin Havlat..Thats what all the Buzz from Russo is about
Havlat, Zanon and Koivu would be a great free agency.
I should clarify
I think this is a great signing for us. Zanon is a solid D-man.
Our problem has never been letting goals in, it’s putting them in the other net. We really need to focus on forwards.
Eklund: It looks like Havlat to Minnesota and Heatley to Edmonton.
Don’t know whether to give cretence to this story.
Russo Tweet on Zanon:
Spoke with Zanon: Wife’s from Hastings, shot-blocking, defensive specialist, learned most the game from Todd Richards in Milwaukee #nhl
HA!
RT @Russostrib: Source: Agent Ron Salcer asking today for 10-year, $75 million deal for Gaborik;
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Florida could still hire Risebrough as a GM
$8 mil / 8 years… $75 for 10 isn’t that much of a stretch.
God...
…..I am just hoping he signs a 1yr for less than 6.5..
Hogs get slaughtered and people get what they deserve.
Don't get me wrong
That would make it even sweeter to watch him walk back here with his tail between his legs and if it is at the same price, I would take him over Havlat or Heatley. The team is used to him and he is used to the team, at least it would be an evil we know. I do however want him to take it in his…. lets just say wallet. That was more than a fair offer he passed on last summer.
I'd be in for mirroring the Hossa deal
12 years, ~$62 million. Front-load the contract, but take a cap hit of $5-6 million.
with that contract....
I would cheer for the guy, but then again Hossa has played full seasons, made it to the finals twice and was a major contributor for the first of those runs. Gabby has done none of those things. I don’t think GM’s want to sign him for more than 1 yr.
Scuderi
A buddy wants to know if there is any news
Correction on Zanon's Contract from Russo
Zanon contract was three years at $5.8 million ($1.9 million cap hit, 1.7, 2.0, 2.1 salaries)
Interesting Twitter from Russo
Fletcher unavailable to media for few hours, meaning still working; Briefly reached Richards and sounded like chaos in the background.
Sounds like the Front office is workin their ass off.
Eklund:..Rangers in on Gaborik..
I could see it being that they are now out of the Heatley Sweepstakes.
On the upside
He’s with an Eastern conference team, so if he does somehow find a way to shine it’s of limited impact to us.
At least Havlat is still avialable
It just wouldn’t be the Wild if our only star goal scorer wasn’t out in IR for at least 1/3 of the season.
Havlat down to the Wild and the Canucks..
And Wild have a shot if Heatley to Edmonton somehow falls apart..
Russo's Twitter!
Star Tribune sources: Wild close to signing free-agent Martin Havlat; negotiating with Saku Koivu!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't Tease Me, Maverick!
Seriously, this would be awesome to lock both of these up tonight/tomorrow.

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