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Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004


https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/748914254690918402

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grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
5x6 confirmed for Backes

7x6 for Okposo

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Good lord is all I have to say

Reverend Sub-Zero
Jan 11, 2008

Filladelfia Pliers

:laugh:

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Brouwer gets 4 x 4.5 from Calgary.

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

:barf:

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME
that okposo deal ain't bad if you can afford the hit. $6 mill per year, he's still just 28 and is probably good for 60+ points unless he really does totally fall off the map without Tavares (which is the concern I guess)

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

SpacePig posted:

It hasn't even been 20 minutes and every deal seems to have been bad.

Campbell contract is a loving steal for Chicago but other than that, good god.

Drunk Canuck
Jan 9, 2010

Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

FBS posted:

Has there been a single decent signing today with an AAV >$3 million?

That's not a good Free Agency Frenzy Attitude.


good god buffalo

Shawn Cotureier
Jan 21, 2009

Still better than Umberger
Would the fact that the CBA can be opted out of in a couple years have anything to do with such long term deals

Look Around You
Jan 19, 2009

VJeff posted:

Brouwer gets 4 x 4.5 from Calgary.

Hey it's under 5 years at least!

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Levitate posted:

that okposo deal ain't bad if you can afford the hit. $6 mill per year, he's still just 28 and is probably good for 60+ points unless he really does totally fall off the map without Tavares (which is the concern I guess)

Yeah that's a better deal than Backes or Lucic by a pretty wide margin.

whatis
Jun 6, 2012

Levitate posted:

that okposo deal ain't bad if you can afford the hit. $6 mill per year, he's still just 28 and is probably good for 60+ points unless he really does totally fall off the map without Tavares (which is the concern I guess)

they're going to frontload the deal to make it tradeable down the road. it's still too much term, but they're at least being smart about it

i can live with it

JollyPubJerk
Nov 10, 2009

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
6 million for Okposo isn't bad

7 years is the hurt. hopefully no NTC/NMC and he can be unloaded later if necessary and it's apparently frontloaded, making this even easier to move. Buffalo has the room this makes them a better team.

But Evander Kane is all but gone now that's for sure. We got the better half black man

St. Dogbert
Mar 17, 2011

VJeff posted:

Brouwer gets 4 x 4.5 from Calgary.

Given what everyone else seems to be getting... yeah, that's about right.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME

Shawn Cotureier posted:

Would the fact that the CBA can be opted out of in a couple years have anything to do with such long term deals

Not really, UFA's generally demand longer contracts. The length isn't really unusual

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/748914889821982720

Mage_Boy
Dec 18, 2003

This hotdog is about as real as your story Steve Simmons




Holy poo poo, I am glad the Pens already have most of their team and are near the cap.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/748914889821982720

THATSS

pretty reasonable really

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

VJeff posted:

Brouwer gets 4 x 4.5 from Calgary.

hahahaha

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
not sure if I'm actually upset about the Backes deal. its very "eh" - would've rather they tried to keep Loui.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

OK NOW TRADE FOR MARC

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Two years too many but that dollar value is reasonable.

Number19
May 14, 2003

HOCKEY OWNS
FUCK YEAH


So Eriksson was signed to play with the Sedins. The Sedins have what? 2 years left? Then what does Eriksson do?

Oh wait it's Jim Benning. He hasn't thought anything beyond "today's press release will make them buy tickets. Please buy tickets. Please."

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Levitate posted:

that okposo deal ain't bad if you can afford the hit. $6 mill per year, he's still just 28 and is probably good for 60+ points unless he really does totally fall off the map without Tavares (which is the concern I guess)

on the other hand he'll probably be on the wing of jack eichel or ryan o'reilly so even if they're not tavares-level, that's still pretty good

T-Bone
Sep 14, 2004

jakes did this?

Heatley...Vanek...Staal

Star
Jul 15, 2005

Guerilla war struggle is a new entertainment.
Fallen Rib
These couple of last days have been the most fantastic hockey days in years

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
that backes deal is gonna be so awful

Grimby
Sep 12, 2002

Jamwad Hilder posted:

not sure if I'm actually upset about the Backes deal. its very "eh" - would've rather they tried to keep Loui.

I think it's a little long. There have been worse moves made this week.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land





This isn't complete obscene, wtf

I wonder how many dudes signing today are gonna be exiled to the Vegas in a year

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

Levitate posted:

that okposo deal ain't bad if you can afford the hit. $6 mill per year, he's still just 28 and is probably good for 60+ points unless he really does totally fall off the map without Tavares (which is the concern I guess)

Moving from Tavares to Eichel? I think he'll be fine. It's a pretty solid deal for Buffalo, I think.

Wild deal isn't stupid but I kinda wanna :lol: at giving EStaal three years anyway.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Eric the Mauve posted:

As long as his job is to cripple Blue Jackets and Tom Wilson and he stays in the AHL otherwise I'm okay with this

Make all the terms you want, your team just agreed to pay Tom Sestito money to play in the NHL.

Brain Curry
Feb 15, 2007

People think that I'm lazy
People think that I'm this fool because
I give a fuck about the government
I didn't graduate from high school



Look Around You posted:

Ekblad contract sounds bad considering he's an RFA. That's a UFA level contract.

It kicks in after next year so it covers both RFA and UFA years right?

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
Congratulations to Minnesota for signing the first >10 million dollar UFA deal that isn't crap.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
Never been happier to root for a team with cap issues.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

I'M FEELING JIMMY
I was confident a few minutes ago, but with the deals that are being handed out, I'm genuinely worried to see "PHI" in one of these tweets.

sedative
Mar 20, 2003

‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ :allears:
https://twitter.com/MichaelDelZotto/status/748914717402411008

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Lucic said he actually considered Montreal a good option. Thank god for the Oilers out-stupiding Bergevin.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME

Pornographic Memory posted:

on the other hand he'll probably be on the wing of jack eichel or ryan o'reilly so even if they're not tavares-level, that's still pretty good

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

and yes, now Minny needs to trade for M Staal

pleassssssssse I'd take like pretty much anything in return

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MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

T-Bone posted:

Heatley...Vanek...Staal

The Wild have a real good chance to win the cup five years ago.

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