NHL offseason thread

[redliner]

Crazy trades at the draft alot of moves coming july 1st as well.

Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired goaltender Tomas Vokoun from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a seventh round pick in this year’s entry draft. Vokoun, 35, is eligible for UFA status on July 1, but according to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, he’s agreed to a two-year deal with the Penguins worth $2 million per season.

Michel Therrien appointed Head Coach of the Montreal Canadiens (again).

Sharks acquire defenceman Brad Stuart from Red Wings for forward Andrew Murray and a conditional draft pick in '14. Stuart becomes a UFA on July 1.

Craig MacTavish back with the Oilers as Sr VP of Hockey Ops.

Sens have re-signed Karlsson: 7 year/$45.5 million dollar deal. $6.5 a season.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired G Sergei Bobrovsky from the Philadelphia Flyers for three draft picks, including a second rounder (45th overall). Bobrovsky appeared in 29 games for the Flyers last season, picking up 14 wins to go along with an .899 save percentage and a 3.02 goals against average. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=398972

Tim Thomas has waived his NTC giving the Bruins the option to dump his contract.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded Jordan Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a first-round pick (8th overall - D Derrick Pouliot), Brandon Sutter and Ryan Dumoulin. Staal turned down a 10-year contract extension with the Penguins on Thursday, which increased speculation that he might be dealt. The deal unites him with his brother Eric in Carolina. Full Story.

Leafs trade rights to Jonas Gustavsson to Winnipeg in exchange for conditional 7th-rounder in 2013. Gustavsson is UFA July 1. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399072

The Dallas Stars have traded forward Mike Ribeiro to the Washington Capitals for forward Cody Eakin and a second-round pick (54th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399013

The Anaheim Ducks have traded defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky to the New York Islanders on Friday for a second-round pick in the 2013 Draft. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399011

The Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenceman Zbynek Michalek to the Phoenix Coyotes on Friday in exchange for defenceman Harrison Ruopp, goalie Marc Cheverie, and a third-round pick (81st overall) in the 2012 Draft. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399048

The Boston Bruins have acquired fwd Michel Ouellet & a 5th round pick in the 2012 Draft (131st) from Tampa Bay in exchange for the rights to Benoit Pouliot.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenceman Luke Schenn to the Philadelphia Flyers for forward James Van Riemsdyk. Full Story.

Will try and update all offseason. Thanks.

 

[pjbleek]

Bruins picked up PK Subban's little brother (he was a goalie in the juniors) imagine him going up against his brother? he said in no certain words that he doesn't like him all that much

 

[redliner]

Bruins picked up PK Subban's little brother (he was a goalie in the juniors) imagine him going up against his brother? he said in no certain words that he doesn't like him all that much

Haha yeah I saw that in the news yesturday. What do you think of the Thomas antics lately. What a wierd turn of events there. The bruins brass not happy with no vist to the white house ?

 

[pjbleek]

Haha yeah I saw that in the news yesturday. What do you think of the Thomas antics lately. What a wierd turn of events there. The bruins brass not happy with no vist to the white house ?

who knows where the Tim Thomas show goes (or even when it started) I personally do not care what he does off the ice, just stay between those pipes....but everything gets so blown out of propotion especially here in Beantown and the fan base has even turned on him. We had to face the facts that he was going to leave us, just when was that going to be? we'll never know. is he going to retire? Holy hell, thank God the season doesn't start for a few months (maybe we'll get a good backstop for Tukka?)

 

[redliner]

I was reading that he moved his family to colorado during the season.

 

[pjbleek]

why not move to Montana so he can be neighbors with Drew Bledsoe?

 

[freakofnature]

Oh hey! Look at that! The Flames still suck. :coffee

 

[Francis]

And yet the Canucks have not made a single significant move.. Go figure with Luongo still waiting to see his faith.. :24:

 

[redliner]

I don't get how if luongo goes to the leafs it will help them.

 

[Francis]

I don't get how if luongo goes to the leafs it will help them.

Well for one, The Leafs will need to give up a hell of a lot for the Canucks to hand over the NTC to Brian Burke just because there is such a hate for him.. Basically the Canucks would want to make the Leafs look bad in the trade and Burke knows it.. This all goes back to when he tried to steal away the Sedin brothers and the bad blood started between management..

As for the Leafs they would be crazy to draw Loungo at this point.. Schnieder perhaps and even he will cost them due to the hate in Management..

 

[redliner]

I see Tim Thomas being a good fit for the Leafs.

 

[Francis]

I see Tim Thomas being a good fit for the Leafs.

I doubt he will leave the US..

 

[redliner]

I doubt he will leave the US..

Maybe with the Burke connection he might.

 

[Francis]

Maybe with the Burke connection he might.

When it's all said and done it comes down to $$$..

 

[Francis]

Leafs sent goalie Gustavsson to Winnipeg for a future draft pick.

They also sent Schenn to Philly for van Riemsdyk.. Not sure if a player that misses games will help them much even if he is bigger..

 

[retro]

The Coyotes got Michalek back from the Penguins for two prospects and a 3rd rounder... not bad at all. This should solidify our defense, and I think he'll be great paired up with OEL, giving us two very good defensive pairings with Yandle and Klesla as our #1 pair. I'd imagine that Aucoin will be retiring and Rozsival won't be re-signed. We're still taking phone calls on Yandle, but it's gonna have to be one hell of a deal for us to give him up. I think we'll probably trade off some of our defensive depth in order to get some offense, most likely in the form of a center.

 

[redliner]

retro I can truely appreciate your knowledge of the coyotes. You must be happy that there is ownership coming in the near future ?

 

[redliner]

tsn.ca

The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms on a new five-year deal with goaltender
Ondrej Pavelec. Pavelec's deal with comes with an annual cap hit of $3.9
million, according to TSN's hockey insider Bob McKenzie.

 

[redliner]

tsn.ca

The Hockey Hall of Fame will be welcoming four more members in the player
category this November, as the selection committee announced Tuesday that Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure have been chosen for
induction.

Sakic won two Stanley Cups and finished his career with 625 goals and 1,016
assists in 1,378 NHL games. He started his NHL career in 1988 with the Quebec
Nordiques, moving with the team to Colorado in 1995.

Sakic's trophy case includes the Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year
Award (1988), Conn Smythe Trophy (1996), Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (2001),
Lester B. Pearson Award (2001) and Hart Memorial Trophy (2001).

Sakic, who played in a dozen NHL all-star games, won the world junior
championships, world championships, World Cup and Olympics in addition to the
Stanley Cup.

Sundin collected 564 goals and 785 assists from his 1,346 games in the NHL.
Best known as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Swede also played for
Quebec and Vancouver.

Oates, who was named head coach of the Washington Capitals earlier on
Tuesday, retired in 2004 after tallying 1,420 points in 1,337 games with
Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Anaheim, and Edmonton. He
played in five NHL All-Star Games during his 19-season career and was named to
the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 1991.

Bure played for 12 seasons in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida
Panthers and New York Rangers, averaging better than a point per game in his NHL
career (779 points with 437 goals in 702 NHL games).

The 2012 class will enter the Hall on Nov. 12 in a ceremony that will be seen
live on TSN.

More to follow.

The Washington Capitals are going with a familiar face behind the bench, as the
club has hired Adam Oates as their new head coach. Oates, a former Capital who
was also chosen for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday, was an
assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils.

 

[redliner]

Before july 1st

Saturday June 30, 2012
Team	Transaction
Columbus	Nick Holden Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Columbus	Jared Boll Signed to a two-year, $2.1 million contract through 2013-14
Montreal	Alexei Emelin Signed to a two-year contract
Tampa Bay	Keith Aulie Re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Friday June 29, 2012
Team	Transaction
Phoenix	Andy Miele Re-signed to a one-year contract
Montreal	Travis Moen Signed to a four-year contract
Calgary	Blair Jones Signed to a two-year contract ($650,000 per year)
Colorado	Steve Downie Signed to a two-year contract extension
Montreal	Petteri Nokelainen Signed to a one-year contract
Montreal	Brendon Nash Signed to a two-way contract
Minnesota	Matt Kassian Re-signed to a one-year contract
Washington	Mike Carman Re-signed to a one-year contract
Calgary	Cory Sarich Signed
New Jersey	Cam Janssen Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Calgary	Lee Stempniak Signed to a two-year contract ($2,500,000 per year)
Thursday June 28, 2012
Team	Transaction
Vancouver	Cory Schneider Agreed to terms
Nashville	Hal Gill Signed to a two-year contract
Los Angeles	Jonathan Quick Signed to a 10-year contract extension
Florida	Matt Bradley Waived
Florida	Mike Santorelli Waived
Tampa Bay	Brian Lee Signed to a two-year contract
Columbus	Nikita Nikitin Signed to a two-year contract
St. Louis	Scott Nichol Signed to a one-year contract extension
Pittsburgh	Sidney Crosby Signed to a 12-year contract extension
Wednesday June 27, 2012
Team	Transaction
Tampa Bay	Brendan Mikkelson Signed to a one-year, one-way contract
Calgary	Blake Comeau Signed
Washington	Jordan Henry Acquired from Calgary
Calgary	Jordan Henry Traded to Washington
Calgary	Dennis Wideman Acquired from Washington
Washington	Dennis Wideman Traded to Calgary