Free Agent Frenzy Open Thread, Part Deux
Because the other one was getting bogged down under the weight of 600+ comments, here's some fresh thread...
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Players being soff in the crease have you down? Want to put the crash back in net? Then you need Knuble!
RIP Billy, now we are stuck with Vince Schmoli of ShamWOW. Fuck.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Jul 1, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
That photo might be even more horrifying than Crosy with the cup.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jul 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
For those wondering the reason for the mug shots above, courtesy of the Smoking Gun:
Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she “propositioned him for straight sex.” Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly “bit his tongue and would not let go.” Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue.
I’m sincerely more saddened by Billy Mays’ death than I am Michael Jackson’s.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Jul 1, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Frankly Wolf Blitzer’s coming death would be harder than Jackson’s, I mean for MJ it’s just the end of one odd-ass circus.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Jul 1, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
THE SECRET IS IN THE SCREENING. KNUBLE STANDS IN FRONT OF THE GOALIE AND PUCKS GO IN THE NET.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Jul 1, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You call this a hockey free agents thread?
by Gould Old Days on Jul 1, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone see Ovie breaking 70 goals this year cuz of Knuble’s screening?
by RedskinFan4Life on Jul 1, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Question for the great hockey minds here. I would think the flyers are over there cap. If so, is this allowed during the summer?
Repost -- from the chronicles of oh snap
@dchesnokov: Chicago Starbucks release new drink in honor of Hossa…it’s served without a cup
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Dude, I’m so tired of these Obama commercials telling me how to be a dad and sit down with my family for dinner. I’m not even married, much less looking to procreate.
I prefer the democrat telling me that I have to raise my kids to the democrat that tells me that the village has to raise my kids.
by Rob Parker on Jul 1, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
maybe they’d understand straightforward descriptive statistics, but that is all that gets bandied about here.
If JP was truly into statistics, he’d have plotted the quartiles for the results for each of the rink wraps, and compared Ovie’s scoring to what is expected from a Poisson distribution.
What’s in Bob Gainey’s water?
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Fine by me. The more centers he signs, the more likely he lets Plekanec slip off the line into our waiting maw….
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Can we afford Plekanec, and do we want him? I haven’t done a lot of digging on him.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
I think it’s too early to know what Montreal wants given how many roster spots they have to fill. Plekanec wouldn’t be cheap, though.
I’m not a huge Plekanec fan. He had a good year a couple years ago but hasn’t really impressed me since. I’m nowhere near convinced that he’s a legit 2C in the NHL right now.
26 years old + three straight 20 goals seasons + only one season of ever not being a plus player in North America gets me excited.
I didn’t realize he was that old already. I thought his Entry Level K was expiring. Maybe I need to watch him more but he never lived up to the hype I perceived over him.
I definitely think he got overhyped by the combination of being in Montreal and coming out with that strong second season. He’s a second line center and nothing more, but that’s what the Caps need right now and I’d be awfully happy to have him.
I was just checking capgeek and MON has $15M tied up in 4 centers right now (not including Koivu, Lang or Plekanec)
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Plekanec’s existing cap hit is 1.6, and he’s an RFA. Not sure I like playing with RFA’s. Did MTL QO him?
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
How the heck does he get paid more/year than Hossa? Yes, I know about the front-loaded nature of Hossa’s contract, but still…
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jul 1, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Um, TSN.ca has it as more than talk.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Can someone explain this to me?
So I understand that Hossa’s 12 year deal was to reduce the cap hit, but won’t they still have to pay for this 12 years down the line?
For example, say he gets bought out in 8 years, won’t the Hawks have an almost $3 million hit for each of the remaining 4 years?
Wouldn’t he (or anyone with that kind of deal) be horrifically stupid to retire?
Why give up guaranteed money?
Well the money is pretty low at that point. If he is embarrassing himself on the ice or too banged up to continue he’ll just retire. I’m not sure what the last few years look like but I think his final 4 years average less than one million per year. The final year or two wouldn’t be terrible to buy out (assuming the same rules apply in a decade).
If you’ve made 50 million+ and you’re in you’re forty, maybe leaving that million a year on the table isn’t so bad.
From your typewriter to Nyls’ ears… well after switching “50 million+” with “30 million+” (over his career), “forty” with “36”, and the last “million” with “couple of million”.
Some terms are okay and don’t have to be updated to the 21st century for people to understand them.
Or maybe I’m just old.
Knuble speaks
Knuble just on XM and said there were a bunch of teams calling him at 12:01 and Washington came at him hard. Said they told him he’ll probably be slotted with Backstrom and Ovechkin. The line I like best: " I know what I do best and that’s go to the net."
Which makes sense. If your second line is Laich-Nylander-Semin (or whoever the center is), you’ve got a playmaker, a finisher, and a net-crasher on each of your top two lines. Make your third line Bourque – Steckel – Fehr or Clark and that’s a mix scoring/checking line.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
I like the way you think.
Funny how one moderately price free agent makes the whole forward picture look so much better, isn’t it?
…Nylander + Knuble in the top six (and the associated quality of depth in the lower six) is better than Nylander alone in the top six.
Caps will be compensated with picks because he is RFA
by Moonage Daydream on Jul 1, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
eklund is going nuts on twitter waiting for “something big.” i laugh at his self-importance, but also cry that i am reading it.
That’s like drinking a loaf of delicious bread.
by Knee high to a duck on Jul 1, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This was lost on the previous thread. Quoth SombreroGuy:
from twitter:
OnFrozenBlogRT: @capsmedia: Ovi has already called DC excited about the signing and asking for Knuble’s phone number.
Seriously, Ovechkin is the awesomest guy who ever was awesome.
Gaborik, Rags, 5 × 5.75. If there was ever any ice that could be worse for his health than the VC, he found it.
Just saw this. They need offense, true story, but an injury-prone sniper on MSG ice is playing with fire, if you ask me.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Even better, 5 × 7.5. Bwahahahaha. I’m right with you, at least Gomez would have been in the lineup for most of the season.
by Gould Old Days on Jul 1, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s very talented. No question there. And he’s actually younger than I thought he was. Still made of glass though.
by Gould Old Days on Jul 1, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
More news.
Chris Neil sticks with Ottawa and takes a pay cut to do it. 4 years at $2 million per.
Brian Gionta’s a Hab. Five years, $5 million per. Someone take Bob Gainey’s checkbook away from him.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
And from my Twitter feed ....
Some of the more entertaining comments.
(translated) @fanatiqueca Gionta 5’7" 175, Gomez 5’11" 200 CAMMALLERI 5’9" 185. the smurf line will succeed Bure-Koivu-Petrov ;)
@Number31 And Gaborik breaks his hand signing with the Rangers.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
it’s fascinating…really, how much better are the Habs after the last 48 hours, even after all this?
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Well, they’re different, that’s for sure!
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jul 1, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Hunh. TSN.ca says Sjostrom goes to Calgary, 2 years for $1.5 million. I like Sjostrom, but I wonder how Calgary’s doing that.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Chicago’s got a fistful of monopoly money or something. If I was on Chicago, I’d be wondering if I was being shopped.
If by “monopoly money” you mean “the sticky icky,” then I agree.
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