Whether it was desperation or a savvy hockey move, the Edmonton Oilers took the hockey world by surprise when they offered restricted free-agent Thomas Vanek a seven-year, $50-million contract. The move infuriated the Buffalo Sabres, who quickly matched the offer, and threatened to go after the Oilers’ young talent.
Did the Oilers make a mistake? Absolutely […]
If you’re Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson, what do you do with goaltender Andrew Raycroft now that you’ve signed Vesa Toskala to a two-year, $8-million contract extension?
After a medicore 2006/07 campaign, Raycroft’s stock is not great so trying to unload him and his $2-million/year salary could be a difficult task. Then again, $2-million […]
It was only a few months ago that the Philadelphia Flyers capped off a terrible season that saw them trade Peter Forsberg and miss the playoffs for the first time in eons. It was not a good time in the City of Brotherly Love.
Today, Flyer fans have good reason to be optimistic following a flurry […]
There’s clearly lots to talk about now that the free-agent season has finally started. But what is perhaps most intriguing is how quickly many of the top stars found new teams. No sooner did the 12 p.m. deadline arrive did players such as Ryan Smyth, Chris Drury, Daniel Briere and Jason Blake find new teams. […]
With $6.7-million of salary cap space (and another $5-million if they want to go over the salary-cap budget during the summer), the Maple Leafs have the ability to go hard after one or two free-agents.
But the question is whether the bigger free-agents such as Ryan Smyth, Jason Blake, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez are interested […]
Looks like Daniel Briere is looking for a blockbuster contract with the free-agent season poised to begin tomorrow. He’s apparently turned down a five-year, $25-million contract from the Buffalo Sabres - a deal that was seeking a year ago before going on to record a career-best 91 points.
If I were Briere, I’d be shuffling back […]
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Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email] for b5media.
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