Around the NHL off-season

[Alex]

Originally Posted by aapbolt

Adrian Dater at SI has his power rankings out for the start of the season, he has the canes at 8, turds at 17, caps at 18, jets at 20 and the bolts at 26. Guess we will finish last in our division....cretin...no way the turds beat us.

Just look at who was number 3 on that list - Edmonton.

Ryan Whitney said it best - "...in some states, marijuana is legal." Dater is from Colorado.

[nutznboltz]

TSN has us ranked at 24..

[Hoek]

Turds beat us last year.. so I wouldn't say no way... 26 is pretty low though! Why are the Jets higher? Who did they add this offseason again? I forget..

[dannybolt]

If any of the teams above us had Garon as their starting goalie, I doubt anyone would have a problem with them being ranked 24 or 26. I don't expect we are going to be getting a whole lot of love from the prognosticators until the Lindback question is answered.

[thefly]

does anyone think that paul ranger will get a nhl-contract in the next week? he's doing pretty good for the marlies

[thefly]

gomez told to stay home. will be bought-out in the summer
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413436

[thefly]

1st trade today

flyers reacquired boucher and mark alt for luke pither. alt is a former 2nd rounder (2010) and plays with wilcox

[Coldrice]

Westgarth traded from Kings to Hurricanes for Anthony Stewart, a 4th in 2013, and a 6th in 2014. Good move... closer to "home". Good kid.

[Coldrice]

Other moves, signings, look-outs, and CBA FYI stuff

Andy Strickland‏@andystrickland

Dman Mike Mottau has agreed to 1 yr 2 way deal with the Toronto


Pierre LeBrun‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun

Hearing Canucks have agreed to terms on one year, $700 K pro-rated deal with d-man Cam Barker. I like that signing.


Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

Seems like every team is looking for defencemen. I believe DET and EDM are two teams with great motivation to upgrade the blueline.



Erik Erlendsson‏@erlendssonTBO

Carolina anounces goaltender Dan Ellis has signed a 1-year prorated $650,000 deal


Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

Jochen Hecht's one year deal with BUF is now official. $1M plus potential for GP bonuses of $250K. Cap hit, tho, is $1M.

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

“@NYRangers: #NYR agreed to terms with defensemen @MichaelDelZotto and Matt Gilroy”/ Del Zotto's deal is two years with AAV of $2.55M.

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

Radek Martinek's one-year deal with the NYI is for $600K with potential for another $150K in GP bonuses. Cap hit is $600K.


Nick Kypreos‏@RealKyper

2 biggest names not reporting for #NHL training camp today remain #Canadiens PK Subban and #Stars Jamie Benn. Told both not close to deals


Rich Chere‏@Ledger_NJDevils

Mathieu Darche will attend Devils' training camp



Eric Macramalla‏@EricOnSportsLaw

Confirmation: New CBA has old rule that player on LTIR DOES NOT count against cap if team at top end of cap; this did not deter Habs decision (Gomez)

[Coldrice]

More...

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

We got waivers! Ha. Here you go: ANA: J Hendry, P Maroom, N Guenin, M Smaby. BUF: J Finley, D Leggio, D Schliestel. CBJ: C Bass, A Joudrey


Renaud Lavoie‏@RenLavoieRDS

Canadiens waivers: Alain Beger (125$ buyout) and Cedrick Desjardins.


Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

CBJ: R Russell, N Drazenovic. MTL: C Desjardins. Alain Berger on $125 waivers presumably for purposes of mutual contract termination.

Bob McKenzie‏@TSNBobMcKenzie

NSH: M Moore. WPG: Ben Maxwell. PIT: S McIntyre, J Zatkoff, B Thiessen. That is all.


Josh Rimer‏@JoshRimerHockey

The Capitals have signed right wing Eric Fehr to a one-year, $600,000 contract, vice president and GM George McPhee announced today.