Jay_Grossman Johan Hedberg signs w/NJ #Devils. 1 yr. contract effective $1.5M including bonuses, no trade http://bit.ly/bIp6P7

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

Tambellini to VAN

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Wow the Sabres thread outpaced this one in a hurry once we signed Leopold.

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Proud LGBTQQ Individual

Biron is a ranger? Son of a bitch

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"Love, love will tear us apart again"- Ian Curtis

Those are pretty good contracts, though Volchenkov's may be a year too much for my taste.

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

Both NJD and PIT experienced huge upgrades in defense. I love Uncle Lou's reasoning for bringing in Tallinder - he's got some young Swedish defensemen and wanted to sign the elder Swede after seeing how much he helped Myers last season.

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mechaphil

Both mediocre goalies wanting too much money.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

bullshit.

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Would you want to pay 5/6 million for those guys?? They both sucked last year, I ca see why no one signed either on of them yet.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

They don't suck, but they both need to realize that a paycut is in order. They should each end up with a new cap hit around 3-4.5 mil, but it will take some time for them to accept it.

OK, bear with me here...
ANA - Hiller
ATL - Pavelec/Mason
BOS - Rask
BUF - Miller
CGY - Kipper
CAR - Ward
CHI - Niemi, presumably
COL - Ando
CBJ - Mason
DAL - Ellis/Lehtonen
DET - Howard
EDM - ???
FLA - Vokoun
LAK - Quick/Bernier
MIN - Backstrom
MTL - Price
NSH - Rinne
NJD - Brodeur
NYI - ???
NYR - Lundqvist
OTT - Elliot
PHI - Leighton
PHX - Bryz
PIT - Fleury
SJS - Nittymaki/Greiss
STL - Halak, presumably
TBL - Ellis/Smith
TOR - Monster/Giggy
VAN - Luongo
WAS - Varlamov/Neuvirth

Immediately, that leaves openings for both goalies on the Island and in Edmonton. But if those jobs fill up, I see Nabokov going to the KHL and Turco taking a 1A role on a meh team or back-up role on a good team.

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mechaphil

I see Turco ending up in Washington with a pay cut, I can't see him going to some dead weight teams like the oilers or the islanders.

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just call me Brad

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nabby had a .922 save percentage!!! he was a top 5 goalie last year.

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Jose Theodore is also still available. He could be a good back-up, too.

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mechaphil

Okay but what has he ever done in the playoffs????

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just call me Brad

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he has an above .500 record in the playoffs.

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And never made it past the third round

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

lotta guys havnt. his numbers in the NHL playoffs are a 2.29 GAA and a .914 save percentage... i dont think the sharks failures are his.

for a comparison, i looked at millers stats. nabbys numbers are better. and miller is a good playoff goalie.

sorry dude.

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The fans over at both the official Ducks forum and the Ducks sub-forum at HF Boards all pretty much love the Lydman signing. I miss the guy already

If the new orange Ducks third jersey doesn't suck, I'll be adding it to my collection this fall.

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mechaphil

Best quote of the day so far on HF boards regarding how stupid Daryl Sutter is

"Does Sutter choose who to sign by putting all the UFAs' pictures on the wall and throw darts at them blindfolded?"

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13