NHL offseason thread

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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all july first page 1

Anaheim	Bryan Allen Signed to a three-year contract
Edmonton	Darcy Hordichuk Signed to a one-year contract
Edmonton	Yann Danis Signed to a one-year contract
Edmonton	Ryan Smyth Signed to a two-year contract
Detroit	Jordin Tootoo Signed to a three-year contract
Detroit	Mikael Samuelsson Signed to a two-year contract
Detroit	Damien Brunner Signed to a two-way, entry-level contract
Detroit	Jonas Gustavsson Signed to a two-year contract
Dallas	Aaron Rome Signed to a three-year contract
Dallas	Ray Whitney Signed to a two-year contract
Columbus	Jonathan Audy-Marchessault Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
Colorado	Greg Zanon Signed to a two-year contract
Colorado	John Mitchell Signed to a two-year contract
Colorado	P.A. Parenteau Signed to a four-year contract
Chicago	Sheldon Brookbank Signed to a two-year contract
Boston	Alexander Khokhlachev Signed to an entry-level contract
Boston	Tuukka Rask Signed to a one-year contract
Los Angeles	Dustin Penner Signed to a one-year contract
NY Rangers	Micheal Haley Signed
Winnipeg	Alexei Ponikarovsky Signed
Minnesota	Torrey Mitchell Signed to a three-year contract
Minnesota	Zenon Konopka Signed to a two-year contract
NY Islanders	Jon Landry Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Phoenix	Chad Johnson Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Phoenix	David Moss Signed to a two-year contract
NY Rangers	Stu Bickel Signed
NY Rangers	Arron Asham Signed
Columbus	Nick Foligno Acquired from Ottawa
Ottawa	Nick Foligno Traded to Columbus
Ottawa	Marc Methot Acquired from Columbus
Columbus	Marc Methot Traded to Ottawa
Columbus	Curtis McElhinney Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Philadelphia	Michael Leighton Re-signed
Carolina	Brett Sutter Re-signed to a one-year contract
Carolina	Justin Peters Signed to a two-year contract
Carolina	Joe Corvo Signed to a one-year contract
Tampa Bay	Benoit Pouliot Signed to a one-year, one-way contract
Florida	Greg Rallo Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Winnipeg	Jason King Signed
Carolina	Jordan Staal Signed to a 10-year contract extension
Tampa Bay	Evan Oberg Re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Tampa Bay	Sami Salo Signed to a two-year contract
Anaheim	Jordan Hendry Signed to a one-year contract
Anaheim	Sheldon Souray Signed to a three-year contract
Montreal	Mike Blunden Signed to a one-year contract
Montreal	Cedrick Desjardins Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Montreal	Brandon Prust Signed to a four-year contract
NY Islanders	Matt Watkins Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Anaheim	Brad Staubitz Signed to a two-year contract
Buffalo	John Scott Signed to a one-year contract
Vancouver	Jason Garrison Signed to a six-year contract
St. Louis	Scott Ford Signed to a two-way contract
Nashville	Kevin Henderson Signed to a one-year, two-year contract

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July 1st page two

Sunday July 1, 2012
Team	Transaction
Winnipeg	Derek Meech Agreed to terms
Toronto	Mike Kostka Signed to a one-year contract
Toronto	Jay McClement Signed to a two-year contract
Toronto	Jussi Rynnas Signed to a one-year contract
Toronto	Ryan Hamilton Signed to a one-year contract
Toronto	Matt Frattin Signed to a two-year contract
Tampa Bay	Artem Sergeev Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
St. Louis	Mike McKenna Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
St. Louis	Taylor Chorney Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Pittsburgh	Tanner Glass Signed to a two-year contract
Pittsburgh	Dylan Reese Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Pittsburgh	Trevor Smith Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Pittsburgh	Warren Peters Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Pittsburgh	Riley Holzapfel Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Pittsburgh	Jeff Zatkoff Signed to a two-year, two-way contract
Ottawa	Guillaume Latendresse Signed to a one-year contract
Ottawa	Shane Prince Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
Ottawa	Mike Lundin Signed to a one-year contract
NY Islanders	Matt Carkner Signed to a three-year contract
NY Islanders	Brad Boyes Signed to a one-year contract
Nashville	Brian McGrattan Signed to a one-year contract
Nashville	Chris Mason Signed to a one-year contract
Florida	Filip Kuba Signed to a two-year contract
Florida	George Parros Signed to a two-year contract
Florida	Dov Grumet-Morris Signed to a one-year contract
Florida	Scott Clemmensen Signed to two-year contract extension
Columbus	Adrian Aucoin Signed to a one-year contract
Florida	Jon Rheault Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
San Jose	Adam Burish Signed to a four-year contract

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The rest. Thanks copy and paste from tsn.ca. It has not been crazy busy yet. waiting for suter and parise to sign with create more action. Been busy will try and update as the offseason goes.

Tuesday July 3, 2012
Team	Transaction
NY Rangers	Kris Newbury Agreed to terms
Phoenix	Rob Klinkhammer Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Nashville	Mike Moore Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Philadelphia	Mike Testwuide Signed
Philadelphia	Danny Syvret Signed
Philadelphia	Cullen Eddy Signed
New Jersey	Bryce Salvador Signed to a three-year contract
Detroit	Marek Tvrdon Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
Colorado	Erik Johnson Re-signed to a four-year contract
Washington	Jack Hillen Signed to a one-year contract
Ottawa	Hugh Jessiman Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Monday July 2, 2012
Team	Transaction
Washington	Kevin Marshall Signed to a one-year contract
Washington	Garrett Stafford Signed to a one-year contract
Calgary	Jiri Hudler Signed to a four-year contract
San Jose	Alex Stalock Signed to a one-year contract
San Jose	Bracken Kearns Signed to a one-year contract
San Jose	Danny Groulx Signed to a one-year contract
San Jose	Matt Irwin Signed to a one-year contract
St. Louis	Jeff Woywitka Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Anaheim	Rickard Rakell Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
Vancouver	Steve Pinizzotto Re-signed
Vancouver	Andrew Ebbett Signed to a one-year, two-way contract extension
Phoenix	Raffi Torres Suspension reduced to 21-games by (NHL)
NY Islanders	Eric Boulton Signed to a one-year contract
Washington	Joey Crabb Signed to a one-year contract
NY Islanders	Brandon DeFazio Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
NY Islanders	Colin McDonald Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
New Jersey	Johan Hedberg Signed to a two-year contract
New Jersey	Martin Brodeur Signed to a two-year contract
Anaheim	Matt Smaby Signed to a one-year contract
Buffalo	Steve Ott Acquired from Dallas
Buffalo	Adam Pardy Acquired from Dallas
Dallas	Adam Pardy Traded to Buffalo
Dallas	Steve Ott Traded to Buffalo
Dallas	Derek Roy Acquired from Buffalo
Buffalo	Derek Roy Traded to Dallas
Montreal	Carey Price Signed to a six-year contract
Montreal	Francis Bouillon Signed to a one-year contract
Winnipeg	Olli Jokinen Signed to a two-year contract
Dallas	Antoine Roussel Signed to a two-year, two-way contract
Dallas	Toby Petersen Signed to a two-year, two-way contract
Calgary	Ben Street Signed to a two-year, two-way contract
Phoenix	Chris Conner Signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Phoenix	Alexandre Bolduc Re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract

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Parise and Sutter both signed with the Wild. 13 year 98 million dollars each.

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Parise and Sutter both signed with the Wild. 13 year 98 million dollars each.

will they make the Wild any better?

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100 % yes

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will they make the Wild any better?

Strange they both sign similar deals, same day, so far as i know minnesota still outlaws same sex marriage

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Dang it! I wanted Parise!

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Dang it! I wanted Parise!

in a cougar sense or a flames sense?

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Along with the 50/50 split in revenue and the 10-year term length, the significant parts of the new deal include:

■ No individual player contract shall exceed eight years. Only players who renew deals with their existing teams are eligible for the eight-year max. All others, typically signing as free agents, are capped at seven years. Previously, there was no limit on how long players could sign.

■ Revenue sharing among teams bumped from $150 million to $200 million.

■ Individual team salary cap for this season will be $70.2 million, with a reduction to $64.3 million in 2013-14. Over the length of the CBA, the cap cannot fall below $64.3 million. The new deal allows for a total of two compliance or ‘’amnesty’’ buyouts for ‘13-14 and ‘14-15 allowing clubs to ditch player salary if necessary not to exceed the cap. The buyout figures will not be counted toward the cap. However, they will factor into hockey related renveue (HRR) computations.

■ Each club shall pay a minimum of $44 million in salaries (salary floor), in ‘12-’13 and ‘13-’14.

■ Owners agree to fund up to $300 million toward a “make whole” provision, money that will allow players with deals signed prior to the lockout to earn most, if not all, of their money.

■ Minimum salary, to begin at $525,000, will increase to $750,000 over the length of the CBA.

■ Participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games remains unresolved. To be agreed upon outside the agreement.

■ Player pensions, a late sticking point, will be defined benefit plans rather than defined contributions — putting greater liability on the owners.