Category Archives: Free Agents
Will Richards go to the Devils?
Charles Curtis/NJ.com writes … NHL free agency: Brad Richards to Devils?
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Five Free Agents Who Will Be Overpaid
Matt Larkin of the Hockey News Writes … Five free agents who will be overpaid this summer.
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Could Richards head back to Tampa Bay?
In today's @TB_Times, agent for Brad Richards says he'd "respond positively" to interest from Tampa, but fit unlikely http://t.co/tAAml2021B
— Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) June 21, 2014
Does Boyle want to go to Toronto?
Darren Dreger is reporting that The Toronto Maple Leafs are high on Dan Boyle’s list.
Could Iginla end up in Detroit?
Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Sports Writer, writes that Free agent Jarome Iginla would make an excellent addition to the Red Wings.
How spike in NHL salary cap will impact the Flyers
All told, the Flyers have $49.36 million committed for next season.
That leaves approximately $21.7 million to spend, though a few players need extensions first. Goaltender Steve Mason will be due a big raise once he is eligible to sign an extension on Jan. 1. Steve Downie is set to become an unrestricted free agent and already earns $2.65 million. Brayden Schenn, Michael Raffl and Erik Gustafsson are all restricted. The Flyers also will need to find a deal for Ray Emery or look for a new backup.
Wild likely to go after Vanek or Stephan
If the Wild can’t sign free agent and former Gopher Thomas Vanek of the New York Islanders after the season, look for them to pursue Hastings native Derek Stepan of the New York Rangers. Either player would provide the one additional scorer the Wild need to contend for a Stanley Cup.
NHL free agents: Will they stay or will they go?
USA TODAY Sports’ Kevin Allen predicts whether other potential unrestricted free agents will take extensions or explore the market:
Blue Jackets not likely to sign Prospal
Despite chatter, interest from Prospal camp, see no chance #CBJ try to sign him. Plan is to get healthy, let young players figure it out.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 9, 2013
Could the Leafs go after Vinny Prospal?
The Leafs also don’t have many other options at the moment. With Trevor Smith already with the big club, the Toronto Marlies are having issues at centre of their own, and only 34-year-old grinder Jerred Smithson has much NHL experience.
The other alternative would be to sign a player like veteran free agent Vinny Prospal, although the Leafs cap situation is incredibly tight and made more difficult by all of the injuries up front.
Vinny Prospal, an ex-Ranger, would be solid free agent addition
Vinny Prospal is out there, a free agent who has been known to provide some pop and crackle, even if he won’t win even a single foot-race; a free agent who was a popular and productive Ranger for a couple of seasons not all that long ago.
Rumblings: Morrow, Gagne awaiting calls
You could start one heck of a rec hockey team these days with the big names sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring.
Brenden Morrow, Simon Gagne, Ilya Bryzgalov, Jose Theodore, Mike Knuble, Carlo Colaiacovo, Wade Redden and the list goes on among the veteran free agents who remain unsigned.
Former Star Brenden Morrow still looking for team, waiting for right fit
Brenden Morrow has a quiet determination right now. If he wasn’t so nice, you’d even say it was a chip on his shoulder.
Let’s just call it a quiet determination.
Morrow is out of work. The former Stars captain was traded to Pittsburgh last spring, had a nice little run, and then was allowed to become an unrestricted free agent. Two months later, while camps are buzzing and rosters are filling up, he doesn’t have a job.
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