Free Agency: Goaltenders
by JustinM on Jul 1, 2010 11:44 AM EDT
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For your reference: a list of available free agent goalies...after the jump. I (or someone with more access than me) will cross names off once they're gone. Bit players left off the list for space considerations.
Alex Auld Canadiens, 1 year at $1M
Martin Biron Rangers, $1.75M over 2 years
Dan Ellis Lightning, $3M over 2 years
Johan Hedberg Devils, 1 year at $1.5M
Chris Mason Thrashers, $3.7M over 2 years
Antero Niittymaki Sharks, $4M over 2 years
Andrew Raycroft Stars, $1.3M over 2 years
Curtis Sanford Montreal, 1 year at $550k
Updates, obviously, to come!
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that was fast
I'm 21 now... I still feel 20 and I still feel way too old.
Just so I never have to answer this again. I'm from Singapore so whenever you see me online, I'm either sleep deprived or just waking up.
Pretty decent pay for a backup goalie, though.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
Had to laugh. Biron was never a “great” goalie by any means, but I think we saw his best days in Philly. Maybe Buffalo. Up for discussion I suppose.
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Ya, G, Wings, and Centers aren’t getting any love in these posts. Maybe after we sign another D man.
"Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental." - Jim McKenny
Well, I didn’t expect the G thread to be a hot spot, given that we aren’t going to touch this market. I’m a bit surprised about the wing threads, though.
Those don’t seem to have much movement to begin with though. Like we all have been hearing and saying, it’s a D free agency this year. I hope we land one more of these D man then I guarantee we start looking for a vet on the wing.
"Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental." - Jim McKenny
Over/under on how many games before Auld takes over as the Habs' starter?
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
That’s his third team in three years, isn’t it?
by SlayerGhaleon on Jul 1, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the same can be said of Biron. Philly, Islanders and now Rangers. At least he has a habit of staying in the division.
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What do you think the odds are that Theodore and Turco are forced to take back-up jobs this season? Who’s really hurting for a goaltender right now, other than the Flyers?
I can somehow see Turco going to Philly if they can’t get Nabakov, which is looking less likely given the small amount of cap room.
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Hedberg to the Devils
1 year, $1.5 million
The Pens will be back.
by PensAreYourDaddy on Jul 1, 2010 6:16 PM EDT reply actions
Kind of a curious signing for them. Expensive for a backup who likely won’t play much, unless they’re thinking of finally backing Brodeur off a little.
Same thought I was having.
The Pens will be back.
by PensAreYourDaddy on Jul 1, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, i’m barely twitter-capable, though I did manage to hook up with bob mckenzie.
The Pens will be back.
by PensAreYourDaddy on Jul 1, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
PAYD, you got a twitter acct?
I'm 21 now... I still feel 20 and I still feel way too old.
Just so I never have to answer this again. I'm from Singapore so whenever you see me online, I'm either sleep deprived or just waking up.
I do – pensryourdaddy.
The Pens will be back.
by PensAreYourDaddy on Jul 2, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
i always assumed that Nabokov and Turco were gonna be the first goalies signed… Not a bunch of journeyman backups… what a weird way to start the FA…
I'm 21 now... I still feel 20 and I still feel way too old.
Just so I never have to answer this again. I'm from Singapore so whenever you see me online, I'm either sleep deprived or just waking up.
have no idea why… isn’t it still prudent to build your team from the goal outwards or have I fallen asleep since the Brodeur/Hasek/Roy days?
I'm 21 now... I still feel 20 and I still feel way too old.
Just so I never have to answer this again. I'm from Singapore so whenever you see me online, I'm either sleep deprived or just waking up.
Scotty Bowman doesn't think so
Chicago and Detroit winning the cup says something about the need to have an amazing goalie. It seems like teams that win the cup have good shut down D-men. Even the Pens had good D, (top 10 if I remember correctly) in the year they won the cup. Look at the D-men on the cup winning and runner up teams since the lockout, Pronger three times, Keith and Seabrook, Lidstrom and Rafalski twice, Gonchar when he was a bit younger and Scuderi twice, Scott Neidermayer, Volchenkov and Redden, (I think he was good at one point, wasn’t he?). Out of the 10 teams, three seemed to buck the trend, the Pens twice and the Hurricanes. Seems pretty good to me.
I agree with Scotty, and so do most of the statistical analysts out there.
I’d rather have great people who make the goalie’s job easier than I would a great goalie, because that’s several million you could use elsewhere to have a proportionally much larger impact.
okay… so competent goalie + awesomeness D.
I think Flower qualifies as awesomeness and I’m getting warm fuzzy feelings inside about our D…
Is it OCtober already?
I'm 21 now... I still feel 20 and I still feel way too old.
Just so I never have to answer this again. I'm from Singapore so whenever you see me online, I'm either sleep deprived or just waking up.
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