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    Originally posted by Alex Mogilny
    My take so far on this free agent signing frenzy and the year ahead.............



    8. Buffalo....They still have a team???

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    Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
    Actually, its Torontions (Leaf fans) who think the hockey world revolves around them, not other Canadians.

    Bob Mackenzie works for TSN (Supposedly 'Canada's Sports Network', which is more like the Toronto Sports Network).
    There should be six more Canadian teams in NHL!

    Take out GDMM Nashville, Columbus and all other ill-concieved Bettman decisions and now way did NHL have to go through nightmare of last few years!

    Cities like Winnipeg, and Hamilton could support hockey in huge way. Hamilton had full compliment of season's tickets sold in their application. No!

    Much wiser to head to the hockey hotbet of Nashville, Tennessee!!

    Bettman fucked NHL!
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    Hold on there buddy, Winnipeg had their chance and blew it...

    Just like Quebec did....
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    Originally posted by Alex Mogilny
    My take so far on this free agent signing frenzy and the year ahead.............

    1. Where's AlMo gonna end up...hope not FLA!!

    3. The Pens...very interesting can Cancer man keep up with sid the kid and ziggy??? Good pick up on T-Bo....bigger question is who is gonna play on lines 2-4???
    "Cancer man" ?? Damn, that's pretty cold dude....

    You probably don't consider undergoing two months of radiation treatment, finishing one morning, flying to Philadelphia, and scoring for the Pens in the same day, is a feat, but you have to admit, not a bad day's work...

    Oh yeah, he came back to win the Art Ross Trophy again that year, with 160 points.... Not bad for the Cancer man, huh ??

    I'm sure Mogilny will be putting up those numbers this year, for whoever wants him that is....

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    I was the happiest guy in the world when the Canucks traded Mike Peca for Almo.

    In the end, it was the second worst trade we've ever made (after Perderson for Neely).

    He floats, drinks too much Vodka, and is a cancer (for lack of a better word) on the team.

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    Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
    "Cancer man" ?? Damn, that's pretty cold dude....

    You probably don't consider undergoing two months of radiation treatment, finishing one morning, flying to Philadelphia, and scoring for the Pens in the same day, is a feat, but you have to admit, not a bad day's work...

    Oh yeah, he came back to win the Art Ross Trophy again that year, with 160 points.... Not bad for the Cancer man, huh ??

    I'm sure Mogilny will be putting up those numbers this year, for whoever wants him that is....
    You take it out of context....I meant it in a super hero kind of way....lose that edge, it's a little sharp.
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    Further proof Toronto is the center of the hockey universe!

    New Toronto Hockey Camp For Fetuses Attracts Hundreds of Expectant Mothers

    A hockey camp for pregnant women, or more specifically for the children that they're carrying, has opened in Toronto. Enrollment levels at the new Toronto District Pre-Natal Hockey School have exceeded expectations, according to the camp's organizer and chief instructor, Carlos O'Heffernan.

    "People want to make sure their children get every opportunity possible. I think that's why we have so many students enrolled," said O'Heffernan, a self-described hockey expert and former Junior 'D' centerman who once recorded a hat trick in a Cobourg beer league game 11 years ago. "We have couples who haven't even conceived yet who are putting down deposits to get on the waiting list. With all of the money in the pro game, can you blame them?"

    At his Pre-Natal hockey school, O'Heffernan puts the unborn children through all of the paces.

    "Just because they're not born yet, that doesn't mean we baby them. Hockey's a hard, gruelling game. The sooner they learn that, the better off they'll be in the long run."

    "But look at someone like Sidney Crosby-he started skating when he was three-way too late. That's three lost years!
    O'Heffernan spitting out reasons why it's necessary to start them off young.
    Drills at the school include motivational yelling at the mothers' stomachs, in-class instructional sessions on modern defensive systems, as well as tutorials on effective forechecking techniques in the ultrasound room.

    "The modern game is so complicated, it's imperative that we teach them as soon as possible. If you wait to educate them on the complexities of the left-wing lock after they've been born, they won't be able to grasp all of it, even when they're 18.

    "Yes, the kids aren't wearing skates yet, and we can't really get them out on the ice, but we can put them through some...dry land training...as such, get them ready, so when they pop out, they'll be ready to be driven straight to the rink to begin their skating drills."

    Some whiny, visor-wearing Euro-lovers have raised concerns about whether fetuses are ready for the rigours of an eight-week long hockey camp. "This whole hockey camp for yet-to-be-born children is well, uhm, absolutely ridiculous," said Ivan Goodcanadianboy, President of Hockey Canada and the overlord of minor hockey in Canada. "Studies have shown that children should not be skating until they are at least three months old. These fetuses don't have the muscular development to be doing two-a-day workouts, I don't care what anyone tells you."


    O'Heffernan bristled at the suggestion that his students aren't physically mature enough for hockey camp. "Hey, we're not crazy here-you have to be in your second trimester. They can't learn anything if it's any sooner than that.

    "But look at someone like Sidney Crosby-he started skating when he was three-way too late. That's three lost years! These days, you gotta start them out before they get out. You're foolish if you don't! Otherwise, they won't be fully prepared and conditioned for the rigours of the 75-game schedule of house league PeeWee hockey," added O'Heffernan, who indicated that he plans to expand his business to Smiths Falls.

    Parents attending O'Heffernan's school that our reporter pestered in the parking lot explained their motivations. "Isn't little baby gonna grow up to score 50 goals and build mommy and daddy a nice cottage in the Muskokas? Isn't he? Isn't he?" asked Henry Jacobsen, an investment banker from Markham whose wife is pregnant with their first child. "This is way more useful than those stupid lamaze classes."

    Jane Garnerson, 25, wasn't quite so enthusiastic as she walked out of class. "Personally, I think this is quite...silly," admitted Garnerson. "But my boyfriend was quite adamant that I do this. Oh well...as long as he...or she, is having fun, I guess."

    Nigel and Yolanda Bicklethwaite of Etobicoke said that they enrolled at the O'Heffernan Pre-Natal hockey school out of a desire for their forthcoming baby boy to experience life to its fullest.

    "We want our little baby to enjoy every opportunity we never did," explained Nigel, a postal clerk who was "this close" to making his Bantam 'B' rep team when he was 15. "And if that kid doesn't make it to the NHL, he's out of the fucking will."
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    Originally posted by Alex Mogilny
    You take it out of context....I meant it in a super hero kind of way....lose that edge, it's a little sharp.
    Oh, in that case, that's cool... It didn't sound that way, hence the sharpness...

    I do admit, I do defend Lemieux a lot nowadays...

    It seems now that he is in his last few years before retirement, the self-proclaimed hockey "experts" (probably some of the same people that profess that hockey revolves around Toronto) have Gretzky so head-and-shoulders above Lemieux....

    While the numbers for Gretzky don't lie, there are so many "what-ifs" during Lemieux's career, who knows what numbers he would end up with had he been healthy...

    Here's my latest theory...

    Do you think a reason that the "experts" think this way is because Gretzky was a "Torontian", while Lemieux was from "Montreal" ???

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    Poj, sorry for stealing your adjective...

    But it's downright shocking what the Penguins are doing...

    I'm having a hard time with the lines....

    http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=133574

    Penguins sign free agent winger LeClair

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    8/15/2005 4:32:28 PM

    PITTSBURGH (AP) - John LeClair probably wouldn't have given a thought a few weeks ago to joining a last-place team like the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidney Crosby, Ziggy Palffy, Sergei Gonchar and Jocelyn Thibault changed his thinking.

    John LeClair, let go by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first wave of NHL salary dumping last month, signed a two-year contract Monday with Pittsburgh - the Penguins' fifth major player addition in slightly more than two weeks.

    LeClair adds another established scorer to a radically reshaped team that finished last in the overall 2003-04 standings but now has the look of a playoff team after acquiring offensive-minded defenseman Gonchar, the high-scoring Palffy, goaltender Thibault and drafting top prospect Crosby. The team also signed another former Flyers star, Mark Recchi, before the labour dispute shut down the 2004-05 season.

    General manager Craig Patrick, who needed only 2½ weeks to reconfigure a team coming off three consecutive losing seasons, said the Penguins likely wouldn't have got LeClair without adding the other pieces.

    ''Definitely, in John's case,'' Patrick said Monday. ''It's very special to get these kind of people - not just great players, but great people in the locker-room.''

    Perhaps more than any other NHL team, the Penguins have turned the economic advantages afforded smaller-market clubs by the new NHL labour agreement - especially the salary cap - into their advantage. They spent most of the last three seasons dumping players such as Jaromir Jagr, Robert Lang and Alex Kovalev because they couldn't afford to keep them.

    ''We were positioned well for what we had to deal with, and it's worked out very well,'' Patrick said. ''For the first time around in this, it was hard to really anticipate what might happen, but we're very, very pleased.''

    LeClair, 36, not only is one of the NHL's top goal scorers over the last nine season, the six-foot-three, 225-pound forward adds a physical presence to a team that badly needed one during three consecutive losing seasons from 2001-04. The five-time all-star has 382 goals and 379 assists for 761 points in 873 career games.

    ''John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer,'' Patrick said. ''His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.''

    LeClair spent 10 years with the Flyers, part of them as the left wing on the ''Legion of Doom'' line with Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg in the mid-1990s. He was to have made $9 million US in 2004-05 in the final year of a five-year contract, or $6.84 million after the leaguewide 24 per cent rollback, but was bought out for a reported $4.56 million. LeClair and Tony Amonte were let go by the Flyers on July 23.

    ''It was something I was prepared for,'' LeClair said at the time. ''I knew it was a very realistic possibility for over a year now. My disappointment comes from knowing my years with the Flyers are over.''

    Since the Penguins last played in April 2004, they have added two of the Flyers' top three scorers from that season - Recchi, who led the team with 26 goals and 75 points, and LeClair, who was third with 55 points on 23 goals and 32 assists.

    The Penguins had the league's smallest payroll - and lowest attendance - in 2003-04, but now figure to be in the middle range of salaries at about $32 million. Their finances also improved appreciably after they drafted Crosby, causing a stampede for tickets that could lead to nearly every home game being sold out.

    Also Monday, the Penguins signed former Capitals and Blackhawks defenceman Steve Poapst and avoided contract arbitration with defenceman Josef Melichar, who agreed to a two-year deal that will pay him $700,00 this season. He has three goals and 10 assists in 168 career games.

    The 36-year-old Poapst has only eight goals in 245 NHL games but often provides a tough matchup for opposing forwards and is strong on the penalty-killing unit.

    Centre Matt Hussey and left-winger Guillaume Lefebvre also accepted the Penguins' qualifying offers.

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    Monday's NHL Moves

    August 15, 2005


    (CP) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks sign defenceman Mark Popovic.

    Boston Bruins sign centres Brad Boyes, Ben Guite and Nate Robinson, wingers Eric Healey and Jason MacDonald, and defencemen Kevin Dallman and Jonathan Sigalet.

    Buffalo Sabres sign Jochen Hecht, Daniel Briere, J.P. Dumont, Maxim Afinogenov, Henrik Tallinder, Tim Connolly, Milan Bartovic, Ales Kotalik, Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad and Michael Ryan.

    Calgary Flames sign forwards Eric Nystrom, Curtis McElhinney, Chuck Kobasew, Matthew Lombardi and Brandon Prust.

    Carolina Hurricanes sign winger Pavel Brendl.

    Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenceman Rostislav Klesla, goaltender Pascal Leclaire and wingers Tim Jackman and Brandon Sugden.

    Dallas Stars sign forwards Jason Arnott, Antti Miettinen, Garrett Burnett and Mike Siklenka.

    Edmonton Oilers sign winger Ales Hemsky and defenceman Matt Greene.

    Los Angeles Kings sign defencemen Joe Corvo and Brad Fast.

    Minnesota Wild sign defenceman Daniel Tjarnqvist.

    Montreal Canadiens sign forward Saku Koivu.

    Ottawa Senators sign forwards Chris Kelly and Brian McGrattan.

    Phoenix Coyotes sign forwards Krystofer Kolanos and Jeff Taffe.

    Pittburgh Penguins sign forwards John LeClair and Matt Murley and defencemen Josef Melichar and Steve Poapst.

    St. Louis Blues sign forwards Jamal Mayers and Peter Sejna and defencemen Eric Brewer and defenceman Brett Scheffelmaier.

    San Jose Sharks sign fowards Patrick Marleau and Marco Sturm.

    Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Sami Salo.

    Washington Capitals sign forwards Brian Sutherby, Graham Mink, Stephen Peat, Brian Willsie, defencemen Brendan Witt, Steve Eminger, Shaone Morrisonn, Nolan Yonkman and goaltender Maxime Ouellet.


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    Fuck Va...they signed fucking John LeClair...

    you have got to be kidding me...

    okay...I'm officially going to watch...

    I'm in utter fucking shock to be honest...
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    Leclair is a killer!!!

    Insanity!!!

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    It's still hard to fathom that the Pens were able to do all this based on the Crosby signing...coinciding with the new cap...really hard to fucking believe...and they are going to be at 32 million this year...

    lmfao...Christ...Lemieux almost made that a season...well...they didn't pay him...lmfao...but he woulda made that...instead...they had to give him the team...

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    Shoot-out!

    What about the new tie-breaker?

    I think the players may take off helmets for this (is this true?)

    Will non-hockey markets (Nashville, Columbus, et all) now identify more with sport?

    Could be good for regular season games...

    Discuss!!!

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    And they're STILL not done... Selected snippets from the PG...

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    Penguins continue to make big plays
    Five-time All-Star LeClair joins team
    Tuesday, August 16, 2005

    By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Penguins general manager Craig Patrick continues to play disc jockey to the tune of the NHL's new Collective Bargaining Agreement, spinning the hits. Yesterday's selection was something of a golden oldie, five-time All-Star left winger John LeClair, 36, the same age as depth defenseman Steve Poapst, who signed a couple of hours later.

    Another addition to the Penguins' playlist may come today, or someday soon: Slovak center Jozef Stumpel, 33.

    And just like that, in 13 days, X-Generation kids have given way to Me-Generation alums.

    If nothing else, all these thirty-something free-agent newcomers -- namely LeClair, right winger Ziggy Palffy, 33, and potentially Stumpel, Palffy's pal -- may mean that a couple of previous Penguins regulars get X-ed out: winger Aleksey Morozov and center Milan Kraft.

    Both imported forwards, along with homegrown defenseman Brooks Orpik, remain the most prominent names among the unsigned Penguins properties. Each was given a qualifying offer in the summer of 2004, a maneuver that under the new CBA makes each a free agent whom any other team could sign, with compensation. So far, Orpik's camp seems to hold the most optimism about returning to the Penguins.

    "I want to [sign], but I don't have anything from Pittsburgh. I've heard absolutely nothing," Morozov, 28, signed to play a second Russian season with Ak Bars Kazan, said yesterday of talks the past week or so between his agent, Jay Grossman, and Patrick. When the two sides previously chatted, added Morozov, who was the second-leading scorer (50 points) for the 2003-04 Penguins, "everything was OK. They want me back. Blah, blah, blah. I haven't heard anything else.

    "What's going on with this year, I don't know. I have to talk to my agent, what's going to be better for me, what we can do in this situation."

    Kraft, 25, who was second in goals (19) in 2003-04, wouldn't appear to fit into their plans if Stumpel signs. Kraft and Morozov are players who were tendered qualifying offers of $1 million-plus in 2004 but declined them, making those contracts worth significantly less with the 24-percent CBA rollback and depreciation amid Patrick's free-agent flurry. Also, both are former first-round picks who developed slowly for a team that suddenly finds itself with a glut of top-line speed and scorers, young and old: first-overall selection Sidney Crosby, Ryan Malone, Konstantin Koltsov, 2004 free-agent signee Mark Recchi, owner-player Mario Lemieux, and August acquisitions Palffy and LeClair, who signed a two-year, front-loaded deal averaging about $1.8 million in the salary cap. Of Kraft and Morozov, Patrick remained noncommittal yesterday: "We'll see what they're talking about, go through that process with them."

    Center Evgeni Malkin still remains something of a Penguins possibility, though the Russian federation's refusal to sign the International Ice Hockey Federation transfer agreement may preclude the Penguins from reeling in their 2004 second overall pick across the Atlantic Ocean, let alone the Baltic Sea, this season.

    Not that Patrick is taking this time to snooze away: "We're still trying to work the system here and make it work for us." Certainly, he had a hectic Monday, signing:

    Josef Melichar, 26, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound defenseman who is the only returning Penguins player to have endured all 82 games of 2003-04, his minus-17 rating the lowest among the club's regular blue-liners. Melichar was scheduled for arbitration, but agreed to skip it by signing a two-year contract paying him $700,000 this year and $750,000 the next.

    Forwards Matt Hussey, 26, Guillaume Lefebvre, 24, and Matt Murley, 25, signed two-way contracts worth $450,000 at the NHL level, but paying a fraction of that in the minors. Several other players were expected to sign and get in under last night's deadline for accepting qualifying offers -- after which time the Penguins could conceivably sign them at a lesser rate.

    Poapst, 6 feet, 199 pounds, a former Capitals player, AHL Portland Hall of Fame and most recently Chicago defenseman who played on the Blackhawks along with Penguins coach Eddie Olczyk, was signed at a low-cost contract, likely around $500,000.

    LeClair, 6-3, 226 pounds, the 10th thirty-something player on the Penguins' roster, is believed to have similarly signed a bargain-basement deal for this season after receiving a $4.56 million buyout from the Flyers a month ago. If indeed Poapst and LeClair came at a combined $2 million cost, that would bring the Penguins' payroll this season near $21 million for 18 front-line players, with Lemieux, Crosby plus a few others yet to sign and a $31 million-or-so cap well within reach.

    Patrick, who in the past fortnight also delivered defenseman Sergei Gonchar, tough guy Andre Roy and goalie Jocelyn Thibault, considers an aging LeClair still a power-play threat and a first- or second-line presence. Once the league's consummate power forward, LeClair had three 50-goal and two 40-goal seasons in a row, though none recently. He rang up 25 goals in a full 2001-02 season, 18 goals in just 35 games the next year and 23 goals in 75 games when the NHL previously competed, when Recchi was a linemate.

    LeClair had back surgery in May, his third such procedure since 2000. He also had shoulder surgery in 2002-03. Yet Patrick said all reports came back with a healthy verdict.

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    By the way, they interviewed Edzo last night...

    Here was a rough draft of the Power Play lines...

    PP1
    Leclair-Lemieux-Recchi
    Gonchar-Tarnstrom

    PP2
    Malone-Crosby-Palffy
    Jackman-Melichar

    Adding Stumpel and/or Malkin may replace Malone on the 2nd line, just my opinion....

    That'll work.... Shit, interchange at will among those two lines...
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    8/16/2005 3:21:17 PM

    TAMPA BAY, Fla. (CP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have locked up star player Vincent Lecavalier for the next four years by signing the talented sniper to a long term contract.

    NHL sources have told TSN it's a four-year deal at $6.8 million US a year.

    Lecavalier had 32 goals and 34 assists and was plus-24 in 81 games with the Lightning in 2003-04. He had nine goals and seven assists in 23 playoff games en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

    Tampa Bay made Lecavalier the first overall pick in 1998 and he has played his entire career with the Lightning. The six-foot-four, 205-pound forward from Ile-Bizard, Que., has 146 goals and 181 assists in 467 career games.

    He was a restricted free agent and, instead of taking a one-year qualifying offer and entering unrestricted free agency next year at the age of 26, he opted to sign a long-term deal with his team.

    Lecavalier played last season with the Russian team Ak Bars Kazan during the NHL lockout and scored seven goals and nine assists in 30 games.




    So much for teams like the leafs scooping up guys like this next summer huh??

    Good job boys.


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    A funny team Canada story.

    Brendan Morrison of the Canucks (plays with Bert and Naslund) was recently added to the Team Canada camp (held in Vancouver/Whistler)by Gretz - as Lemieux is busy snatching up every available free agent.

    His own teammate Jovonaski, approached him at the team dinner to ask him what he was doing there. Morrison responded by twlling him he had been invited.

    Jovo's reply: "To dinner?"

    Brendan: "No, to the camp!"

    Imagine what everyone was thinking...what is he doing here???

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    Mogilny makes a deal with the Devils

    Another Leaf gone.

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    8/17/2005 12:03:07 AM

    Alexander Mogilny, the right winger who earned a Stanley Cup ring with New Jersey, signed a $7-million US, two-year contract Tuesday night to return to the Devils.

    Mogilny came to the Devils late in the 1999-00 season and helped New Jersey to its second championship with four goals and three assists in the playoffs.

    He came back strong the following season and had the third best offensive year of his career, posting 43 goals and 83 points in 75 games. But he left in the off-season, signing a free agent deal with Toronto where he spent the last three seasons.

    Mogilny had other options this time around in the free-agent market, but jumped at the chance to return to the Devils.

    "New Jersey has always been a front-runner for me and I always wanted to come back," he said Tuesday night from California.

    Mogilny was limited to just 37 games during the 2003-04 regular season following a second operation on his arthritic left hip. There were reports that he might quit playing, but the 36-year-old said he never considered retirement.

    He has been skating all summer in Russia and Los Angeles and convinced Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello that he has completely healed.

    "We're 100 per cent comfortable that he is 100 per cent healthy," Lamoriello said.

    Mogilny spent his first six NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres and had a breakout year in 1992-93 when he netted an NHL-best 76 goals and set up 51 others. He then had 55 goals and 52 assists during the 1995-96 season - his first of four-plus with the Vancouver Canucks.

    "If there's any one player capable of breaking a game open at any given time, he certainly is that. His skating certainly is exceptional. We know what he can bring as far as making other people better."

    Mogilny worked very well with young forward Scott Gomez during his first stint with the Devils and will now provide offensive insurance should Patrik Elias be out for any length of time following a bout with hepatitis A.

    Elias is believed to have fallen ill while playing in Russia during the NHL lockout. He lost 30 pounds and was hospitalized in the Czech Republic for almost a month earlier this year.

    "We all know what he has and we all know what the time frame is," Lamoriello said. "It could be short, it could be a little longer. ... It's the doctors' call, not our call."

    Mogilny has 461 goals and 1,007 points in 956 NHL games.

    "We're a better hockey team today with him in the lineup than we are without him," Lamoriello said.

    The signing puts the Devils over the $39-million US salary cap, but less than the 10 per cent maximum. Lamoriello said the club will be back under the threshold before the Oct. 1 deadline.

    New Jersey still has room to re-sign captain Scott Stevens should he decide to come back following concussion problems that cut short his last season.


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    Free agent Carter to sign with Canucks

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    8/17/2005 12:21:15 AM

    The Vancouver Canucks are expected to sign winger Anson Carter to a $1-million, one-year deal, sources told The Canadian Press on Tuesday night.

    Carter, 31, has 158 goals and 180 assists in eight NHL seasons with Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, Edmonton and the New York Rangers.

    He scored 15 goals and 28 points over 77 games in 2003-2004 with the New York Rangers, Washington Capitals and Los Angeles Kings.

    His biggest career highlight came two summers ago, when he scored the winning goal in the gold-medal game for Canada at the 2003 World Hockey Championship.

    Carter was traded by Edmonton, along with Ales Pisa, to New York in March 2003 for forward Radek Dvorak and defenseman Cory Cross. At the time of the deal, he led the Oilers with 25 goals and 55 points.

    Carter was dealt twice in 2004, as the Capitals acquired him from New York for Jaromir Jagr and later shipped him to the Kings for Jared Aulin.


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    West is Best (except for Pitt)

    Nonis is starting to make his mark on the Canucks and I like it!

    Anson Carter for one million!!!, Keep going...

    With Edmonton and Calgary signings we need to keep pace.

    I just worry we are going to kick the shit out of each other and the East will just win by default for Lord Stanley's mug.

    Naaa...just trying to make Toronto fans feel better (if only for a second)

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    Re: West is Best (except for Pitt)

    Originally posted by DavidFlamma

    Naaa...just trying to make Toronto fans feel better (if only for a second)
    Save your pity for teams that need it, Toronto will do alright.....I hope....

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    Re: Re: West is Best (except for Pitt)

    Originally posted by Full Bug
    Save your pity for teams that need it, Toronto will do alright.....I hope....
    Stoned again huh Bug......

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    Originally posted by DavidFlamma
    Nonis is starting to make his mark on the Canucks and I like it!

    Anson Carter for one million!!!, Keep going...

    With Edmonton and Calgary signings we need to keep pace.

    I just worry we are going to kick the shit out of each other and the East will just win by default for Lord Stanley's mug.

    Naaa...just trying to make Toronto fans feel better (if only for a second)
    He is making some good moves and certainly by keeping the core intact he was one of the few GM's able to do that..I like his style so far and Carter could be a good addition.

    As for TO...I really do believe they are in some trouble. The moves they have made are pretty risky. Im not sure if I would go in that direction or not but imo they could be in some trouble

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    Originally posted by DavidFlamma
    Nonis is starting to make his mark on the Canucks and I like it!

    Anson Carter for one million!!!, Keep going...

    With Edmonton and Calgary signings we need to keep pace.

    I just worry we are going to kick the shit out of each other and the East will just win by default for Lord Stanley's mug.

    Naaa...just trying to make Toronto fans feel better (if only for a second)
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    Re: Re: Re: West is Best (except for Pitt)

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    Stoned again huh Bug......
    Not at all, fuck you for implying it.....
    I guess you base everything on what you hear, I havent smoked anything in almost a year, is that good enough for you?

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    Sorry GR, I guess I am getting a little fed up with everyone thinking I am a 24 hour stoner, that lifestyle was dead almost 10 years ago for me....

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    Couple of different ways to look at this...

    One, Stumpel may have gotten tired of waiting for the Malkin situation to clear up...

    Or two, the Pens may have gotten an indication that the Malkin situation will be cleared up, and told Stumpel they won't need his services...

    Or three, Keenan overpaid for him...

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    Panthers sign Jozef Stumpel

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    8/17/2005 6:23:26 PM

    The Florida Panthers announced Wednesday that the club has signed centre Jozef Stumpel to a two-year contract.

    ''Jozef is another player that adds depth and experience to our team,'' said Panther general manager Mike Keenan. ''He is a proven playmaker who has the ability to play at both ends of the ice. This acquisition gives us flexibility in our line-up as he can play centre or on the wing, as well as on our special teams.''

    Stumpel, 33, has appeared in 758 career NHL contests for both the Boston Bruins (1991-97 & 2001-03) and the Los Angeles Kings (1997-2000 & 2003-04) scoring 151 goals with 397 assists.

    The Nitra, Slovakia native has notched more than 50 points seven times throughout his 11-year NHL playing career, including four consecutive 50 point seasons (1999-2003). He recorded a career best 79 points while with the Kings during the 1997-98 campaign.

    Stumpel also has extensive experience playing in International play, representing Slovakia in the Olympics, World Cup and World Championship competition. He was drafted by Boston with their 2nd choice (40th overall) in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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    Damm Beach, why not just rename this thread the Penquins thread?
    I'm this close to starting a Leafs thread on its own, lol....
    Your last post wasnt about the Pens, but you know it will be the next one, lol....

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    Don't snap at me, you frustrated Leafs fan....

    I can see it now, the 2005 Toronto Maple Leafs thread, sponsored by Geritol....

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    Originally posted by Full Bug
    Damm Beach, why not just rename this thread the Penquins thread?
    I'm this close to starting a Leafs thread on its own, lol....
    Your last post wasnt about the Pens, but you know it will be the next one, lol....

    Start a leafs thread???

    About what???!!!

    Who to draft #1 next year:p

    (I'm loving the karma!!)

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    Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
    Don't snap at me, you frustrated Leafs fan....

    I can see it now, the 2005 Toronto Maple Leafs thread, sponsored by Geritol....
    Thats it, Domi is a friend of mine, going to send him to punch your lights out.....
    I'm gonna laugh when even though the Pens have added so much they still wont make the playoffs.....

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    Let me note that....

    Aug. 18, 7:08AM.....

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    Fucking figures...I move away from the city and AlMo re-ups with the fucking Devils....gonna have to buy Center Ice Now.

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    Question for the Canucks...

    How is that NHL Network ??

    That's part of the OLN/Comcast deal, they're adding it to the US Cable Networks....

    Center Ice is a must for me AlMo...

    Most of the Pens games are on FSN Pittsburgh, but because in my area the "local" team is the Caps for hockey, those are the only ones that aren't blacked out....

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    Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
    Question for the Canucks...

    How is that NHL Network ??

    That's part of the OLN/Comcast deal, they're adding it to the US Cable Networks....

    Center Ice is a must for me AlMo...

    Most of the Pens games are on FSN Pittsburgh, but because in my area the "local" team is the Caps for hockey, those are the only ones that aren't blacked out....
    "NHL Network" ???? what do you mean???

    I thought ESPN did a good job.

    Locally, the Canucks have a small number of games otherwise unavailable for pay-per-view.

    We don't mind supporting the Canucks in this way - it is an excuse to have friends over for beers and share in the cost.

    Other than that we have excellent local coverage of most games.

    This year, even the CBC won't be able to ignore the Canucks.

    Usually, every second Saturday night game is a Leaf's game. The country will not accept the status quo this year as the Leafs will suck balls.

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    Originally posted by Full Bug
    I'm gonna laugh when even though the Pens have added so much they still wont make the playoffs..... [/B]
    Ummm... what planet are you from? Won't even make the play-offs? That's just absurd!
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    Originally posted by DavidFlamma
    "NHL Network" ???? what do you mean???

    I thought ESPN did a good job.

    Locally, the Canucks have a small number of games otherwise unavailable for pay-per-view.

    We don't mind supporting the Canucks in this way - it is an excuse to have friends over for beers and share in the cost.

    Other than that we have excellent local coverage of most games.

    This year, even the CBC won't be able to ignore the Canucks.

    Usually, every second Saturday night game is a Leaf's game. The country will not accept the status quo this year as the Leafs will suck balls.

    I didn't mean "canucks" as in Vancouver Canucks, I meant it as a nickname for Canadians....

    I was referring to THIS NHL Network..

    http://www.tsn.ca/nhl_network/

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