Metal Reviews

Thank god. A $39 million contrat though, pricey (haha) for a 24-old goalie not even close to his prime. P.K. still has to re-sign, hope does soon. And I wouldn't mind some muscle in front, with the 3 bucks we have left.

Jagr signs with Dallas.

Yikes, Dallas has a pretty scary-looking group of top six forwards: Jagr, Benn, Eriksson, Roy, Ryder, Whitney and Morrow. That's seven guys who can produce at least 40-50 points if they stay healthy.

But besides Roy, they have no depth at center. Ask most Sabre fans, Roy is a dressing room cancer. He's more interested in partying like a millionaire than playing hockey, and Dallas is a big party city. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

Why is October so far away?

I think Ribeiro for Roy is more or less a wash. Benn reminds me of Kopitar, he's big, strong and got real good hands. He's a stud and should only get better. So Benn and Roy are a solid tandem and center. Not sure about their bottom six but they look pretty good up front. Kinda weird to have two guys there at 40 but they both had good seasons last year.

Minnesota gets the two big fishes of the summer in Parise and Suter. If they both had to go somewhere together I'm glad it's Minnesota. I would have thrown up had they signed in Detroit.

The Wild's roster is looking pretty competitive right now. Another team to battle for those precious playoff spots in the West.

Canucks re-sign Mason Raymond to a 1 year 2.25 million.

Detroit hires Nik Lidstrom as a European scout.

Sharks hire former Devils Associate/Assistant Coach Larry Robinson. Robinson was with the Devils this year during their run and was a coach as well when they last won the cup. He's also a Hall of Famer.

I want to play fantasy hockey.

Next season (if there is a next season) is going to be difficult for me because they blocked Yahoo Fantasy at my work. You'd be surprised how much of my fantasy hockey stuff I get done during the day instead of doing work, especially if we do an offline draft again. Gah!

We shall start the offline draft 3 weeks or something before the beginning. A round a day on average, it's doable without internet at work.

St. Louis trades BJ Crombeen and a 5th round pick to Tampa Bay for two 4th round picks.

Ottawa re-signs Chris Neil.

Toronto re-signs Horbinian Holzer.

Chicago hires former Montreal GM Pierre Gauthier to be an Assistant GM for the Blackhawks.

St. Louis re-signs Jamie Langenbrunner.

Tampa Bay re-signs Teddy Purcell.

The Rangers sign Jeff Halpern.

New Jersey signs Krys Barch.

And yes, we should start the draft very early September. And I think doing it here again will be best.

Teemu will return for one more season. Good.

Florida signs Peter Mueller.

Washington signs Wojtek Wolski.

San Jose re-signed Marc Edouard Vlasic to a 5 year contract extension.

Montreal re-signs Aaron Palushaj.

Phoenix has signed Nick Johnson.

Carolina signs Marc-Andre Gragnani.

Boston signs Garnett Exelby and Lane MacDermid.

The Winter Classic next year between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings will feature two alumni games.

Washington: Filip Forsberg signed to a three-year, entry-level contract
Pittsburgh: Benn Ferriero signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Ottawa: Andre Benoit signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Buffalo: Zemgus Girgensons signed to an entry-level contract
Dallas: Maxime Fortunus signed to a one-year, two-way contract
Montreal: Raphael Diaz signed to a two-year contract.

Come on, P.K... sign the fucking paper already.

I want Evander Kane.

Dreger and McKenzie on twitter are starting to make me shit myself on this negotiation issue.

He'll never leave the Peg. Him, Bogosian, Pavelec, Shiefele, etc.. are lifers.

Rumours are he doesn't like it there. I approve.

Yeah, it is definitely concerning.