[twister]

canucker canucker:

Another rumour: A trade that includes Jovo and either King or Kesler for Bowmeester and ???.


And, Cooke or Ruutu, for a defenseman. Cooke and Ruutu pretty much play the same. Get rid of one, Cooke, because he cost the Canucks more, and pick up a defensemen somewhere, hopefully Witt.

Jovo is not going anywhere.. Cooke won't sign his qualifying offer and isn't worth a million bucks a year.. so bye bye....
Canucks p/u Anson Carter today... King and kesler are 2 future stars they won't be going anywhere.... Bowmeester is a stalwart in Florida and Keenan loves him so no trade there either....
Ruutu has to come with the grips he will make just under $700,000 not bad....for a forth liner

[canucker]

Hopefully Jovo isn't going anywhere, but as much as I love Jovo, I would trade him for Bowmeester.

[canadian1971]

twister twister:

canadian1971 canadian1971:

I heard a rumor the The Moose might be going back to The Chuck to finish his carreer....can any1 confirm this or is it a crock?

Messier will return to the oilers.. or retire.. not going to toronto..New York or Vancouver...

That would be Sofa King cool...the Moose back where he belongs! booyah

[Tman1]

Most likely a crock. How old is he?

[twister]

Which NHL free agents remain unsigned ...

<b>Analhiem Mighty Ducks</b>

Restricted -- Stanislav Chistov, Samuel Pahlsson, Ruslan Salei.
Unrestricted -- Eddy Ferhi, Tomas Malec, Cory Pecker, Alexei Smirnov, Lance Ward.

<b>Atlanta Thrashers </b>

Restricted -- Kip Brennan, Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Brian Maloney, Tommi Santala.
Unrestricted -- Byron Dafoe, Paul Flache, Cory Larose, Kyle Rossiter, Ben Simon, Libor Ustrnul.

<b>Boston Bruins</b>

Restricted -- Nick Boynton, Hal Gill, Jonathan Girard, Andy Hilbert, Ivan Huml, Martin Samuelsson, Sergei Zinovjev.
Unrestricted -- Michal Grosek, Peter Hamerlik, Robert Liscak, Felix Potvin, P.J. Stock, Kris Vernarsky, Rob Zamuner.

<b>Buffalo Sabres</b>

Restricted -- Milan Bartovic, Jeff Jillson, Jay McKee, Sean McMorrow.
Unrestricted -- Tom Askey, Jason Botterill, Brad Brown, Ryan Jorde, Norm Milley, Todd Rohloff, James Patrick, Brandon Smith.

<b>Calgary Flames</b>

Restricted -- Chris Clark, Philippe Sauve.
Unrestricted -- Sebastien Centomo, Deryk Engelland, Anders Eriksson, Brennan Evans, Davis Parley, Roman Rozakov, Andrei Trefilov.

<b>Carolina Hurricanes</b>

Restricted -- None.
Unrestricted -- Ryan Bayda, Daniel Boisclair, Sean Curry, Jim Henkel, Ed Hill, Marty Murray, Jared Newman, Rob Zepp.

<b>Chicago Blackhawks</b>

Restricted -- Craig Anderson, Michael Holmqvist, Quintin Laing, Michael Leighton, Mikhail Yakubov.
Unrestricted -- Ajay Baines, Scott Balan, Brandin Cote, Eric Nickulas, Igor Radulov, Shawn Thornton, Marty Wilford.

<b>Colorado Avalanche</b>

Restricted -- Riku Hahl, John-Michael Liles.
Unrestricted -- Chris Bala, Dennis Bonvie, Vincent Damphousse, Mathieu Darche, Darby Hendrickson, Sergey Klyazmin, Steve Moore, Andre Savage, Agris Saviels, Teemu Selanne, D.J. Smith, Jeff Ulmer, Peter Worrell.

<b>Columbus Blue jackets</b>

Restricted -- Alexander Svitov.
Unrestricted -- Francois Beauchemin, Karl Goehring, Mark Hartigan, Scott Heffernan, Arturs Irbe, Ben Knopp, Andre Lakos, Joe Motzko, Brad Moran, Mike Pandolfo, Jeff Panzer, Jeremy Reich, Prestin Ryan, Darrel Scoville, Matthias Trattnig, Duvie Westcott.

<b>Dallas Stars</b>

Restricted -- Dan Ellis, John Erskine, Dan Jancevski, Brenden Morrow, Mike Smith.
Unrestricted -- Don Sweeney, Scott Young.

<b>Detroit Red Wings</b>

Restricted -- Matt Ellis, Niklas Kronvall, Joey MacDonald, Henrik Zetterberg.
Unrestricted -- Paul Ballantyne, Danny Groulx, Stacy Roest, Jason Woolley.

<b>Edmonton Oilers</b>

Restricted -- Shawn Horcoff, Michael Morrison, Tony Salmelainen, Ryan Smyth.
Unrestricted -- Mike Bishai, Joe Cullen, Sean McAslan, Tyler Moss, Rocky Thompson, Jamie Wright.

<b>Florida Panthers</b>

Restricted -- Christian Berglund, Jay Bouwmeester, Niklas Hagman, Joel Kwiatkowski, Roberto Luongo, Vaclav Nedorost, Mike Van Ryn.
Unrestricted -- Donald Audette, Eric Beaudoin, Patrick Desrochers, Burke Henry, Ryan Jardine, Ty Jones, Scott Kelman, Lyle Odelein, Josh Olson, Serge Payer, Kamil Piros, Travis Scott, Steve Shields.

<b>Los Angeles Kings</b>

Restricted -- Yanick Lehoux.
Unrestricted -- Roman Cechmanek, Adam Deadmarsh, Ryan Flinn, Jason Holland, Stephane Quintal, Esa Pirnes, Joe Rullier, Chris Schmidt.

<b>Minnesota Wild</b>

Restricted -- Erik Reitz, Rickard Wallin, Todd White, Andrei Zyuzin.
Unrestricted -- Jason Beckett, Christoph Brandner, Dan Cavanaugh, Marc Cavosie, Mark Cullen, Ray Giroux, Matt Johnson, Kyle Kettles, Jordan Krestanovich.

<b>Montreal Canadians</b>

Restricted -- Andrei Markov, Jose Theodore, Marc-Andre Thinel, Michael Ryder.
Unrestricted -- Benoit Dusablon, Karl Dykhuis, Christian Larrivee, Gavin Morgan, Yanic Perreault, Matt Shasby.

<b>Nashville Predators</b>

Restricted -- Andrei Mukhachev, Libor Pivko.
Unrestricted -- Tony Hrkac, Andreas Lilja, Jim McKenzie, Vladimir Orszagh, Jerred Smithson.

<b>New Jersey Devils</b>

Restricted -- Ari Ahonen, Sean Brown, Matt Demarchi, Patrik Elias, Jeff Friesen, Brian Gionta, David Hale, Viktor Kozlov, Jamie Langenbrunner, Paul Martin, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Krisjanis Redlihs, Colin White.
Unrestricted -- Tommy Albelin, Jiri Bicek, Brett Clouthier, Phil Cole, Eric Johansson, Matus Kostur, Rob Skrlac, Corey Schwab, Scott Stevens.

<b>New York Islanders</b>

Restricted -- Shawn Bates, Rob Collins, Eric Godard, Kenny Jonsson, Justin Mapletoft, Radek Martinek, Justin Papineau, Mark Parrish, Tomi Pettinen, Mattias Weinhandl.
Unrestricted -- Graham Belak, Sven Butenschon, Blaine Down, Jim Campbell, Barrett Heisten, Dieter Kochan, Ryan Kraft, Cliff Ronning, Richard Seeley, Steve Webb.

<B>New York Rangers</b>

Restricted -- Jozef Balej, Alexandre Giroux, Martin Grenier, Bryce Lampman, Jamie Lundmark, Dominic Moore, Garth Murray, Jed Ortmeyer, Karel Rachunek, Craig Weller, Chad Wiseman.
Unrestricted -- Dan Blackburn, Mike Dunham, Jan Hlavac, Lucas Lawson, Jeff MacMillan, Chris McAllister, Sandy McCarthy, Mark Messier, Lawrence Nycholat, Richard Scott, Layne Ulmer, Stephen Valiquette.

<b>Ottawa Senators</b>

Restricted -- Andrew Hedlund, Marian Hossa, Chris Kelly, Brian McGratton.
Unrestricted -- Peter Bondra, Jesse Fibiger, Pat Kavanagh, Josh Langfeld, Todd Simpson, Charlie Stephens, Shaun Van Allen.

<b>Pheonix Coyotes</b>

Restricted -- Sheldon Keefe, Paul Mara.
Unrestricted -- Daniel Cleary, Brent Johnson, Jean-Marc Pelletier, Brian Savage, Nik Tselios, Mike Stutzel.

<b>Philadelphia Flyers</b>

Restricted -- Randy Jones, Freddy Meyer, David Printz, Wade Skolney.
Unrestricted -- Nick Deschenes, Jeff Hackett, Boyd Kane, Claude Lapointe, John LeClair, Neil Little, Marcus Ragnarsson, Ryan Ready, John Slaney, Jeff Smith, Radovan Somik, Peter White.

<b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b>

Restricted -- Matt Hussey, David Koci, Konstantin Koltsov, Guillaume Lefebvre, Ross Lupaschuk, Ryan Malone, Josef Melichar, Michel Ouellet, Martin Strbak, Dick Tarnstrom.
Unrestricted -- Matt Bradley, Steven Crampton, Mike Eastwood, Mario Lemieux, Darcy Robinson, Michal Rozsival.

<b>St. Louis Blues</b>

Restricted -- Colin Hemingway.
Unrestricted -- Al MacInnis, Jame Pollock.


<b>San Jose Sharks</b>

Restricted -- Nisse Ekman, Alexander Korolyuk.
Unrestricted -- David Cloutier, Scott Ford, Aaron Gill.

<b>Tampa Bay Lightning,</b>

Restricted -- Dimitri Afanasenkov, Nikita Alexeev, Brian Eklund, Andreas Holmqvist, Jason Jaspers, Eric Perrin, Martin St. Louis, Shane Willis.
Unrestricted -- Dave Andreychuk, Jamie Storr.

<b>Toronto Maple Leafs</b>

Restricted -- Pierre Hedin, Nathan Perrott, Karel Pilar.
Unrestricted -- Nathan Barrett, Harold Druken, Ron Francis, Regan Kelly, Bryan Marchment.

<b>Vancouver Canucks</b>

Restricted -- Artem Chubarov, Dan Cloutier, Matt Cooke, Mattias Ohlund, Jarkko Ruutu, Nathan Smith.
Unrestricted -- Joe DiPenta, Jeff Heerema, Justin Morrison, Peter Sarno, Tim Smith.

<b>Washington Capitals</b>

Restricted -- Josef Boumedienne, Stephen Peat, Matt Pettinger.
Unrestricted -- Bates Battaglia, Stephane Beauregard, Jason Doig, Justin Eddy, Craig Johnson, Kip Miller, Brad Norton, Jeff Paul, Garret Stroshein, Darcy Verot, Dwayne Zinger.

[twister]

we should pool money together and form the 31st NHL team be that the.....Saskatoon Wildcats of the NHL.. play out of Saskatchewan Place.... Or Hamilton.. or Winnipeg.. or Halifax... heres the team based on all unrestricted players left ( no restricted players.. don't want to give up draft choices)
What do you think....

2 goalies 8 Defence and 15 forwards. Do able with a 39 million Salary cap...

In Goal:
Brent Johnson, Roman Cechmanek

On Defense:
Jason Doig
Chris McAllister
Sven Butenschon
Jason Woolley
Don Sweeney
Marcus Ragnarsson
Todd Simpson
Stephane Quintal

Forward position:

Peter Bondra
Shaun Van Allen
Steve Webb
Radovan Somik
Jan Hlavac
Teemu Selanne
Sandy McCarthy
Cliff Ronning "c"
Vladimir Orszagh
Rob Zamuner
Yanic Perreault
Donald Audette

Spare parts:
Jason Botterill
Magnus Arvedson
Scott Young

[QBC]

Canucks resign Cloutier.....not sure that was the best plan, but hopefully he'll be able to play in the playoffs this year. I think Anson Carter will add some scoring to the second line.

[Tman1]

Hes a good regular season goalie with decent defence he can do wonders but his playoff experience is questionable.