2014-15 NHL Offseason Draft and Free Agency

• End of Line

  

  Lots of moves made since the Kings won the cup.
  
  -Brad Richards bought out by the Rangers
  
  -RJ Umberger (CBJ) traded for Scott Hartnell (PHI)
  
  -Ryan Kesler (VAN) traded for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, 1st Rd Pick (ANA)
  
  -Jason Garrison (VAN) traded for a 2nd Rd Pick (TBL)
  
  More to come later tonight at the draft.
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  Top Free Agents this year:
  
  -Jonas Hiller (ANA)
  -Ryan Miller (STL)
  -Martin Brodeur (NJD)
  -Thomas Vanek (MTL)
  -Jarome Iginla (BOS)
  -Paul Stastny (COL)
  -Jussi Jokinen (PIT)
  -Matt Moulson (MIN)
  -Radim Vrbata (PHX)
  -Brad Richards (NYR)
  -David Legwand (DET)
  -Matt Niskanen (PIT)
  -Mike Cammalleri (CGY)
  -Ales Hemsky (OTT)
  -Benoit Pouliot (NYR)
  -Dan Boyle (SJS)
  -Mikhail Grabovski (WSH)
  -Ray Whitney (DAL)
  -Tom Gilbert (FLR)
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  Lots of trades have happened the past 4 days, and none bigger than the one this morning.
  
  -Jason Spezza and Ludvig Karlsson (OTT) for Alex Chiasson, Alex Guptill, Nicholas Paul, and a 2nd Rd Pick (2015)
  
  -Danny Briere (MTL) for P.A. Parenteau and 5th Rd Pick (COL)
  
  -Sam Gagner (EDM) for Teddy Purcell (TBL) then....Sam Gagner and BJ Crombeen (TBL) for a 6th Rd Pick (ARZ)
  
  -Roman Polak (STL) for Carl Gunnarsson (TOR)
  
  -James Neal (PIT) for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling (NSH)
• KB0938

  Lol, the interest in the NHL is almost zero
• Heretic

  

  KB0938;1631894 wrote:Lol, the interest in the NHL is almost zero

  I have interest in the actual season (particularly the postseason), but I can catch up on the significant changes before that happens. I don't think I pay a huge amount of attention to off-season workings in any sport, other than what affects my teams.
• TedSheckler

  

  Lots of overpayments today.
  
  Sad to see DMac leave the CBJ.
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  Brooks Orpik is the biggest overpayment....nope let me rephrase that, Deryk Engelland is the biggest. Holy fuck did he get paid for being a 6/7 dman.
• Classyposter58

  

  End of Line;1632103 wrote:Brooks Orpik is the biggest overpayment....nope let me rephrase that, Deryk Engelland is the biggest. Holy fuck did he get paid for being a 6/7 dman.

  Because no one is a free agent lol
• like_that

  

  What an exciting thread!!!!
  
  Just wanted to add a post in here to make it seem like there is some type of activity.
• TedSheckler

  

  I know! What a bunch of LOLFAILERS. God, hockey sucks. You all should watch a real sport like futbol.
• KB0938

  like_that;1632812 wrote:What an exciting thread!!!!
  
  Just wanted to add a post in here to make it seem like there is some type of activity.

  Its much better than Soccer though, much much more popular. I cant believe people even watch the world cup when we can follow the Hockey FA frenzy to see which Canadians and eastern Europeans with names nobody can pronounce go where
• Heretic

  

  KB0938;1632868 wrote:Its much better than Soccer though, much much more popular. I cant believe people even watch the world cup when we can follow the Hockey FA frenzy to see which Canadians and eastern Europeans with names nobody can pronounce go where

  You do realize that a "one sport's greatest event that only happens once per four years is more interesting to people than the off-season of a league that competes every year" is a pretty weak attempt at ribbing anyone, regardless of how douchey Ted has been on the subject, I hope.
• TedSheckler

  

  Yea. That guy is a tool.
• like_that

  

  Heretic;1632900 wrote:You do realize that a "one sport's greatest event that only happens once per four years is more interesting to people than the off-season of a league that competes every year" is a pretty weak attempt at ribbing anyone, regardless of how douchey Ted has been on the subject, I hope.

  Meh, the NFL random thread had a lot of activity during FA and the draft. Same with the nba's off season thread. Hell, the mlb hot stove threads get way more activity too.
• TedSheckler

  

  So true. Pretty much every sport is better than hockey.
• like_that

  

  TedSheckler;1632919 wrote:So true. Pretty much every sport is better than hockey.

  Naw it's above CC.
• TedSheckler

  

  like_that;1632925 wrote:Naw it's above CC.

  LOL. You got ccrunner so good. He is just a big LOLFAILER. He gets butthurt so bad, lulz.
• SportsAndLady

  

  TedSheckler;1632928 wrote:LOL. You got ccrunner so good. He is just a big LOLFAILER. He gets butthurt so bad, lulz.

  You're an idiot.
• TedSheckler

  

  SportsAndLady;1632929 wrote:You're an idiot.

  lol butthurt lulz fail
• like_that

  

  SportsAndLady;1632929 wrote:You're an idiot.

  Never knew somebody could have a rock type mental breakdown, because they don't like soccer lol.
• Heretic

  

  like_that;1632918 wrote:Meh, the NFL random thread had a lot of activity during FA and the draft. Same with the nba's off season thread. Hell, the mlb hot stove threads get way more activity too.

  True, but the main pro sports groups here seem to be Cleveland in general and the Cincinnati Reds. Neither of those cities have an NHL team and the only in-state one has been primarily a bottom-feeder with two one-round playoff appearances in its 15-20 years of existence, so the fact there isn't much hockey talk here doesn't surprise me.
  
  Now, I will say that hockey doesn't do itself any favors, letting itself stick with an absolute dud of a TV contract that ensures YOUR ESPN OVERLORDS will do nothing beyond the bare minimum of promoting it. Which is why I look at Gary Bettman as the worst commissioner by far, which says a lot, since I don't know that I've ever given Selig or Goodell more than a back-handed compliment and the only thing I really have said positive about Stern is that as a businessman, he did an amazing job of turning the NBA from kind of a niche sport into something that has saturated our national sports media.
• TedSheckler

  

  like_that;1632933 wrote:Never knew somebody could have a rock type mental breakdown, because they don't like soccer lol.

  butthurt lulz