Official Free Agency Rumors Thread

Jiri Hudler = gone. That one stings a touch. Huds is going to the KHL over in Russia for 2 million a year. They are making a solid run at NHL players this off season and executing successfully.

Bettman has yet another thing on the laundry list of stuff he already cant handle. This is a pretty large agenda for a small guy that cant fill the shoes he is supposed to. I say make Scotty Bowman commisioner of the the league?  

What is Kenny Holland going to do with the extra loot he has now?

It has been a fun offseason, hope it continues.

Have a good summer and a good luck in your FF leagues Gents.

Alive,

I just read that article on ESPN.  It is all Tax Free too.  If he ever comes back he will still have 1 year left with the Wings.  I don't think anyone saw this coming.

The Penguins and free-agent defenseman Jay McKee are finalizing details on a one-year contract. Financial terms are not yet known.

McKee, 31, spent the past three years with St. Louis, but the Blues bought out the final year of his contract this summer. The 6-foot-4, 203-pound defensive defenseman had a series of injuries while with St. Louis, many of them related to blocking shots.

The Blues are obligated to pay two-thirds of the $4 million salary he would have been due in 2009-10 under his contract with them, or about $2.67 million, which will be split over two years for salary cap purposes.

The Penguins expect Alex Goligoski to become a regular on defense this season after splitting last season between the NHL and the minor leagues, but the team still needed to add a defenseman after losing Rob Scuderi and Hal Gill to free agency earlier this month.

Chicago, Nashville and Buffalo also were interested in McKee, who was a first-round draft pick by Buffalo in 1995.

Dear Sabres4Life.

I'm deeply saddened that I hurt your internet feelings. I hope you and the Sabres the best of luck in the forthcoming season and if karma has its way, maybe your team will sign Heatley. Heatley is a cancerous turd. Throw away the fact that he killed someone. I'm done talking about that. I live 5 minutes from where he grew up and none of us talk about it anymore.Whats the time line of when you can make fun of him? When is it acceptable? His trade fiasco is much more inappropriate than any half assed comment about him being a lousy driver. I appreciate your comments on the morality of dirting a player on a sports site, but maybe save it for a more appropriate forum....like maybe oprah's web site. Anyone who signs him is going to have a nightmare on their hands. Props to the Sens for not caving to his demands. "I want to be traded, but i want a say in where I go because I have a no trade clause"....."and by the way I already went public with the trade demand".Way to go Heatley. Let him play for a trade. Anyways...once again.....sorry.