NHL 2009/2010 season thread

[Foster]

DarrenDreger
Expected to be Jokinen, Prust for Kotalik and Higgins.www. tsn.ca

Flames are making Kovalchuk their target.
No doubt about it.

Also looking like the Leafs will move another one of there "D"

[Halladay_is_God]

if the rumoured deal does go down flames are near the cap so I don't think they can make a move for Kovolchuk unless they trade Langkow and someone in salary dump type deal

[Halladay_is_God]

I know Jiggy had to go and this clears some cap space for 2010-11, but c'mon, Toskala sucks ass!!

Toskala an UFA anyway

[Halladay_is_God]

another big trade

Ilya Kovalchuk and Anssi Salmela to the New Jersey Devils.

John Oduya, forwards Niclas Bergfors and Patrice Cormier and NJ's first round pick in 2010 to Atlanta

the teams also swapped 2nd round picks in the 2010 draft

[missionhockey21]

Kovalchuk to the Devils.... ****.

[Foster]

I highly doubt he resigns in the off season.

[Porter]

We never got HiG's reaction to his worst, most hated enemy going from Calgary to Toronto (Phaneuf).

[realmofotalk]

another big trade

Ilya Kovalchuk and Anssi Salmela to the New Jersey Devils.

John Oduya, forwards Niclas Bergfors and Patrice Cormier and NJ's first round pick in 2010 to Atlanta

the teams also swapped 2nd round picks in the 2010 draft

I understand contending teams are unwilling to surrender core players for free agent-to-be superstar players or such other players in unhappy contract situations, but for some reason NHL teams, more so than those in other sports, just plain suck at getting equal value. Look at the Thornton, Luongo, Heatley (the second one) trades. The return usually is a package of underachieving scoring forwards and no-name D-men.

[realmofotalk]

It's done: Atlanta trades Kovalchuk to New Jersey - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

So the Thrashers get Oduya, a veteran defenseman who didn't fit into what Jacques Lemaire was preaching behind the New Jersey bench. They also get a 22-year old Bergfors, currently in a major scoring slump in this his first full NHL season, but also who has shown plenty of promise at times. Cormier captained Team Canada at the recent World Junior Championships, but he also brought controversy upon himself with three separate elbows in the span of a month, one of which got him suspended for the rest of the season.

Ten bucks says those players won't become long-time Thrashers.

[Halladay_is_God]

We never got HiG's reaction to his worst, most hated enemy going from Calgary to Toronto (Phaneuf).

not so much my worst emery, just the most overrated player in the NHL for the past 3-4 seasons, Calgary got better for it because now they don't a pylon named Phaneuf in their backend and got wing depth out of the two trades

[Halladay_is_God]

I highly doubt he resigns in the off season.

if the devils can trade Brian Rolston and convince Kovy to sign at say 8 million per I believe the devils can keep him

[missionhockey21]

Curse your tongue.

[realmofotalk]

The dude turned down $101 million (USD) from Atlanta. I would hate for New Jersey to re-sign him on the cheap, but if that were to happen, at least Thrashers fans and alike can take solace in knowing that he screwed himself to a degree.

[Halladay_is_God]

i think it's pretty clear he turned that much from atlanta because just he doesn't want to be there anymore, i can't blame him one bit

although he can get more in the KHL

[realmofotalk]

So are you implying that he lied about wanting to be Thrasher for life?