Happy FA Frenzy day tomorrow. In the meantime, here is day 1 from 2007……enjoy.
July 2
2:30 am et
The Edmonton Oilers have signed Michael Nylander to a multi year deal per Team 1260 out of Edmonton (this is not official just yet) Turns out later this report was erroneous…as the Capitals signed him.
1:18am et
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed winger Petr Sykora to a two-year contract.
1:02am et
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenceman Darryl Sydor to a two-year, $5 million contract.
July 1
11:48pm et
The St. Louis Blues sign winger Paul Kariya to a three-year, $18 million contract.
11:05pm et
The Colorado Avalanche have signed winger Ryan Smyth to a five-year deal worth $31.25 million.
8:36pm et
The New York Islanders have signed winger Jon Sim to a three-year deal.
8:22pm et
The Colorado Avalanche have signed D Scott Hannan to a four-year deal worth $18 million.
8:21pm et
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed G Dany Sabourin to a two-year deal worth $1.025 million.
7:59pm et
The Washington Capitals have signed forward Viktor Kozlov to a two-year deal worth $5 million.
7:47pm et
The New York Rangers have signed forward Chris Drury to a five-year deal worth $35.25 million.
7:34pm et
The New York Rangers have signed forward Scott Gomez to a seven-year deal worth $51.5 million.
7:32pm et
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed winger Jason Blake to a five-year deal worth $20 million.
6:34pm et
The Atlanta Thrashers have signed forward Eric Perrin to a two year deal worth $1.5 million.
6:03pm et
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed unrestricted free agent right winger Michel Ouellet to a two-year deal worth $1.2 million and $1.3 million.
5:59pm et
The Carolina Hurricanes agree to a two-year contract worth $800,000 per year with forward Jeff Hamilton.
5:41pm et
Florida Panthers have signed forward Radek Dvorak to a two-year contract.
5:14pm et
The Boston Bruins have signed free-agent right winger Shawn Thornton to a multi-year contract.
4:41pm et
Forward Yanic Perreault agrees to terms with the Chicago Blackhawks on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
4:01pm et
Defenceman Brian Rafalski agrees to a five year, $30 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
3:57pm et
Calgary signs defenceman Cory Sarich to a five year, $18 million deal worth an average of $3.6 million per year.
3:48pm et
Daniel Briere has signed with the Philadelphia Flyers for eight years and $52 million. The deal includes a no movement clause.
3:38pm et
The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent defencemen Dick Tarnstrom and Denis Grebeshkov to one-year contracts. Details to follow.
2:49pm et
Anaheim signs defenceman Mathieu Schneider to a two-year deal paying him $5.5 million and $5.75 million. .
2:24pm et
Florida Panthers sign forward Richard Zednik to two-year deal, $3.25 million contract and forward Brett McLean to three-year, $5.1 million contract.
2:17pm et
Washington Capitals sign D Tom Poti to four-year, $14 million contract.
1:47pm et
Atlanta Thrashers sign C Todd White to four-year, $9.5 million contract.
The Winners
Philadelphia Flyers — Signed Briere, acquired Jason Smith and Joffrey Lupul…signed Timonen and Hartnell….needless to say a great job by Holmgren and to only lose a disgruntled Pitkanen ….priceless.
New York Rangers — Signed Gomez and Drury to long deals…big salary cap hit…but less in the long term. Only lost Nylander and Ortmeyer…not a big deal really.
The Losers
Buffalo Sabres — Didn’t sign anyone….lost both Drury and Briere. Vanek may still be offered an offer sheet. Unless they nab Comrie and another d-man…it could be trouble.
New Jersey Devils — Yes it hurts for me to say…but it is clear Lou just wasn’t willing to pay Rafalski 6 million a year and I commend him for it. He did try to make a last ditch offer for Gomez…but it wasn’t for over 7 mill per…so maybe it is just as well. But the bottom line is Nylander just went off the board too…so Lou better do something in Day 2.
Los Angeles Kings — Missed out on all the major players…..and flopped badly…maybe they have a plan in Day 2…rumor is they are after Stuart and Hamrlik…we shall see.
Well it was indeed an eventful Day 1…let’s see what happens for Day 2.
