When you do not quite have an idea where some of the top free agents are going, a post like this can be pretty incomplete on the surface. However Jay Grossman just tweeted that Kovalchuk would like to make a decision on his future today. We all swear there is a twist ending in this…that at the very least there will be something we did not expect. Either way, now at least July 5th will not be dull. Reports are that LA is out but never say never because at one time NJ was supposedly out too.
Whoever does get Mr. Kovalchuk gets a 40-50 goal guy and those are hard to come by in the NHL. I guess it is poetic that today is one of the hottest days in a long time in New Jersey. Because twitter is going to crash when this news breaks. The fantasy ramifications are clearly there in the balance BUT not all on #17 ladies and gentlemen.
There are still guys on the market like Marty Turco and Evgeni Nabokov, just to name a few. Please keep this all in mind that yes the biggest prize in the pool is the sniper but there are some pretty good depth players out there as well. On your fantasy team, one player does not make or break your team generally. There are always exceptions to this.
Anyone want to take a look at last year’s list……okay it is time to do so.
| DATE | PLAYERS | 2009-10 TEAM | 2008-09 TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | D Darryl Sydor | St. Louis | Dallas |
| Sep 25 | C Rob Niedermayer | New Jersey | Anaheim |
| Sep 14 | D Dennis Seidenberg | Florida | Carolina |
| Sep 13 | RW Drew Stafford | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Sep 12 | LW Radek Smolenak | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Sep 9 | D Andy Wozniewski | Boston | Pittsburgh |
| Sep 9 | D Mike Lundin | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Sep 9 | LW Alexandre Picard | Columbus | Columbus |
| Sep 8 | C Derek Armstrong | St. Louis | Los Angeles |
| Sep 4 | C Rob Schremp | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Sep 4 | D Steve Eminger | Anaheim | Florida |
| Sep 2 | LW Taylor Pyatt | Phoenix | Vancouver |
| Sep 1 | C Cal O’Reilly | Nashville | Nashville |
| Sep 1 | RW Brad Staubitz | San Jose | San Jose |
| Sep 1 | LW Alex Tanguay | Tampa Bay | Montreal |
| Aug 31 | D Nathan McIver | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Aug 28 | D Mathieu Schneider | Vancouver | Montreal |
| Aug 28 | D Matt Lashoff | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Aug 25 | RW Martins Karsums | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Aug 21 | C Marcel Goc | Nashville | San Jose |
| Aug 20 | LW Jeff Cowan | Buffalo | Vancouver |
| Aug 19 | C Stephane Yelle | Carolina | Boston |
| Aug 18 | RW Todd Bertuzzi | Detroit | Calgary |
| Aug 17 | C Vaclav Prospal | NY Rangers | Tampa Bay |
| Aug 14 | RW Matt D’Agostini | Montreal | Montreal |
| Aug 12 | G Thomas Greiss | San Jose | San Jose |
| Aug 12 | D Ladislav Smid F Gilbert Brule F Jason Stone |
Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Aug 10 | RW Mike Grier | Buffalo | San Jose |
| Aug 10 | RW Ryan Jones | Nashville | Nashville |
| Aug 10 | G Joey MacDonald | Toronto | NY Islanders |
| Aug 10 | LW Gregory Stewart | Montreal | Montreal |
| Aug 6 | F Jason Williams | Detroit | Columbus |
| Aug 5 | C Alexandre Giroux | Washington | Washington |
| Aug 5 | RW Brendan Shanahan | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| Aug 5 | RW Jannik Hansen | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Aug 4 | RW Patrick Eaves | Detroit | Carolina |
| Aug 4 | G Brian Elliott | Ottawa | Ottawa |
| Aug 3 | F Blake Comeau | NY Islanders | NY Islanders |
| Aug 1 | G John Curry | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Aug 1 | C Cody McCormick | Buffalo | Colorado |
| July 31 | D Brendan Bell | St. Louis | Ottawa |
| July 31 | D Milan Jurcina | Washington | Washington |
| July 30 | D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | Philadelphia | Columbus |
| July 30 | F Dustin Boyd | Calgary | Calgary |
| July 30 | C Kyle Wellwood | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| July 30 | F Josh Gratton | Atlanta | Philadelphia |
| July 30 | D Mike Vernace | Atlanta | Colorado |
| July 29 | D Jack Hillen | NY Islanders | NY Islanders |
| July 29 | LW Scottie Upshall G Josh Tordjman |
Phoenix | Phoenix |
| July 29 | LW Liam Reddox C Ryan Potulny |
Edmonton | Edmonton |
| July 29 | D Derek Smith F Jeremy Yablonski |
Ottawa | Ottawa |
| July 29 | G Josh Harding | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| July 28 | G Dan LaCosta | Columbus | Columbus |
| July 26 | D Matt Smaby | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| July 25 | C Nate Thompson | NY Islanders | NY Islanders |
| July 25 | D Roman Polak | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| July 25 | D Derek Morris | Boston | NY Rangers |
| July 24 | F Daniel Winnik | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| July 23 | LW Lukas Kasper C Krys Kolanos RW Jason Ward |
Philadelphia | San Jose Minnesota Tampa Bay |
| July 23 | F Kris Chucko | Calgary | Calgary |
| July 23 | RW Barry Tallackson RW Adam Cracknell |
St. Louis | New Jersey Calgary |
| July 23 | C Kyle Brodziak D Ryan Lannon |
Minnesota | Edmonton Phoenix |
| July 23 | F Tuomo Ruutu | Carolina | Carolina |
| July 22 | G Martin Biron | NY Islanders | Philadelphia |
| July 22 | C Nathan Smith | Minnesota | Colorado |
| July 22 | F Tanner Glass D Mike Funk |
Vancouver | Florida Buffalo |
| July 22 | F Evan McGrath F Ryan Oulahen |
Detroit | Detroit |
| July 22 | D Marc Methot | Columbus | Columbus |
| July 22 | F Darryl Boyce F Alex Foster |
Toronto | Toronto |
| July 22 | C Travis Zajac | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| July 21 | D Denis Grebeshkov | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| July 21 | F Andre Deveaux | Toronto | Toronto |
| July 21 | C Tomas Plekanec | Montreal | Montreal |
| July 21 | D Steve Wagner | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| July 21 | LW Mike Blunden | Columbus | Columbus |
| July 21 | F Enver Lisin | NY Rangers | Phoenix |
| July 21 | G Brent Johnson | Pittsburgh | Washington |
| July 21 | D Boris Valabik | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| July 20 | RW Jeff Hoggan F David Spina D Sean Sullivan |
Phoenix | Phoenix |
| July 20 | D Matt Hunwick | Boston | Boston |
| July 20 | G Curtis Sanford | Montreal | Vancouver |
| July 20 | RW Teddy Purcell D Drew Bagnall |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| July 20 | LW Nigel Dawes | Calgary | Phoenix |
| July 20 | D Andrej Sekera F Clarke MacArthur |
Buffalo | Buffalo |
| July 20 | RW Danny Bois | Chicago | Ottawa |
| July 20 | D Brett Carson D Bryan Rodney |
Carolina | Carolina |
| July 17 | D Grant Lewis D Scott Lehman F Tim Stapleton |
Atlanta | Atlanta Atlanta Toronto |
| July 17 | D Jack Johnson | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| July 17 | G Wade Dubielewicz RW Jon DiSalvatore |
Minnesota | Columbus New Jersey |
| July 17 | D Cory Murphy | New Jersey | Tampa Bay |
| July 16 | C Dwight Helminen RW Jed Ortmeyer RW Ryan Vesce D Joe Callahan |
San Jose | Carolina Nashville San Jose NY Islanders |
| July 16 | RW Lauri Tukonen C Blair Jones |
Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| July 16 | D Keith Yandle | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| July 16 | G Devan Dubnyk | Edmonton | Edmonton |
| July 16 | RW Colby Armstrong | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| July 16 | D Jeff Schultz | Washington | Washington |
| July 16 | LW Peter Olvecky | Nashville | Minnesota |
| July 15 | G Kari Lehtonen | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| July 15 | D Shaone Morrisonn RW Eric Fehr LW Chris Bourque C Kyle Wilson F Steve Pinizzotto |
Washington | Washington |
| July 15 | D Clayton Stoner LW Benoit Pouliot RW Danny Irmen LW Robbie Earl |
Minnesota | Minnesota |
| July 15 | LW Lauri Korpikoski | Phoenix | NY Rangers |
| July 15 | C Scott Nichol | San Jose | Nashville |
| July 15 | D Andrew Alberts | Carolina | Philadelphia |
| July 15 | RW Patrick Kaleta | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| July 15 | D Zack Fitzgerald | Carolina | Vancouver |
| July 15 | F Mike Angelidis | Carolina | Carolina |
| July 15 | RW Guillaume Latendresse D Shawn Belle |
Montreal | Montreal |
| July 15 | F Tim Wallace D Ben Lovejoy |
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| July 14 | RW Tom Kostopoulos | Carolina | Montreal |
| July 14 | D Staffan Kronwall | Calgary | Washington |
| July 14 | D Corey Potter | NY Rangers | NY Rangers |
| July 14 | F Ryan Maki | Nashville | Nashville |
| July 14 | D Mathieu Roy | Columbus | Edmonton |
| July 14 | RW Ben Guite | Nashville | Colorado |
| July 13 | RW Ryan Callahan | NY Rangers | NY Rangers |
| July 13 | F Chris Minard | Edmonton | Pittsburgh |
| July 13 | C Trent Whitfield | Boston | St. Louis |
| July 13 | C Drew Larman | Boston | Florida |
| July 13 | C Boyd Gordon | Washington | Washington |
| July 13 | F Anthony Stewart | Atlanta | Florida |
| July 13 | D Noah Welch | Atlanta | Tampa Bay |
| July 13 | RW Brandon Segal | Los Angeles | Tampa Bay |
| July 13 | D James Wisniewski | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| July 13 | D Nolan Yonkman | Nashville | Nashville |
| July 11 | RW Brian McGrattan | Calgary | Phoenix |
| July 11 | C Kyle Chipchura | Montreal | Montreal |
| July 10 | D Kyle Cumiskey | Colorado | Colorado |
| July 10 | LW Travis Moen | Montreal | San Jose |
| July 10 | D Jay McKee | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| July 10 | C Brendan Morrison | Washington | Dallas |
| July 10 | D Jonathan Sigalet | Columbus | Columbus |
| July 10 | D Paul Mara | Montreal | NY Rangers |
| July 10 | G Yann Danis | New Jersey | NY Islanders |
| July 10 | G Antero Niittymaki | Tampa Bay | Philadelphia |
| July 9 | LW Matt Ellis | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| July 9 | D Jay Harrison | Carolina | Toronto |
| July 9 | D Richard Petiot | Chicago | Tampa Bay |
| July 9 | F Carsen Germyn | Calgary | Calgary |
| July 9 | RW Ales Kotalik | NY Rangers | Edmonton |
| July 9 | F Scott Parse | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| July 9 | D Nick Boynton | Anaheim | Florida |
| July 8 | D Mark Fistric | Dallas | Dallas |
| July 8 | D Kurtis Foster | Tampa Bay | Minnesota |
| July 8 | D Brett Skinner | Colorado | Atlanta |
| July 8 | C Philippe Dupuis | Colorado | Colorado |
| July 8 | D Casey Borer | Carolina | Carolina |
| July 8 | G Justin Peters | Carolina | Carolina |
| July 8 | C Jim Slater | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| July 8 | RW Steven Goertzen | Carolina | Phoenix |
| July 8 | C Saku Koivu | Anaheim | Montreal |
| July 8 | D Doug Janik | Detroit | NY Rangers |
| July 8 | C Brian Boyle | NY Rangers | Los Angeles |
| July 8 | RW Kris Versteeg | Chicago | Chicago |
| July 7 | LW Jeff Taffe | Florida | Pittsburgh |
| July 7 | D Drew Fata | Boston | Ottawa |
| July 7 | G Dany Sabourin | Boston | Edmonton |
| July 7 | D Jeff Woywitka | Dallas | St. Louis |
| July 7 | LW Stephane Veilleux | Tampa Bay | Minnesota |
| July 7 | C Todd Marchant | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| July 7 | C Kris Newbury | Detroit | Toronto |
| July 7 | RW Jeremy Williams | Detroit | Toronto |
| July 7 | C Jamie Lundmark | Calgary | Calgary |
| July 7 | LW Jason Jaffray | Calgary | Vancouver |
| July 6 | D Cam Barker | Chicago | Chicago |
| July 6 | D Brian Salcido | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| July 6 | D Mark Flood | NY Islanders | Carolina |
| July 6 | F Greg Mauldin | NY Islanders | Ottawa |
| July 6 | LW Matt Moulson | NY Islanders | Los Angeles |
| July 6 | RW Greg Moore | NY Islanders | NY Rangers |
| July 6 | G Peter Mannino | Atlanta | NY Islanders |
| July 6 | G Drew MacIntyre | Atlanta | Vancouver |
| July 6 | C Jason Krog | Atlanta | Vancouver |
| July 6 | LW Warren Peters | Dallas | Calgary |
| July 6 | D Aaron Johnson RW Troy Brouwer G Corey Crawford LW Ben Eager C Colin Fraser |
Chicago | Chicago |
| July 6 | D Francois Beauchemin |
Toronto | Anaheim |
| July 6 | LW Ville Leino | Detroit | Detroit |
| July 6 | RW Alex Kovalev | Ottawa | Montreal |
| July 6 | D Shane O’Brien | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| July 6 | G Andrew Raycroft | Vancouver | Colorado |
| July 6 | LW Chris Higgins | NY Rangers | Montreal |
| July 6 | RW Darren Haydar | Colorado | Detroit |
| July 6 | RW David Jones | Colorado | Colorado |
| July 6 | RW B.J. Crombeen | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| July 5 | RW Chris Conner | Pittsburgh | Dallas |
| July 5 | D Chris Lee | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders |
Wow and just like that……our moment of zen today. Ilya Kovalchuk unofficially has resigned with the NJ Devils for 7 years and 60 million. More on this later but look at this list and tell me if any names stick out a bit. Keep this in mind fantasy hockey fans on how teams can be impacted by signings after the first few days. Aloha for now.
