eriksson
demers
hamhuis
russell
kopitar :troll:

:lol

My bad. Totally forgot about Kopitar's 8 year extension.

Byfuglien is from Minnesota, not far from Winnipeg.

Lucic on the Players Tribune

To Boston | The Players' Tribune

Anyone else find that his blog is written by a grade 10 student? Not as articulate as previous blogs from other athletes, made me lose interest rather quickly.

Phaneuf to Ottawa in a 9 player deal


Phaneuf, Frattin, Bailey, Rupert and Donaghey for Cowen, Greening, Michalek, Lindberg and 2nd-rounder in 2017.

a homerun by the leafs that's for sure, mostly all the players they received the contacts are expiring next year.

wow.. I can't believe they ditched that contract.. Without retaining salary.

Stamkos to toronto is almost confirmed
haha

great...a Toronto trade

time to ignore my sports media feed for the next couple of days

DAMMIT JIM SIGN HIM ALREADY!

sportsnet and tsn going to breakdown this trade for days!!!!

Didn't think Phaneuf would ever be moved and traded to a divisional rival.

i hope the leafs thinking moving all this money in phaneuf back fires and stamkos doesnt sign in Toronto! Hoping somehow JB signs him and sticks it to them haha!!!

Fixed

i'm actually pretty amazed at the fact the leafs were able to shed Phaneuf's salary without retaining anything or giving up any significant assets

That Lou Lamoriello hook up though

Sorry Nab but JB couldn't pull this shit off if he had Jesus Christ behind him

canucks will be shedding lots of salary this off season...just depends on how much stamkos wants and what JB is willing to offer and we all know JB is willing to offer more money and term...ie sbisa, dorsett, sutter, barkowski with money not term..

Stamkos is basically getting max contract. Maybe bigger signing bonus like o'reilly.

$1 mil salary and rest signing bonus.

Stamkos position is which team is best positioned to win a cup.

I can only dream drafting Matthews and signing stamkos. Lol

And the Leafs fit that criteria? :fuckthatshit:

I really don't understand the posts I've read about how Stamkos to the Leafs is happening / a sure thing.

Aside from the fact he's from Ontario and liked that tweet about the Leafs or whatever; am i missing something? :lol

Read Kuznetsov's article. It forces you to read it in a Russian accent.

How We Play Hockey in Russia | The Players' Tribune

Over the years, at least since the cap started, no significant Toronto boy has signed with them. The only "major" Toronto-boy signing they've had is David Clarkson, which everyone outside of Toronto knew was a massive mistake before the ink was dry. Toronto took a couple of years to figure it out.

If I were stamkos I would move to the panthers they are up and coming with all their young guys a head of alot of teams...they are more positioned to contend for the playoffs but not really cup contenders yet..in a few years i suppose!

i think its a foregone conclusion that Stamkos will get the biggest contract/high cap hit and ungodly bonuses no matter where he signs

there must be a line somewhere on his landing spot...i'd actually be interested in betting on this

Every Sens fan on Reddit is absolutely thrilled at this trade because they got rid of Jared Cowen. Apparently, he's that bad. :lol

Player Discussion Jared Cowen Appreciation Thread - HFBoards

:lawl:

Stamkos is not coming to Vancouver. Your guess is as good as mine, but I think others around here will back me up in saying that the chances of Stammer landing in YVR are slim.