Bruins Rumors and News: Free Agent Predictions

Friday, May 25, 2007

Free Agent Predictions

I am going to do a preliminary round of the major UFA's today guessing where they go and how much money. We will later come out with one in mid June before the UFA signing period goes under way, but for now, I am going to make a run at it. Feel free to disucss your extreme disagreement towards these predictions.
Note: Don't crap on me because of cap space, I am assuming teams will make some deals to clear a few million in cap space.

J-S Giguere: Boston Bruins, 3 years/16 million
Teemu Selanne: Anaheim Ducks, 2 years/10 million
Keith Tkachuk: St. Louis Blues, 2 years/7 million
Daniel Brier: Buffalo Sabres, 5 years/30 million
Chris Drury: Boston Bruins, 4 years/18 million
Roman Hamrlik: Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year/2.6 million
Brad Stuart: Los Angeles Kings, 4 years/18.4 million
Eric Lindros: Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year/900k + incentives
Ladislav Nagy: Vancouver Canucks, 5 years/28 million
Anson Carter: Vancouver Canucks, 1 year/1.5 million
Todd Bertuzzi: Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year/1.5 million
Dominik Hasek: Detroit Red Wings, 1 year/2.5 million
Robert Lang: Washington Capitals, 2 years/8 million
Danny Markov: Edmonton Oilers, 3 years/9 million
Mathieu Schneider: Detroit Red Wings, 2 years/6 million
Petr Sykora: Vancouver Canucks, 2 years/5.5 million
Ed Belfour: Florida Panthers, 1 year/1 million
Sheldon Souray: San Jose, 4 years/26 million
Peter Forsberg: Nashville Predators, 1 year/4 million
Paul Kariya: Nashville Predators, 3 years/15 million
Kimmo Timonen: Philadelphia Flyers, 4 years/23 million
Scott Gomez: Calgary Flames, 5 years/34 million
Brian Rafalski: Boston Bruins, 3 years/10 million
Jason Blake: Washington Capitals, 4 years/16.4 million
Ryan Smith: New York Islanders, 4 years/26 million
Brendan Shanahan: New York Rangers, 1 year/4 million
Mike Comrie: Pittsburgh Penguins, 3 years/10 million
Bill Guerin: New Jersey Devils, 1 year/3 million
Scott Hannan: Minnesota Wild, 3 years/9 million
Michael Peca: Boston Bruins, 1 year/800k
Mats Sundin: Toronto Maple Leafs, 2 years/12 million
Rory Fitzpatrick: Vancounver Canucks, 2 years/6 million

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Usually I agree with a lot of what you say, Matt. But you sound like a Leaf's fan in this post. No way does Boston get Giguere, Drury, Rafalski, and Peca.
First off, PC already said that the club would not be going after big name UFAs. And if we believe him, then that takes Giguere, Rafalski, and Drury off the list.
Second, even though you mentioned it, we have no where close to the cap space for all four. Unless Murray, Axellson, and Kobasew are traded, then those four don't come here together.
I'd love to see Giguere in a Bruins uniform. We need a star goalie for a change. The revolving door in net since Moog and Lemelin is pathetic. But signing Giguere would signal the end of Thomas and/or Hannu. Would that be worth it? Yes! But the team has to play better defense for any goalie in net.
So that brings us to Rafalski. I like this idea a lot. If PC were to go after a "big" name, this would be my pick. It would shore up the defense. Would give us Chara, Rafalski, Ward, Alberts, and Ference. With Wideman, Stuart and Lashoff playing the sixth hole. Nice idea!
As for Drury. We don't need a number 1 or even 2 center. We have that in Savard and Bergeron. I'd rather see Boston go after a next tier guy like Perrault. Yanic is great on the face off and would be a perfect center for Axellson and Donovan.
And Peca would give us too many centers. Would Peca settle for a fourth line? I doubt that.
I'd like to see Boston go after Rafalski, Perrault, and either Backstrom, Belfour or Thibault. And let the young guys play their way in.

Kessel-Savard-Murray
Sturm-Bergeron-Bochenski
Axellson-Perrault-Donovan
Chistov-Walter-Kobasew

Alberts-Chara
Rafalski-Ference
Ward- Wideman(Stuart)

Backstrom-Thomas

Then again... if Preissing is available, don't be surprised if PC dips back into the Senators pool.; 5:56 PM
Matt said...: bosbrn77 I agree that no way in hell all them are coming here, but I feel like we have the best chance at getting them. I don't know if that makes any sense. I wouldn't say any of them are ungettable from a Bruins' point of view.; 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm not sure what chance we have to get any of them with Lewis as coach. After what Stuart, Mara, and Boyes all said after leaving the Bruins, who would want to play for him? If we the fans read it, then I bet a lot of potential UFAs read the same thing.

I just wish PC could see that as well. Look at how much playing time Jurcina got when he left. Why trade for Ference and Wideman when Jurcina was better then both? Why give up Boyes for Wideman and we only got a pick for Milan? And that pick goes to Calgary if Brad Stuart doesn't re-sign there.

I wish PC would admit one mistake and get rid of Lewis. Bring in a O'Reilly, Shoenfield (sp?), Burns, or even Neely.; 8:11 PM
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Transactions

Bought-out RW Patrick Eaves.

Signed D Derek Morris to a 1 year, 3.3 million dollar deal.

Placed RW Patrick Eaves on waivers.

Acquired RW Patrick Eaves and a 2010 4th round draft pick from the Carolina Hurricanes for D Aaron Ward.

Re-signed RW Mark Recchi to a 1 year, 1 million dollar deal.

Signed C Steve Begin to a 1 year, 850k dollar deal.

Re-signed D Johnny Boychuk to a 1 year deal.

Re-signed RW Byron Bitz to a 2 year, 1.35 million dollar deal.

Bought-out LW Peter Schaefer

Drafted RW Jordan Caron (1-25), D Ryan Button (3-86), LW Lane MacDermid (4-112), RW Tyler Randell (6-176), and C Ben Sexton (7-206).

Re-signed C David Krejci to a 3 year, 11.25 million dollar deal.

Re-signed G Tim Thomas to a 4 year, 20 million dollar deal.

Scoreboard

Previous Game

10/1/09 7:00pm		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	2	1	2	5
	Washington @	2	1	1	4

Current Game

10/3/09 7:00pm		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	-	-	-	-
	Carolina @	-	-	-	-

Next Game

10/8/09 7:00pm		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	-	-	-	-
	Anaheim @	-	-	-	-

Bruins Games

Bruins Salaries

	Player Name	Cap Hit	Yrs
1	Zdeno Chara	7,500,000	2
2	Marc Savard	5,000,000	1
2	Tim Thomas	5,000,000	4
3	Patrice Bergeron	4,750,000	2
4	Michael Ryder	4,000,000	2
5	Dennis Wideman	3,875,000	3
6	David Krejci*	3,750,000	3
7	Marco Sturm	3,500,000	2
8	Aaron Ward	2,500,000	1
9	Chuck Kobasew	2,333,333	2
10	A. Ference	1,400,000	1
BO	Glen Murray	1,383,333	1
11	Mark Stuart*	1,300,000	1
12	Mark Recchi	1,000,000	1
13	Blake Wheeler*	875,000	1
14	Milan Lucic*	850,000	1
14	Steve Begin	850,000	1
14	Tuukka Rask*	850,000	1
BO	Peter Schaefer	566,667	2
15	Byron Bitz*	687,000	2
16	Shawn Thornton	516,667	1
**	Phil Kessel*	RFA	1
**	Matt Hunwick*	RFA	1
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--	TOTAL	52,487,500	-
--	Cap Space	4,312,500	-

* Indicates RFA
#Players on entry level deals have their base salary listed.
**Any corrections send an email to bruinsrumors@yahoo.com

Standings

	Northeast	Wins	Losses	OTL	Points
1	Buffalo	-	-	-	-
2	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
3	Montreal	-	-	-	-
4	Toronto	-	-	-	-
5	Boston	-	-	-	-

Bruins Scorers

	Player	G	A	P
1	Marc Savard	-	-	-
1	Marco Sturm	-	-	-
1	Blake Wheeler	-	-	-
1	Zdeno Chara	-	-	-
1	Chuck Kobasew	-	-	-
1	Phil Kessel	-	-	-
1	Matt Hunwick	-	-	-
1	Dennis Wideman	-	-	-
1	Patrice Bergeron	-	-	-
1	Derek Morris	-	-	-
1	Michael Ryder	-	-	-
1	Andrew Ference	-	-	-
1	David Krejci	-	-	-
1	Milan Lucic	-	-	-
1	Byron Bitz	-	-	-
1	Mark Stuart	-	-	-
1	Shawn Thornton	-	-	-
1	Steve Begin	-	-	-
1	Johnny Boychuk	-	-	-
1	Vladimir Sobotka	-	-	-

*No longer with the team.

Bruins Goaltending

Player	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-
Rask	-	-	-	-	-

Bruins Top 10 Prospects

1. Tuukka Rask (G)
2. Joe Colborne (C)
3. Brad Marchand (C)
4. Zach Hamill (C)
5. Kevin Regan (G)
6. Matt Hunwick (D)
7. Adam McQuaid (D)
8. Andrew Bodnarchuk (D)
9. Yuri Alexandrov (D)
10. Carl Soderberg (RW)

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Previous Transactions

Acquired D Steve Montador from the Anaheim Ducks for C Petteri Nokelainen.

Acquired LW Mark Recchi and a 2010 2nd round draft pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning for D Matt Lashoff and RW Martins Karsums.

Acquired LW Ned Lukacevic and a 2009 4th round draft pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for D Andrew Alberts

Waived LW Peter Schaefer.

Placed C Nate Thompson on waivers, claimed by the New York Islanders.

Signed C Stephane Yelle (Calgary Flames) to a 1 year, 750k deal.

Bought-out RW Glen Murray.

Acquired C Martin St. Pierre from the Chicago Blackhawks for RW Pascal Pelletier.

Signed RW Michael Ryder (Montreal Canadiens) to a 3 year, 12 million dollar deal.

Re-signed D Dennis Wideman to a 4 year, 11.75 million dollar deal.

Re-signed C Petteri Nokelainen to a 2 year, 1.7 million dollar deal.

Re-signed D Mark Stuart to a 2 year, 2.6 million dollar deal.

Acquired D Johnny Boychuk from the Colorado Avalanche for C Matt Hendricks.

Signed RW Blake Wheeler (Phoenix Coyotes) to a 2 year entry level deal.

Drafted C Joe Colborne (1-16), C Maxime Sauve (2-47), G Michael Hutchinson (3-77), C Jamie Arniel (4-97), C Nicolas Tremblay (6-173), and C Mark Goggin (7-197).

Re-signed RW Chuck Kobasew to a 3 year, 7 millon dollar deal.

Re-signed D Aaron Ward to a 2 year, 5 million dollar deal.

Acquired LW Matt Marquardt from the Columbus Blue Jackets for D Jonathan Sigalet.

Acquired D Shane Hnidy and a 2008 6th round draft pick from the Anaheim Ducks for RW Brandon Bochenski and Anaheim relinquishes the right to swap 2008 4th round drafts picks from the Chistov trade.

Acquired G Alex Auld from the Phoenix Coyotes for RW Nate DiCasmirro and a 2009 5th round pick.

Signed C Glen Metropolit (St. Louis Blues) to a 1 year, 500k deal.

Acquired D Brett Skinner and D Nathan Saunders from the Anaheim Ducks for C Mark Mowers

Acquired C Carl Soderberg from the St. Louis Blues for G Hannu Toivonen

Acquired LW Peter Schaefer from the Ottawa Senators for RW Shean Donovan

Signed LW Shawn Thornton (Anaheim Ducks) to a 3 year, 1.550 million dollar contract.

Drafted C Zach Hamill (1-8), D Tommy Cross (2-35), D Denis Reul (5-130), D Alain Goulet (6-159), D Radim Ostricil (6-169), and RW Jordan Knackstedt (7-189). Acquired G Manny Fernandez from the Minnesota Wild for RW Petr Kalus and a 2009 4th round draft pick

Acquired D Adam McQuaid from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2007 5th round pick.

Acquired D Dennis Wideman from the St. Louis Blue for RW Brad Boyes.

Acquired D Aaron Ward from the New York Rangers for D Paul Mara.

Claimed G Joey MacDonald off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings.

Acquired RW Chuck Kobasew and D Andrew Ference for D Brad Stuart, C Wayne Primeau and a 2008 4th round draft pick.

Acquired RW Brandon Bochenski from the Chicago Blackhawks for C Kris Versteeg and a conditional 2008 5th round draft pick.

Acquired a 2008 4th round draft pick from the Washington Capitals for D Milan Jurcina.

Acquired a 2007 5th round draft pick from the St. Louis Blues for C Yan Stastny.

Acquired G Phillipe Sauve from the Phoenix Coyotes for C Tyler Redenbauch.

Acquired Future Cosiderations from the Pittsburgh Penguins for D/W Wade Brookbank.

Acquired LW Stanislav Chistov from the Anaheim Ducks for a 2007 3rd round draft pick and the right to swap 2008 4th round draft picks.

Declined the arbitration award to D David Tanabe.

Re-signed C Patrice Bergeron to a 5 year, 23.75 million dollar deal.

Re-signed RW Brad Boyes to a 2 year, 3 million dollar deal.

Signed D Zdeno Chara (Ottawa Senators) to a 5 year, 37.5 million dollar deal.

Signed C Marc Savard (Atlanta Thrashers) to a 4 year, 20 million dollar deal.

Signed RW Shean Donovan (Calgary Flames) to a 2 year, 1.85 million dollar deal.

Signed C Mark Mowers (Detroit Red Wings) to a 2 year, 925k dollar deal.

Signed D Jason York (Europe) to a 1 year deal.

Signed RW Jeff Hoggan (St. Louis Blues) to a 1 year deal.

Signed D Bobby Allen (New Jersey Devils) to a 1 year deal.

Bought-out RW Shawn McEachern.

Bought-out C Travis Green.

Acquired D Paul Mara and a 2007 or 2008 3rd round pick from the Phoenix Coyotes for D Nick Boynton and a 2007 4th round pick. Mara then signed a 2 year, 6 million dollar deal.

Acquired G Tuukka Rask from the Toronto Maple Leafs for G Andrew Raycroft.

Acquired RW Petr Tenkrat from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2006 7th round draft pick.
Drafted C Phil Kessel (1-5), D Yuri Alexandrov (2-37), LW Milan Lucic (2-50), RW Brad Marchand (3-71), D Andrew Bodnarchuk (5-128), and C Levi Nelson (6-158).

Friday, May 25, 2007

Free Agent Predictions

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Free Agent Predictions

4 Comments:

Contributors

Poll Question

Transactions

Scoreboard

Bruins Games

Bruins Salaries

Standings

Bruins Scorers

Bruins Goaltending

Bruins Top 10 Prospects

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