My top 20
Here are my top 20 UFA's for this offseason. Note: Excluding one's arleady signed.
1) Chris Drury
2) Scott Gomez
3) Daniel Briere
4) Ryan Smyth
5) Brian Rafalski
6) Paul Kariya
7) Peter Forsberg
8) Tom Preissing
9) Roman Hamrlik
10) Jason Blake
11) Michael Nylander
12) Sheldon Souray
13) Keith Thachuk
14) Brad Stuart
15) Scott Hannan
16) Bill Guerin
17) Dominik Hasek
18) Matheiu Schneider
19) Teemu Selanne
20) Alexei Yashin
1) Chris Drury
2) Scott Gomez
3) Daniel Briere
4) Ryan Smyth
5) Brian Rafalski
6) Paul Kariya
7) Peter Forsberg
8) Tom Preissing
9) Roman Hamrlik
10) Jason Blake
11) Michael Nylander
12) Sheldon Souray
13) Keith Thachuk
14) Brad Stuart
15) Scott Hannan
16) Bill Guerin
17) Dominik Hasek
18) Matheiu Schneider
19) Teemu Selanne
20) Alexei Yashin
posted by Matt at 2:36 PM
7 Comments:
so.. some pretty impressive names on this list. Can Nylander be had (again) for short $$? The Bs do not really have alot of cap space left but Smyth or Souray on D and Nylander or Drury on O would certainly make the Bs a better team. Add 1 each D-O and trade for a #1 goalie and the Bs could actually make a respectable go at it.
I think the focus should be on some gritty players. I love the way Aaron Asham plays, I like Shawn Thorton or Adam Mair. I'd like to trade for Raffi Torres as well. I think getting Guerin or Tchatuk (sp?) would be a smart move if we need to replace Murray o even to join line 1. They are avail for somewhat short money and they'd be a great PR move for hometown boys. I think we could also sign a vet goalie that could push Thomas and Hannu
Tkachuk would be major mistake. Fat, lazy and overpaid. He peaked 10 years ago.
Gritt is key. I like your Guerin idea. I woul also consider Souray or Hannan. Mike Peca would be a nice compliment on a 3rd line with PJ Axe.
smyth is a rw...
How about adding Slava Kozlov, Michael Handzus, or Danny Markov?
That adds offence (Kozlov who played well with Savard in ATL), a solid defensive forward with offensive potential (Handzus, which whould free up Axelsson to play as a strictly defensive forward which he is good at) and a take the body, heavy hitting defenseman (Markov - who I think would pair well with a younger D-man that we have now).
so play him on D! Not sure what I was thinking there...
Actually, Smyth is a LW.
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