Virtual insanity
Initial BST report is nothing coming down here today. The big clubs are watching the money fly, or sending it flying themselves: $52M/8 for Briere with Philly, $11.25M/2 for Schneider with the Ducks, $30M/5 for Rafalski from Detroit, and you're probably wondering if you can get in on this. And then the Sharks and Flames ruin 7/1/08 by signing Thornton and Iginla. Oh well.
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Jeff Hamilton couldn't get a job last year at this time; now, he's got two years at $800k per from the Whalers, TSN reports.
Matt Koalska and Ryan Caldwell were not tendered qualifying offers and are unrestricted.
Two ex-Tigers with one link: Tarnstrom and Grebeshkov sign with Edmonton.
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It's always fun to see what kinds of names pop up on the free agent list because they technically belong in a group. Evgeny Korolev, for instance, or Dimitri Upper. Remember when Reijo Ruotsalainen was always on the waiver draft list for Edmonton?
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Went back to Syosset and did a Petteri Nokelainen interview that will run eventually, since we're squeezed for space in Monday's paper. Here's the Isles' update on the scrimmage, to save me some lines-typing. The ice seemed tilted whenever that Bentivoglio-Nielsen-Okposo line was on; Nielsen was Nielsen, and Bentivoglio has impressed me all three times I've seen him with his tenacity and his skills. Fraser was flying; an end-to-end rush set up his team's first goal in the closing seconds of the first, and he kept it going. Gratchev looked good to me in the first, and then I kind of lost track of him. Mole has reportedly struggled this week, but he made some good saves today. Jason Pitton was held out as a precaution with a tweaked groin; no sense taking a chance on July 1.
I told Masi Marjamaki I thought his skating looked good the other day, the first day he had skated. "It didn't feel as good as it looked," he quipped. He figures he'll be ready, though. He said he thought he hurt the hip in one of the exhibition games last year, then really felt it around Christmastime, but "it's over and done with."
And Shakey was disappointed in losing two in a row; the coaching watch is on.
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Jeff Hamilton couldn't get a job last year at this time; now, he's got two years at $800k per from the Whalers, TSN reports.
Matt Koalska and Ryan Caldwell were not tendered qualifying offers and are unrestricted.
Two ex-Tigers with one link: Tarnstrom and Grebeshkov sign with Edmonton.
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It's always fun to see what kinds of names pop up on the free agent list because they technically belong in a group. Evgeny Korolev, for instance, or Dimitri Upper. Remember when Reijo Ruotsalainen was always on the waiver draft list for Edmonton?
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Went back to Syosset and did a Petteri Nokelainen interview that will run eventually, since we're squeezed for space in Monday's paper. Here's the Isles' update on the scrimmage, to save me some lines-typing. The ice seemed tilted whenever that Bentivoglio-Nielsen-Okposo line was on; Nielsen was Nielsen, and Bentivoglio has impressed me all three times I've seen him with his tenacity and his skills. Fraser was flying; an end-to-end rush set up his team's first goal in the closing seconds of the first, and he kept it going. Gratchev looked good to me in the first, and then I kind of lost track of him. Mole has reportedly struggled this week, but he made some good saves today. Jason Pitton was held out as a precaution with a tweaked groin; no sense taking a chance on July 1.
I told Masi Marjamaki I thought his skating looked good the other day, the first day he had skated. "It didn't feel as good as it looked," he quipped. He figures he'll be ready, though. He said he thought he hurt the hip in one of the exhibition games last year, then really felt it around Christmastime, but "it's over and done with."
And Shakey was disappointed in losing two in a row; the coaching watch is on.
posted by Fornabaio at
6:41 PM
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Blake to the Leafs and Scott Gomez to the other NY team. Still nothing out of the locked doors at the Coliseum.
Good seeing you today. In case you didn't catch on, most Islanders fans are big Fornabaio fans. You're their main source for prospect info.
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OneTigerFan, at 7:45 PM
I feel so sorry for them.
Good to see you guys too.
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Fornabaio, at 11:03 PM
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