Poll: Which UFA forward do you want

Judging by our usual involvement in free agency, I'd say we're more likely to land Joe Motzko.

So... Tanguay is still out there... has he priced himself too high? Who's gonna take him now?

He's gonna have to drop his salary expectations if this goes on much longer.

Florida looks kinda confirmed. If that's the case, that Panthers team will look really good.

not really sure where i should put this but the is a piece on HB about sykora with excerpts from a paper about why he wasnt played much at the end of the season
Sykora tells the papers:
No. My agent talked to the management, and I won’t be back. When the coach does not want Sykora, nothing can be done.

Incredibly. I think I had two excellent years there, scored 59 goals,
and persuaded the previous coach Therrien about my qualities. But this
is business, nobody cares about feelings. I’m pissed off; but on the
other hand, it gives me more fuel to prove they had made a mistake.


and then

It’s never a good thing when you are coached by a former teammate. On
top of that, he used to be a player who drifted around as a
fourth-liner. I was younger than him, played on the top line, scored
goals, was the little star. Now the roles got reversed, and from the
first moment I had a feeling that he let me ‘eat it.’ I honestly say
that I have not had liked him even as a teammate. Which does not happen
to me often…


full article at http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Brian-Metzer/Sykora-to-Czech-Newspaper---I-wont-be-back/54/22177

When the coach does not want Sykora, nothing can be done.

So, he's one of those, talks about himself in the third person, eh?

Perhaps he's got a point, though, since the last 2 years he didn't do too badly. Interesting that he thinks Bylsma is holding a grudge from the minors. But since Sykora is *not* part of the core there, I suppose he can afford to do that. Unprofessional, if true, as is Sykora's bitter attack on him.

marakh wrote:Florida looks kinda confirmed. If that's the case, that Panthers team will look really good.

Florida makes sense... not sure how much Tanguay will want to play there but they have the need and cap space. We'll find out soon enough if it is indeed confirmed.

none now, we got Kovalev, let's just dump the bum # 15.