YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Karlsson close to signing as per the Sun (UPDATE: DONE DEAL!!)

I would Hossa back, but I doubt it. I'm not sure I'd want Havlat

Im warming up to the Tanguay idea.

Dash wrote:You think either one of Havlat or Hossa comes back for a really nice discount?

Why would they want to play in Ottawa--and for a discount--when they are on winning teams right now?

davetherave wrote:

Dash wrote:You think either one of Havlat or Hossa comes back for a really nice discount?

Why would they want to play in Ottawa--and for a discount--when they are on winning teams right now?

Because they like the city? They enjoyed their time there? They have friends on the team? They feel they could fit in the system?

davetherave wrote:

Dash wrote:You think either one of Havlat or Hossa comes back for a really nice discount?

Why would they want to play in Ottawa--and for a discount--when they are on winning teams right now?

The weather, and a thriving, vibrant city.

much safer than Chicago or Detroit

Dash wrote:Add to the list...

Havlat, Hossa, Gaborik, Tanguay, Sullivan, Gionta, Knuble, Tkachuk, D. Sedin,

We're shooting too high here. We can't afford any of these. Maybe Knuble, but he's apparently renegotiating to stay in Philly.

Tanguay would be awesome, but how much money will he be looking for? 5?

Why is everybody getting all wound up about a high priced UFA when Ottawa has almost no cap space?

Besides, it's been proven the way to go is 'grow your own stars'...

davetherave wrote:Why is everybody getting all wound up about a high priced UFA when Ottawa has almost no cap space?

Besides, it's been proven the way to go is 'grow your own stars'...

Yeah, we're looking at the wrong tier here. Murray said today that he's looking for a winger. There are several 'sources' that are saying he has three guys in mind. No one knows which guys these are, but it's almost assuredly not a high priced player.

Also means that he might not think too much of Zubov?

I think we will see asking prices go down. We all know that the cap could take a huge hit, and the truth is, as it has been, teams might be able to afford to pay a good player a lot of money, but chances are the team as a whole won't be great.

At some point tonight, I'm gonna look through the UFA wingers and see what's cookin' in the 3 million dollar a year ranger.