NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2013 - Melnyk's Budget Edition

tim1_2 wrote:

NEELY wrote:We'll see.  If this is going to be the norm for the Sens then it is truly a sad day in Ottawa sports history.

It already is a sad day.  Fact of the matter is if we didn't have a broke Donkey owner, we'd have resigned The Alfie and be adding a big name or two.

Frenzy recap: Nathan Lawson re-signs a two-way deal. That is all.

We lose Alfie, we sign MacArthur, Leafs get Clarkson. Tough day.

Clarkson to TO

Just shocked man. Ottawa's is in tough next year in that division. Ottawa is not a better team with MacAthur vs Alfi. Short of them signing Brunner, trading for Boyle, or somehow landing Malkin and God (who left for Detroit), this is the worst day in Sens history. Spezza is in tough next year, really tough.

NEELY wrote:Just shocked man.  Ottawa's is in tough next year in that division.  Ottawa is not a better team with MacAthur vs Alfi.  Short of them signing Brunner, trading for Boyle, or somehow landing Malkin and God (who left for Detroit), this is the worst day in Sens history.  Spezza is in tough next year, really tough.

Pretty much.

NEELY wrote:Just shocked man.  Ottawa's is in tough next year in that division.  Ottawa is not a better team with MacAthur vs Alfi.  Short of them signing Brunner, trading for Boyle, or somehow landing Malkin and God (who left for Detroit), this is the worst day in Sens history.  Spezza is in tough next year, really tough.

Who knows? The kids from last year will be better and something may still happen in the off season.

I think we're hosed until Melnyk is out.  If we can't afford to keep our players we'll never progress.

The cap and floor will be going up over the next few years and we're basically the Islanders now.

Yeah. It's an awful day.

Apparently Clarkson to Toronto isn't done yet. If Murray can come in and swoop him up that would make this day a lot easier to take.

Ottawa is still very much a good team, it just sucks knowning that our broke Donkey moronic owner is now standing in our way of true greatness. He needs to go.

NEELY wrote:Apparently Clarkson to Toronto isn't done yet.  If Murray can come in and swoop him up that would make this day a lot easier to take.

Pretty much.

Bozak 5yrs $21M.

DET to sign Weiss.

Hoags wrote:

NEELY wrote:Just shocked man.  Ottawa's is in tough next year in that division.  Ottawa is not a better team with MacAthur vs Alfi.  Short of them signing Brunner, trading for Boyle, or somehow landing Malkin and God (who left for Detroit), this is the worst day in Sens history.  Spezza is in tough next year, really tough.

Who knows? The kids from last year will be better and something may still happen in the off season.

I think we're hosed until Melnyk is out.  If we can't afford to keep our players we'll never progress.

The cap and floor will be going up over the next few years and we're basically the Islanders now.

Don't look now, but the Islanders are doing pretty well.

Clarkson to Leafs done: Dreger.

wprager wrote:
Don't look now, but the Islanders are doing pretty well.

They finally made the playoffs and once they move to Brooklyn they will have more money and more appeal to sign FAs.

Meanwhile we're still Ottawa with a broke owner. We can probably expect offer sheets coming out way if teams know we're piss poor.

Hoags wrote:

wprager wrote:
Don't look now, but the Islanders are doing pretty well.

They finally made the playoffs and once they move to Brooklyn they will have more money and more appeal to sign FAs.

Meanwhile we're still Ottawa with a broke owner.  We can probably expect offer sheets coming out way if teams know we're piss poor.

lol here we go again

No way to spin it now...we really Cussed up, and it's cuz Melnyk is unwilling or unable to spend $$$. He needs to go, yesterday.

Hoags wrote:

wprager wrote:
Don't look now, but the Islanders are doing pretty well.

They finally made the playoffs and once they move to Brooklyn they will have more money and more appeal to sign FAs.

Meanwhile we're still Ottawa with a broke owner.  We can probably expect offer sheets coming out way if teams know we're piss poor.

Even Nabokov has warmed up to playing there already/ Re-signed with them for 3.25m