Official 2007-08 NHL Thread

[Dark Donnie]

Gretzky's in the 2nd

[E. Nygma]

Originally Posted by Dark Donnie

Gretzky's in the 2nd

Is he? I dont remember

All i remember from that movie is how they took off the US National jerseys after the 2nd period and put on the Ducks jerseys for the 3rd. I'm pretty sure thats illegal!

[TLH]

Calgary might be hanging on to Tanguay and trade him in the offseason. I don't think they want to decrease their chances at a championship/deep playoff run considering they're leading their division and are in the thick of everything.

I wonder if Richards will waive his NTC. Who would take his salary is beyond me.

[Alex The Great]

Ottowa and Montreal seem to be the front runners for trading for Marian Hossa.....pleeeeeeeeease have him come back to us!!!! I still have my ottowa Hossa jerzey

but i think Montreal will get him. they have a some young prospects and stuff.
and i'm VERY impressed with how the habs are doing this year!

[Dark Donnie]

Mats Sundin has decided to not waive his No Trade Clause

Mats Sundin-C-Maple Leafs Feb. 24 - 10:20 pm et

Mats Sundin will not allow the Toronto Maple Leafs to trade him this season.

Sundin has consistently said all season that he would not waive his no-trade clause. He agreed to think it over for the team's sake, but ultimately his decision did not change. The Leafs are on the verge of missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season and they could have used the prospects that a Sundin trade would have gotten them. However, the Leafs were the ones that gave him the no-trade clause in the first place. They had to have known that Sundin might actually decide to exercise it if they ever did want to trade him.
Source: TSN.ca

[NewYorkSpider]

Due to all the injuries to the Flyers, Paul Holmgren can create enough cap room(if they place Gagne and Hatcher on the injury list) to add Hossa.

[Dark Donnie]

Originally Posted by NewYorkSpider

Due to all the injuries to the Flyers, Paul Holmgren can create enough cap room(if they place Gagne and Hatcher on the injury list) to add Hossa.

I really don't want to give up the talent necessary to get him.

[NewYorkSpider]

Originally Posted by Dark Donnie

I really don't want to give up the talent necessary to get him.

I don't want to do that either. The idea is going to be tossed around untill Tuesday.

[Dark Donnie]

The talk is Knuble, Jason Smith, and Carter might all get moved.

Apparently the Flyers turned down a Jeff Carter for Phil Kessel trade from the Bruins

[Shifty]

Originally Posted by Psycho Symbiote

Ottowa and Montreal seem to be the front runners for trading for Marian Hossa.....pleeeeeeeeease have him come back to us!!!! I still have my ottowa Hossa jerzey

but i think Montreal will get him. they have a some young prospects and stuff.
and i'm VERY impressed with how the habs are doing this year!

No thanks. Hossa is not worth it and Ottawa can't sign him anyway so it makes no sense to trade what Ottawa would have to give up to get him.

Originally Posted by NewYorkSpider

Due to all the injuries to the Flyers, Paul Holmgren can create enough cap room(if they place Gagne and Hatcher on the injury list) to add Hossa.

Flyers need to do something to stop falling down the standings.

Richards gives Lightning a list of teams
Darren Dreger
2/24/2008 5:20:20 PM
Sources say Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brad Richards has given management and ownership his list of the teams he would consider waiving his no-movement clause for.

It is believed a meeting will take place on Monday to determine what direction the team wants to take.

If the Lightning have a suitable package and move forward in an effort to trade him, Richards will ultimately have veto as to whether or not the deal is completed.

The team reached out to Richards and told him their interest in trading him.

It's believed the Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets are the most active in the hunt, although according to source.

Vancouver, Columbus and Dallas have all submitted offers for the Conn Smythe trophy winner.

Tampa Bay's incoming owner Oren Koules is said to be heavily involved.

Richards, who signed a five-year, $39 million contract in 2006, has 18 goals and 50 points in 61 games this season.

In 551 career NHL games, the 27-year-old centre has 150 goals and is the Lightning's career assists leader with 338. He had a career-high 91 points in 2005-06. Richards, considered one of the premier playmakers in the NHL, will earn $7.8 million in each of the next three seasons.

Well if he's out there he's the best player as he has the playoff history to gamble on (unlike Hossa) as he's won the Conn Smythe. Only problem is his salary.

[Shifty]

Ovechkin Nets a Big Goal: Wooing a Russian Beauty

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Wednesday, February 20, 2008; Page C03

Who'd figure Alexander Ovechkin for the online dating type? But apparently they don't make 'em here like they do back home: The Capitals' strapping superstar met his new girlfriend, a Moscow college student, on the Internet.

There she was at Caps practice yesterday -- a 20-something named Katja, and described by one spy as "skinny, tan, blond, hot, Russian." Two weeks ago, she flew here for the first date, and they've been together ever since. Ovechkin, 22, declined to discuss the relationship -- but happily, Katja dished to a Russian newspaper.

According to her interview with SovSport, the two met online last fall after she clicked on his profile on Odnoklassniki, a Russian equivalent of Classmates.com or Facebook, on which they were linked by a mutual friend. Ovechkin saw that she had visited his profile and wrote to her -- but she refused to believe it was the real Ovechkin until he gave an interview to SovSport in which he said "hello to SPY," her online name.

"I still was cautious," she told the paper. "[He] used such beautiful words and spoke about such serious things! But he only saw my photos!" He won her over with phone calls, teddy bears, roses. "He'd send me a [text message] 10 minutes before the start of the game, and even in between during the breaks, [saying] 'Thinking of you' or 'Honey, I scored this goal in your honor.' "

Things have apparently been going swimmingly since she arrived in D.C. on Feb. 7: "Sasha is a very romantic person. . . . They say sports stars are arrogant, difficult people. Not Ovechkin! It's not how he was raised."

How much of his $9 million (next year's salary) do you think he'll be spending on her?

[Jerry!]

Anyone see the Bertuzzi and Lalime (Blackhawks goalie) fight? Pretty funny. Too bad the Hawks lost.

[Dark Donnie]

Wings signed McCarty

Also there are rumours that Jokinen might get moved at the deadline.

[Dark Donnie]

Tanguay's not moving:

Alex Tanguay-W-Flames Feb. 25 - 2:42 pm et

Alex Tanguay will not be traded this season.

GM Darryl Sutter left little room for speculation when he said on Monday, "I am not trading Tanguay." The winger has one-year left on his contract and a no-trade clause. Before Sutter's statement, it was rumored that Tanguay could be traded to Montreal for Michael Ryder. Tanguay has 14 goals and 35 assists in 62 games this season.
Source: TSN.ca
Related: Michael Ryder

[Immortalfire]

Originally Posted by slinger

How much of his $9 million (next year's salary) do you think he'll be spending on her?

All of it, she's probably some needy chick.

[NewYorkSpider]

Forsberg went with the Avalanch. :

[Dark Donnie]

I saw that....sucks

[E. Nygma]

what the hell Peter?

I thought you said you're foot wasn't going to be in playing shape.

Or did you just say that to smokescreen the free falling Flyers and go to an Avalanche team that is probably going to MAKE the playoffs.

[NewYorkSpider]

I hope the Avs miss the playoffs now.

[E. Nygma]

me too!

screw you peter!

[NewYorkSpider]

If we beat Buffalo tonight we get back to the 8th seed. It's a MUST win game tonight.

[Immortalfire]

I thought Forsberg said he wasn't coming back to the league

[E. Nygma]

Originally Posted by NewYorkSpider

If we beat Buffalo tonight we get back to the 8th seed. It's a MUST win game tonight.

There still close enough that it's not a MUST win. But i mean they really need to snap this losing streak, stay a float until they get healthy, and beat teams ahead of them in the playoff race. It's a shame in 3 weeks it's come to this.

[Dark Donnie]

Originally Posted by E. Nygma

what the hell Peter?

I thought you said you're foot wasn't going to be in playing shape.

Or did you just say that to smokescreen the free falling Flyers and go to an Avalanche team that is probably going to MAKE the playoffs.

Originally Posted by NewYorkSpider

I hope the Avs miss the playoffs now.

Originally Posted by Immortalfire

I thought Forsberg said he wasn't coming back to the league

He did say that Immortal then he changed his story to "He's undecided."

A couple of analysts that have seen him skate of late, say he has a hitch in his step and still doesn't look healthy....so maybe this is for the better.

[Immortalfire]

"I'm not going to coach Alabama." [/Saban]

"I'm not going to the NHL." [/Forsberg]