Rich

Stuart is still under contract and will be the <New Guy> on the left hand side.

Eric O'Dell signed a two year deal with Ottawa

Condra to Tampa 3 years 1.25M per

2 year contract for Burmi, unsure of dollars.

Enroth to LA 1 year $1.25M

He actually had Nashville first but I corrected him.

Looks like he just signed with Nashville. oops TSN tracker is reporting St Louis. On the radio they said Nashville. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/free-agency

Steve Downie to Arizona for 1 year, not sure about salary yet.

Maybe Frolik didn't want to sign here. Find it hard to believe we wouldn't give that. Thats only $1M more than last year. Either that or Frolik and agent over estimated the market, and once in UFA, he went to a team he thought was a better fit.

Crosby Kessel Kunitz will be a nice 1st line.

TSN saying there are (unconfirmed) reports that Kessel may be traded to Pittsburgh.

Are you sure? I thought he just left Pittsburgh for the Avs. Haha meant Colorado

Michael Neuvirth to Philly 2 years 1.625M per

Blake Comeau (LW) to Pittsburgh.

Edmonton still fixing their defence. Letestu signed for 3 years.

31 years old and 315 career NHL games. Pardy has carved himself a half decent NHL career for his skill level.

I never noticed when the game was on TV, but if you look at the score that TSN puts up during the kickoff in the 1st quarter, they spotted SK a 6 point lead before the game even started.

I think those players are closer to playing in the NHL than draft picks would be (1 year away now + waiting for them to develop). Chicago needs cheap players now to fill out their roster now. Dano was a late 1st round pick in 2013 (27th overall) and on a cheap entry level deal. Anisimov is a 3rd line player making $3M Morin and Tropp were throw ins and bottom line players,

Just listening to H&L right now. Apparently Stafford's agent said they had lots of other offers and interest from other teams, they liked the fit with the Jets. Good opportunity for Stafford. And they are the ones that wanted the shorter 2 year term. Stafford being 29, figures he can revitalize his career in Winnipeg compared to what he was doing in Buffalo and cash in on one last big contract at 31. Hopefully for the Jets, we have some of the young guys moving in are in a better position to let him go.

Ladd, Versteeg, Boland, Byfuglien. All guys Chicago has had to move over the years and replenish from within. They just keep on trucking. Be curious to see how Anisimov does on a team like Chicago.

It is 50 contracts but I don't think that has anything to do with them choosing to keep both Slater and Copp as options on the 4th line. You still have a maximum number of players you can have up with the club. The 50 contracts is the maximum any team can have including players signed that are in the minors and juniors I believe. This is actually one of the benefits of drafting players out of the NCAA and USHL, because you can't sign those players to a contract while they are down there (well NCAA for sure). So you don't burn one of your 50 on those players but still retain their rights. Being close to the max is more a result of how many prospects we have coming up. I'd be surprised if Slater is back. With all the prospects now coming up the Jets really need to start adding at least 2 a year. Copp, Ehlers, Morrissey, Petan, Armia, all possibilities this year. My money is on Copp and Ehlers.

Very reasonable cash and term. I like it.

Buchko should never have been hired. Buchko as manager of CJOB signs a seven year extension for the broadcast rights with the Bombers - November 20, 2011 March 1, 2012 (essentially three months after this announcement), Buchko is announced as CEO for the Bombers. Looking at the cost that TSN paid for the CFL television rights, I'm willing to bet that CJOB got a sweet deal on the Bombers radio rights in exchange for Buchko becoming CEO.

There is a log jam in first place with ten people at 3 wins after Week 1. First week is always tough to call and nobody was perfect. Week 2 kicks off on Thursday with the Bombers home opener against Hamilton. Get your picks in for the week before game time Thursday! http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=games&pid=6&wid=72