Well..the gamble didn't payoff with letting McDonald test the UFA market. Andy comes out a big winner with the Sharks going 0.75MM over the grid price of 8.5M. We were willing to pay the money but not the 3yr term and 1 way contract. Should have went after Connolly. Now we have a huge hole to fill with less talent now on the market available.
On the other hand we are pleased to welcome solid and seasoned back-up goalie Scott Clemmensen at a decent salary of 1.4 MIL. We needed to cut our back-up G salary down after signing Lundy to the max deal.
We missed out to the Panthers on Brent Johnson based on term alone
Also missed out on Hamrlik by 0.36MM
All in all it is nice to see some UFA signings by teams for way less than grid. The Sharks knew what they wanted and were willing to pay without being tied into a longer term deal
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