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JiriHrdina · 04-06-2009, 11:00 PM

The following players are now up for free agency bid:
Kevin Weekes 71 OVR
Peter Schaeffer 73 OVR
Radek Bonk 73 OVR
Geoff Sanderson 71 OVR

Please send your offers to cphlufa by midnight tomorrow. You must have the cap space for your offer.

JiriHrdina · 04-07-2009, 12:45 AM

Stephane Yelle (71) is now also a UFA. Same deadline for him

CMPunk · 04-08-2009, 03:01 AM

Well??? Did I get him?

CMPunk · 04-08-2009, 09:37 PM

No news?

droopydrew19 · 04-08-2009, 10:14 PM

St louis signs Kevin Wanks?

CMPunk · 04-08-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by droopydrew19

St louis signs Kevin Wanks?

Shhhhhhhh

JiriHrdina · 04-09-2009, 12:27 AM

Winners:
Kevin Weekes 71 OVR - Vancouver 3 years @ 1.68
Peter Schaeffer 73 OVR - Wild 1 year @ 1.06
Radek Bonk 73 OVR - Sabres - 3 years 1.66 M per year
Geoff Sanderson 71 OVR - No takers, now available for standard contract amounts
Stephane Yelle (71) - Sabres - 3 years 0.76 M per year

CMPunk · 04-09-2009, 12:29 AM

Damn it!!!!!

Mango · 04-09-2009, 12:40 AM

I'm surprised my math was on...

looooob · 04-09-2009, 07:20 AM

curious, didn't expect necessarily to get both guys, and if I did I assumed I would have a few injuries by now. still they add some veteran depth to the 4th line. Yelle seems to be contributing in Boston so hopefully at his new reduced contract he can be a useful CPHLer for a few more years

Sylvanfan · 04-09-2009, 08:29 AM

I think the league should look at a rule where bought out playes after say the 1st of March can only sign one year deals at the end of the year and than go back into the Free agency pool in the summer. A guy like Yelle who's still kind of useful goes for pretty much nothing. In the summer he likely gets a more lucrative deal when more teams would be looking at having cap space to add players.

looooob · 04-09-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

I think the league should look at a rule where bought out playes after say the 1st of March can only sign one year deals at the end of the year and than go back into the Free agency pool in the summer. A guy like Yelle who's still kind of useful goes for pretty much nothing. In the summer he likely gets a more lucrative deal when more teams would be looking at having cap space to add players.

partypooper

simmer2 · 04-09-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

I think the league should look at a rule where bought out playes after say the 1st of March can only sign one year deals at the end of the year and than go back into the Free agency pool in the summer. A guy like Yelle who's still kind of useful goes for pretty much nothing. In the summer he likely gets a more lucrative deal when more teams would be looking at having cap space to add players.

I don't mind that idea actually....makes a fair bit of sense.

Swayze11 · 04-09-2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by simmer2

I don't mind that idea actually....makes a fair bit of sense.

I agree

JiriHrdina · 04-09-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

I think the league should look at a rule where bought out playes after say the 1st of March can only sign one year deals at the end of the year and than go back into the Free agency pool in the summer. A guy like Yelle who's still kind of useful goes for pretty much nothing. In the summer he likely gets a more lucrative deal when more teams would be looking at having cap space to add players.

What's to stop lower end teams from making offers now and locking those players up on the cheap for more than 1 year?

If anything I think its a huge opportunity for bottom feeders to get some better players - a guy like Bonk could have easily been signed by a team out of the playoffs.

Sylvanfan · 04-09-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

What's to stop lower end teams from making offers now and locking those players up on the cheap for more than 1 year?

If anything I think its a huge opportunity for bottom feeders to get some better players - a guy like Bonk could have easily been signed by a team out of the playoffs.

Nothing...

I just thought this was a better option for the actual players. Get released, and they get a chance to latch on with a playoff team AND than an oppurtunity to sign with all teams in the summer where they could get better deals.

I would argue that if lower end teams save cap for this type of thing at the end of the year it will cause even less trading than there already is as everyone will look for free agent releases and try to sign these types of players.

JiriHrdina · 04-09-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Nothing...

I just thought this was a better option for the actual players. Get released, and they get a chance to latch on with a playoff team AND than an oppurtunity to sign with all teams in the summer where they could get better deals.

Yeah and I understand that but it seems like an unneeded complexity. The type of guys that are being picked up now weren't really signing for much more dough in the off-season.

My bigger question mark was whether we should allow players released this year to sign with any teams at all, even for one year. I think it lowers the value of rentals at the deadline if playoff teams know they can sit in the weeds and just wait for some overpaid, but still useful players to be released.

So my thought process for next year was to just make these guys sit on the sidelines until the off-season.

Sylvanfan · 04-09-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

My bigger question mark was whether we should allow players released this year to sign with any teams at all, even for one year. I think it lowers the value of rentals at the deadline if playoff teams know they can sit in the weeds and just wait for some overpaid, but still useful players to be released.

So my thought process for next year was to just make these guys sit on the sidelines until the off-season.

That would be fine with me too. This would probably increase trading as a trade would be the only way to get a guy like that at the end of the season. In all honesty it would probably be a better way to go.

I like that teams have to make their buyouts at a time that they have to comply with the cap so nobody gets off scott free for buying out a bad contract. But it does put a few guys into the free agent pool at the end of the year who used to get bought out when the watchdog isn't in effect and become summer free agents.

CMPunk · 04-09-2009, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Yeah and I understand that but it seems like an unneeded complexity. The type of guys that are being picked up now weren't really signing for much more dough in the off-season.

My bigger question mark was whether we should allow players released this year to sign with any teams at all, even for one year. I think it lowers the value of rentals at the deadline if playoff teams know they can sit in the weeds and just wait for some overpaid, but still useful players to be released.

So my thought process for next year was to just make these guys sit on the sidelines until the off-season.

I completely agree with this. If a player gets released after the trade deadline, he shouldn't be available until after July 1st

looooob · 04-10-2009, 11:11 AM

sabres still waiting for Radek Bonk to report