Batch #1 Winners

[JiriHrdina]

Bill Guerin
Chicago - 1 year @ 6.52, 50%

Slava Kozlov
Montreal - 1 year @ 3.6 10%

Ian Lapierre
NYI - 1 year @ 2.85 10%

Chris Kelly
Devils - 3 years @ 4.22 20%

Sean O'Donnell
Canes - 2 years @ 0.86M 20%

Radim Vrbata
NYI - 3 years @ 4.55, 10%

Skrastins, Karlis
Devils: 1 year @ 2.52M, 15%


Comrie, Mike
Wild: 3 years @ 1.51 30%

Commodore, Mike
Vancouver: 3 years @ 3.95 15%

Francis Bouillon
Devils: 3 years @ 3.92M, 15%

Adam Foote
Vancouver: 1 year @ 5.2/year, 15%

Conklin, Ty
NYI: 2 years @ 2.75, 10%

Raycroft, Andrew
NYI: 3 years @ 2.05, 10%

Lang, Robert
Edmonton: 1 year @ .825, 10%

Roloson, Dwayne
Minnesota: 1 year @ 2.17/season 30% AHL

Tim Thomas
Philly: 3 years @ 10/season, 20% AHL

[JiriHrdina]

Other free agent fun facts:

-21 teams made offers
-The player garnering the most interest was Radim Vrbata with 8 offers
-The players garnering the least interest were Dwayne Roloson and Tim Thomas both with just 1 each. Funny enough Thomas also had the highest offer of any player with max bucks
- Only one team made offers that exceeded their cap. As such all their offers were void.

[simmer2]

Great pickup with Lang at $0.825mm. There's always one guy who sneaks through with great value....well done Cheese.

Happy to get Slava Kozlov...$3.6mm for a 64 OVR isn't too bad.

[Mango]

I'm not proud of my over payment.

[Enforcer]

Figured one of the defensemen would go cheaply, but guessed the wrong one. If I had offered O'Donnell the 1.35 million offered Bouillon I would have had him. (Thought Bouillon would get the least attention having the lower DF rating).

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by simmer2

Great pickup with Lang at $0.825mm. There's always one guy who sneaks through with great value....well done Cheese.
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Only two offers were made on Lang at all (I made the other, and missed by about 50K)

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Mango

I'm not proud of my over payment.

For both your players there were offers made in that approximate neighborhood so you didn't overpay by much.

[Hanna Sniper]

Not sure my logic for signing O'Donnell, but oh well

[CMPunk]

wow...thats alot of $$ for Thomas...I'm suprised the Flyers went for him..but then I thought they had a goalie already

[Prototype]

I think I was the 'overpaying' GM, thinking that I wouldn't get all the players I put on my list... so I wouldn't have gone over cap... but I now understand what the league is looking for.

[Swayze11]

I really enjoy the fun facts, I am always interested in whats happening league wide, Thanks Grant and the Commish's.

[Young Guns]

Surprised to see some players get more than what the Grid deal would of been for them. I missed out on Lapierre by 50K. Agree that Lang was a steal.

[Cheese]

well well...Lang eh? Of the 4 players I bid on I didnt think he'd be the low ball.
Ill happily take his experience for the team!!

[Antithesis]

Well, I'm happy with how this batch worked out for the Devils. A forward and two d-men, not bad.

[MJK]

I am very surprised at some of these signings. We made one offer but were not very close apparently!

[cphlblackhawks]

Damn, we are happy to get Guerin. He's exactly what we needed and steps onto our second line immediately with only a one year commitment. Now looking to add some 4th line depth if possible...

[OILFAN #81]

Time to make those DVD's.

Except I wouldn't have wanted some of those forwards at those prices.....Lang being an exception, fantastic deal Cheese. I figured he would have been offered a few M more.

[mbeauchamp76]

Islanders land 2 forwards and 2 goalies for a total of 7.3 MIL under grid. Raycroft or Conklin are now available at 65 and 66 OV's for a back-up which is not too shabby at 2 MIL and 2.75 Mil respectively. I signed Conklin last year at 4.51 Mil so signing him at 2.75 for 3 years is a bit more reasonable. I am looking for 65/66 LW or C in return. Please PM if interested

As far as the forwards go I was happy to get Laperriere at 2.85 Mil for a 64OV player with top of the line defensive ability. Although at a price I was very happy to get Vrbata and the highest SC rating in the group, he is better than the 63OV he has now (due to a terrible season 2 years ago) and from what Grant said he was well sought after (not sure how much the overpayment was but I can bet that I wasn't the only one that offered grid+).

Overall pretty satisfied except for the fact I didn't land a defenseman.

Cheers
Mike B