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CanuckJohnny · 01-03-2024, 02:10 PM

Free Agent Frenzy

July 1st, 2017 -
The first big name off the board this morning was Paul Stastny, who showed there was no hard feelings when he surprisingly chose to re-sign with the same Blues club that just recently released him. Clearly he wants the chance to defend the title he just won with them. Some veterans were only able to get one year deals, with Scott Hartnell getting $4 Million to go to Arizona in the desert and Boyd Gordon signing up for the pressure cooker thats is Montreal, where he will be earning $2 Million. Jarome Iginla managed to get two years with Detroit, signing for an AAV of $3.74M. Dallas also re-signed the very same man they bought out days ago when they gave Alex Goligoski a shiny new 3 year deal worth $5.1 Million per year.

Vancouver made a splash, signing former Wild center Mikko Koivu to a one year deal for $5 Million. St. Louis signed defenseman Trevor Daley for 3 years at an AAV of $3.32M. Arizona has lots to spend and they were spending, signing former Lightning defenseman and plus minus award winner Matt Carle to a two year deal at $4.13M per and also giving a three year contract to Andrew Ladd at an AAV of $3.6M. Lars Eller got two years at $3 Million each from Buffalo and Toronto gave the same to James Neal.

From there the frenzy just kept on frenzy-ing. Montreal made some depth moves, announcing the signings of forwards Mike Blunden, Brandon Prust and Mike Santorelli. Vancouver continued to splurge in an obvious effort to field a more competitive roster than last season and maybe save somebody's job - they aggressively went after Marc-Edouard Vlasic and signed him for 3 years at an AAV of $4.44M and before the ink was dry on that one they also announced the signing of veteran forward Patrick Sharp to a one year, $5 Million deal. Ryan Reaves found a home in Boston for three years at a cap hit of $1.81M.

As the news slowed down a bit near the end of the day we heard that defenseman Brendan Smith had gone to LA for $2.53 Million a year over three years. A few teams turned their attention to getting deals done with prospects in their organization and a bunch of ELCs came in but no more big names for day one of free agency.

01-03-2024, 02:10 PM	#19
CanuckJohnny All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 554	Free Agent Frenzy July 1st, 2017 - The first big name off the board this morning was Paul Stastny, who showed there was no hard feelings when he surprisingly chose to re-sign with the same Blues club that just recently released him. Clearly he wants the chance to defend the title he just won with them. Some veterans were only able to get one year deals, with Scott Hartnell getting $4 Million to go to Arizona in the desert and Boyd Gordon signing up for the pressure cooker thats is Montreal, where he will be earning $2 Million. Jarome Iginla managed to get two years with Detroit, signing for an AAV of $3.74M. Dallas also re-signed the very same man they bought out days ago when they gave Alex Goligoski a shiny new 3 year deal worth $5.1 Million per year. Vancouver made a splash, signing former Wild center Mikko Koivu to a one year deal for $5 Million. St. Louis signed defenseman Trevor Daley for 3 years at an AAV of $3.32M. Arizona has lots to spend and they were spending, signing former Lightning defenseman and plus minus award winner Matt Carle to a two year deal at $4.13M per and also giving a three year contract to Andrew Ladd at an AAV of $3.6M. Lars Eller got two years at $3 Million each from Buffalo and Toronto gave the same to James Neal. From there the frenzy just kept on frenzy-ing. Montreal made some depth moves, announcing the signings of forwards Mike Blunden, Brandon Prust and Mike Santorelli. Vancouver continued to splurge in an obvious effort to field a more competitive roster than last season and maybe save somebody's job - they aggressively went after Marc-Edouard Vlasic and signed him for 3 years at an AAV of $4.44M and before the ink was dry on that one they also announced the signing of veteran forward Patrick Sharp to a one year, $5 Million deal. Ryan Reaves found a home in Boston for three years at a cap hit of $1.81M. As the news slowed down a bit near the end of the day we heard that defenseman Brendan Smith had gone to LA for $2.53 Million a year over three years. A few teams turned their attention to getting deals done with prospects in their organization and a bunch of ELCs came in but no more big names for day one of free agency.