Obviously there\'s been a lot of talk about the players who signed with or were traded to new teams. Here are some quick thoughts on a couple of players who weren\'t traded, but nevertheless had the landscape change dramatically. Five up, and five down.

Winners:

Sakic (COL): Smyth promises to be the linemate capable of helping Super Joe hit the 100 point mark again.

Sundin (TOR): A winger? For me? It\'s about time!

Budaj (COL): Hannan blocks the shot! The puck trickles up to Smyth... who scores the game winning goal. Another win for Colorado!

Gagne (PHI): Put me i-in coach! I\'m ready to play... today!

Biron (PHI): Put him i-in coach! I get to win this year!

LOSERS:

DiPietro (NYI): Fourteen years must feel like a looooong time right now...

Brodeur (NJD): Just off the top of my head... does that make Paul Martin their #1 defenseman now?

Miller (BUF): But... who\'s going to do all the scoring for me?

Tarnstrom (EDM): Pitkanen? So what did you sign me for then???

Nylander (x-NYR): Wherefore art thou, my Jaromir? Unless... Alexander who? Sign me up, McPhee!

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yeah im a very upset dipietro owner right now...theres 30 wins i was countin on down the drain- theres nothin much left there now and while i wont say the cubbard is bare prospect wise, as the have a decent core of foward prospects, not sure where or how they get better- heck bring yashin back!!!

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12 team yahoo h2h (standard scorin) dynasty

c- j toews/j carter/n backstrom/j tavaras
lw- a ovechkin/d sedin/t vanek
rw- j pominville/j voracek/a hemsky/p kessel
d-s weber/ a goligoski
g- r miller/s mason/s varlamov/m nuevirth

Sock - I feel your pain.
As a Sabre fan I knew Drury and Briere were gone but I had some small hope that the Sabres would draft Hannan and Stuart. With a tough D we could have managed to get by but Hannan has already signed and I don\'t see even a hint of a rumor with Stuart in it.

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2010 - 2011 Signature Team
RFHL: Founded 1989 Rochester, NY
10 Man Keeper League
G, A, PTS, 2W+OL, SV%, GAA
C: Tavares, Kopitar, Benn, Roy
LW: Hall, Vanek, van Riemsdyke, Nyquist
RW: Seguin, Carter, Yakupov, Tarasenko
D: Green, Fowler, Elliott, J.Schultz, Streit, Wisniewski
G: Price, Ward

How about a small win for B. Richards...Michel Ouellet.
The 2 of them played together in Jr.
A set-up man just got a goal scorer.

Post edited by: Loki, at: 2007/07/02 08:10

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2010 - 2011 Signature Team
RFHL: Founded 1989 Rochester, NY
10 Man Keeper League
G, A, PTS, 2W+OL, SV%, GAA
C: Tavares, Kopitar, Benn, Roy
LW: Hall, Vanek, van Riemsdyke, Nyquist
RW: Seguin, Carter, Yakupov, Tarasenko
D: Green, Fowler, Elliott, J.Schultz, Streit, Wisniewski
G: Price, Ward

So Nylander is the guy that Edmonton has been longing to put with Hemsky? Smith and Lupul for Pitkanen? I hope he is the guy that they think he can be. Lupul is going to like Philadelphia.

hockeylifer wrote:
Hemsky and Nylander will pass the puck back and forth the whole game, each thinking the other guy is going to shoot....LOL

dynamo....HAHAHA. you are sooo right. That is going to be funny. Who will they put with those two?? Sanderson possibly can line up with them and skate circles around everyone while they pass it around..

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

Actually maybe the Oil can get Nedved to play with Sanderson and Pissannti that will make KLowe look really smart.:laugh:

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Yahoo Keeper Team - STD Cats
C- Thornton, Backstrom, Kesler, Turris, Savard
L- Vanek, Burrows, Hartnell, Lucic , Leino
R- Brown, Pavelski, Ericksson, Holmstrom, Little
D- Chara, Rafalski, Weber, Edler, Letang, Bieksa,
G- H. Lundqvist, Miller, Rinne,

Prospects- Bowmman CAR, Glennie DAL, LeBlanc MTL, Ferraro DET, Tangradi PIT, Yip COL, Kuznetsov WAS, Neuvirth WAS

League Champion 07, 08, 09,

biggest winner: flames - Robyn Regehr at 4 mill/yr! are you kidding me? that\'s insanely cheap for a top 2 d-man.

I really like what Calgary has done. I am assuming that Nolan is replacing Amonte on the 3rd line. Nolan is a bigger body and is a couple years younger. Nolan will be an improvement over Amonte, if that is the Flames thought process.