Theres no actual hockey to talk about so heres a thread for trades and pickups.

Tanguay to Calgary

Demitra to somewhere i cant remember...?

Pronger out of Edmonton hopefully! Anyone know the real reason yet?

 

Alright, screw this. Way too much happening, this threads a flop.

 

Pronger went to the Ducks!

I heard he moved out of Edmonton because his wife didnt like Canada

 

There was one internet rumor that he got an edmonton reporter knocked-up... I doubt its true.

Its funny to see how the balance of power has shifted

Boston Got Chara

Rangers made a few big signings, including Shanahan, who will be a good addition. There is talk of them bringing back Brian Leetch

The Leafs signed Hal Gill and Pavel Kubina. Kubina will add anothe weapon on the powerplay. Gill is a big player, I don't know how effective he is with all the speed

Ottawa lost Chara and had to give away Martin Havlat because of contract issues as well, but they added a decent goaltendender in Martin Gerber, although they seem to have Philadelphia Flyers syndrome of the late 90's where they had a stacked team and an average goalie

 

Ottawa lost some very important players! We'll see if they can compensate with some moves

 

The Flyers are doing a whole lot of nothing....

Baumbgartner was the only signing of note....

Eric Desjardins is retiring.

Gagne and Pitkanen are still unsigned.

There is talk of the Flyers signing Anson Carter, but that's cooled off lately...

 

I'm not so sure about the Rangers' addition of Shanahan. They almost like look they're reverting to their late '90's/early '00's model of signing old players to long and/or expensive contracts. Remember, Brendan will be 38 midway through the upcoming season. That said, he did put up good numbers (40 G, 40 A) last season. As my brother's a huge Rangers fan, I'm hoping that Shanahan can give the Rangers some offensive firepower for a few seasons. They need someone in addition to Jagr.

 

WTF happened in Long Island?

The islanders are a doomed franchise as long as that nut owns the team and milbury is involved

 

I kinda enjoy it when a team from NY screws themself over.

It is too bad also though, hockey is in enough trouble as it is, it doesnt help when a big market team becomes the laughingstock of the sports world.