* June 18: NHL Awards Night in Las Vegas
* June 26 - 27: NHL Entry Draft in Montreal
* July 1: Free agency signing period begins
* July 5: Deadline for player-elected salary arbitration
* July 6: Deadline for club-elected salary arbitration
* July 10: Deadline for eligible players to elect Group 5 free agency
* July 20 - Aug. 4: Salary arbitration hearings held
* Aug. 6: Deadline for salary arbitration decisions to be rendered

Coaching changes:

Minnesota:
OUT Jacques Lemaire
IN ??????????

Edmonton:
OUT Craig Mactavish
IN Pat Quinn

Calgary:
OUT Mike Keenan
IN ??????

Colorado:
OUT Tony Granato
IN Joe Sacco

New Jersey:
OUT Brent Sutter
IN ???????

Dallas:
OUT Dave Tippett
IN Marc Crawford



1st round - Friday, June 26, 7 PM (Versus)
Rounds 2-7 - Saturday, June 27 (NHL Network)

International Scouting Services Top 30 Prospects:

1 Tavares, John C 9/20/1990 L 6.00.2 195 London OHL
2 Duchene, Matt C 1/16/1991 L 5.11 200 Brampton OHL
3 Hedman, Victor LD 12/18/1990 L 6.06 220 Modo SweE
4 Paajarvi-Svensson, Magnus LW 4/12/1991 L 6.01 200 Timra SweE
5 Kane, Evander C 8/2/1991 L 6.01.2 176 Vancouver WHL
6 Schenn, Brayden C 8/22/1991 L 6.00 198 Brandon WHL
7 Cowen, Jared LD 1/25/1991 L 6.05.2 220 Spokane WHL
8 Kadri, Nazem C 10/6/1990 L 5.11.5 167 London OHL
9 Ekman-Larsson, Oliver LD 7/17/1991 L 6.02 176 Leksands SweAl
10 Kulikov, Dmitri LD 10/29/1990 L 6.00.5 183 Drummondville QMJHL
11 Josefson, Jacob C 3/2/1991 L 6.00 187 Djurgarden SweE
12 Leblanc, Louis C 1/26/1991 R 6.00 178 Omaha USHL
13 Ellis, Ryan RD 1/3/1991 R 5.09.2 173 Windsor OHL
14 Schroeder, Jordan RW 9/29/1990 R 5.08.2 175 Minnesota WCHA
15 Holland, Peter C 1/14/1991 L 6.02 185 Guelph OHL
16 Moore, John LD 11/19/1990 L 6.02 189 Chicago USHL
17 Ferraro, Landon RW 8/8/1991 R 5.11.2 165 Red Deer WHL
18 Shore, Drew C 1/29/1991 R 6.02.5 190 USA Under-18 NTDP
19 Glennie, Scott C 2/22/1991 R 6.01.2 177 Brandon WHL
20 Kassian, Zack RW 1/24/1991 R 6.02.7 210 Peterborough OHL
21 Leddy, Nick LD 3/20/1991 L 5.11 179 Eden Prairie MN-HS
22 Rundblad, David RD 10/8/1990 R 6.02 189 Skelleftea SweE
23 Palmieri, Kyle C 2/1/1991 R 5.10 191 USA Under-18 NTDP
24 Kreider, Chris LW 4/30/1991 L 6.02 201 Andover MA-HS
25 Caron, Jordan C 11/2/1990 L 6.02.2 202 Rimouski QMJHL
26 Werek, Ethan C 6/7/1991 L 6.00.7 190 Kingston OHL
27 Morin, Jeremy C 4/16/1991 R 6.00.5 189 USA Under-18 NTDP
28 Nattinen, Joonas C 1/3/1991 R 6.02 183 Espoo FinJrA
29 Orlov, Dimitri F 7/23/1991 L 6.00 197 Novokuznetsk KHL
30 Despres, Simon LD 7/27/1991 L 6.03.5 205 Saint John QMJHL

Notable Upcoming UFAs:

Manny Fernandez
Mark Recchi
Maxim Afinogenov
Erik Cole
Dennis Seidenberg
Jay Bouwmeester
Saku Koivu
Mike Komisarek
Alex Kovalev
Robert Lang
Alex Tanguay
Brian Gionta
John Madden
Nik Antropov
Mike Comrie
Martin Biron
Derian Hatcher
Mike Knuble
Ruslan Fedotenko
Bill Guerin
Miroslav Satan
Petr Sykora
Scott Niedermayer
Todd Bertuzzi
Mike Cammalleri
Jordan Leopold
Martin Havlat
Nikolai Khabibulin
Joe Sakic
Brendan Morrison
Sergei Zubov
Marian Hossa
Mikael Samuelsson
Ales Kotalik
Marian Gaborik
Steve Sullivan
Keith Tkachuk
Mattias Ohlund
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Mats Sundin

[Edited on June 13, 2009 at 11:37 AM. Reason : .]

6/13/2009 11:34:06 AM

I'll be surprised, not shocked though, if Sakic doesn't hang 'em up.

6/13/2009 11:43:47 AM

How could I forget to mention the most intriguing story of the offseason?

6/14/2009 5:36:21 PM

I've ordered things from the London Source for Sports before. I'm not surprised that's their sign.

6/14/2009 5:55:46 PM

WAKE UP PEOPLE.

Mo's back. Ronny's back. Everybody's back.

3 years.

In addition to Associate Head Coach Ronny has been named Director of Player Personnel.

In addition to goaltending coach, Barrasso now has an Assistant Coach title as well, which is not surprising because he was playing a much bigger role than goalie coach this year.

6/15/2009 11:24:33 AM

Excellent, I am very curious to see what the canes do.

Vulcan, since you are the master of hockey updates, can you help me keep an eye on Hossa too?

6/15/2009 11:29:58 AM

Kevin McCarthy will continue to get paid by the Canes for contributing precisely dick to the operation.

and LOL @ Panthers fans thinking they're going to get a 1st rounder (AND a top player?!!?? MORE LOL) for the CHANCE to sign Bouwmeester.

6/15/2009 11:33:36 AM

The Red Wings are going to offer Hossa one of their trademark absurdly long deals. Probably around 10 years with a cap hit of like $5 million. They will backload or frontload it so they can get the modest cap hit like they did with Zetterberg and Franzen. Hossa will be able to get more money if he goes elsewhere, but if he wants stability he will take less to stay in Detroit.

I gotta say, I think the Wings are playing with fire if they make another one of these deals. They may very well have the best management and scouting team in all of pro sports, but if one or two of these players go bust, they will really be handcuffing themselves for the future.

EDIT: I just realized I posted the Canes shit in the wrong thread

[Edited on June 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM. Reason : .]

6/15/2009 12:04:07 PM

Derian Hatcher announced his retirement, but will stay with the Flyers in a front office or coaching position.

6/15/2009 12:12:41 PM

^^this is strictly opinion right???

cause i think detroit should up him, or i mean TRY to get him for 2-3 years TOPS, and he will have to take a major pay cut to stay in detroit

he's not THAT vital to the team and was not worth his 7.45 mil, but i love the guy and would love to see him stay and contend again

6/15/2009 1:01:33 PM

dont know how that happened with the double post but also

you are spot on with the franzen and zetterberg deals... datsyuk is upped for 7 more years too i think

[Edited on June 15, 2009 at 1:02 PM. Reason : weird]

6/15/2009 1:01:54 PM

That is pure speculation, yes. That's the only way Detroit can keep him I think, unless they do another 1 year deal, which he doesn't seem to be interested in.

6/15/2009 1:17:16 PM

Phoenix relocation thoughts anyone?

Supposedly some news will come out today regarding the potential sale. This shit is dragging on too long, Balsillie is running out of time to get the team moved immediately to Hamilton. From all the indications I'm seeing, this shit is going to eventually happen. Balsillie will pony up the cash to move this team, possibly not in time for next season though. I predict the Hamilton Tigers will be playing in 2010-11. Get ready for the 2nd coming of "Green Acres" of empty seats in Phoenix this coming season. Too much shit to get around with certain appeals from the NHL if Balsillie wins this case, free agency right around the corner, not to mention conference/division realignment before the schedule (which is certainly basically done if not completely done at this point) is released.

In other news, get rid of the trapezoid before next season.

6/15/2009 2:45:41 PM

I still have no idea how they are going to align the divisions if Phoenix goes to Hamilton.

6/15/2009 3:00:30 PM

Some baseball-like 16/14 shit is possible, otherwise I don't know who the hell in the East would move West. Atlanta is the most likely candidate by being the westernmost Eastern Conference team, but come the fuck on. Even a move like that would cause a 6/5/4 split in the divisions in the East unless someone is moved to the southeast. I don't see Philly or Pittsburgh playing in the southeast.

6/15/2009 3:12:02 PM

move the panthers to winnipeg

6/15/2009 3:21:57 PM

Supposedly the Phoenix ruling is coming down within the next couple of hours.

6/15/2009 4:24:20 PM

Quote :

"In the club's official submission to the league, included in court filings in the team's bankruptcy case, the team would be incorporated into the Northwest Division of the Western Conference, with the Colorado Avalanche taking Phoenix's vacated place in the Pacific Division. "

Lets bring more teams to the East...as if the league wasn't east-centric enough already

Look where the goddamn conference dividing line is at for Christ's sake



[Edited on June 15, 2009 at 4:40 PM. Reason : x]

6/15/2009 4:38:39 PM

wellllll... The Coyotes are staying in Phoenix.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4261699

6/15/2009 9:09:34 PM

There are two things the Yotes need to do to become successful again on the ice and at the box office.


1)




2)

6/15/2009 10:15:52 PM

I hope the "Images hosted by tripod" thing is going to be the main logo on their 3rd jersey

6/15/2009 10:51:06 PM

ahhaha let me try to help him out

6/15/2009 11:40:56 PM

lol. someone else want to try

6/15/2009 11:55:24 PM

hahah you know what to do if you want to see the image,,, i hope

6/16/2009 12:00:57 AM

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/18/nhl-mlb-hockey-baseball-lawsuit-roger-clemens/

COPY PASTE COPY PASTE some random shit

Quote :

"14 major NHL hockey players are suing a developer named Kenneth Jowdy for allegedly screwing them out of millions of dollars -- and then blowing the cash on escorts, strippers and private jet rides for some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball history. The list of NHL players includes some of the sport's most famous guys -- Michael Peca, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Simon, Greg deVries, Jason Woolley, Mattias Norstrom, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Jay McKee, Raymond Murray, Glen Murray, Bryan Berard, Dimitri Khristich, Jozef Stumpel and Darryl Sydor. The players claim they each invested between $250,000 - $500,000 with Jowdy -- who allegedly promised to use their money to develop a luxury golf course and resort. Instead, the suit alleges the money was blown on private jets, 5-star hotels, and parties with various female porn stars, escorts, strippers, party girls and other women for MLB greats like "Roger Clemens, Reggie Jackson, Joe Morgan and Pete Rose (to name a few)." The NHL players are suing for at least $15 million. UPDATE: Joe Morgan just sent us this statement: "It's unethical to use my name when I never went to any of those parties, nor was I involved in any other activities." "

6/18/2009 11:52:15 PM

I went to the Opening Night game in Phoenix when they played Columbus. First thing you notice when you come up on Jobing.com Arena was what was surrounding it. It was like an oasis in the middle of Glendale with the arena and the U of Phoenix Stadium. If anyone's been to the CityWalk around Universal Studios, it reminded me of that with the restaurants, clubs, movie theatres, etc.

The outside makes up for the inside. Very bland concourse and very tight, too. Only about 12 feet across it felt like, and I could easily reach up and touch the ceiling. The seating itself was pretty intimate. Didn't feel very cavernous like the RBC Center does at times, and you were pretty close to the ice. Their cheerleaders caught my eye. Wore their little skits and helped clean the ice during breaks. Found it cool they were named "The Pack."

The fans were the tamest I've ever seen. The 3 Columbus fans in front of me were making more noise than the rest of the arena, and the Coyotes were winning. Only a handful seemed really knowledgable of the game, but I was still pretty impressed by the amount of people that actually showed up for such a down franchise. I never saw anyone wearing a Coyotes shirt in the mall, never saw a car flag, never heard anything about them on the local news. Hockey and 115 degree temperatures just don't mix. It just doesn't belong in Phoenix.

6/19/2009 12:45:23 AM

Congrats to Ovechkin on his back-to-back MVP!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4270762

6/19/2009 9:24:07 AM

can't really disagree with many of the awards given out

except maybe julien as coach of the year, not sure what was too remarkable about him as compared to others. . . yeah his team did great all year and failed in the playoffs, so i could understand maybe the "buffalo sabres award for being good until it counted" but as far as COY i don't really get it

6/19/2009 9:46:05 AM

Cup celebrations are in full swing . . .

6/19/2009 9:47:02 AM

Isles beat writer says he thinks they will take Duchene 1st overall.

In other news...

Quote :

"Phoenix has traded centre Steve Reinprecht to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Stefan Meyer. The Coyotes have also signed forward Petr Prucha to a two-year deal. Reinprecht, meanwhile, has signed a three-year deal with the Panthers. Reinprecht's three-year deal has a cap hit of $2.050 million. He will get $1.8 million in the first year and $2.175 million in each of the following two years."

6/19/2009 12:55:31 PM

Molson is buying the Habs.

Brent Sutter looks to be signing on to coach the Flames.

6/20/2009 8:30:34 PM

The Molson... Canadiens

6/21/2009 12:25:27 AM

chelios leaves detroit, but is not expected to be hanging them up...

my guess is he will try to finish up his career in chicago

6/23/2009 12:24:00 AM

i would do this too, sidney...



just use a condom!

6/23/2009 2:46:05 PM

Quote :

"Brent Sutter looks to be signing on to coach the Flames."

Want to buy Pat Burns back in NJ. Damn you cancer!

6/23/2009 4:15:11 PM

Quote :

"The Sun claims seven of the teams on Heatley's wishlist are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks."

Also, Marian Gaborik has supposedly bought a house in Vancouver.

6/23/2009 9:24:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsxyODIdXJM

6/24/2009 9:51:37 AM

i prefer this one for the indirect LOL at the caps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktx8qGQTcWA

6/24/2009 9:55:34 AM

Quote :

"suck on that caps, we got yanni on our side"

6/24/2009 10:02:23 AM

its confirmed, this season's Winter Classic will be Flyers v. Bruins @ Fenway

6/24/2009 1:22:45 PM

Federov is going to Russia

6/25/2009 11:34:00 AM

The Islanders have requested that TSN have a camera at Nassau Coliseum tonight, where 15,000 people are expected to show up to watch the draft.

This means either the Isles are drafting Tavares, or they want a riot to be captured on tape.

I'm expecting a trade. I wonder what it would take for the Isles to get the #2 or 3 overall as well? They currently hold the #26, 31, 37, 56, 62, 91, 92, 122, 152, and 182 picks in addition to the #1 overall.

6/26/2009 1:15:59 PM

They could trade The Rick. But who would take that contract?

6/26/2009 1:22:13 PM

The could trade The Rick. But who would take that contract?

6/26/2009 1:22:14 PM

Everyone seems to be calling Duchene now. This is going to be hilarious.

6/26/2009 5:23:29 PM

Nassau is going to explode if they pick Duchene.

And I don't mean the good kind of explode.

6/26/2009 6:42:03 PM

Chris Pronger to Philadelphia

6/26/2009 7:05:07 PM

Pronger to PHI for ???

6/26/2009 7:05:23 PM

why does bettman get booed everywhere, I think he is doing a good job as commish

6/26/2009 7:14:35 PM

Isles avoid disaster, pick Tavares

^ Bettman sucks

6/26/2009 7:19:01 PM