oberg was traded to fla for higgins.

That dinosaur IS a twit, though :D

Out of those guys, I would only go for Ville Leino. He's a clutch playoff performer and he's only 24. But, there will be 10 other teams who will throw big money at this guy if Philly can't sign him by Friday.

My bad, forgot he was traded. But still, we have enough depth where we don't have to shell out $$$ now when Edler is due up for cash in a couple of years

people are forgetting about connaughton (sp?) too. kids got a hell of a shot and offensive mind but his defense is definitely sketchy still.

I wanna hear BMAC do his Tony impression while talking shit about TSN

gretzky doesn't need the sedins. he could just play by himself.

Not true. We'd need to sign Dave Semenko to be his bodyguard.

V. Bure: Gillis and the Canucks are pathetic

canucks are pathetic if they dont retire bure

Val is just pissed cause he's no where close as good as his brother.

and because he married the girl from full house


I checked to see how many players have numbers retired and its around 95 (canucks have 3) As much as I like Bure I think you have to be good on and off ice to deserve your number retired....and from what I remember Bure was only amazing on ice

I just assumed he would be in the ring of honor this year though

bure was incredible during his prime, he was no doubt the most exciting player the canucks have ever had, his numbers reflected that. i would be fine if bure's number was retired, at the same time, i don't think people would be that hurt if they dont retire his number.
regarding his HHOF induction, i dont think he'll make it in. the competition's he got is pretty nutty. with a shortened career, it definitely hurts his chances too much.

No one here or anywhere gives a shit what Valeri Bure has to say. He was a merely average player in the NHL. I bet Gillis is laughing his head off at this. Oh noes, he's being criticized by a guy that never scored a goal in the playoffs. If his name wasn't Bure, no one would remember this guy.

I listened to his interview on Team1040 and it just sounded like a jaded retired player that's trying to get his name back in the papers and out of insignificance.

And Bure might get consideration for HoF in a slow year but he should not have his number retired by the Canucks.

The numbers alone PROVE Pavel Bure deserves to be in the HHOF. It's the hockey hall of fame so the criteria should be players who were exceptionally skilled and gifted. Even if Pavel was labelled as a "selfish" or not a model citizen as a player it should not matter at all.

Arguably Bure has accomplished much more as a Canuck then Naslund did. But again it's the way he left, which is why his number isn't retired.

The criteria for players to make the HOF doesn't seem to have much to do with their humility off the ice. Ed Belfour was a prick to reporters and the media, but they looked at his numbers and he deserves to be there.

The HOF is starting to get a bottleneck of players as the ones from the 90's ish generation start to gain eligibility. I mean there's Sakic, Curtis Joseph and Shanahan just to name a few guys who are able to go in next year.

IMO, the three guys I mentioned get in, leaving only 1 more spot...Bure isn't getting in with that competition.

Edit: Found the list for next year:

* Jeremy Roenick
* Mats Sundin
* Joe Sakic
* Curtis Joseph
* Brendan Shanahan
* Olaf Kolzig
* Teppo Numminen
* Markus Naslund
* Gary Roberts
* Claude Lemieux
* Bobby Holik

So to summarize:
*Kings and Oilers talk to send Smyth back to Oilers
*Kings tell Oilers they just need a player and a pick back and they will buyout whatever player
*Oilers tell Kings, take Brule, he's healthy and can be bought out
*Oilers refuse to certify in writing Brule is healthy
*Brule is injured and can't be bought out
*Trade falls through
*Oilers and Kings then settle on Colin Fraser and pick for Smyth
*Oilers assure Kings verbally Fraser is healthy and can be bought out
*Fraser is not healthy and stuck on the Kings for full cap hit and contract limit

Wow talk about shady, dirty, slimey bush league organizations. Oilers and Tambo :facepalm:

Oilers are so bush league :lol

Overall its pretty funny how this went down....I can't believe this much trouble for smyth though

A couple of updates

Blue Jackets' beat writer is reporting that Wisnewski is currently at Nationwide Arena meeting the teams staff and could expect a signing this afternoon.

Regier at the Regher press conference has said that he has spoken to Ehrhoff and his agent this morning and an offer was presented to them, he expects a decision by this afternoon. Ehrhoff has since called former Sharks teammates and former Sabres Craig Rivet and Mike Grier today to ask questions about living and playing in Buffalo. Current Sabre Jochen Hecht and former Sabre Uwe Krupp have both been in contact in Germany with Ehrhoff about playing in Buffalo. Ehrhoff's wife has also been in contact with Kim Pegula, the Sabres' owner's wife about the Buffalo area.

Rumor is Wisnewski is looking at $5.2M per cap hit for 5-6 years and Ehrhoff asking price is at least $5.5M cap hit, as he wanted from the Canucks.

If both sign, that leaves Anton Babchuk as the top UFA Dman come July 1st? haha

Nashville buys out JP Dumont and confirms they will not resign Shane O'Brien.

Wishnewski is not a $5M defensemen.

Now in addition to this, it turns out Oilers submitted medical records saying Fraser's foot was healed. Medical examination proved that to be false haha, oh god, the Oilers are like a used car dealership on Kingsway.

From Kings beat writer:

Didn't this happened with the Kings when we traded Cloutier for a second round pick?