Friday, July 1, 2011

Free Agent Frenzy and Happy canada day!

Wings fans typically watch Free Agency Day with a bucket of popcorn and some 3-D glasses. owever this year for the first time in recent history, we have holes to fill- and the shoes are enormous:  Rafalski's retirement and Chris Osgood's status makes us vulnerable.  And given the mediocrity of this year's UFA pool, well this Wings fan is a nervous as a fox in a hen house...

As the minutes tick down to RFA frenzy hour, and some of the choice UFA D-men get signed for STUPID contracts that not only set an unreasonable precedent for this years free agent contracts, but are so overblown that they will affect next's years Free Agency Class- I am talking to you Buffalo and Columbus- Here are the day's biggest questions

1. If Jagr won't go to the Pens (and he won't, they pulled the offer a minute ago), then whose gonna pay more than 1.5MM for the guy? Wings won't (yes I remember of our Hossa contract shenanigans, but we had no holes that year) Rangers probably cannot. That leaves Philly- with plenty of cap room....

2. Could Doughty be lured away from LA?

3. Will Brad Richards go to LA?

4. What is Colorado going to do about the empty net?

5. What kind of Offer sheets will Stamkos see?

What are your biggest questions for Free Agent Frenzy day?

I tell you, so far the smartest players in the hunt this week and day are the Pens, 'Nucks and Wings, with the Pens pulled Jagr offer and 2MM for Tyler Kennedy giving them the Edge, while the Nucks over the Wings on smart reasonable contracts, but only by an Ericsson. Vancouver has signed only players taking under 2MM/year so far.

Who are the big winners and losers of the day?

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