NHL Summer Trades, Signings, etc

[Manji]

Did the Hawk sign Sharp yet?

 

[Ironhead]

Sharp is under contract for two more years of a four year deal. He was never a FA in 2010.
Sharp potentially becomes a UFA in the summer of 2012.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Chicago is now almost $2.0mil in the hole with 18 roster players. More changes coming in the Windy City.

Word is they'll either buy out Huet or likely send him to the minors.

 

[Lapper]

niemi is overrated and the hawks made a good decision letting him go.

so how does arbitration work??? if another team wants to sign niemi do they have to pay him 2.75 million and give the hawks compensation or can niemi sign elsewhere for his worth, about 1.5-2 million???

 

[Ironhead]

niemi is overrated and the hawks made a good decision letting him go.

so how does arbitration work??? if another team wants to sign niemi do they have to pay him 2.75 million and give the hawks compensation or can niemi sign elsewhere for his worth, about 1.5-2 million???

Hawks walked away so Niemi is an UFA, free to sign where ever he can get a deal for whatever $ amount.

 

[Doc Holliday]

niemi is overrated and the hawks made a good decision letting him go.

You think Marty Turco is any better? Turco will turn 35 in a few months, and he's always played with a very good Dallas team for most of his career. Niemi surplanted the nearly $6 million goalie (Huet) and led the Hawks all the day to the Stanley Cup, something very few goaltenders in this league can boast.

Considering what some of the other goalies in the league are getting (e.g. Pascal Leclair, Rick Dipietro, J.S. Giguere, Jaroslav Halak, etc), i think getting Niemi for $2.75 million would have been a bargain for many teams.

There is no way 'old' Marty Turco will last the season as the Hawks' #1 goalie....or else the Hawks won't go far in the playoffs. Heck, even Dallas didn't even want him as their 2nd stringer!