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Old July 3, 2003, 18:39   #1
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Major NHL News!
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The Colorado Avalanche have reportedly signed free agents Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne to one-year contracts. Kariya will make $1.2 million (yes, you read that right!) next season, Selanne will earn $5.8 million. Kariya accepted the 88% pay cut to be reunited with his former teammate, and both men opted for less than their previous salaries (Selanne earned $6.5 million last year) to come to Colorado in hopes of winning the Stanley Cup.

Pierre Lacroix just made 29 other general managers look like chumps. I have no doubt he had this planned the moment that the Ducks announced they wouldn't tender a qualifying offer to Kariya, making him a UFA. While he's still got to replace the retired Patrick Roy, getting two such prolific snipers for such a bargain-basement price leaves him some flexibility to pick up another goaltender. He doesn't even need a very good one; with an offensive lineup boasting Kariya, Selanne, Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk, and Alex Tanguay, you could probably slap a pair of rolled-up magazines in net and still win most games!

In other news, the Detroit Red Wings signed former Dallas defenceman Derian Hatcher to a 5-year contract paying $6 million per season, and have also activated their option on goaltender Dominik Hasek's contract for $8 million, fuelling the suspicion that Hasek will be returning to the NHL after retiring at the end of the 2001/2002 season.
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$1.2 million? Holy crap.

Expect the rest of the NHL to snap up every goaltender with a pulse to prevent the Avs from getting anyone good.
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Kariya AND Selanne??? And at that price???

Holy crap.

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Pierre Lacroix just made 29 other general managers look like chumps.
Damn right he did! Sure they're only 1 year contracts, but still .... wow.
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with an offensive lineup boasting Kariya, Selanne, Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk, and Alex Tanguay, you could probably slap a pair of rolled-up magazines in net and still win most games!


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Curtis Joseph will probably end up in Colorado since Detroit wants Hasek back.
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You think Detroit would give their arch-rivals a goalie after they just pulled off what is possibly the greatest free-agent coup in the history of professional sports?

Are you mad? The Wings would eat CuJo's $8 million and have him keep the bench warm for nine months before handing him over to the Avs, no matter what they offered in return.


Think this drives down the price of all the other free agents?
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Curtis Joseph will probably end up in Colorado since Detroit wants Hasek back.
There's some speculation that Detroit activated Hasek's option in part to prevent Colorado from going after him. I agree with Guynemer; no way in hell will Detroit give Colorado a goaltender. Even the highly overrated Joseph could win it all with that Avalanche lineup in front of him!
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Colorados offensive is reaaallly good. It was good this year but now? Uh oh! Do you think there are too much big stars though? Is it getting too one dimensional you think?

Yeah, Selänne wanted Kariya to be added in the contract so they can again play togehter, talking about a good deal though, Paul going for 1.2 million.. now that's a good deal for Colorado. I think they will also play good and score a lot, they're both in shape. Then with other players like Hejduk, Forsberg, Sakic.. what a nightmare for opponents and their defenses + goalies!
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The West woudl be better off with Detroit giving CuJo to Colorado, the only team he can beat in the playoffs is Dallas, everyone else he just implodes
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They should simply bring up a minor league goalie. With those lines they can stay in most games.

P.S. It's good to see my Avs working it this off-season.



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"In other news, the Detroit Red Wings signed former Dallas defenceman Derian Hatcher"

Damn it! Forget hockey for me.
Watching Hatcher smoke a guy was my main reason to watch.
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Cowboys will have the best defensive secondary in the NFL.
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Yes they will. I have always hated the Cowboys. But, since I moved to Texas I have rooted for them, since they ARE on every damn week.

Once they are good, I'll hate them again.

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Unfortunetly they'll all be in federal prision .

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As for the Avs... that's gonna be a great offense. Hopefully Aesbischer is good, because if they lose in the playoffs (even though they supposedly had a superior offense this last time) he's gonna get blamed.
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Unfortunetly they'll all be in federal prision .

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As for the Avs... that's gonna be a great offense. Hopefully Aesbischer is good, because if they lose in the playoffs (even though they supposedly had a superior offense this last time) he's gonna get blamed.
These Cowboys seem to have better character, except the one involved with the hit and run.....and the one shot outside the strip bar............

ummmmmm......

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How could you pass over the BIGGEST signing of the day???

Marchant goes to Columbus for 19 mil over... 5 years, was it? Ah well, he was good as gone anyway. We can replace him. It should be interesting to see him placed with Nash, though.

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As for Colorado: Uh, good signings. Yep. But... don't get Joseph. They say he be cursed! I'd stick with the decent Aebischer, or maybe go for... crap, I don't know. Hackett's already signed. Potvin? No. Maybe see if the Rangers'll part with one of their FOUR great goalies (Blackburn, Markkannen, Richter, Dunham)... Blah.

Speaking of Markkannen... That draft pick better pay off, Lowe. Frig. I liked Jussi!
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How could you pass over the BIGGEST signing of the day???

Marchant goes to Columbus for 19 mil over... 5 years, was it? Ah well, he was good as gone anyway. We can replace him. It should be interesting to see him placed with Nash, though.
Only Oilers and Blue Jackets fans care about that one. Marchant isn't fit to play for the Habs (and I'm a Leafs fan_.

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I want to see Joseph playing for the Nashville Predators. Serves him right for snubbing the Leafs.
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Marchant goes to Columbus for 19 mil over... 5 years, was it?
Overpaid. He's a career 20-goal guy, albeit a fast-as-greased-lightning one. And why Columbus? Kiss the playoffs goodbye, Todd.

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Actually, I figure there's only three possibilities: Potvin or Storr from the UFA list, or Khabibulin from Tampa. Either of the first two can be had for $3-4 million, perhaps less for Storr. The sour ending of the Tampa season for Khabibulin may prompt a trade, and being across conference lines makes it more palatable for Tampa to deal the last piece of the puzzle to Colorado. Khabibulin will make $4.4 million next season, so it's still substantially less than what they were paying Roy.

Although Lacroix has said he wants to start the season with Aebischer. Couldn't hurt; even if he gives up 3 goals per game, that offense could easily pop in 4 or 5 .

Colorado will be one fun team to watch next season, hopefully enough to erase the sour taste of "defense, defense, defense!" hockey that got done to death in this year's playoffs.
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cinch, don't mean to sound like a jerk, but it's actually Markkanen. You got the first name correctly though

I say Colorado needs to get Khabibulin.
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Eh, Richter is done. You don't want him. He probably won't want to play anymore .
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The only recent sports news scarier than this is the possibility that the Lakers might get both Gary Payton and Karl Malone at bargain-basement prices.

Oh well, the Mighty Duck ride was fun.
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Unfortunately, this is usually the kind of stage that's set for a horrible season, where everyone cries "What went wrong?!?!"

Let's just hope that doesn't happen.
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http://boards.espn.go.com/cgi/nhl/re..._nhl&id=555434

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