Rich Chere @Ledger_NJDevils 38m
Devils are close to re-signing veteran forward Patrik Elias. It appears he will not test the market.
So with Elias hopefully resigned and Zubby's 3yr 3.1/yr deal:
LW - C - RW
Ponikarovsky - Henrique - Kovalchuk
Elias - Zajac - Clarkson
Zubrus - Josefson - Sullivan
Carter - Gionta - Bernier
D - D
Greene - Larsson
Volchenkov - Zidlicky
Tallinder - Harrold
not sure where Salvador fits in ^
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Martin Brodeur
Cory Schneider
Could be saying goodbye to Clarkson, Sullivan as regards to UFA's which mean's we need a solid 2nd and 3rd RW'ers. Perhaps Zubrus can fulfill the 2nd RW'er position and D'Agostini/Kostopoulos/Tedenby/Janssen the 3rd line and Matteau or Barch takes Zubrus' spot on the 3rd line LW'er spot?
Ugh Lou needs to start signing and resigning some forwards with that 17.7 mill he still has to spare
D'Agostini, Josefson, Henrique, Kinkaid, Hoeffel, Sislo, Pesonen, Kelly, Berube all still RFA's
Elias, Clarkson, Sullivan, Ponikarovsky, Kostopoulos, Zidlicky, Harrold, Janssen, Zalewski, Leach, Corrente, Frazee, Wiseman, Anderson, Sestito all still UFA's
All of the RFA's will be resigned most likely (I hope). Gut tells me Clarkson/Sullivan might test the market
Pretty sure Elias, Zidlicky are almost resigned
Lines with none of the UFA's/RFA's resigned (lol):
LW - C - RW
??? - Zajac - Kovalchuk
Matteau - Loktionov - Zubrus
Carter - Gionta - Bernier
Barch - ??? - Tedenby
D - D
Volchenkov - Tallinder
Salvador - Greene
Fayne - Larsson
Defense is so deep + Santini (not sure when he'll be nhl ready - playing at BC this fall) who will be a top pairing dman possibly
This post was edited by Rivals on Jul 1 2013 03:05pm