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Bolts Acquire Rights To Malone and Roberts
by Paul on 06/28/08 at 12:36 PM ET
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from the Tampa Bay Lightning,
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired the rights to left wings Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts from Pittsburgh in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2009, owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie announced..
“We said earlier this week we would be aggressive in our pursuit of free agents in order to win and compete,” Koules said. “This trade today doesn’t guarantee anything, but we believe it gives us a leg up in our attempt to sign these two impact players.”
Update 2:05pm ET (alanah): Link above has been fixed (it was changed at the team’s website after publication). Info also available at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
added 2:35pm, via Lightning Strikes,
Roberts is 42 and had just three goals in 38 games last season while suffering from a broken leg and high ankle sprain. He has 434 goals in his career. he also wants to be closer to his family in Canada and is expected to want to sign with the Maple Leafs or Senators. But he has been a god leader throughout his career, so perhaps Melrose and owner Oren Koules can pursuade him to take a chance on the Lightning. And, in fact, Roberts had to waive a no-trade clause, so there might actually be some interest.
added 3:41pm, from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
On Saturday, when the Lightning announced that they’d paid a heavy price to acquire the free-agent rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts for a weekend from the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was the new owner, Koules, quoted in the press release, not general manager Jay Feaster.
More and more, it looks as if Feaster is a lame duck, with the crazed, hands-on pair of owners seizing control of the Lightning’s hockey operations department.
more on the deal…
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Wow. I’d be happy to see Malone in Tampa joined with all that other young talent.
Roberts? I have no idea. He looked slow, out of place but sometimes effectively physical in the finals. I would guess it’s more for the locker room presence.
Posted by Osrt on 06/28/08 at 02:26 PM ET
i guess the flyers started a trend in nhl that is going to stay
Posted by FlyersFan on 06/28/08 at 02:47 PM ET
Great deal for the Bolts, according to Don Cherry Roberts was the best thing going for the Pens in the SCF. <cough>
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 06/28/08 at 03:14 PM ET
i guess the flyers started a trend in nhl that is going to stay
It’s a stupid trend, but if you want to own up to it, more power to you. You probably think $5M a year for Carter is a stroke of genius as well.
Posted by shep from california on 06/28/08 at 03:28 PM ET
Jeezus, it’s one thing to be an active, hands-on owner but it’s another thing to let a hockey man do his job.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/28/08 at 03:40 PM ET
The Bolts made a good move acquiring these 2 very good hockey players.Well done bolts.
Posted by davomack34 on 06/28/08 at 03:55 PM ET
The Bolts made a good move acquiring these 2 very good hockey players.Well done bolts.
They “aquired” them for the next three days. The only way they’ll sign Malone in the interim is if they wildly overpay for him—which they could do anyway starting Tuesday at midnight. As for Roberts, he’s probably done if he doesn’t get to play closer to Canada.
A fourth (potentially third) rounder isn’t worth much—especially if Kroules/Barrie are doing the picking—but I would argue it’s certainly worth more than K/B getting their names in the papers again while further emasculating Feaster.
There’s simply no way to spin this to make it look good.
Posted by shep from california on 06/28/08 at 04:15 PM ET
You probably think $5M a year for Carter is a stroke of genius as well.
flyers had no position but to give him the 5 million since gms like kevin lowe likes to force other teams top RFA’s sign to an offer sheet.
his base salary was already set at 4 million.
but here is interesting fact on carter, after his new contract is up, he’s still a RFA.
btw, he’s worth the money he scored 20+ goals as a third line center
Posted by FlyersFan on 06/28/08 at 05:33 PM ET
Because this is what the Bolts needed… more forwards.
It’s nice to see that hiring Melrose wasn’t the dumbest thing this franchise did this month.
Gotta like a club that really goes for the gusto.
As far as I can tell, the Bolts have 3 actual NHL-level dmen and maybe one NHL-ready goalie… but they’re going to move assets and/or acquire two forwards?!?! That’s really bright, fellas. You just got out from under being woefully unbalanced by getting Richard’s albatross of a contract off your books, and now you’re going right back to the well by plugging Malone in at probably 4.5+ a year long term?
You guys need to delete Kevin Lowe from your email friends list immediately.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 06/28/08 at 06:37 PM ET
At least the Penguins will get something for having them leave.
Posted by penguinsfan on 06/28/08 at 07:03 PM ET
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This is a surprise… TB would be much improved with Malone, as for Roberts, I guess a Leaf reunion isnt in the cards.
Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 06/28/08 at 01:31 PM ET