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Where to Spend the Money

by Alanah McGinley on 06/25/08 at 01:54 PM ET
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From Pierre LeBrun at Sportsnet,

The NHL’s money season is just around the corner. Come Tuesday, July 1, the wallets come out in full force from the NHL’s 30 teams. Here’s my look at some notable players slated for unrestricted free agency (with age and current team also listed):

FORWARDS
Marian Hossa, 29, Pittsburgh Penguins:
GM Ray Shero is off the hook here. He offered Hossa $7 million a year and a chance to continue playing alongside the best centre in the world. That’s a darn generous offer given all the other moving parts Shero has to figure out on his roster.

read on for the estimated values of a pile of UFAs

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UFA Time—Hockey Fun in the Summer

by Alanah McGinley on 06/25/08 at 12:07 PM ET
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From Paul Kukla at NHL.com:

Can it get any better for us, hockey fun in the summer time? All teams are at 0-0-0-0. All teams have an equal shot at the Stanley Cup. We all believe, all our team needs is a little tweak here and there, and we are on our way to hockey in June.

These are the days we have been waiting for. An opportunity exists for our team to get better quickly, giving us hope for a dream season. Some teams will go all out, making a big splash in the UFA market while other teams will continue to build from within. Which way is correct? Well, we won’t know until the games are played, but it sure is fun knowing every team has a chance to improve by signing that key player(s)!

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 Tags: free+agents, hockey+fans, ufa,

Budgeting for J.P. Dumont

by Alanah McGinley on 01/21/08 at 12:12 PM ET
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From John Glennon at the Tennessean,

Said Dumont: “The contract stuff is not really in my hands. We would definitely like to stay here, but we’ll see. If it happens, it happens. Hopefully it will.’’

The only question regarding a re-signing of Dumont would be money.  The Predators already have some relatively large salaries on the books for next season — Jason Arnott ($4.5 million), Legwand ($4.5 million), Steve Sullivan ($3.2 million), Marek Zidlicky ($3.2 million) and Chris Mason ($3 million).

Assuming Poile still plans to re-sign the key restricted free agents, will Dumont’s next salary fit the budget? Dumont is paid $2.5 million, but after posting a career-best 66 points last season and assuming he stays on course for 60 points this season, he’ll be due more money in the future.

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*Nashville’s current salary cap situation.

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 Tags: contracts, j.p.+dumont, salary+cap, UFA,