Beginning of the end?

Av-merican · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am **Posts:** 5349

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/1024 ... jured-list

Lehtinen and Modano placed on IR. Both are playing for relatively cheap wages and both are UFAs at season's end. Modano has remained relatively healthy and only missed significant time in '06-07. Lehtinen on the other hand hasn't played a full season for the last three years or so. I can't imagine their good buddy Joe not at least trying to re-sign both this offseason, yet the dynamic between Modano and the Stars has been a weird one at best ever since they stripped him of the captaincy. Lehtinen I imagine will either head back to Finland or retire at season's end.

Kinda strange seeing the door effectively closing on the eras of the dominant teams of the '90s. Dallas could still yet build something great with what they have but it's in the hands of a new generation of players.

Av-merican · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am **Posts:** 5349

Apparently on the CBC Hot Stove the other night someone said the Stars will try and move Marty Turco, who is a UFA at season's end, at the deadline.

I'm going to predict that the Stars make a serious run at Evgeni Nabokov. They have the cap room at present ($9 million!), though Neal, Niskanen, and (I think) Grossman are all restricted free agents, not to mention Eriksson's extension kicks in next season. Turco ends up either in Philly or Toronto. Toronto could easily afford him, the question is how much confidence will they have in the Monster once the dust settles? Burke has already vowed he will never fall short on goaltending again...Turco would be a capable backup at the very least. I could see Philly making a run, moving some salary in order to do so. Leighton is good, but he's not the answer.

saskhab · **Posted:** Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:57 pm

The rumour around the Habs is that Dallas wants Halak, not Nabby.

Jyrki21 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:13 pm

saskhab wrote:

The rumour around the Habs is that Dallas wants Halak, not Nabby.

They also want Montreal's second-rounder, and they want the Habs to reacquire Michael Ryder so that he can be made part of the deal too.

Once these three critical components are assembled, the Habs need only chant the magic words "maioribus quam summa of suus secui!" and they can then acquire literally anything from the Stars.

Jyrki21 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:38 am

Eric Duhatschek wrote:

SEEING STARS: This will be Joe Nieuwendyk's first trading deadline as the Dallas Stars' general manager and his weightiest decision will revolve around goaltender Marty Turco, who is on an expiring contract and probably won't be re-signed by the Stars. If the Stars opt to go younger in goal, two possible options are the Montreal Canadiens' Jaroslav Halak or the Thrashers' Kari Lehtonen. But what if Dallas decides to go back to its future and re-sign Dan Ellis, who likely will be the odd man out in Nashville. Ellis is an unrestricted free agent. In 2007, the Stars let Ellis – a player they chose 60th overall in the 2000 entry draft – walk away for nothing. This would be a way of remedying that miscue – and his acquisition cost would be considerably less than what either Montreal or Atlanta would ask for their young back-ups.

the Cunning Linguist · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:39 pm

I think this article supports much of what J21 has been saying for a long-time: in a cap-league, the difference between the top and bottom teams in the West might be quite dramatic, but the difference between 3rd and 14th might only be a half-dozen wins after game 82.

Av-merican · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am **Posts:** 5349

Looks like Hicks might have to bail as well...

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308936

RW · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:15 pm **Posts:** 423

Av-merican wrote:

Looks like Hicks might have to bail as well...

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308936

Liverpool FC is eating him and Gillette alive in debt repayment. They had to sell the Habs and the Texas Rangers to try to keep themselves afloat. All Scouser fans, me included, absolutely loath the two of them and wish they would sell out. Hicks' son was on the board of directors until he told a Liverpool fan to fuck off in an email response. He is no longer on the board.

Av-merican · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am **Posts:** 5349

RW wrote:

Av-merican wrote:

Looks like Hicks might have to bail as well...

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308936

Liverpool FC is eating him and Gillette alive in debt repayment. They had to sell the Habs and the Texas Rangers to try to keep themselves afloat. All Scouser fans, me included, absolutely loath the two of them and wish they would sell out. Hicks' son was on the board of directors until he told a Liverpool fan to fuck off in an email response. He is no longer on the board.

I don't get why these rich sports owners are so into Euro futbol clubs. What's the appeal? Are they really that into it!? I read Malcolm Glazer is paying tens of millions of dollars just on the INTEREST of the loan he took out to buy Man U. WTF!?

This kind of crap gives me pause seeing as how Stan Kroenke is a part-owner of Arsenal. From what I read Arsenal is rather conservative fiscally as far as clubs over there go, so I suppose we got that going for us here.

RW · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:15 pm **Posts:** 423

Av-merican wrote:

I don't get why these rich sports owners are so into Euro futbol clubs. What's the appeal? Are they really that into it!? I read Malcolm Glazer is paying tens of millions of dollars just on the INTEREST of the loan he took out to buy Man U. WTF!?

This kind of crap gives me pause seeing as how Stan Kroenke is a part-owner of Arsenal. From what I read Arsenal is rather conservative fiscally as far as clubs over there go, so I suppose we got that going for us here.

Owning a Euro Futbol club is the ultimate in sports team ownership. The prices paid for top teams is staggering. It is the province of billionaires. You can have a viewership approaching 1 billion people world wide for a single game if it is enticing enough. A lot of owners are in trouble because they leveraged the farm trying to buy into that market. Glazer, Hicks and Gillette from the American side, although not just limited to them. You have to spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave to keep your team at the Champions League tournament (Top Euro Championship Tournament) level. Drop out into the Euro League or not make any Euro Tourney and your revenue dops off shortly and there is no salary cap.

Av-merican · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am **Posts:** 5349

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=309888

Well at least he won't have to be vetted too thoroughly.

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