Your 2010 UFA/RFA Rumor Chart Update
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Greetings from 30,000 feet over St. Louis!
A few Quick Hits as I continue off to Los Angeles....
In the last few drafts we have seen more and more teams attempting to make moves to gain or rid themselves of the rights to pending UFA's.
Last year we saw Jay Bouwmeester's rights moved at the draft. The year before, the rights for Sundin were given to Montreal by rival Toronto. Sundin and Montreal couldn't get a deal done.
Timonen and Hartnell's rights were moved a few years back. This year we have seen Hamhuis rights moved, etc..
Last year, Mike Knuble's rights were acquired by the Kings, but news never leaked that the rights had changed... and Knuble and the Kings couldn't get a deal done.
So we have rumors of rights acquisition to discuss today...none are confirmed as of yet...but all are intriguing.
On Kovalchuk...
* There are rumors Kovalchuk's rights may have actually been acquired or are very close to being acquired by the LA Kings. There are also rumors the Flames have tried to get Ilya's rights as well. The Kings are, and have been the odds on favorite (off and on) to sign Kovalchuk to a new contract since the deadline.
On Marleau..
* Rumors the NJ Devils and Ottawa Senators are looking into Marleau's rights. NJ has liked Marleau since the deadline last year as well.
On Volchenkov...
* Rumours Montreal is trying to land Anton Volchenkov's rights, but of course the Sens would be reluctant to move those rights within the Division.
The Penguins are after Volchenkov's rights as well, and there is a rumour out there that says the Sens and Pens may actually trade the rights of their top UFAs to each other. The Sens would get the rights to Gonchar and the Pens would get the rights to Volchenkov.
On Gonchar...
There seems to be a lot of legs to the rumor Gonchar's rights could be headed to San Jose..but I do believe Ottawa is in on this still...and for that reason alone we haven't yet seen a done deal in San Jose announced.
And in Trade Rumors..
On Spezza...
Jason is under contract, so his rights are not up for sale today...However, a source IM'd me a few minutes ago the following. "there may have just been a breakthrough that tips the scale more towards Spezz being dealt to San Jose or Edmonton."
My source wouldn't elaborate on who had the upper hand currently.
More when I land or if news breaks here in the clouds via an IM or Email to me.
Cheers!
Ek
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