Tanguay wants something like 5m a year for a longterm deal, and had constantly been signing on for 1 year deals prior to this. Good luck to the Flames keeping him away from free agency next year. For that reason I think Colorado makes out well in the trade, especially since Leopold is bound to break out in a more offensive system like Colorado's, not to mention w/ Calgary's depth he never saw any PP time.

Nonis sounds like he's already getting a headache trying to talk contract with Luongo, which is probably why Florida mainly got just Bertuzzi for him. If he had been signed long term I'm sure Keenan could've gotten a whole lot more than the locker room trainwreck that is Bertuzzi. On the plus side Jovacop's being good friends with Bertuzzi seems to suggest incentive for Keenan signing him as a UFA.

Minnesota totally overpayed for Demitra w/ O'Sullivan being the AHL rookie of the year last year, on top of a 1st pick in this draft. However, If it gets Gaborik signed instead of talking arbitration, it'll be worth it.

Montreal just signed Huet to a couple years, so Aebischer is likely on the way out sometime either in the next few days or closer to the deadline when his trading stock will be higher. He made it quite aparrent he wanted nothing to do with a backup role, and if Huet played the way he did last year, that's all that'd be available in Montreal.

I'd personally value Mara a bit above Boynton, especially with the crackdown on officiating from last year. Boynton as a stay at home D just isn't as valuable and seemed to take some bad penalties. With both this, and the Raycroft deal it seems the B's have a real GM. Bruins finally made Sullivan's status official and showed him the door. Will be interesting to see who they pick up as a new coach.

With Johnson going first overall, Okposo and Mueller going in the top 10, and the Habs taking David Fischer at #20 Minnesota natives seemed super popular in this years draft, not to mention a record 10 US born players. Johnson and Fischer will both be playing D for the Gophers too, which'll be something to watch.

Pretty sure Lewis has already been named the B's coach.

Vancouver was able to sign Luongo, but they're getting him at 7m a year. Sheesh, no idea where they'll find money to try and resign Jovo, Anson Carter, and work out new deals for the Sedin twins...

Chris Pronger formally requesting a trade was still possibly the biggest thing that happened since the finals ended. Ottawa is still shopping Havlat, but not many takers when he almost for sure wants to test out free agency next year. Besides those two names there's still lotsa goalies needing to be dealt. Going to be fun to see how everything works out when free agency hits in a couple days.

and Free agency commences:

Kings sign Blake

Ottawa signs Gerber

Phoenix signs Jovocop

Bruins sign Chara O_O

Bruins sign Savard

Wild sign Parrish

St. Louis signs Mckee

Devils hold onto Langenbrunner

Rangers pickup Matt Cullen

Leafs sign Kubina

plus quite a few others not as worth mentioning.

Notable UFA's still out there : FORWARDS: Patrik Elias, Jason Arnott, Anson Carter, Sergei Samsonov, Brendan Shanahan, Martin Straka, Bill Guerin, Mike Peca, Mike Grier, Yanic Perreault, Jan Bulis, Georges Laraque, Jarkko Ruutu. DEFENCEMEN: Jaroslav Spacek, Kim Johnsson, Brendan Witt, Ruslan Salei, Danny Markov, Filip Kuba. GOALTENDERS: Manny Legace.

I wouldn't be too thrilled with Savard just yet. His numbers were hugely inflated playing with 2 of the top 10(arguably top 5) wingers in the league of Kovalchuk and Hossa. He is a great passer, but he's also a bit of a floater and can't play a lick of D. 4m a season isn't overpaying much though, and considering he was UFA it's actually a pretty good deal. Chara is a huge huge pickup though, and Boston's definitely becoming scary. Zhamnov is still technically injured, which makes him impossible to drop on waivers/buy out his contract. Boston's best bet is his injury is career ending and he retires.... or something

Elias for only 6m(could easily have gotten 7 somewhere else) a season is pretty good for NJ too, the only real questionable thing is in 7 years he'll be 37, which is a bit of a gamble.

Filip Kuba also signed with Tampa, which replaces their loss of Kubina quite nicely since he comes a bit cheaper, and is pretty equable talent wise.

5m a season for Kubina is pretty silly overpaying though. With Kaberle and McCabe's contracts already taking up 11m ... That silly JFJ

Roloson also resigned with Edmonton, which I shoulda mentioned in my earlier post.