THIS WAS OUR 1ST FREE AGENCY WITH THE FREE AGENT DRAFT FORMAT, IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO DO WELL BUT I WAS STILL NOT SURE HOW WELL BALANCED IT WOULD BE.

WELL NOW THAT IT IS COMPLETE I THINK IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM MOST OF YOU, YOU FELT THE SAME WAY. SO LETS BREAK DOWN THE WINNERS AND LOSERS.


LAK - OUT
S.WEISS 84
C.KOBASEW 78
B.GERVAIS 79

LAK - IN
CHARA 94
V.NICHUSHKIN 77
J.CORVO 77

WINNERS BIG TIME...CHARA ALONE MADEE THIS A WIN BUT NICHISHKIN WAS A NICE ADDED BONUS AS WELL.

TBL - OUT
J.MITCHELL 79
E.WELLWOOD 76
J.CORVO 77

TBL - IN
RASK 87
D.WINNIK 80
T.PECKHAM 77

WINNERS AGAIN RASK ALONE MADE IT A WIN, I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED WITH THE PICK SINCE TBL HAVE 2 STARTING GOALIES ALREADY IN THE MIX BUT IM SURE GLENN HAS A PLAN.

PHI - OUT
C.OREILLY 75
T.BRODIE 80
D.LEGGIO 72

PHI - IN
M.STAAL 87
M.GRANLUND 77
B.MCNABB 76

WINNERS AGAIN BIG LOST NEXT TO NOTHING GAINED A TOP 2 DMAN AND A GOOD PICK UP IN GRANDLUND.

BOS - OUT
D.PERRON 84
M.STAAL 87
J.CAMPBELL 74

BOS - IN
N.KADRI 85
T.BRODIE 80
C.GILLIES 76

LOSERS THIS IS THAT ODD TIME WHERE A BOTTOM TEAM JUST GOT BAD LUCK OF THE DRAW, GETTING KADRI MADE UP SOME OF THE GAP SPECIALLY SEEINGS HOW HE JUST WON A CUP ON THE SABRES BUT IN THE END LOSING PERRON AND STAAL HURT.

PIT - OUT
P.BYRON 72
A.KHOKHLACHEV 68
A.STRALMAN 78

PIT - IN
PERRON 84
K.RUSSELL 79
T.KENNEDY 75

WINNERS LOST NOTHING GAINS A TOP 6 FORWARD, ON TOP OF THAT THIS TEAM WAS ALREADY GOOD AND JUST UNDERACHIEVED, LOOK OUT FOR THIS TEAM

WSH - OUT
T.RUUTU 85
L.SBISA 84
H.RUOPP 70

WSH - IN
M.KOIVU 87
T.BERTUZZI 80
B.CROMBEEN 75

LOSERS YOUR PROBABLY THINKING HOW KOIVU IS WAY BETTER THEN RUUTU AND THAT MAY BE TRUE IN THE NHL BUT IN THE GAME RUUTU AND KOIVU ARN'T TO FAR OFF AND LOSING SBISA A TOP DEFENSIVE DMAN HURTS. HOWEVER OVERALL I DONT KNOW IF THIS WILL HURT THE TEAM ANYMORE SO YOU MAY EVEN CALL IT A WASH.

MIN - OUT
P.DUPUIS 82
M.STRANSKY 68
S.MASON 79

MIN - IN
J.HOWARD 88
R.ELLIS 77
A.CLENDENING 75

WINNERS HOWARD PLAYED GREAT LAST SEASON AND WITH BERNIER IN THE MIX AS WELL MIN MUCH IMPROVED

AVS - OUT
C.VANDEVELDE 70
M.DE ZOTTO 84
R.JOSI 82

AVS - IN
M.GREEN 85
B.SMITH 80
P.MAROON 75

LOSERS PICKED UP GREEN WHICH IS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT GAME WISE OVER DEL ZOTTO BUT THE LOSE OF JOSI HURTS AND SMITH JUST DOESN'T CLOSE THE GAP.

DET - OUT
M.REINHART 70
S.THORNTON 76
C.NEIL 79

DET - IN
Z.BOGOSIAN 86
M.COOKE 80
C.O'REILLY 75

WINNERS COOKE REPLACES NEAL OREILLY REPLACES THORNTON AND THEN ADD IN BOGOSIAN BIG TIME WINNERS

NYR - OUT
D.WINNIK 80
M.KOSTKA 78
S.MAYFIELD 69

NYR - IN
C.STEWART 85
D.RUNDBLAD 77
E.ODELL 74

WINNERS BETTER DEFENSIVE DEPTH ADDED AND ILL TAKE STEWART OVER WINNIK ANYDAY OF THE WEEK....BIG IMPROVEMENT AND FOR A TEAM THAT JUST MISSED THE PLAYOFFS I EXPECT THEM IN THE TOP MIX FOR SURE.

STL - OUT
S.GLENNIE 71
P.MAROON 75
T.BRENNAN 77

STL - IN
B.SCHENN 83
M.PERRAULT 79
C.GAUNCE 74

WINNERS NOTHING HUGE BUT LOST A BUNCH OF LOW LEVEL DEPTH AND PICKED UP A DECENT 30+ PT CENTER IN SCHENN AND PERRAULT IS DECENT ON THE 3RD 4TH LINE

VAN - OUT
B.SCHENN 83
G.ROE 68
M.COOKE 80

VAN - IN
T.RUUTU 85
C.NEIL 79
A.URBOM 74

WASH IN THE NHL SCHENN IS HAVING A DECENT YEAR WHERE AS RUUTU SUCKS BUT IN THE GAME THEY PRODUCE ABOUT THE SAME MAYBE A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE TO RUUTU IF HE PLAYS ON THE TOP LINE, NEIL AND COOKE ARE A WASH SO OVERALL ITS A WASH MAYBE A SLIGHT WIN WITH THE LOW LEVEL DEPTH

CHI - OUT
M.PERREAULT 79
J.NORDSTROM 73
M.GREEN 85

CHI - IN
M.DEL ZOTTO 84
J.MITCHELL 79
M.ELLIS 73

LOSERS IT WASN'T A HUGE LOSS BUT DEL ZOTTO JUST ISN'T QUITE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS GREEN THE DEPTH IS CLOSE SO AGAIN NOT A HUGE LOSE BUT NOT QUITE A WASH

NYI - OUT
T.PUKLLINEN 71
Z.BOGOSIAN 86
M.BARTKOWSKI 76

NYI - IN
T.DALEY 85
B.GERVAIS 79
J.NORDSTROM 73

LOSERS BUT NOT BY MUCH VERY CLOSE TO A WASH LOW LEVEL DEPTH IS CLOSE BUT DALEY NOT QUITE THE SAME LEVEL AS BOGOSIAN SO HAD TO RATE IT A LOSS

SJS - OUT
J.HAYES 75
R.GUDAS 76
A.CLENDENING 75

SJS - IN
J.WISNEWSKI 83
R.GUDAS 76
J.SMITH 73

WINNERS RESIGNED GUDAS SMITH IS A SMALL LOSS RIGHT NOW AGAINST HAYES BUT WISNEWSKI BIG UPGRADE OVER CCLENDENING.

NSH - OUT
M.SCHEIFELE 77
R.KLINKHAMMER 75
J.WISNIEWSKI 83

NSH - IN
L.SBISA 84
B.MCMILLAN 78
P.BYRON 72

LOSERS BASED ON NUMBERS IT LOOKS PRETTY EVEN BUT SBISA IS MORE DEFENSIVE IN THE GAME THEN WISNIEWSKI THOUGH ID STILL GIVE THAT A WASH DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR BUT THE DEPTH LOST ISN'T AS GOOD AS THE DEPTH GAINED

CAR - OUT
P.BOUCHARD 83
B.CROMBEEN 75
K.RUSSELL 79

CAR - IN
C.HAGELIN 82
A.STRALMAN 77
D.LEGGIO 72

WINNERS AGAIN NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY EVEN BUT HAGELIN HAS MUCH MORE TRADE VALUE THEN BOUCHARD

ANA - OUT
Z.GIRGENSONS 74
Z.CHARA 94
T.RASK 87

ANA - IN
S.MASON 79
P.BUDAJ 78
T.PULKKINEN 71

LOSERS BIG TIME NOONE AT THE HELM WHEN FREE AGENCY CAME SO NO PLAYERS LOCKED UP AND 2 MASSIVE HITS TAKEN, IRISHWING NOW AT THE HELM AND IS A VET GM AND KNOWS WHAT HES DOING SO I BELIEVE HE CAN GET THIS TEAM BACK IN SHAPE.

OTT - OUT
A.GALCHENYUK 82
C.HAGELIN 82
B.BULMER 71

OTT - IN
A.GALCHENYUK 82
C.KOBASEW 78
S.GLENNIE 71

LOSERS RESIGNED GALCHENYUK BUT KOBASEW DOESN'T REPLACE HAGELIN

WPJ - OUT
V.NICHUSHKIN 77
B.SMITH 80
N.NESTEROV 69

WPJ - IN
R.JOSI 82
J.HAYES 75
B.BULMER 71

WASH JOSI AND HAYES I WOULD RATE AROUND THE SAME AS NICHUSHKIN AND SMITH U LOSE ON FORWARD BUT GAIN HUGE ON D SHOULD WORK OUT PRETTY GOOD MAYBE EVEN A WIN UNTIL NICHUSHKIN GOS UP IN RATING

FLA - OUT
T.DALEY 85
B.MCNABB 76
J.HOWARD 88

FLA - IN
WEISS - 84
M.KOSTKA 78
H.SATERI 70

LOSERS ANOTHER TEAM NOONE AT THE HELM AND TOOK A BIG HIT LOSING DAILY BUT GAINING WEISS ISN'T BAD BUT THE LOSS OF HOWARD IS A HUGE HIT TO THIS TEAM

CBJ - OUT
C.GILLIES 76
T.KENNEDY 75
D.RUNBLAD 77

CBJ - IN
C.SMITH 81
M.REINHART 70
C.VANDEVELDE 70

WINNERS LOST ONLY LOW LEVEL DEPTH ALTHOUGH RUNBLAD IS DECENT BUT C.SMITH IS HAVING A GOOD NHL SEASON AND SIMS WELL IN THE GAME SO OVERALL A WIN

DAL - OUT
K.JEAN 69
R.CLOWE 82
R.ELLIS 77

DAL - IN
A.MACDONALD 82
BARTKOWSKI 76
H.RUOPP 70

WINNERS IT COMES DOWN TO MACDONALD AND CLOWE, CLOWE IS CONSIDERED 3RD LINE DEPTH AND MACDONALD EVEN PLAYING ON A 3RD PAIRING DEFENCE IS STILL MORE VALUABLE AND WILL PROBABLY DO THE SAME OR MORE PRODUCTION WISE

MTL - OUT
L.LEBLANC 74
A.URBOM 74
H.SATERI 70

MTL - IN
T.BARRIE 82
R.KLINKHAMMER 75
S.MAYFIELD 69

WINNERS LOST NOTHING BUT SOME LOW DEPTH AND GAINED A DECENT TOP 6 DMAN

NJD - OUT
M.KOIVU 87
E.ODELL 74
T.PECKHAM 77

NJD - IN
P.BOUCHARD 83
S.THORNTON 76
K.JEAN 69

LOSERS TOOK A BIG HIT LOSING KOIVU AND ONLY GAINED BACK BOUCHARD WHICH WONT DO HALF WHAT KOIVU DID FOR THIS TEAM EVEN THE DEPTH WAS A LOSS

EDM - OUT
C.STEWART 85
A.MACDONALD 82
S.DESPRES 80

EDM - IN
R.CLOWE 82
J.CAMPBELL 74
N.NESTEROV 69

LOSERS GM COLTHORN HAD THE WORST LUCK OF ANY GM LOSING WITH BOTH TEAMS AND HE LOST 3 GOOD PLAYERS AND REPLACED THEM WITH 1 3RD LINE GUY. THIS WAS A TOP TEAM LAST SEASON IN FACT WAS THE VERY TOP IN THE SEASON SO WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO STAY THERE THIS SEASON.

PHX - OUT
M.GRANLUND 77
T.BERTUZZI 80
T.BARRIE 82

PHX - IN
P.DUPUIS 82
L.LEBLANC 74
G.ROE 68

LOSERS GETTING DUPUIS IS DECENT BUT LOSING A TOP 6 DMAN AND GRANLUND IS A BIT OF A HIT I DONT THINK IT WILL CAUSE THIS TEAM TO STRUGGLE BUT A LOSS NON THE LESS

TOR - OUT
C.SMITH 81
C.GAUNCE 74
P.BUDAJ 78

TOR - IN
M.SCHEIFELE 77
T.BRENNAN 77
A.KHOKHLACHEV 68

LOSERS IF BUDAJ WAS A 3RD STRING GOALIE ON THIS TEAM SO THAT WASN'T BAD BUT SMITH WAS BEING USED ON THE 2ND LINE AND RELIED ON A LOT SCHEIFELE IS DECENT AND PROVED HE CAN PUT UP PTS IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR NSH BUT WONT REPLACE SMITH.

CGY - OUT
B.MCMILLAN 78
T.KRUG 74
M.ELLIS 73

CGY - IN
T.KRUG 74
Z.GIRGENSONS 74
M.STRANSKY 68

WASH GIVE GIRGENSONS THE SAME ICE TIME AS MCMILLAN AND HE WILL DO THE SAME OR MORE DESPITE THE 4 OVERAL DIFF. ELLIS IS BETTER DEPTH BUT AT THE LOW RATING WOULD BARELY IF EVER BE USED ANYWAY.

BUF - OUT
N.KADRI 85
C.CARRICK 68
J.SMITH 73

BUF - IN
S.DESPRES 80
E.WELLWOOD 74
C.CARRICK 68

LOSERS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE SINCE THE TEAM HAD NO LOCKS BUT KADRI WAS THE MAIN GO TO GUY FOR THIS TEAM LOSING HIM HURTS AND GAINING BACK A 6-7TH DMAN JUST DOESN'T MAKE UP FOR IT