Expansion Draft Game - The Draft Has Begun...or die!

[meow]

meows_management: Craig Adams is willing to play for poker chips and cigarette butts.

[meow]

Paul Martin and Iceland have agreed to the following terms: 4 years for $24 million at a AAV of $6mil.

[mikey]

Retirement contract there. Martin is a great add for an expansion club.

[count2infinity]

c2i press release:
As great as it has been being an assistant GM of LVHC, I have decided to part ways with the club. I'd like to thank @Kicksave for the opportunity to help build a club from scratch, but due to differing opinions on the future direction of this team, I have decided to pursue my dream of starting the nation's best cowboy monkey rodeo halftime show.

[Kicksave]

YOU CAN'T QUIT...YOU'RE FIRED

[count2infinity]

... but, ummm. I already did quit, so yeah. There's that. Enjoy your Soderberg, or I suppose as yinz call him Popburgh.

[meow]

[mikey]

How, uh, how did you know that was a gif...like how did you find that...

[Kicksave]

You've never googled "small monkey riding a dog at a minor league baseball game" before?

[mikey]

Oh, minor league...no, not minor league...that explains that...

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Paul Martin and Iceland have agreed to the following terms: 4 years for $24 million at a AAV of $6mil.

[slappybrown]

Is this a warz game

[Avyran]

I vote that this guy be the official reporter of the league:
http://i.imgur.com/pIwOuwA

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Is this a warz game

Don't worry about it, you probably wouldn't be very good anyway

[slappybrown]

Is this a warz game

Don't worry about it, you probably wouldn't be very good anyway

Wat

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Is this a warz game

Don't worry about it, you probably wouldn't be very good anyway

Wat

[slappybrown]

I don't know where you want to go from here

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Iceland? Idk...

[mikey]

Take it to the hair salon ladies, us nerds are trying to play a game here...

[meow]

And now I'm painting your gray pants blue.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Ho fo' sho'

[mikey]

As the draft winds down, everyone should start looking toward Free Agency. To keep some order, mikey and I have drawn up some parameters in which we are going to follow.

Restricted Free Agents -
- RFAs expected to make greater than 900k per season are first.
- - One offer from Teams -> If accepted, deal is signed. If rejected, the deal moves to the back burner until the UFA period settles down.
- Offer sheets can occur after this period.

Unrestricted Free Agents -
- Expansion teams get to offer any three UFAs a contract.
- - Agents either accept or make a counter offer.
- - Teams either accept or make a counter offer.
- - Agents either accept or decline. End of discussion.

- All teams then get opened up to UFAs.
- - Same rules apply.
- - This will be conducted in age groups.
- - - UFAs 35+ years of age and older.
- - - UFAs 30 - 34 years of age.
- - - UFAs 29 years of age and younger.

Bold are open for business at noon ET. All teams may submit offers on UFAs 35 and older.

[mikey]

So let's compile deals here @meow maybe double check me with your notes if you please...particularly those UFAs, I feel like I'm missing a group of them...but maybe not...

New UFA deals:
Las Vegas has signed Carl Soderberg 4 yrs, $25 million ($6.25M per)
Iceland has signed Paul Martin 4 yrs, $24 million ($6M per)

All real life UFAs when the game started are still UFAs except those that signed deals, these guys signed deals already:

Arizona has re-signed David Moss 2 yrs, $750K per (one-way)
Boston has re-signed Gregory Campbell 2 yrs, $1.75M per
Calgary has re-signed Mark Cundari 1 yr, $600K (one-way)
Los Angeles has re-signed Jamie McBain 1 yr, $850K (one-way)
San Jose has re-signed Taylor Fedun 1 yr, $575K (one-way)
Nashville has re-signed Mike Fisher 3 yrs, $3.8M per
Ottawa has re-signed Erik Condra 3 yrs, $1.5M per
St. Louis has re-signed Marcel Goc 1 yr, $1.5M

The following RFAs have been re-signed:
[Las Vegas]
- Klas Dahlbeck 2 years, $2.4 mil ($1.2M per)
- Robert Bortuzzo 1 year, $715,000
- Joey Hishon 2 years, $2.5 million ($1.25M per) [Y1: $1M [two-way], Y2: $1.5M [one-way])
- Marcus Kruger 2 years, $5.2 million [$2.6M per]
Ryan Spooner - 3 years at $2.4mil per season
Richard Panik - 3 years at $1.2mil per season
Vladislav Namestnikov - 4 years at $2.75mil per season
Bobby Farnham - 1 year at $605k on a two-way deal
Dylan McIlrath - 1 year are $900k on a two-way deal
Alex Chiasson - 2 years at $1.95mil per season

[Quebec]
Magnus Svensson-Paajarvi avec Quebec 3 ans, $1.35M AAV.
Martin Jones re-signs with Seattle at 3 years, $9 million [$3M per]
Matt Fraser - 2 years, $2.2 million [$1.1M per]
Anthony Peluso - 2 years, $1.35 million [$675K per]
Austin Watson - 3 years, $4.6 million ($1M, $1.6M, $2M) [$1.533M per]
Yannick Weber avoids arbitration with a 1 year pact, worth $2.75 million.
Mark Barberio - 2 years at $1.15mil per season
Tim Erixon - 2 years at $825k per season
Andrej Sustr - 1 year at $2.2mil
Brian Flynn - 2 years at $700k per season
Jarred Tinordi - 2 years are $1mil per season

naheim:
Emerson Etem 1 yr, $950K
Jakob Silfverberg 3 yrs, $11.4M [$3.8M per]

Arizona:
Mark Arcobello 1 yr, $750K
Mikkel Boedker 4 yrs, $19M [$4.75M per]
Brandon Gormley 1 yr, $950K
Brendan Shinnimin 1 yr, $800K
Mark Visentin 1 yr, $851K [two-way]

Calgary:
Mikael Backlund 3 yrs, $10.725M [$3.575M per]
Lance Bouma 2 yrs, $4.8M [$2.4M per]
Josh Jooris 1 yr, $1.05M
Micheal Ferland 1 yr, $715K
Max Reinhart 1 yr, $660K [two-way]

Chicago:
Joakim Nordstrom 1 yr, $660K

Colorado:
Stefan Elliott 1 yr, $893,550 [two-way]
Freddie Hamilton 1 yr, $657K [two-way]
Calvin Pickard 2 yrs, $2M ($900K [two-way], $1.1M [one-way])

Dallas:
Curtis McKenzie 1 yr, $720K
Patrik Nemeth 2 yrs, $1.8M [$900K per]
Jamie Oleksiak 1 yr, $900K
Jack Campbell 1 yr, $650K [two-way]

Edmonton:
Tyler Pitlick 1 yr, $650K [one-way]
Martin Marincin 1 yr, $850,500

Los Angeles:
Andy Andreoff 1 yr, $605K
Tyler Toffoli 2 yrs, $6.8 million [$3.4M per]
Nick Shore 2 yrs, $2.3 million ($1M, $1.3M)
Jordan Weal 1 yr, $645K

Minnesota:
Mikael Granlund 2 yrs, $6.5M [$3.25M per]
Christian Folin 1 yr, $1.15M
Jared Knight 1 yr, $761,250 [two-way]

Nashville:
Taylor Beck 1 yr, $625K
Calle Jarnkrok 1 yr, $950K
Magnus Hellberg 1 yr, $885,150 [two-way]
Marek Mazanec 1 yr, $650K [two-way]

San Jose:
Brenden Dillon 2 yrs, $3.5M [$1.75M per]
Eriah Hayes 1 yr, $700K [two-way]

Vancouver:
Linden Vey 2 yrs, $3M [$1.5M per]
Frankie Corrado 1 yr, $632,500 [two-way]
Ryan Stanton 1 yr, $850K
Ronalds Kenins 2 yrs, $1.9M [$825K (two-way), $1.075M (one-way)]

Winnipeg:
Ben Chiarot 2 yrs, $1.9M [$950K per]
Paul Postma 1 yr, $900K

Boston:
Brett Connolly - 2 years at $1.2 mil per season

Buffalo:
Zac Dalpe - 1 year at $750k - TWO-WAY
Johan Larsson - 2 years at $2 mil per season
Mark Pysyk - 2 years at $1 mil per season
Phil Varone - 2 years at $900k per season

Detroit:
Gustav Nyquist - 5 years at $5.5 mil per season
Teemu Pulkkinen - 2 years $1 mil per season

Florida:
Jimmy Hayes - 2 years at $2.5 mil per season
Jonathan Huberdeau - 2 years at $4 mil per season
Corban Knight - 2 years $1 mil per season
Alex Petrovic - 3 years $2.5 million per season

Montreal:
Alex Galchenyuk - 3 years at $ 4.666 mil per season
Michael Bournival - 1 year at $1.2 mil
Morgan Ellis - 1 year at $700k - TWO-WAY
Christian Thomas - 2 years at $900k - TWO-WAY

Ottawa:
Mark Stone - 3 years at $5 mil per season
Mika Zibanejad - 3 years at $4.33 mil per season
J.G. Pageau - 3 years at $1.3 mil per season

Tampa Bay:
Jonathan Marchessault - 2 years
Year 1: 950k - TWO-WAY
Year 2: $1.05 mil - ONE-WAY

Carolina:
Riley Nash 2 yrs, $1.8 mil ($900K per)
Andrej Nestrasil 1 yr, $1.25 mil
Michal Jordan 1 yr, $625K (one-way)

New Jersey:
Adam Larsson 5 yrs, $22.5 million
Eric Gelinas 2 yrs, $3.5 mil ($1.75 per)

NY Islanders:
Anders Lee 1 yr, $2.75 mil
Brock Nelson 5 yrs, $21.5 million
Kevin Poulin 1 yr, $682,500 [two-way]

NY Rangers:
Jesper Fast 2 yrs, $3.2 mil ($1.6 per)
JT Miller 2 yrs, $3.9 mil ($1.95 per)
Carl Klingberg 1 yr, $682,500 [two-way]

Philadelphia:
Michael Del Zotto 2 yrs, $7.5 mil ($3.75 per)

Pittsburgh:
Beau Bennett 1 yr $950K
Ian Cole 2 yrs, $2.8 million ($1.4 mil per)

Washington:
Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 yrs, $$4.4 million ($2.2 mil per)
Nate Schmidt 2 yrs, $1.625 mil ($812,500 per)
Stanislav Galiev 1 yr, $700K [two-way]

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The following players have not been given qualifying offers and are unrestricted free agents: (@meow - any instances of this from the Adams Division? I got the Patrick, Norris and Smythe instances)
Luke Adam (CBJ)
Paul Byron (CGY)
Drew Shore (CGY)
Jordan Caron (COL)
Sami Aittokallio (COL)
Keith Aulie (EDM)
Gabriel Bourque (NSH)
Brandon McMillan (VAN)
Cory Conacher (VAN)
Joacim Ericsson (VAN)
Keaton Ellerby (WPG)

To my knowledge, these deals are completed above. Of particular note, I put would-be UFAs at the top...

[Avyran]

meow's driving up the market to ridiculous levels. (Compare Mark Stone's deal here to his actual deal, announced today. I posted it in Hockey Randomness.)

[Craig]

I was nust coming to post thT. I knew it looked insane when it was posted in here.