Sergei Bobrovsky Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The Nashville Predators release F John Dahlstrom and F Antoine Laganiere as they are playing over seas. John: https://chatnewstoday.ca/article/516773/dahlstrom-signs-two-year-contract-swedish-team Antoine: https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/antoine-laganiere-player-transactions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da.moose Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 REPORT: The Washington Capitals who have been in on going negotiations with Valtteri Filppula have reportedly dropped out the running for the veteran UFA. "We're going in another direction with our bottom six this upcoming season" stated GM da.moose. "Val was a great contributor for us last season. We wish him the best with wherever he signs this upcoming season." Filppula scored 33 points at the third line centre position for the Caps last season as well as three points in game six against Pittsburgh in the playoffs. "It was a great season" Filppula said. "I still have some good hockey in me and I'm excited to prove it to a new club". The Finnish vet could be a steal in Free agency as he has scored over 30 points in 11 consecutive seasons and is reportedly open to signing for less than the 3 million dollar deal he was on last season under the right circumstamces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 6:45 AM, Mike Vanderhoek said: SIGNING: The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Nicholas Halloran to a three year deal. Nicholas Halloran: 3 years, $ 3.0 million dollar contract ( $ 1,000,000.00 per season ). Some young blood out of college, with sweet hands! Thanx agent Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2xtreme Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 REPORT: It seems Nicklas Backstrom is closing in on a decision and it's likely that the star forward and Stanley Cup Champion will be signing a deal in the next few days. Sources say the prospective field has been narrowed to 3 teams. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 SIGNING: The Anaheim Ducks have signed forward Matt Calvert to a three year deal. Matt Calvert: 3 years, $ 9.0 million dollar contract ( $ 3,000,000.00 per season ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) On 7/15/2018 at 12:43 AM, theminister said: Transaction : The Stars waive Lee Stempniak, Benoit Pouliot, and Matt Read. If cleared, all will report to the minors. Recall: The Stars recall Kasperi Kapanen and Jason Dickinson * @canuck2xtreme Ryan Lindgren is lined up as a F but he is a D Transactions all processed and your sheet is updated. Ryan Lindgren is lined up at forward as is the case in " ITALICS " when your minors is full at said players position. Edited July 18, 2018 by Mike Vanderhoek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 1:12 AM, Sergei Bobrovsky said: The Nashville Predators release F John Dahlstrom and F Antoine Laganiere as they are playing over seas. John: https://chatnewstoday.ca/article/516773/dahlstrom-signs-two-year-contract-swedish-team Antoine: https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/antoine-laganiere-player-transactions This has been updated on your team sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 SIGNING: The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Sheldon Rempal to a three year deal. Sheldon Rempal: 3 years, $ 2.55 million dollar contract ( $ 850,000.00 per season ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreLePlum Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 13 hours ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: SIGNING: The Anaheim Ducks have signed forward Matt Calvert to a three year deal. Matt Calvert: 3 years, $ 9.0 million dollar contract ( $ 3,000,000.00 per season ). Matt was a big target for us in the offseason. We landed him and we're not done yet. Fear the Waddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 TRADE: The Calgary Flames have made a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. To CGY: Tyler Toffoli Henrik Zetterberg To PHI: Adam Larsson Vinni Lettieri CGY 2019 2nd Round Draft Selection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 TRADE: The Chicago Blackhawks have made a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. To CHI: Frank Corrado Brandon Crawley Spencer Watson To PIT: Conditional CHI 2020 4th Round Draft Selection * If the players going to Chicago play in a combined 20 NHL games in the 2018-19 season Pittsburgh will receive the pick* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) The Avs release forward Teemu Pulkkinen as he's signed with Minsk in the KHL: https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Aivis-Kalnins/Three-KHL-teams-boost-their-rosters-with-players-with-NHL-experience/246/93996 Quote Minsk has signed the 26-year old player from Finland - Teemu Pulkkinen who spent the previous season in AHL where he recorded 65 points (29G+36A) Edited July 19, 2018 by aGENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, aGENT said: The Avs release forward Teemu Pulkkinen as he's signed with Minsk in the KHL: https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Aivis-Kalnins/Three-KHL-teams-boost-their-rosters-with-players-with-NHL-experience/246/93996 The guy who sealed the Arvidsson deal....wish him luck hope he gets an opportunity to show his offense. @Squeak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) Also have a nice article on one of our prospects/the guy we expect to see at C on our 2nd line this coming season: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article214753160.html Quote How Canes’ Martin Necas went from a little guy to a full-sized NHL-ready player Milos Peca says he was first contacted about two years ago by Martin Necas, who had a simple request: help make him bigger and stronger. More so, help him become a bigger, stronger hockey player. “At the time he was about 175 centimeters tall and his weight only 62 kilograms,” Peca says. In other words, about 5 feet 7 and one-half inches, and about 137 pounds. A little guy, a kid, a lanky teenager. Two years later, Necas is 6 feet 2 and 189 pounds. A first-round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2017, the 19-year-old center from the Czech Republic reported to the team’s recent prospect development camp in Raleigh looking the part of an NHL player in the making. Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour says the difference with Necas is “like night and day” from a year ago. Most expect Necas to make the Canes’ roster and stick with the team this season, giving them more offensive creativity -- something in short supply the past few years -- and speed in the lineup. In an interview with The News & Observer, Peca, a strength and conditioning coach based in Liberec, Czech Republic, described Necas’ physical transformation under his watch. Getting started Peca says his relationship with Necas began simply enough -- Necas reaching out to him on Facebook. “He wanted to gain more muscle mass, physical strength and better physical condition in general,” Peca says. “In the beginning our work together was rather chaotic as Martin played in Kometa Brno, while I was working in Liberec, which was 320 kilometers away.” That’s about a 400-mile round trip, but Necas was willing to make it three times a week during the first three months of Brno’s season. “Martin’s determination to travel across the republic to practice with me was admirable in this respect,” Peca says. “Kometa’s owner, Libor Zabransky, however, came up with the offer that I could work in Kometa and so have Martin under my supervision every day.” Smartly adding muscle The physical gains quickly began to come. For Necas, the willingness to work as hard off the ice as on it was there -- or what Pecas describes as Necas’ “goal-directed and meaningful cooperation.” “He came to understand the importance of the off-ice workouts as well as nutrition, and based on that he managed to gain 24 kilograms (53 pounds) of muscles and grew up by almost 13 centimeters (5 inches),” Peca says. “His body-fat percentage has been constantly oscillating between seven and 10 percent over the past two years.” As Necas puts it, “I’ve gained some kilos and maybe I grew up a little bit. I’ve tried to work hard on getting stronger.” Athletes often call it adding “man muscle.” But Peca says Necas didn’t just throw himself blindly into his daily routine. He wanted an understanding of what was being achieved. “Martin is very percipient person,” Peca says. “Not only that he is incredibly talented and has excellent skating and sense for the game, he is also naturally intelligent. “In the past two years he comprehended how the human body works from the biochemical, anatomical and physiological points of view, as well as the function of muscles, digestion or the human brain.” Peca says Necas learned when and what to eat -- breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. He became a calorie counter. “What kind of food to eat on game days, on days of strength training or on days aimed at regeneration,” Peca says. “And also which supplements are suitable for muscle gain and which are good before and after practice. “Martin also realized how important is proper sleep and good timing of all recovery procedures, such as sauna, cryotherapy, massage.” Setting goals Peca, who has worked with professional athletes the past 17 years, says Necas was given a two-year macrocycle, a systematic training plan aimed at gaining muscle mass and increasing his weight to 90 kilograms (198 pounds), saying the workout gym became Necas’ “second home.” “I often had to lock the gym so that he would go home,” Peca says. At 6-2, Necas believes his ideal weight for the NHL should be between 190 and 200 pounds. “Because of the fact that in the past two years he has been working really hard and respected his training plan, he almost reached that goal,” Peca says. A good example, Peca says, of Necas’ increased strength would be the deep squat. Peca says two years ago Necas was squatting about 155 pounds. Now, his personal best is about 285. Peca says the two planned to work together for eight weeks this summer, with a focus on Necas’ back hypertrophy, chest, shoulders and arms, saying that’s “where he has currently the biggest deficit.” His biggest lower-body weakness? His hamstrings, Peca says. Necas, the 12th overall pick of the 2017 NHL draft, made his NHL debut for the Canes early last season but played just one game before going back to Brno. Back to Peca. There’s more work to be done and Necas says it’s not always fun, but Peca is proud of his student and of the progress he has made. “I believe that this season Martin will be more than 100 percent ready for the NHL,” Peca says. Couldn't be more thrilled with the hard work this young man is putting in. We thought we stole an exceedingly good prospect at that draft. We wish him all the luck (and all our continued support) in the world as he takes that next step from exceedingly good prospect, to exceedingly good NHL player. Edited July 19, 2018 by aGENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: The guy who sealed the Arvidsson deal....wish him luck hope he gets an opportunity to show his offense. @Squeak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 SIGNING: The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Anthony Angello to a two year deal. Anthony Angello: 2 years, $ 1.5 million dollar contract ( $ 750,000.00 per season ). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 SIGNING: The Washington Capitals have signed forward Cory Conacher to a three year deal. Cory Conacher: 3 years, $ 2.625 million dollar contract ( $ 875,000.00 per season ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 TRADE: The New Jersey Devils have made a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. To NJD: PHI 2020 3rd Round Draft Selection To PHI: Blaine Byron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 SIGNING: The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Chad Johnson to a two year deal. Chad Johnson: 2 years, $ 3.5 million dollar contract ( $ 1,750,000.00 per season ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 SIGNING: The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Blake Hillman to a three year deal. Blake Hillman: 3 years, $ 2.1 million dollar contract ( $ 700,000.00 per season ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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