Classic Post: 2007 FA Frenzy Day 1

Written by Chris Wassel | 30 June 2010

Happy FA Frenzy day tomorrow.  In the meantime, here is day 1 from 2007......enjoy.

July 2

2:30 am et

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Michael Nylander to a multi year deal per Team 1260 out of Edmonton (this is not official just yet) Turns out later this report was erroneous...as the Capitals signed him.

1:18am et

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed winger Petr Sykora to a two-year contract.

1:02am et

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenceman Darryl Sydor to a two-year, $5 million contract.

July 1

11:48pm et

The St. Louis Blues sign winger Paul Kariya to a three-year, $18 million contract.

11:05pm et

The Colorado Avalanche have signed winger Ryan Smyth to a five-year deal worth $31.25 million.

8:36pm et

The New York Islanders have signed winger Jon Sim to a three-year deal.

8:22pm et

The Colorado Avalanche have signed D Scott Hannan to a four-year deal worth $18 million.

8:21pm et

The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed G Dany Sabourin to a two-year deal worth $1.025 million.

7:59pm et

The Washington Capitals have signed forward Viktor Kozlov to a two-year deal worth $5 million.

7:47pm et

The New York Rangers have signed forward Chris Drury to a five-year deal worth $35.25 million.

7:34pm et

The New York Rangers have signed forward Scott Gomez to a seven-year deal worth $51.5 million.

7:32pm et

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed winger Jason Blake to a five-year deal worth $20 million.

6:34pm et

The Atlanta Thrashers have signed forward Eric Perrin to a two year deal worth $1.5 million.

6:03pm et

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed unrestricted free agent right winger Michel Ouellet to a two-year deal worth $1.2 million and $1.3 million.

5:59pm et

The Carolina Hurricanes agree to a two-year contract worth $800,000 per year with forward Jeff Hamilton.

5:41pm et

Florida Panthers have signed forward Radek Dvorak to a two-year contract.

5:14pm et

The Boston Bruins have signed free-agent right winger Shawn Thornton to a multi-year contract.

4:41pm et

Forward Yanic Perreault agrees to terms with the Chicago Blackhawks on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

4:01pm et

Defenceman Brian Rafalski agrees to a five year, $30 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.

3:57pm et

Calgary signs defenceman Cory Sarich to a five year, $18 million deal worth an average of $3.6 million per year.

3:48pm et

Daniel Briere has signed with the Philadelphia Flyers for eight years and $52 million. The deal includes a no movement clause.

3:38pm et

The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent defencemen Dick Tarnstrom and Denis Grebeshkov to one-year contracts. Details to follow.

2:49pm et

Anaheim signs defenceman Mathieu Schneider to a two-year deal paying him $5.5 million and $5.75 million. .

2:24pm et

Florida Panthers sign forward Richard Zednik to two-year deal, $3.25 million contract and forward Brett McLean to three-year, $5.1 million contract.

2:17pm et

Washington Capitals sign D Tom Poti to four-year, $14 million contract.

1:47pm et

Atlanta Thrashers sign C Todd White to four-year, $9.5 million contract.

The Winners

Philadelphia Flyers -- Signed Briere, acquired Jason Smith and Joffrey Lupul...signed Timonen and Hartnell....needless to say a great job by Holmgren and to only lose a disgruntled Pitkanen ....priceless.

New York Rangers -- Signed Gomez and Drury to long deals...big salary cap hit...but less in the long term. Only lost Nylander and Ortmeyer...not a big deal really.

The Losers

Buffalo Sabres -- Didn't sign anyone....lost both Drury and Briere. Vanek may still be offered an offer sheet. Unless they nab Comrie and another d-man...it could be trouble.

New Jersey Devils -- Yes it hurts for me to say...but it is clear Lou just wasn't willing to pay Rafalski 6 million a year and I commend him for it. He did try to make a last ditch offer for Gomez...but it wasn't for over 7 mill per...so maybe it is just as well. But the bottom line is Nylander just went off the board too...so Lou better do something in Day 2.

Los Angeles Kings -- Missed out on all the major players.....and flopped badly...maybe they have a plan in Day 2...rumor is they are after Stuart and Hamrlik...we shall see.

Well it was indeed an eventful Day 1...let's see what happens for Day 2.