[Off Season] - Free Agent Claiming Thread

[Nick]

no. F&*K your stubborn on signing guys before they should be signed, no one pushes this topic harder then you.


3 draft years of eligibility for north americans, c cannot be picked more then twice.

There are lots of 1990, aka 2008 original draft year players, being drafted in this draft, your interpreting this rule the way you'd like.

Who is eligible to be drafted?

1. Any player who is 18 - 20 years old as of September 15 in the Calendar Year of the Entry Draft

its the 2008 North American hockey year's last chance, then they are UFA, same reason why he was signed AFTER the NHL draft.

[shooker]

yea as long as they dont turn 21 before dec 31st they are eligable.

[Nick]

yea as long as they dont turn 21 before dec 31st they are eligable.

i think its sept 15, the hockey year cut-off.. but it doesn't make a difference in this regard.


EDIT: never mind, bryan is correct:
section 8.10 of the NHL CBA:

Age of Players
"age 20" means a Player reaching his 20th birthday by no later then decemeber 31st in the calander year of the entry draft.

[Nick]

Flyers announce the signing of Marc Andre Dorion.

[MSP4LYFE]

08 elidgible bud...
passed over in 2 drafts, ufa.

Your wrong, Nicks right...He needs to be passed over in our draft before he becomes a UFA.

[armandtanzarian]

Bruins would like to announce the signing of Goalie, Nolan Schaefer

[MSP4LYFE]

Washington Capitals claim Andreas Lilja.

[Florida Chris]

Florida would like to pick up Joel Champagne.

[fedro91]

He was taken.

[kyuss]

The Nashville Preds sign G Joey Macdonald.

[Robin Hood]

The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Jay Pandolfo.

[Monk]

Atlanta Thrashers announce the signing of Igor Makarov

[kyuss]

Atlanta Thrashers announce the signing of Igor Makarov

asking for clarification..

as soon as a player is dropped by someone else, he can be signed by the first GM coming? theoretically even 5 minutes after?

now, another thing pertaining this particular case:
Igor Makarov was dropped by Chicago http://www.bbklhockey.com/viewtopic.php ... 922#p10922
after his signing with the real BlackHawks had already been reported on capgeek (7/14 09:09 am), so being under contract already i suppose he could not be dropped; am i wrong?

[anton]

Atlanta Thrashers announce the signing of Igor Makarov

i didnt realize makarov had signed mere hours before i tried to drop him. does this change things?

[Scott]

You cannot drop anyone with a contract. Makarov will go back to Chicago.

[Monk]

but didnt he drop him and then makarov signed a contract a few hours later? that should still make him available to be dropped and then picked up even if it was only a few hours...

[anton]

but didnt he drop him and then makarov signed a contract a few hours later? that should still make him available to be dropped and then picked up even if it was only a few hours...

nah he signed a couple of hours before i dropped him.

[Robin Hood]

The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Martin Skoula.

[hong57]

Minny signs Zack Torquato, He's 21 by 2010 Dec 31st.
Im giving him 2nd chance.

[Nick]

nah he signed a couple of hours before i dropped him.

We do allow a decision to drop a player at the signing of a new contract -> not saying you have to, simply that it is an option.