Thanks to BoO¹ for the nod…

Bryan Murray Is A God!

Jason Spezza signed a seven year contract extension worth $49 million dollars. There is a no-trade clause and it break down to $7M per year.²

I am speechless.

But… How does this bode for Wade?

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TSN : NHL↩

Are you kidding me?¹ The Sun says that Murray is working over Dany’s agent to the tune of 7.5 - 9 million a season. Should be a pretty easy sell dependant on the length of the contract.

I can’t believe that they are trying to get this done this early. I mean, I’m estatic for the deal, but wow! Who’d have thunk it?

So whither Jason Speeza? Will Jason be cut loose next year? I really hope not, as he is nice and young and hot right now. It would be a real shame to lose him. But who would go instead? Redden?

The future may be a core built around Speeza, Heatley, Kelly, Vermette, Volchenkov, Mezaros, Fisher, Emery and Eaves. That coupled with a bunch of the young-uns… Not bad at all…

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It is being reported¹ that Ottawa will announce Fisher’s resigning today. All told: $21.5M for five years. Way to go guys.

Whoe knew Murray could be a good GM?

Speaking of which, apparently Murray is looking to Jeff O’Neill to suit up for the Sens soon². This is interesting as I don’t know how much steam Jeffy has left in him. The talk is that he’d join Spezza & Heatley on the top line.

Ottawa Sun - Sens To Lock Up Popular FIsher↩
Ottawa Sun - Senators Eye O’Neill↩

TSN¹ is reporting that the Ottawa Senators have resigned Chris Kelly to a one year deal thus avoiding a troika of arbitration hearings.

My personal apologies go out to Ottawa’s freshly minted GM Bryan Murray as apprently he does have the cahones to get the job done. (Although I suspect the Wade Redden watch²³ begins today…)

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Ottawa Sun↩

Murray was all business today as he resigned¹ Christoph Schubert for another three years.

Maybe I should post a retraction regarding my earlier comments…

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