Saturday, July 28, 2007
RFA History
Sakic, Fedorov, Kessler, Vanek. It didn't work.
The only RFA signing that I know of (under the existing RFA regime, or close to it) where the team walked away was Chris Gratton.
The Lightning did not match Gratton's offer sheet from the Flyers in 1997. That was smart; what was stupid was trading the picks back to Philly for Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis. Ouch. (And then they turned around and traded Gratton back with Mike Sillinger for Renberg and Langkow.)
And who did the Flyers take with those picks? Simon Gagne, Justin Williams, Maxime Ouellet, and Tim Gleason. The chance for the Ning to have Gagne alone tells the tale of that trade. Of course, the Flyers ended up with Gagne, but Tampa took the Cup in 2004. (Gratton ended up being part of a trade for Cory Sarich, a piece of their 2004 Cup team--that's two Cups Clarke handed other teams, counting the Lindros trade.)
With those picks, and other trade bait, the Ducks could really make a move. Plus, Burke hasn't hurt himself with Scott Niedermayer by willing to get his nuts in a twist while he waits for him to decide. Maybe that will guilt Scott into coming back.
UPDATE: Before the 1995 CBA, walk-aways were common, but the system was much different.
The only RFA signing that I know of (under the existing RFA regime, or close to it) where the team walked away was Chris Gratton.
The Lightning did not match Gratton's offer sheet from the Flyers in 1997. That was smart; what was stupid was trading the picks back to Philly for Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis. Ouch. (And then they turned around and traded Gratton back with Mike Sillinger for Renberg and Langkow.)
And who did the Flyers take with those picks? Simon Gagne, Justin Williams, Maxime Ouellet, and Tim Gleason. The chance for the Ning to have Gagne alone tells the tale of that trade. Of course, the Flyers ended up with Gagne, but Tampa took the Cup in 2004. (Gratton ended up being part of a trade for Cory Sarich, a piece of their 2004 Cup team--that's two Cups Clarke handed other teams, counting the Lindros trade.)
With those picks, and other trade bait, the Ducks could really make a move. Plus, Burke hasn't hurt himself with Scott Niedermayer by willing to get his nuts in a twist while he waits for him to decide. Maybe that will guilt Scott into coming back.
UPDATE: Before the 1995 CBA, walk-aways were common, but the system was much different.
// posted by Rick @ 8:00 PM 
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