I must admit, it's been pretty quiet thus far. Staal was the biggest trade, and only 2 really big-name UFAs have signed. (Unless you count Carle, I guess)
Was anyone else as completely shocked as I was that the Wild landed BOTH Parise and Suter? I thought sure Suter would be ending up in Detroit to replace Lidstrom. Now the question is, what will Shea Weber want to do? Does he really want to sign long-term to Nashville now that Suter's gone? He's a RFA, so can negotiate with anyone, and he could easily force his way onto whatever team he wants if he wants to leave. (Just threaten to sign the 1-year tender, and walk with no compensation next off-season if the Preds don't agree to trade his RFA rights to where he wants to go.)
I was getting VERY frustrated by the Sharks not making any major moves, I must admit. (though I did like them bringing Brad Stuart back) However, the fact that they just signed Larry Robinson to run their D and PK has me feeling MUCH more upbeat about the whole offseason. I may be completely crazy about this, but I actually hope the Sharks deviate from their normal methodology, and go sign Semin. Enigmatic he may be, but he is certainly a sniper, and I think there could be some serious potential to pairing him with Joe Thornton. I would MUCH rather they do that than go trade away half the team for Rick Nash and his 7.8mil contract. Alternately, if Phoenix continues to flail around with no owner, I wouldn't mind the Sharks signing Doan.
So, you guys' thoughts?
-Arlos