Franchise Signing Rumors

[IIHA Player Agent]

Yo.

If there's any rumors whatsoever of guys being close to putting pen to paper.. I'll let you know here.

Cool.

[IIHA Player Agent]

Rumors : 12/14/09

Alexander Ovechkin has been pursued quite quickly by a squad in Russia. Has been given a big money offer, and he's very interested by it.

Sidney Crosby has been given a long-term offer from the American division, with a solid salary to go along with it.

Steve Mason is quite close to putting pen to paper. Likely somewhere in Canada.

Evgeni Malkin has been offered a pair of long-term deals. One from the Russian Division and another from the Canadian. Both interest him greatly.

Jonathan Toews has been offered a long-term contract. He may be close to signing.

Marian Gaborik has been offered a franchise tag somewhere in the USA. He's greatly turned on by the offer given.

Steven Stamkos is in talks with a team from the Canadian Division. He likes the idea of playing in Canada.

Jerome Iginla is also in talks with a Canadian team. A long term deal, however he's not sure about the amount of $ he's been offered.

Rick Nash is talking w/ a few teams at the moment. Not a clear winner.

Phil Kessel is close to signing in Sweden. Unless a much better offer comes in, he'll probably be playing there for the next 6 years.

Niklas Backstrom (the forward) was likely to sign in his home country of Sweden with a long-term deal. However, a huge offer has been made from a team in Canada. Certainly making Backy consider all options.

Mike Richards has been offered a long-term franchise tag. However, Mike isn't overly pleased with the amount of money offered. Negotiations have now fell through..

Pavel Datsyuk has been offered a good deal from his mother country of Russia. It's likely he'll put pen to paper there.

Anze Kopitar has been approached with a solid offer. He's interested.

Zach Parise has been offered a nice looking contract with a team in his home country of the United States. Unless a better offer comes along, he'll likely be playing at home. 2 more teams have made offers, however they're not quite up to par. Parise seems to be quite the hot commodity.

Ryan Getzlaf has been approached by a team in the Canadian Division. A very generous offered indeed. It makes him want to back-hand toe drag with glee.

Eric Staal has been approached with an offer from an American squad. He'll likely end up there if no other offers arise.

Shea Weber will likely be finding a home very soon. He's received a very generous offer.

Mike Green is basically ready to scribble on a dotted line in Sweden.

Ilya Kovalchuk is in talks with a squad in the Continental Division. Things are gettin' pretty serious between the 2 sides.

More to come when available..

[CSKA Moscow]

Optimism in Moscow...

[HV71 Jönköping]

Also in Sweden.

[IIHA Player Agent]

Rumors : 12/15/09

Alexander Ovechkin is basically ready to sign with CSKA.

Sidney Crosby is probably landing in Pittsburgh. Not a big surprise.

Steve Mason will most likely be goaltending for Edmonton.

Evgeni Malkin will likely agree to become the face of the Calgary organization later tonight.

Jonathan Toews will likely be moving to Sweden, as he's close to signing with Frolunda.

Marian Gaborik will likely become the cornerstone in New York.

Steven Stamkos is ready to put pen to paper in Vancouver. Unless of course a better offer comes along very soon.

Phil Kessel is close to signing in Switzerland with Davos.

Niklas Backstrom (the forward) is likely to sign in Montreal. The offer put forth is almost too good to pass up.

Mike Richards has been offered a long-term franchise tag. It's likely you'll see him play for Modo.

Pavel Datsyuk has been offered a good deal from his mother country of Russia. He's close to signing with OMSK.

Anze Kopitar has been approached with a very solid offer. He's interested, and will likely be suiting up for Ak Bars this season.

Zach Parise has almost made a decision. It's looking like Boston is the front runner.

Ryan Getzlaf is almost ready to backhand-toe into a long-term deal with Toronto. Expect him to sign shortly.

Eric Staal is likely to sign with the Detroit Red Wings.

Shea Weber received a very generous offer and probably will sign with Dynamo this evening.

Mike Green is ready to scribble on a dotted line in Sweden. HV71 seems to be the team who will win his services.

Ilya Kovalchuk has been offered a very nice, lengthy contract by Jokerit. It's likely he'll become their cornerstone.

Roberto Luongo has been approached aggressively by Chicago. It's likely he'll end up there.

Expect signing announcements later tonight!

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

hmmm Sweden annexed Switzerland it seems . Just so you know HC Davos is from Switzerland.

[IIHA Player Agent]

Ahh yes. Thank you. Doin' a few things at once so I wasn't payin' complete attention.