Florida Panthers 2009 NHL Entry Draft - Round One Open Thread

But nothing ever goes down before 5 or 6.

TSN: Bob McKenzie says the Bruins offered RFA Phil Kessel and a draft pick (not the first rounder) for Tomas Kaberle.

Has risen by $100,000 to $56.8M for next year. Snooze.

This has to be too much to hope for, right?

Bouwmeester to Calgary for Cammilleri and a mid-round pick… Cat Scratch

TSN’s Dreger: Pronger’s name popping up with more frequency

…you the man. I’m off to Weston. Stir it up!

Thanks W4E. George Richards just posted On Frozen Pond saying he talked to someone claiming Bo to Calgary… interesting…

How the Flyers can get Bouwmeester

Now I’m off. Enjoy!

just read somewhere of possibly Gagne to the Cats for his rights? hopefully any of these rumors are true because it seems as if the price is rising quickly thanks to all the teams interested. maybe JM won’t look so stupid after all….

btw, im jeff. im new here but will be here often, and really aren’t that new.

I’m just hoping we deal those rights and get the right return.

And I wish I was at the Draft Party, instead I’m at home in Melbourne where the only ice hockey discussions are at the iceplex a few miles down the road.

Latest off of Twitter, George Richards reporting a rumor that Bou may not be traded after all, will not sign until after 7/1 anyways.

Sheesh – there’s a sucker bet. Trade those rights already, he’s not going to sign with the Panthers, its a string-along.

i hope George is wrong, that would be terrible news after all the build up today…just like the deadline day was. i saw that rumor on eklunds site, indeed, but it wasn’t from him. it was one of the panther’s bloggers, spiegel or something?

All I know if JayBo pulls this stunt I’m hoping that it stains his reputation and invokes some serious bad karma as well.

I’m extremely po’d right now.

well we know jay won’t be going to Philly eklund and panthers twitter reporting ducks trade pronger there.

Did J-Bo really publicly say he wouldn’t talk about a contract until July 1? If so… what a DICK. Is he really just trying to screw the franchise here?

Jay Bo rumored to have been dealt, but can’t find anything more on it other than the quick blip On Frozen Pond… pins and needles!

This has got to be the most boring draft ever….

Jay Bouwmeester is a mumbling idiot.

Truthfully, I was expecting a little more yip-yap about the impending free-agents, including our J-Boo. It just seems like all the picks follow the “chalk”

Cat Scratch

Pretty happy with Kulikov falling to the Panthers. Should be a good lookin, top 4 D-man in a short time.

tough to judge last night. solid pick, absolutely. but sexton saying “no rush on bouwmeester” certainly back fired and in my opinion lost him the opportunity for the GM spot. clearly there were offfers for Jay at the start of Friday and probably right up until the draft started. then he and his agent decided to come out and say there would be no contract until july 1 no matter what, essentially taking away any value we could get for him. now there’s nothing. if we weren’t so patient we could have cashed in with SOMETHING, either lupul or cammalieri or SOMETHING (heck, even a sixth round draft pick would have been ok.) but now there’s nothing. i can’t wait to see JayBo in the BAC next year, he has lost all respect from me and i hope he fails miserably on his new team. as for sexton, your audition failed.

Bye bye JayBo – Welcome Jordan Leopold and a 3rd round pick.

Thank you JayBo for all of the drama you created over the past few months.

Despite that good luck in Calgary, don’t let the press get to you – sure they’ll be living on your lawn and following wherever you go but that’s the Canadian “elite” hockey player lifestyle.

i guess i spoke too soon, as it now seems as if sexton stole this deal, assuming we sign leopold. still not what we were expecting, but at least jay didn’t just walk. anyone know when calgary comes to the BAC?? gotta get my tickets now. he’s gonna get a warm welcome…

if we sign Leopold, our D should be set… but we are still in some serious need of an effective goal scorer. If someone to the likes of Camalleri walks, I do not oppose to showing him some big money.