Alex Tanguay to the Florida Panthers ? Not so fast...
by Donny Rivette on Jul 16, 2009 7:03 PM EDT
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Though he hasn't worn this since 2006, it's still a great sweater...
From HockeyBuzz's "Eklund" (and bear with me on this...I know the score with that byline):
Sources have told me that Alex Tanguay has inked a deal with the Florida Panthers. There is a bit of confusion around this signing still... ...Tanguay has been calling teams and his agent has been calling teams. I know this for fact to be 100% true and some of the confusion as well the length of time before we get 100% confirmation on this deal are tied to this circumstance.
However, I was told by a team that was in the running that Florida had him and it was official. Some other teams in the running have not been told but are saying that they aren't surprised with one GM calling Florida's deal, "By far the best deal out there from a monetary perspective.."
For the record, here's the link...and enjoy the message board responses.
I certainly hope Tanguay's been getting a discount from his agent, seeing as they're both working the phones equally.
Whatever. I'm not going to bash Eklund (plenty of room for that elsewhere, and the Lord knows he's earned it over the years).
All of that said, the rumor eventually worked its way up to the highest levels at One Panther Parkway, who has since denied the "report" via The Sun-Sentinel's Steve Gorten:
Internet reports that free agent winger Alex Tanguay has signed with the Panthers apparently are not true.
Panthers' assistant general manager Randy Sexton just said through a team spokesman (4:20 p.m. Thursday) that reports the Panthers have signed Tanguay are 'false.' I've left a message for Tanguay's agent. Waiting to hear back.
Slow news days tend to have this result during the summer, and with Tanguay being the (realistically) highest-profile player available, he was bound to be tied to one of the clubs in the running for his services.
Personally, I believe Florida is a favorite to land the high-powered forward, and presumably a number of other observers likely feel the same way, so it's not a ridiculous premise. The Cats have the coin to make such a move, and are under no misconceptions about the need for a scoring winger, particularly on the left side.
Besides, Sexton already played the "Remote" card once before with Jordan Leopold; he could easily employ this strategy again.
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not to toot my own horn, but i think i may have worked the rumor up to the BAC haha. i saw it on eklund’s site and had tempered excitement so i went on twitter and sent a message to Skolnick who immediately responded with the same thoughts we all have on a potential Tanguay signing…he (or Gorten) then called whomever it is that they call and wrote me back that Sexton shot it down and then another posting Steve’s blog. told ya i need something better to do with my life!
however, i too think its just a little smoke and mirrors and that he will be signing here. eklund wasn’t the only one reporting it (maybe rds and whoever else was sourcing eklund, idk). hopefully tomorrow there’s a little more concrete facts to either break our heart or make us wish for october to come even sooner!
OK, if we get Tanguay, it gives us a solid 7 offencemen. Booth, Weiss, Horton, Tanguay, Reinprect, Stillman, Rusty (if we put him with the proper linemates, he will perform). If not, let’s sign 1 more D, and I get to display my Cup Crazy hat come April.
by IceCat69 on Jul 17, 2009 1:46 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Eklund-E5
that’s all that really needs to be said. Once I found out it was him reporting it (btw, RDS linked it from him, so he was the ONLY guy reporting it), I pretty much knew it was fake.
Yeah, he could still sign, blah, blah, blah, but Eklund was stabbing in the dark.
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by HockeyOutsiders on Jul 17, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions
And now he’s roping RDS in on the blame. Blowhard has no shame.
Wait wait wait…if anyone else read the ORIGINAL posting from a few hours ago, please confirm that he included RDS in the “apology”…it’s not there now.
He’s done this numerous times before; changing a post when it suits him.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
An Eklund scoop?
1) Could this be an Eklund scoop? If/when it turns out to be bullspit he’ll sure to have a ready made excuse… The sides couldn’t agree on years, a no trade clause, yadda yadda yadda.
2) For the record we feel tanguay would help your team and as long as its not a deal that exceeds 3 years and less than 5 mil
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else
Believe it when I see it
Eklund is wrong most of the time, therefore this is probably just a rumour. Tanguay apparently has been asking for 5 million per year. He’s not worth that and I would be pretty upset if we did sign him for that amount. He is better somewhere in the 4-4.5 range.
He didn’t like it in Calgary playing for Keenan for one year, and didn’t like it in Montreal playing for Carbonneau. Are you kidding me? Playing in two hot beds of hockey? Don’t come down here because we have a country club atmosphere.
DeBoer isn’t going to be any nicer to you then those two guys.
by Hard Hawk Hockey on Jul 17, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
I hear Tanguay is going to the KHL. They are willing to pay his asking price.
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by HockeyOutsiders on Jul 17, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Would that be an HO5 ? ; )
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else
no, i don’t bother with a silly ranking system. I don’t want to come off as pretentious or anything.
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by HockeyOutsiders on Jul 17, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
With all respect, I’m not buying him going to the “K”. Just a hunch.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
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