Cammalleri to Montreal

I don’t have any fancy powers to edit threads I didn’t create, so let’s start a new one.

Mike Cammalleri is heading north of the border to Montreal, where apparently salary cap restrictions don’t apply. He got five years at $6M per. Obviously he would have been a great fit for the Blueshirts, but that’s a lot of scratch.

Marian Gaborik is still out there, but he’ll be way more expensive than Cammy would have been. Martin Havlat isn’t going back to Chicago thanks to Marian Hossa’s megadeal, but is the price right?

Update (6:14pm): Mike Komisarek got five years at $4.5M per from the Maple Leafs. Toronto also finalized the Kubina deal, getting Exelby and Colin Stuart from Atlanta for Kubina and Tim Stapleton.

Update 7:00pm: Dave here, thanks Mike for watching out while I was MIA.

Steve Sullivan re-upped with Nashville, 2 years, $3.75 annually.

Steve Begin to the Bruins, 1 year $850k

Sami Pahlsson to CBJ, 3 years, $2.65 annually.

Still no big splash for the Rangers, Gaborik and Havlat still out there.

Update 7:05pm: Chris Neil to make his decision tonight, it’s between the Rangers, Oilers, and Leafs.

If the Rangers sign him to a four year deal, Sather will have officially burned out all his brownie points for dealing Gomez.

Gaborik wants 10/$75 million.

If he gets that deal, what does the over/under start at? 300 games over 10 years? 400?

Update 7:15pm: The Rangers offer to Neil is 4/$8.8 million total.

Update 7:30pm: Matieu Garon to CBJ, 2 years, $1.2 million per.

Update 8:20pm: Gaborik to the Rangers (!!) 5 years, $5.75 million a year (!!!) Great deal! 5 years, $7.5 mil a year. Still a good deal.

Gionta reunited with Gomez in Montreal, 5 years, $25 million.

Neil staying in Ottawa (whew) 4 years, $8 million.