Settle down, Tampa Bay! Save some free agents for the rest of us!

Sheesh...the Lightning are out of control! First they get Roberts and Malone, now it looks like they have Radim Vrbata too. Who do you think you are...Homer in 2007?

I'm off today and will try to post stuff as it happens, although I expect that a real news site will give you timelier information!

update 2:25 pm

Hmm. We traded Gauthier away. I guess I should have seen that one coming. Why is Homer stockpiling picks and prospects? What does he have up his sleeve?

update 7:21 pm

Well so far today has been pretty boring. I had to take a nap while waiting to see where Soupy would end up. So far, the highlight of my day is watching Pierre McGuire go nuts on TSN over the goaltending situation in Chicago.

Thanks Marty!

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

About 10 teams inquired about him, and some offered a higher annual salary over a shorter term, Briere said.

"In the past few weeks, every time I was thinking about it, for some reason Philly always came up at the top of my list," the center said. "I don't know how to explain it. There is a lot going for Philly. . . . I was a little afraid the last few days [that] they would not call or be interested in me."

He credited goalie Martin Biron for selling him on the Flyers.

"I'm very happy for him," said Biron, who was Briere's roommate in Buffalo. "This is another piece that makes our whole team better. Danny is a great player. He makes everyone around him better. He will be a great fit."

How cute! He was afraid we weren't going to call him! Aww!

July 1st better get here quick!

Is there any period of time in the season that is more boring than this week between the draft and free agency? Even the NHL and TSN websites are still serving up day old draft news like leftover turkey.

So I am fast forwarding through Daily News Live today, and strangely enough, they actually have a hockey segment (rare). So I watch it of course.

These guys were working with air, filament and pixie dust to talk about the Flyers for ten minutes. They had nothing! We know what all the speculation is already! If you don't have any actual news to report, I don't need to see this segment! And ten minutes? Unnecessary. I bet they won't even do ten minutes on July 1st!

I normally love Al Morganti and the gang, but Al was utterly inarticulate. Although he did have a good one liner when asked, "what state are the Flyers in right now?" and he answered "Pennsylvania." But that was the highlight, honest to god. That, and he got his hair cut and looks 4.5 years younger. But I digress...

It must have been a slow news day for the Phillies and the Eagles I guess...