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Eric Lindros - Toronto | I don`t think Toronto really would want him but that`s where Eric`s daddy wants him to be so he`s closer to the fam. If he doesn`t go to Toronto.... he could be anywhere. All I can say is, whoever gets him... GOOD LUCK.
Ziggy Palffy - NYI | Milbury has been queit this off-season but this will be one of the many big moves he will make. Palffy wants a place to win and retire... he`s loved it here and the fans are crazy for him, he`ll come to the Island. He`ll be a BIG upgrade for the Islanders offense.
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1) Joe Thornton to Florida for Stephen Weiss and Jay Bouwmeester.
Marco´s Take: Not happening anytime soon, but I wouldn´t be surprised one bit to see Thornton leave the B´s at the end of the year to become a UFA considering the entire team is falling apart with the losses of Knuble and O´Donnell and the possible losses of Murray, Rolston, Potvin, McGillis, Delmore, Donato, Zamuner and Slegr.
2) Teemu Selanne signing with Montreal to play alongside Saku Koivu.
Marco´s Take: Hard to tell, because the Habs are still interested in signing Alex Kovalev, so it all depends on whether he signs with Pittsburgh or Montreal. If he doesn´t re-sign, I say that Gainey will try to minimize the loss of Kovalev by obtaining another spectacular, yet aging, winger to play on the Habs top-line. Selanne and Koivu will both play together at the World Cup, so you can count on Koivu making a pitch for his good buddy. There were about 50,000 fans who signed a petition earlier last month in the hopes of retaining Kovalev in Montreal, so it won´t be acceptable to start the season without a spectacular goal scorer.
3) Eric Lindros signing with the Leafs, finally?
Marco´s Take: Yes, it will happen. Lindros never hid the fact that he wanted to play in Toronto, and now that he became an unrestricted free agent and his value has dropped considerably, he´ll do whatever he can to land in Toronto. The only thing ruining this would be the Leafs not ready to invest enough money in this ´´head case´´, thereby forcing Lindros to look elsewhere. In that case, I could see Edmonton taking a chance on him.
5) Paul Kariya To Los Angeles?
Marco´s Take: I´d be surprised to see Kariya go back to the Avs next season. While it is possible, I think he´ll agree to terms with another team. First of all, Kariya is a fancy player that is best suited to play the Western Conference style, so it would be surprising to see him sign with an Eastern Conference team, even though the Leafs are believed to be interested. That said, it will all depend on whether Kariya is after the money or the Cup. After the pay cut he took last year, chances are he´ll be going for the dough. There are two teams that could lure Kariya to sign an offer sheet, the Los Angeles King and the Chicago Blackhawks. It is already well-known that the Kings have lost such players like Jason Allison, Adam Deadmarsh, Anson Carter and Zigmund Palffy to free agency so they have the money to grab a big fish out of the free agent bowl. They already overpaid for Craig Conroy and they have some money left to sign at least one superstar. Chicago desperately needs a star to fill the empty seats and Kariya could just be the answer. They have a young team and have expressed their interest in signing him before the end of the summer.