In light of the Zherdev decision in New York, one has to marvel at the potential bargains that are available in the free agent pool currently. Alex Tangany, Mats Sundin, Robert Lang, Mike Comrie, Petr Sykora, Jason Williams, Mike Griere, Mike Peca, Manny Malholtra, Andy Hilbert and Blair Betts are all still looking for homes.
Some lucky GM is going to come along and snag at least one of these guys up, no doubt. Obviously Tanguay and Zherdev are probably the biggest most interesting, but all of these guys could be outperformers next year given what they'll likely be offered - and paid - going forward.
Even GM"s that don't necessarily need a guy like Tanguay or Zherdev should be looking into inking these guys just from a straight up "buy low, sell high" commodity perspective. If Alex Tanguay rebounds to an 80 point player, you now have one of the shiniest baubles on the trade market.
From a Calgary perspective, it would be hilarious (read: great) to re-acquire Tanguay at a fraction of his previous contract. He was the Flames second best forward at ES while he was here and the team is in desperate need of another top 6 forward if they are to be legit contenders next season. They'd have to move a forward and probably a defenseman (Sarich) out to fit the contract, but, damn...
