Coyotes Still Doing Business, Sign Prucha and Acquire Meyer
by Travis Hair on Jun 19, 2009 10:49 AM MST
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It looks like GM Don Maloney is getting back to business as the Coyotes made a couple of moves today. First we acquired Stefan Meyer from the Florida Panthers for Steven Reinprecht, who they immediately turned around and inked to a 3 year deal worth an average of 2 million a year. Reinprecht was in and out of the lineup for the Coyotes this past season and was kind of expected to be dealt at the trade deadline. He's a solid center and a good locker room guy, but with all the young guys getting ice time it looks like he got squeezed out. In return we got a guy that has played alright in the AHL for the Rochester Americans, last season he was 18-22-40, but has only seen time in 4 NHL games. This is another case of GM Don Maloney getting something rather than nothing by trading Rhino's rights instead of just letting him sign. I'm not sure if Meyer is a future NHLer or not, but I'd rather have him that getting nothing in return.
The second move of the day was resigning Petr Prucha to a two year deal. The terms weren't disclosed, but Prucha played pretty well after being traded from New York and was the only one of the three acquired for Derek Morris that really showed that he wanted to earn a contract. A quick look at Prucha's numbers is below.
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I think resigning Prucha was a great move, as the Prucha/Lombardi/Upshall line was one of the few bright points near the end of the year, and I think those three working together helped the Yotes salvage the season and get a bunch of those wins they got at the end.
It was fantastic to see those three, especially Matt and Scottie, having such phenomenal chemistry right off the bat, despite all three of them coming from different teams.
And I was hoping they could resign Rhino, as he was the second highest scorer on the team this last year of anyone that was in the desert the whole time. But I understand the financial situation, and resigning someone for 2mil a year is kinda out of the question at the moment.
I agree though, trading and getting ANYTHING is better than just letting a player get released.
Also, Odie, are you going to the Open House next week? I’m thinking we should do a little Five for Howling meet-up, put some faces to these 0’s and 1’s we’re typing on a daily basis
by estrogenacide on Jun 19, 2009 1:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, i’ll be going. I think. Barring any scheduling conflicts with the wife.
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by Travis Hair on Jun 19, 2009 1:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll try to make it to the open house as well, but it might be a bit hard getting there from work…need to make sure the new seats are acceptable and all…
World Ph*cking Champs! That was fun - let's do it again...
by Moridin417 on Jun 19, 2009 2:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
will try to make
it with mrs linda, but don’t know how she will feel…will letya know…yeah, be good to put faces with the screen names….always interesting to meet someone if you have any preconcieved notions of what they’ll look like…lol.. i know i’ve scared some people..
who will rid me of this damn priest?
by goldenbear64 on Jun 19, 2009 3:10 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Great news to see Prucha signed. He’s a fine player, and I was just ecstatic when the Rangers sent him West, and fits the profile for the ’Yotes, I feel. Good job.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 20, 2009 1:37 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
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