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swflyers25
8-04-05, 2:43 PM
TSN.ca Staff

8/4/2005 1:33:23 PM

With veteran defenceman Scott Niedermayer off to Anaheim, New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoreillo wasted no time working on his blueline, signing unrestricted free agents Brian Rafalski, Vladimir Malakhov and Dan McGillis.

Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Rafalski and the Devils agreed on a one-year, $3.1 million US contract last August, a deal that was nullified with the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season.

Rafalski, 31, has played his entire five-year career with the Devils, scoring 30 goals and 207 points in 377 games.

He played in 69 games in 2003-2004, amassing six goals and 30 assists.

Malakhov, 36, will be playing his second stint with the Devils after playing the 2003-2004 season with the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers. The Montreal Canadiens traded Malakhov to the New Jersey Devils in 2000 for Sheldon Souray, Josh Dewolf and a draft pick.

More to follow.

TSN (http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=132422)
MadDevil
8-04-05, 4:42 PM
Good to see Raffy is coming back. Malakhov and McGillis aren't bad additions, considering they already have White, Martin, and Matvichuk. The disturbing part is it might mean Stevens isn't coming back this year, although McGillis could be more of a depth guy in case he goes down again. We'll see what happens...
PDO
8-04-05, 4:48 PM
$4,200,000 / year for McGillis? :laughing:
MadDevil
8-04-05, 5:13 PM
$4,200,000 / year for McGillis? :laughing:

Hmmm...not sure about this one.:eek:

If McGillis is making over $4 million, what the hell did they give Raffy?
PDO
8-04-05, 5:15 PM
Hmmm...not sure about this one.:eek:

If McGillis is making over $4 million, what the hell did they give Raffy?

Think of it this way..

McGillis isn't as good as Jason Smith, who is getting paid $1,900,000.

That's one of the worst signings I've ever seen.
Man.Utd
8-04-05, 5:18 PM
Think of it this way..

McGillis isn't as good as Jason Smith, who is getting paid $1,900,000.

That's one of the worst signings I've ever seen.

McGillis = Smith IMO. But still a very bad signing.
PDO
8-04-05, 5:19 PM
McGillis = Smith IMO. But still a very bad signing.

Either way.. he signed for over twice as much for a similar player (I won't bother getting into who's better, because I haven't seen McGillis much since his days here).