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Did anyone hear Gambo on 910 this afternoon?
He was reporting that the Coyotes are about to sign Brett Hull.
Sweet!!!
He was reporting that the Coyotes are about to sign Brett Hull.
Sweet!!!
Brett Hull a Coyote?
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you cant be serious...
Gambo just said Hull wants to sign here. May happen within 24-48 hours. Two year deal for four million dollars. Only Dallas has a shot.
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I heard about it on 910. Pretty sweet...only if there is a season to play!
I heard about it on 910. Pretty sweet...only if there is a season to play!
Getting Hull would be awesome... after that signing we could be a legitimate #5-6 seed in the playoffs.
I hope this falls though. Putting up 70 points here is not going to be as easy as it was in Detroit. We don't have any centerman in the same league as Datsyuk, who has been setting up Hull in Detroit. Combine that with his age and his laziness on D and I'd have to take a pass. It seems like the Tony Amonte signing all over again (and to a lesser extent Claude Lemieux). A signing based on image and attendance more than hockey. He doesn't fit in at all IMO. He's just going to cash his checks and take valuable ice time away from our younger guys. I would enjoy his off ice rants though.
Hopefully his agent is using us as leverage against Dallas and St. Louis a la Marc Recchi and Pitt. I still think he's going to join his dad in the WHA though.
Hopefully his agent is using us as leverage against Dallas and St. Louis a la Marc Recchi and Pitt. I still think he's going to join his dad in the WHA though.
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Coyotes, Hull talk 2-year contract
from today's AZ Republic:
Brett Hull in a Coyotes uniform?
It could happen, the way both sides are talking.
The Coyotes made Hull, whom General Manager Mike Barnett once represented, a two-year offer, and the 39-year-old forward likes it.
Bobby Hull Jr., Hull's brother and agent, said the offer is "generous," and he feels Phoenix would be an excellent fit for his brother, who will turn 40 on Aug. 9 and believes he has more hockey goals to achieve.
Hull is third on the NHL's all-time goals scored list with 741 and hopes to pass No. 2 Gordie Howe, at 801.
"It would be wonderful for our fans to see this in the making," Barnett said. "We've asked Brett to look at our roster and see if he feels this team could get him back to the postseason."
Two of Hull's former teams, St. Louis and Dallas, appear to be the Coyotes' main competition.
The Coyotes had the NHL's youngest team last season and failed to make the playoffs, but several things could attract Hull to the Valley.
Hull calls Barnett and Managing Partner Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time goals leader, friends. Barnett was Hull's agent in Hull's heyday in St. Louis, where he spent more than 10 seasons, and was instrumental in getting him to Dallas, where he won a Stanley Cup. Barnett also helped Hull rise to the upper echelon in salaries.
Barnett and Hull are fine-tuning numbers and couldn't give the amount of money Hull would be paid in 2004-05 - if the season is played. If not, Barnett said, "We're back to the drawing board."
"We've put our best foot forward," he said. "It's what we can afford. Only Brett can determine if it's sufficient."
Other veteran forwards have fetched $4 million to $5 million per season in this free-agent signing period, but Hull could accept a low offer under the right circumstances.
He still has a home in Dallas, but the Dallas Morning News reports that the Stars are offering only a one-year deal.
The weather also could help bring Hull to the Valley, where he could spend his off days on another passion: golfing.
The Coyotes have beefed up their young roster by signing free-agent center Mike Ricci and workhorse defenseman Derek Morris.
Morris, 25, played 83 games, most in the NHL, last season. He signed a one-year deal with the Coyotes on Tuesday, and Barnett said he is working with Morris' agent to extend the contract two more seasons.
Bobby Hull Jr. wouldn't say when or if a deal with his brother would be made, but he is excited about the prospect of seeing him in a Coyotes uniform.
"I got to say, knowing Brett as a brother, and knowing his relationship with Mike and Wayne and the roster and style of play, I think the fit is excellent for Brett," Bobby Hull Jr. said.
The outspoken Hull, who had 25 goals and scored 68 points in 81 games for the Detroit Red Wings last season, would be a calming influence on the ice and in the dressing room and would give the Coyotes a tremendous drawing card.
But he wouldn't be just a mouthpiece for the franchise.
"He still has the ability to find the net, and that's one piece we are hoping to add to the roster," Barnett said.
Hull, son of the legendary Bobby Hull, started his 17-plus-year career with the Calgary Flames and spent the past three seasons with Detroit.
from today's AZ Republic:
Brett Hull in a Coyotes uniform?
It could happen, the way both sides are talking.
The Coyotes made Hull, whom General Manager Mike Barnett once represented, a two-year offer, and the 39-year-old forward likes it.
Bobby Hull Jr., Hull's brother and agent, said the offer is "generous," and he feels Phoenix would be an excellent fit for his brother, who will turn 40 on Aug. 9 and believes he has more hockey goals to achieve.
Hull is third on the NHL's all-time goals scored list with 741 and hopes to pass No. 2 Gordie Howe, at 801.
"It would be wonderful for our fans to see this in the making," Barnett said. "We've asked Brett to look at our roster and see if he feels this team could get him back to the postseason."
Two of Hull's former teams, St. Louis and Dallas, appear to be the Coyotes' main competition.
The Coyotes had the NHL's youngest team last season and failed to make the playoffs, but several things could attract Hull to the Valley.
Hull calls Barnett and Managing Partner Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time goals leader, friends. Barnett was Hull's agent in Hull's heyday in St. Louis, where he spent more than 10 seasons, and was instrumental in getting him to Dallas, where he won a Stanley Cup. Barnett also helped Hull rise to the upper echelon in salaries.
Barnett and Hull are fine-tuning numbers and couldn't give the amount of money Hull would be paid in 2004-05 - if the season is played. If not, Barnett said, "We're back to the drawing board."
"We've put our best foot forward," he said. "It's what we can afford. Only Brett can determine if it's sufficient."
Other veteran forwards have fetched $4 million to $5 million per season in this free-agent signing period, but Hull could accept a low offer under the right circumstances.
He still has a home in Dallas, but the Dallas Morning News reports that the Stars are offering only a one-year deal.
The weather also could help bring Hull to the Valley, where he could spend his off days on another passion: golfing.
The Coyotes have beefed up their young roster by signing free-agent center Mike Ricci and workhorse defenseman Derek Morris.
Morris, 25, played 83 games, most in the NHL, last season. He signed a one-year deal with the Coyotes on Tuesday, and Barnett said he is working with Morris' agent to extend the contract two more seasons.
Bobby Hull Jr. wouldn't say when or if a deal with his brother would be made, but he is excited about the prospect of seeing him in a Coyotes uniform.
"I got to say, knowing Brett as a brother, and knowing his relationship with Mike and Wayne and the roster and style of play, I think the fit is excellent for Brett," Bobby Hull Jr. said.
The outspoken Hull, who had 25 goals and scored 68 points in 81 games for the Detroit Red Wings last season, would be a calming influence on the ice and in the dressing room and would give the Coyotes a tremendous drawing card.
But he wouldn't be just a mouthpiece for the franchise.
"He still has the ability to find the net, and that's one piece we are hoping to add to the roster," Barnett said.
Hull, son of the legendary Bobby Hull, started his 17-plus-year career with the Calgary Flames and spent the past three seasons with Detroit.
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