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Old 07-09-2009, 02:25 PM
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Rangers Sign Ales Kotalik
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Ales Kotalik.

"Ales is a strong, hardworking player with good skating ability and a heavy shot,” stated Sather. “We think he will fit well into our system and will provide additional offense and scoring from the wing position."

Kotalik has eclipsed the 20-goal mark four times in six seasons, including 21 goals in his first full season in 2002-03. He also holds the NHL record with 11 career game-deciding goals in the shootout (tied with Vyacheslav Kozlov), and has converted 20 of his 38 career shootout attempts (52.6%).

The 6-1, 225 pounder has skated in 445 regular season contests with the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, recording 121 goals and 130 assists for 251 points, along with 273 penalty minutes. In 2005-06, he established career-highs in games played (82), goals (25), assists (37), points (62), penalty minutes (62), power play points (28), game-winning goals (five), and shots (261).

He led Buffalo in shots, tied for the team lead in game-winning goals, second in goals, and ranked third in points. He was also one of only two Sabres to skate in all 82 games during the season.

Kotalik appeared in 75 games with Buffalo and Edmonton last season, registering 20 goals and 23 assists for 43 points, along with 34 penalty minutes. He ranked third on Edmonton in goals and tied for fifth in points. He also finished second on the team with nine power play goals and third with 208 shots.

Kotalik led the NHL with five game-deciding goals in the shootout last season, and he ranked second in the league with eigth shootout goals. He posted a career-high, five-game scoring streak from March 24 vs. Detroit to March 31 against Anaheim, collecting five points (four goals and one assist) over the span. In addition, Kotalik registered his 250th career NHL points with a goal against Vancouver on April 4. He was traded to Edmonton on March 4 in exchange for a second round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

As a rookie in 2002-03, he finished the season ranked second among all NHL rookies in goals (21) and fourth in points (35), and was named NHL Rookie of the Month for January. In postseason play, Kotalik has registered six goals and nine assists for 15 points, along with 16 penalty minutes in 34 career contests.
Kotalik also captured a bronze medal with the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

The Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic native was originally Buffalo’s sixth round choice, 164th overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
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Old 07-09-2009, 02:29 PM
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Another guy the Pens were looking at. Damn. Oh well...
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Old 07-09-2009, 02:33 PM
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Good, I didn't want him back in Edmonton.
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Good, I didn't want him back in Edmonton.
after the dust has now settled, can someone tell me what the end result of trading for cole and joni and then re-trading cole got them? aside from o'sullivan
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after the dust has now settled, can someone tell me what the end result of trading for cole and joni and then re-trading cole got them? aside from o'sullivan
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after the dust has now settled, can someone tell me what the end result of trading for cole and joni and then re-trading cole got them? aside from o'sullivan
That's it. The Oilers sent Cole and a 5th for O'Sullivan and a 2nd. They traded that 2nd for Kotalik.

At that point, they were just getting an asset for Cole who they knew wasn't re-signing. They got Kotalik to try and keep in the playoff race.
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The standing gag in my Fanatsy Hockey League was the weekly Ales Kotalik trade offer, as in I'll give you Ovechkin and Green for Kotalik. The Rangers need Kotalik like I need a third nipple. I hope he plays well and scores his 15 goals this year.
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Old 07-09-2009, 03:36 PM
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Sather sucks. Why???????? Should have just resigned Zherdev, Antropov, Kovalev, Dvorak, Nedved or any other underachieving soft piece of sh!t. How about focusing on your 2 most valuable assets who are restricted in Callahan and Dubinsky? Oh wait, they have heart and play with passion so why would we want them? Sather sucks and if I ever hear another fan praise him or look to him to get this organization out of the mess that he has created, I will fukking go crazy. This guy is the worst GM in sports...period.
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Sather pulled a Lawton!
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3 mil per year... another case of a team paying too much
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Sather....your doing it wrong!

There are more then enough players out there that can hit the 15-20 goal mark for less then 3 mil. Thats just awful.
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