Free Agency is awesome!
Written by Enforcer   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009 22:20

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We didn't live blog it, but today was the open of the NHL free agency period. Much like the trade deadline, it was marked by frenzied activity league wide, but the Wild being fairly undewhelming. They did add something called a Greg Zanon who used to play for Nashville (I did an image search, and I think that's him on the right), but they also lost Marian Gaborik to the Rangers. So, they essentially exchanged Gaborik for Zanon. I think that's a win.

Even the Islanders did something, adding Dwayne Roloson (while losing nobody). Getting the former Oiler goalie was shrewd, because they only have Rick Dipietro locked up for 35 more years. The way things are looking, though, I'm going to have to take some pointers from Kevin. How many goals should my team be down when I decide to watch The Big Bang Theory instead? How do I convince myself that someone that would be a role player on any other team (sayy, Cal Clutterbuck) will be a star for you? How do you find out who the top picks will be for the next year's draft? You know, stuff that you would know.



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written by Enforcer, July 02, 2009
It appears that the Wild have added Mr. Martin Havlat. My blind rage is somewhat tempered
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written by Blackcapricorn, July 02, 2009
Kevin- quite the vote of confidence by your GM in DiP eh? Tavares still kicks ass so it balances out a bit.
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written by Schultz, July 02, 2009
It's quite easy actually. Start rooting for them to tank in early December and if they get really lucky, you'll have your own Tavares by summer.

And yeah, it's not looking good for Ricky. But Rolo is a nice short term insurance policy. Not like we need it. I would sit through another season if it meant another #1 and an outside chance to be the newest version of the Penguins/Capitals/Hawks.
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written by titan saturnae, July 06, 2009
The Wild exchanged fragile but high scoring (when healthy) Gaborik for fragile but high scoring (when healthy) Havlat. Sort of a wash.

Chicago exchanged fragile but high scoring (when healthy) Havlat for warhorse Hossa - for 12 years. For the first few years that looks like an upgrade. By the end, when Hossa needs a walker and a personal assistant to remember where he lives, it may not look so good.

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