iono about a forward
with how our defense is suffering the injury bug if this continues to happen, don't be shocked if we pick up a D man instead

^ lets Rob the leafs so more and trade for kaberle

Ottawa might have some players on the market.

just saw the sportsnet interview with barry. apparently its in the contract that sundin takes a lower pay just so the team can take on another top player.

LOL i wish

I think our top 6 is good enough now with Sedins, Wellwood, Sundin, Demitra, and Raymond.

What I think we should focus on is picking up a good offensive defenseman that can QB our PP. A guy like Kaberle or J-Bo would be awesome but the price might be too high.

I would love Andrei Markov.

so.. what's brunnstrom been up to?

I have tickets to the upcoming Jersey game. They are seats in the upper level, up in the corner. I had bought those tickets as a Xmas gift for my dad and brother.

I also have tickets to the Chicago game in February. Those are lower bowl, centre ice.

I was going to give the Jersey tickets as a gift and go to the Chicago game myself because those are better seats.

Now I'm not so sure, since I'd want to see Sundin's first game...

Hmm....

hahaha if that's true, Gillis is ingenious. That would mean Gillis withdrew from the initial 10mil and bargained with Sundin, and still managed to get him to sign.

well, he so far he missed on his S/O attempt tonight.

funny, i was just thinking of the same thing. at this point i'd gladly take a seasoned veteran over some rookie

pretty much along the lines of what i'm talkin about bro

Although I agree that we need a powerplay quarterback style d-man, Mason Raymond has yet to prove that he's top 6 material. He's, young, quick and exciting, but I don't think he has shown the ability to finish on a consistent basis yet.

Kev

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Reading > AzNightmare.

Would Sundin become alternate captain...?

I can almost gaurantee the twins will not play with Sundin because if they did, the Canucks *might* improve on their first line, but that does nothing to improve on the second line short of signing another top 6 forward with the left over money.

With Sundin on the new top line, this will free up room for the twins as the second line. In fact, this would make them the best second line in the NHL, IMHO.

There are some options for lines and will take some time before we know what will work and what won't.

If Jah is right, it would be nice to see Pyatt go, but i hope he doesn't become another Cam Neely.

if what they say about sundin is true, i don't see him becoming an alternate. besides, he's joining a team halfway through the season and this isn't his team. it be different if he joined the canucks at the beginning of camp.

Blake Price had on a sports journalist from Toronto this evening, he was noting that despite wearing the C, Sundin was never really a "leader" on the team, and a big part of the Leafs' slide the last couple years has been the distinct lack of any other leaders in the dressing room. Apparently Sundin is a very quiet, private guy who as often as not eats alone on the road and mostly keeps to himself outside of the game.

The consensus between this guy and BP was that Sundin would probably be pretty happy here, joining a team that already has its leaders solidly established, where he can come in and stay largely invisible other than being an offensive force.

And yeah, I don't expect you'll see him on a line with the Sedins either - moving them back to the second line will give the team a completely different look offensively and should help free the twins up from being smothered by other teams' top players.

i can see sundin playing with wellfed, since they were teammates in toronto

They played extremely well during the season where Wellwood had 42 points in 48 games.

Fixed.

Read 6thGear's post again. The one I quoted.

"client voluntarily accepted less than the $10 million"

vs

"its in the contract that sundin takes a lower pay"


see the difference?

Well, he still took $9M, so it's not like he took SIGNIFICANTLY less money. He just didn't squeeze us for every last cent, but given the circumstances, that was probably the right thing to do.

It still appears like he would have preferred to go to the Rangers, but they just couldn't make it work out.

Maybe the local commentators have learned to do that, but I don't think the national ones on TSN and CBC have, at least not fully.

I'm pretty sure even a week or two ago, I heard one of the commentators say "Sundin" on TV... and it happened pretty regularly a couple years ago during the playoffs...

Sportsnet made it sound certain that he would, and I'm thinking that most likely he will. In fact, maybe Brown might have to give up more than just the jersey number... maybe the roster spot as well. Most people seem to think Pyatt will be the odd man out, but there's a chance it could be Brown?

I like Brown. He brings toughness to the lineup and I highly doubt AV would drop him. I'm putting my money on Pyatt. He's had enough chances to prove himself, i mean seriously AV has played him on the 1st and 2nd line and still hasn't done shit.