Koivu stripped of C; Awarded to Burns
Minnesota Wild GM Backlund announced earlier today that Mikko Koivu will not be the captain for next season. Koivu instead be named assistant captain.
"Mikko is a great player but we felt that Brent was more of a leader on the team and felt that he should be given the C" said GM Backlund
When asked how he felt Mikko had this to say;
"I'm disappointed, but I have to agree with the GM. As much as I want to be captain, Brent deserves it more and I will be happy to be an assistant captain.
Martin Havlat has also been named the other assistant.
Backlund also stated that he is going to make some big moves over the next couple of days.
"I got the bottom 6, bottom defensive pairing and our starting goalie but we still need to sign some players. We are currently waiting on the reply from a certain defenseman who has shown interested in joining the Wild. We also plan to bring in 2 LWers and 2 more defenseman."
Captain in this game, On my team next game
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I will manage to get him again.
it'll cost twice as much as what the sharks traded for him
mock commentary from locals regarding the signing rumors
"I dun herd bayout dem slippery suns a *****es on de tee vee....ya...unmm....I dun watched that moooovee befoar, .....bout unmmm, bout the world get freezin over...figger if we gots dem **** with slippery-skates on 'em den maybe we can glide me away to safe tee..."
What is this I don't even...
Tampa will match the Steven Stamkos offer sheet
MONTREAL HAS A PRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT SURROUNDING BRAD RICHARDS and another ufa signing.
please note it does not say the signing of Brad.
As per Steven's Agent CooperDean.
MONTREAL HAS A PRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT SURROUNDING BRAD RICHARDS and another ufa signing.
please note it does not say the signing of Brad.
How would you know when montreal has press conferences? Your Columbus arent you?
The are very pleased to announce they have signed a top pairing Defensemen for Erik Karlsson in Jonathan Ericsson
He signed a contract tonight to come to Ottawa at 4 years at 4.25M per year
Can you say Brett Lebda 2.0 He was just playing in Detroit made him look fantastic.
Three UFA forwards have announced their signings in San Jose.
Raffi Torres:
2 year, 2.0M
Chris Higgins:
1 year, 2.0M
Ben Eager:
1 year, 1.0M
Fedor Tyutin
Rostislav Klesla
Nick Ross
Klesla effectively replaces Tyutin and Ross adds to our prospect base, good deal for the CBJ