Showing posts with label nhl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nhl. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The waiting is the hardest part....


These lyrics from one of my favourite Tom Petty songs ring truer than ever now.


OK Matts, you have $20 million on the table from Vancouver and a lock to play for Tre Kronar at the Vancouver Olympics. Detroit will guarantee you a Cup, and if they don't then you can probably win it with the Habs.


Or you can stay a Leaf and play with the likes of Antropov, McCabe, and a 40 year old back up goalie who last played in the Adult Safe Hockey League.


You got options, but for Christ sake, make up your mind!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

What the Leafs should have done!!!!


Free agent centre Brendan Morrison is off the free agent list, as the B.C. native is set to join the Anaheim Ducks. Morrison and the Ducks have agreed to a one-year deal worth $2.75 million.
Morrison is still rehabbing after undergoing knee surgery on April 7 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament. It is Morrison's fourth surgery in the past two years. Over the past week, Morrison has turned down offers from nine teams including the Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets and Los Angeles Kings.
Last week, Morrison turned down a one-year, $1.9 million offer from the Vancouver Canucks, the team he has spent the past eight seasons with. It appeared that the Canucks were hoping Morrison would be their 'fall-back' position if they are unable to sign Mats Sundin. He wasn't prepared to wait.
The move will reunite Morrison with the former Canucks general managers Brian Burke and Dave Nonis, who both work in Anaheim's front office.
Morrison, 32, scored nine goals and 25 points in 39 games with the Canucks last season and spent most of the campaign on the shelf with wrist and knee injuries. In 674 career games with Vancouver and the New Jersey Devils, he has 159 goals and 474 points. If he can stay healthy, Morrison could be Anaheim's second line centre behind Ryan Getzlaf.