Free Agency

Gambling With Humans, Part V

Jun 12th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

Let’s take a crack at the D-men who are about to fall in love with the free market economy when they hit it big in two weeks (take THAT all you socialist/marxist pig dogs with your poor blueliners).
Ahem…in any event, as the Ducks just showed the league, it really doesn’t hurt to have a huge [...]



MySpace returns for two

Jun 6th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

Life has been hectic the past few days so my apologies in getting to this late, but as expected, Taylor Pyatt is no Anson Carter. Pyatt will make $1.5 $1.75 million a year, thereby more then doubling his previous $700,000 from last year, lucky guy. But honestly, if you are coming off your best season [...]



Gambling with Humans, Part IV

Jun 4th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

What an opportune time to look at the goaltending possibilities for Vancouver in the upcoming free agency period.
What’s that you say? “We have Luongo so why even bother?” Well, because first it would be a poor investment strategy on management’s behalf to play him damn near 80 games a year yet again and, moreover, he’s [...]



Bliznak’ed!

May 30th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

Mario Bliznak, drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 7th round (205th overall) in 2005 and just recently helping the Vancouver Giants win the Memorial Cup last weekend (yes, a B.C. team can win it all in hockey if properly prodded), has inked his first professional contract this afternoon. Yes with the Canucks.
Sure, go ahead, [...]



Gambling with Humans, part III

May 29th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

Leading the charge for the Canucks down the left wing is a solid 1-2 punch with Naslund and Daniel; that is if you assume Naslund gets his groove back in what will be the final year of his contract and can play like he did in the post season and Daniel plans on leading the [...]



Gambling with humans, part II

May 21st, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

The last time you saw your beleagured Canucks, Pyatt, Linden, Hansen, and Reid all lined up as right wingers. I know, it puts the fear of an angry god on a drunken bender into your soul doesn’t it?
So netting a decent right winger wouldn’t kill right? Let’s roll the dice and gamble with humans again. [...]



Gambling with humans, part I

May 14th, 2007 | By Mike | Category: Free Agency

…MMMMKAY…
Nature abhors a vacuum, capri pants, non-alcoholic beer and Avril Lavigne. But primarily vacuums. So, since there’s no Vancouver news I’m just going to make some up by playing the gambler Dave Nonis for a little bit.
Ergo, as the grand pooba of the Canuck clan, I am still a little peeved with that second round [...]