2009 NHL Free Agency: San Jose Sharks Cheat Sheet

by FTF Staff on Jul 2, 2009 4:22 AM PDT in Armchair GM Comment 70 comments

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Any Argentinian grinders on the market?

July 1st is right around the corner, and James Mirtle of From The Rink asked SBN's bloggers to compile a free agent cheat sheet for each of their respective teams.

FTF has been doing write ups for each of the RFA/UFA's since the Sharks bowed out in the first round to the Anaheim Ducks- if a players name has a link, that will take you to their article.

Pending UFA's: Brian Boucher, Rob Blake, Kent Huskins, Alexei Semenov, Mike Grier, Claude Lemieux, Travis Moen, Jeremy Roenick

Pending RFA's: Thomas Griess (bottom of the piece), Ryane Clowe, Marcel Goc, Torrey Mitchell, & Tomas Plihal

[Editor's Note]: Per David Pollak, four players have been extended qualifying offers- Clowe, Mitchell, Staubitz, and Greiss. Goc will not be returning.

Salary Cap Space: Minimal. If San Jose wants to make a big splash in free agency, they will likely have to move a big contract (Marleau, Nabokov, Michalek, Cheechoo, Ehrhoff) in order to make room. Coupled with the fact that the Sharks have trouble landing marquee free agents, it's unlikely this is the route they will take in respect to a top six winger and/or top pairing defenseman.

Key Needs: San Jose's bottom lines were plagued late season with shying away from making teams pay physically, and an inability to put the basket in the biscuit (or whatever that saying is). In a Seagate Broadcaster's blog entitled, "What Do I Know?" Jamie Baker went around the league and asked what the Sharks issues were. Among the many comments, one rang particularly biting- "The Sharks are a dyslexic team. They are all 6'4" but they play like they are 4'6'." If San Jose is going to have any success in the playoffs, becoming a tougher team to play against needs to be a priority. That begins with a tenacious forecheck and willingness to throw the body around. Along with finding help along the boards, it is slightly concerning that Ryane Clowe (who is a RFA) remains the only San Jose Shark willing to take punishment in front of opposing goaltenders on a consistent basis. With most of San Jose's offense flowing through shots from the point, adding a player with grit will hopefully improve overall presence in front of the net.

As for San Jose's top-six, one issue TCY and Plank had throughout the course of the season was that the Sharks possessed a lot of shooters, but not a pure scorer. Although Devin Setoguchi and Patrick Marleau boasted excellent goal totals, it was unlikely you would see any San Jose player create a goal for himself off the rush. Admittedly, the likelihood of San Jose obtaining a player like this in free agency is nearly zero considering the salary cap situation. Without a trade, working on puck handling creativity during the summer months will be the likely solution.

Third, it is necessary to sign a forward who will be able to play on the penalty kill- this attribute can be found in the same type of player we're looking for in need one. Although the Sharks had some good PK'ers last season, both Goc (already has) and Grier (almost a given) will likely be shown the door. If Mitchell accepts his qualifying offer he'll reprise his PK role from 2007-2008. It's not guaranteed that he'll sign though, which would leave San Jose with three proven penalty killers on the current roster- Marleau, Michalek, and Pavelski. Spreading the amount of time spent on the kill would be a wise decision to make seeing as all three skaters play on the top two lines. Marleau's injury at the end of the season could have possibly stemmed from the wear and tear sustained shorthanded, and limiting all of these forwards PK minutes will effectively improve their performance at even strength.

Lastly, it would be nice to have a defenseman solely focused shutting down opponents top lines. Murray is a notable physical presence, but lining up big hits sometimes leaves him out of position- his lack of skating ability causes problems when attempting to catch up with quicker opposing players. Vlasic plays well positionally and possesses a very good poke check, but he's not physical enough to limit a forward who utilizes their size near the net. The Sharks should look for someone who could play more effectively with Boyle; Lukowich was a real disappointment as the season progressed, and Blake isn't getting any younger. His propensity for taking hooking penalties will probably increase as he continues to lose steps on faster, younger forwards.

As with number two however, the likelihood of securing a top level defenseman of this caliber may be a pipe dream, especially with news of Rob Blake's signing.

UFA Targets: Maxim Afinegenov, Ruslan Fedetenko, Nik Antropov, Jason Williams, Samuel Pahlsson, Ian Laperriere, Taylor Pyatt, Joel Ward, Ben Guite, Mattias Ohlund, Greg Zanon, Kurtis Foster

Re-Sign Targets: Rob Blake, Torrey Mitchell, Ryane Clowe, Travis Moen

What Our Rivals Want: To face San Jose in the playoffs. Ba-dump psh!

Go Sharks.

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Brilliant political popculture reference mystery staffer!

Is Rob Blake really a realistic candidate to resign at this point? I guess I am wondering, Rob Blake, or the field?

resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com. Endorsed by Mr. K on "CINCODEMYOOR!!!!!"

by CTGray on Jun 29, 2009 11:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Blake is already signed

Swisher with the fanshot.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

$3.5MM for one year? Well, it’s not $5MM, but still…

I’m glad he took the discount, at least.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 29, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brilliant political popculture reference mystery staffer!

I thought “Any Argentinian grinders on the market” was an excellent quote :)

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 30, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoa

thanks! That’s more of a discount that I had expected him to take.

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by CTGray on Jun 29, 2009 11:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

and gray with the reply fail. I guess DW chose Blake. Never bet on the field

resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com. Endorsed by Mr. K on "CINCODEMYOOR!!!!!"

by CTGray on Jun 29, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bird in the hand, and all that. Especially when the bird in the hand is a future hall of famer.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that whole three in the bush thing always sounded dirty to me.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 29, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What Our Rivals Want: To face San Jose in the playoffs. Ba-dump psh!

Except there is the curse, so maybe not.* I guess we’re like, playoffs herpes – they don’t want to be us, and they don’t want to meet up with us.

*Oh yeah, I’m pimping my site. What now?

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Big pimpin’, spend da g’s.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 29, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Got that $1.64 from the ads. I’m just rolling in it right now.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lil’ pimpin, eatin grr cheese.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Oh yeah, I’m pimping my site. What now?

Heh, I guess I have to get around to adding you to the blogroll now huh ;)

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fo sho.

Okay, I’m going to stop doing that now.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t worry about it. I was planning on doing it this summer but was just too lazy.

Regardless, it’s up there in all it’s glory under Couch Tarts. You and that Gray character sure do like to hang around together.

/Playoff Pick Em reference, which also hasn’t been updated because I’m too lazy. I’m pretty sure I won the whole shebang too…

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

better watch out

I’m shady

resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com. Endorsed by Mr. K on "CINCODEMYOOR!!!!!"

by CTGray on Jun 29, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So shady I can’t even figure out what you mean by that.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

She's an artist

Therefore, she shades things.

That’s all I got.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

works for me

winner winner?

resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com. Endorsed by Mr. K on "CINCODEMYOOR!!!!!"

by CTGray on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was doing pretty well through 2 rounds...

by a10dency2ask on Jun 29, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

then failed

by a10dency2ask on Jun 29, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh wow.

I thought I added you to mine, I guess I didn’t. Don’t worry. You’re views will spike up once i add it to my blogroll

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Jun 30, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

WTF!

Her link is above mine! I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE ALPHABET!

Oh and since we’re doing shameless self promotion (or just me) my site is on twitter now. I would link you to Twitter but I want to rig my view counts.

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Jun 30, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I specifically chose that name because I knew it was higher in the alphabet than yours.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jerk.

I think I’m going to rename my site “An Idea from the Tank”

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Jun 30, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What Our Rivals Want: To face San Jose in the playoffs. Ba-dump psh!

‘Twas the highlight of my spring. But now that it’s happened, I’m comfortable never playing the Sharks again — why taint the memories of the last days of Pronger like that?

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Jun 30, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

UFA targets

www.itsallaboutlappy.com/

“There have been no further negotiations between Ian Laperriere and the Avs for a new contract after he turned down a one-year offer by the team earlier this month. Laperriere, 35, said he will test the free-agent market July 1 and is expected to sign with another team.” – (NHL sources said the Avs offered Laperriere, 35, a one-year contract at less than the $1.15 million he made last season, an offer that was quickly rejected)

also

“A really good guy I think of is Ian Laperriere in Colorado. He is a guy that fills a void in a roster on a team like ours like no other. He’s going to fight for his teammates, he’s going to do anything he can possibly do to win a hockey game, and he’s just one of those playoff guys that you look for.” – Jeremy Roenick, on what he thought the Sharks were missing in the 2009 playoffs (NHL Live! – April 30, 2009)

yes please

I'm a happy seal

by SwisherThresher on Jun 30, 2009 12:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

JR has spoken.

I approve of this idea.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
NIEDKLERYARYER
oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K

by Lurker Shark on Jun 30, 2009 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes please.

He was on my fantasy team. That team was a league for only PIM. I won obviously…

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Jun 30, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Top 25 potential unrestricted free agents

According to the The Sporting News

Blake was at No.14
Hossa holds down the top spot
The Sedin twins sit 4th (they’re a package deal)

I'm a happy seal

by SwisherThresher on Jun 30, 2009 9:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Need big changes

This complacent team needs a good kick in the butt..I love the blurb about everyone wanting to play us in the playoffs..Wilson get off your fat ass and do something to make this team have some gonads..This team is so incredibly soft, my mother could park herself in front of the net..This would be a great parcheezy or bridge team..Is Thornton and Nabby spending the offseason selling roses on street corners?? This team as its constituted now has zero sack is going exactly where it has gone the last five years and that is another playoff, what happened to us, I thought we were going to win the cup and we are out in the first round again????

We should have blown this team up two years ago..

by The Sear on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sear...

Although I applaud your honesty and excitement, blowing it up would get us no where. It’s almost impossible to get equal value for star players (See the Joe Thornton trade where the Bruins were absolutely fleeced, as an example). I’m happy that DW has built a solid contender, and changes are coming. Goc is gone. Plihal is gone. There is only one player left from last year who was on the 3rd or 4th lines. I’d like to see how they put those lines back together.

Like I said, I’m giving DW a few more days (until the 5th), when I completely go apeshit if something big doesn’t happen.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cheech speaks the truth. I expect that a big name player will likely get moved this off-season, but blowing up the team wholesale is hardly ever the answer. It takes a long time to go from mediocre to good, and even longer from good to great. But you can go from good to bad very quickly (see Senators, Ottawa).

To put it another way, what if you blow up a President’s Trophy winner because you think they can’t win in the playoffs, and end up with a draft lottery team that you know can’t win in the playoffs, ‘cuz they don’t make the playoffs?

by ievans on Jun 30, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like I said, I’m giving DW a few more days (until the 5th), when I completely go apeshit if something big doesn’t happen.

And why are you waiting until the 5th? Was it because a certain someone talked you off the ledge, reminded you of the Dan Boyle deal last offseason on Independence Day, and said that this economy is going to keep things slow?

Nah….

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 30, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha. Oh, teach me great one.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is me trying to explain what I have to deal with behind the scenes. It’s like an Oprah episode sometimes.

Although to be fair, I have found myself sobbing into TCY’s lap on many occasions.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jun 30, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s like an Oprah episode sometimes.

So when do we all get cars?

resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com. Endorsed by Mr. K on "CINCODEMYOOR!!!!!"

by CTGray on Jun 30, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

i want a Lexus

by Brian5517209 on Jun 30, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I miss having Ty Wishart in the system.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

Think we can get him back for a bag of pucks or something?

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
NIEDKLERYARYER
oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K

by Lurker Shark on Jun 30, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Hear You

I do hear what your saying, but after watching this team play with zero sense of urgency and not be able to handle adversity at all for all of these years now, is really disgusting..I have been watching playoff hockey for 45 years and game four of the Duck series was one of the worst performance I have ever seen from a team in an important game..I can’t forget the smile on Thorntons face after game two..

Of course you are so right about not getting value for these underachievers..They have a very bad reputation as big game losers and other teams don’t want these players..

I just look at the young and feisty Blackhawks and I like their future a hell of a lot more than the Sharks future..

by The Sear on Jun 30, 2009 9:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Are You Fans Happy???

Are you satisfied with a team that just does well during the regular season?? If you are, then you should praise DW and support the team..

This franchise has been to ZERO finals in their history! One conference finals in their history!

I guess your happy with that!

I WANT RINGS!!

How many more years does DW get to actually get this team over the hump into the promised land??

Its a fun team to watch during the season, I give you that..

by The Sear on Jun 30, 2009 9:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree with you!

BUT, he’s doing his best to build the best team, and we saw the results of that in the regular season, when they had the best record. The playoffs are a total crapshoot, a bad team can get hot or a good team can get cold. That’s just how it works.

The team needed more grit last year, and a little more scoring. I think you will be surprised to see what Wilson adds. It’s already been an active few days (with exception of the draft). Like I said, I’m giving him until the 5th.

I’m not happy with the playoff failures, but to this point, I’m putting it on the players. I think the losses coupled with the high expectations is getting to their heads. I think that’s why you saw the lower lines gutted, and also why there will be at least one significant trade. Give it just a few more days.

I promise I will write an amazingly awesome story about how much Doug Wilson sucks if necessary.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s already been an active few days (with exception of the draft).

Well, from what we saw, which, granted, wasn’t much outside of a few updates of him talking to Tallon (presumably about how Boyle>Campbell) and few murmurings about Clowe. Wyshynski has a bit of a different story (quote from the PD article about Rob Blake re-signing):

By all accounts, the Sharks were very, very active behind the scenes at the NHL Draft. The remaking of this team is in its infancy, but it’s refreshing to see Wilson getting aggressive early.

So while nothing went down during the draft besides swapping a 2010 6th for a 2009 7th, it looks like DW was definitely trying to make deals, preparing for when the free agency period starts and gauging how much different players are going for.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I read that as well, although I was assuming if I said that, I’d get the “OMG HEZ ALL TALK! SHOW ME SOMEREAL MOVEZ” response.

But yeah, it’s good to hear.

BTW, I responded to you in an earlier thread… you have to watch that video.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like to think that FTF is less reactionary, and understands that with the economy and the cap situation all that, its much harder to do trades. The fact that he’s so active – despite nothing really to show for it – is good enough for me.

Oh, and I’ve been searching through the threads for the last ten minutes and just cannot find the video. I fail at life :P

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Most of FTF yes, but this is a new guy so I was being careful.

He has been active though, so props.

Oh, and here’s the link. My bad, it was in this thread…

Lil’ pimpin, eatin grr cheese.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, of course

The one thread from the past two weeks I didn’t check, lol

HAHA, wow, that’s hilarious. She’s a better rapper than most.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and isn’t today your birthday.

Happy happy, if it is.

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Close, tomorrow is. DW needs to sign some awesome free agents in honor of it.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

“Because it’s mymclife’s birthday, we’ve gone ahead and signed both Marian’s, the Sedins, and Martin Havlat. Also, she should expect a certain number 17 to show up at her house sometime before 5. We don’t care what happens, just make sure he’s back to us by the end of the holiday weekend, preferably uninjured.”

Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!

by That'll Cheech You on Jun 30, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

Hey, I’m going to be legal, so I don’t see anything wrong with that.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 30, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you were DW what would you do?

If I were him I would make the best team possible the Sharks could have. That’s what DW did. He got the best team together as possible and it’s not his fault that the team underperformed. There is no way he could measure how the team is going to play in the playoffs.

Oh and the reply function is quite useful.

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Jun 30, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

make Damphousse ten years younger and bring him back!

who’s with me!?

by Brian5517209 on Jun 30, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damphousse=favorite Shark of all time btw

by Brian5517209 on Jun 30, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like this idea.

I really really like it. What we need here is a DeLorean and a flux capacitor.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
NIEDKLERYARYER
oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K

by Lurker Shark on Jun 30, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How About A Goalie?

Do you think that Nabokov will take us anywhere?? He was exposed the last two years, as a mediocre pressure goalie..
Remember last year we had a near all time record 47 games and then .500 hockey and a first round loss..So it was only a half a season of excellence and then downhill..

I would be more patient but this playoff nightmare doesn’t go away and now the baggage of so many failures runs right through the team..Can they overcome their own baggage?? I have serious doubts about that..

Will gutting the lower lines change this team?? I don’t think so..Our stars haven’t shown up either..

I don’t have the answers..This emotion playoff baggage is a very difficult thing to overcome..

I loved the line about 6’4" players, playing like they are 4’6" great line!!!

We need players who play with a sense of urgency and passion in the playoffs..This group of players has never stepped it up when needed..

I hope that I am wrong..

by The Sear on Jun 30, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

nabby taking us somewhere?

only if he closes that 5 hole.

"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jun 30, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No need to throw out the whole team

Sharks are a top contender. Just need some tinkering at second season, regarding both players and tactics.

by DetroiterInNorCal on Jul 1, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly, there's only one way to solve this...

DW needs to offer Ken Holland an epic, blockbuster trade: the entire Sharks roster for the entire Red Wings roster. The Red Wings are proven winners, and the Sharks are proven losers who don’t care about the playoffs. What? The Red Wings lost this year? God, they have no heart either…

Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!

by ZeroIndulgence on Jun 30, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's it!

Now DW had better sign Ma-ti before Holland does…

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
NIEDKLERYARYER
oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K

by Lurker Shark on Jun 30, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No heart at all! haha.

Anywho, I’m lookin’ forward to watching Nabby play this season. Last year on his contract, possible young whipper-snapper biting at his heals for the top job, and he’s been known to get crazy when the job’s on the line. Now close up that 5 Nabby and we’ll be golden!

by Juicebag on Jun 30, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

...

well….teal.

by Juicebag on Jun 30, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoa

that FTF Staff guy is posting again

by serrapadre716 on Jun 30, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Pavs on team USA

Time to buy another jersey, boys!

by Fear the 8 on Jun 30, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Team USA's Ultime Line

Pavelski centering Parise on the LW and Kane on the RW. I’ll take that against Canada’s best any day…

by Fear the 8 on Jun 30, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant Ultimate

by Fear the 8 on Jun 30, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Changes???

Hey DW,

Where are these so called changes?? Unless you make the Heatley deal, we are coming back with the same old, same old playoff choke artists..

by The Sear on Jul 7, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey That'll Cheech You!!

Enjoy trading mail with you..What do you think now about DW and his bigtime changes to turn this soft as ice cream, playoff choke artists team around?? If we go into the season with this team and it goes the same way as the others, would you call of DW’s job??

I guess they fill the place and if the team stays competitive, will he just go on and on?? The fans are so easy, the sportswriters so soft and the players are under zero pressure here to produce, so I guess everyone is happy but me..

by The Sear on Jul 7, 2009 5:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs