Worst kept secret in Wild country is finally official. Stop the presses, but …

MINNESOTA WILD SIGNS DEFENSEMAN TOMAS MOJZIS

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Minnesota Wild President and General Manager Doug Risebrough today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Tomas Mojzis (pronounced MOI-shihsh) to a multi-year contract.

Mojzis, 26 (5/2/82), posted four points (2-2=4) and 38 penalty minutes (PIM) in 28 games with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Russian Continental League in 2007-08. Mojzis has played 13 NHL games with Vancouver and St. Louis, totaling two points (1-1=2) and 12 PIM. He made his NHL debut Feb. 4, 2006, at Edmonton and scored his first NHL goal March 24, 2007, at Detroit. Mojzis was a first-team Canadian Hockey League (CHL) All-Star for the 2002-03 season.

The 6-foot, 195-pound native of Kolin, Czech Republic, was Toronto’s eighth-round pick (246th overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

END PRESS RELEASE, BACK TO RUSSO

Two-way contract. He’ll make $500,000 prorated in the NHL, $100,000 in the minors.

Mojzis likely lands on the depth chart right after Erik Reitz and injured Kurtis Foster and right before Shawn Belle and Clayton Stoner. So, first minor-league callup blue-line material.

Although, lots of things change in training camp, like for instance, the 15 stories I wrote about Dominic Moore last fall.

In other news, Todd Bertuzzi is reunited with Mike Keenan in Calgary. My prediction is he’ll score at least one more goal than the one he scored for Keenan in Florida.

Remember, Keenan also brought Big Bert to Vancouver. Reported one-year, $1.95 million, which I bet is precisely what Calgary was offering Owen Nolan.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.