Comments on: Wild at Blue Jackets

By: mbrose

mbrose — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:08:56 +0000

We lose gaby the sellout ends this season.

Hardcore fans are not enough to sellout every game, and I think you underestimate gaby’s draw.

I sat in front of a kid this preseason that didn’t stop asking his dad the entire game when gaby was going to come out.
Not to mention the fact that you still have to replace his 40 goals. Fans aren’t going to support a losing team without a star at this point.

By: MN in AL

MN in AL — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:50:14 +0000

Those are all great players. The problem lies in DR getting any one of them. Then try and get them to play in JL’s system. Try and get Heatly to come here. I would bet he’d rather go back to Atlanta.
Datsyuk and Zetterberg are the best 2 way players in the league, but neither one is going to leave the house that Bowman built to come and play for JL.

Thorton would be fantastic, but again, DR won’t be able to get him, and Thorton won’t want to play for JL. So where does that leave us? DR goes out and works a multi-player deal, the Wild gets several role players like Belanger, or maybe we get lucky and get a guy like Ralston, plus a 1st round and 2nd round pick.

I don’t think Gabby is worth $9 million a year. But he’s not worth 2 mediocre players and the roulette wheel that is DR’s drafting ability. The way DR operates, he’d trade for a 1st rounder to the team that wins the Cup.

By: Michael up North

Michael up North — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:29:58 +0000

Tks Buddha, there’s a lot of good players in the league, and while guys like Savard make everyone around them better, guys like Sakic can lead a dismal group of players into the postseason way beyond their expectations.

A flashy, fast skater is no cure all for any team. Certainly not this one.

And I only listed forwards.

By: Buddha

Buddha — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:29:42 +0000

Left Sakic and Selanne off, because they are close to the end. Hard to justify when I have Brodeur on there, but my brain works in weird ways…

I like Phaneuf over Gaby because he’s an excellent player, little or no drama with him, and the team is first.

As for Goalies… not just any goalie, the elite. They win more games than Gaby ever will. (And I was a goalie when I played… so they get special ranking)

By: Wild Road Tripper

Wild Road Tripper — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:29:31 +0000

Hopefully John Scott’s anle will heal soon. Ms. C needs a big body to protect her ‘crack squirrel’ in Houston.

OK, where’s this ‘mystery’ blog post, Michael?

By: jeffs468

jeffs468 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:28:55 +0000

Please dont mis read my arguement. I dont post often, but i am always reading. Everyone knows my personal favorite style of player, AO, Forsberg, Iggy, i love guys that score, hit, and play a nasty game. And i agree Gaby is in no way that player, but what else have we got?