It’s a tricky situation, since Mikko has had his share of problems with being little brother of national hero. And Saku has understood how difficult that has been for Mikko and tried to make everything possible, that he won’t be on kid’s way and people won’t get chance to compare them.

That’s why, last year in World Champs Halifax/Quebec, Saku took few days to think weather to join the team or not, but since Mikko was 1st line center allready, and that position was locked, he could join and make sure that Mikko wasn’t left in the shadows, again. Hell, the coach even tried to put Saku on Mikko’s wing, when has that happend before?

It haven’t been an easy thing for Mikko, beside’s Saku, their father is well known coach and tv-commentator in Finland and was Mikko’s first coach at Finnish top league.

If Saku joins Wild, he does that after making sure, that it won’t make any harm to Mikko.

Btw, Russo has bee the most quoted foreign journalist in Finnish papers in this week. Nobody cares about any foreign politics, Iraq, plane crashes, H1N1 or pirates in Somalia so much, that any paper would consider quote some foreign journalist’s blogs or columns, but Russo and Montreal Gazette’s Pat Hickey and Red Fisher has been in several papers many times this week. One paper even named Russo as the best source of Wild since he knows everything that happens in organisation.

That doesn’t make any sense!

Everyone thinks about what is best for their family when taking any job no matter how much money they have made, are making, or stand to make in the future. I’m sure he is not worried about putting food on the table and never said or implied any such thing. He is thinking about what is the best place to live for his family (or if they stay in their current residence, what location would be best for him to play for as his home team and be able to see and keep in contact with his family to whatever extant they deem necessary and beneficial). Is this really that difficult to understand?

Sprewell comment?? What on earth are we talking about?

The problem remains that the Wild have to play Johnsson another $5M this season for his lack of toughness and offensive contribution. If Saku’s now a hot property the Wild are constrained by the fact they only have $7M in cap space and they haven’t finalized any RFA contracts.

Still I think I disagree with Russo on Comrie. I’d put him up there with Antropov for sure. But if we go to camp with the same centers as last year, Fletcher really hasn’t done anything different than Dougie. And if PMB was the answer at center the Wild would never have traded for Fritche last year.

Admittedly as a last resort the Wild can go in this season with the same centers as last year, but I think Russo is underestimating Comrie, and the Wild should seriously consider that if it falls through for Saku. Comrie’s still put up decent numbers in bad situations (Isles, Sens).

Fletch has already exhibited more confidence that I could have hoped for. Anyone calling for his head after only two months validates their own idiocy.