The Blues Empire Strikes Back at Gillis
Waiting For Stanley —
Call it karma... I just call it revenge. Today, the Blues have offered still-unsigned RFA Steve Bernier a 1-year $2.5 million offer sheet. The Canucks had acquired Bernier from the Sharks for 2 draft picks in 2009 and 2010 just after July 1 but had not completed a deal with him yet, making him fair game for other teams to make an offer. The Blues I'm sure are returning the kick to Gillis' gonads as the Canucks' GM tried to pry away the Blues' RFA David Backes with a 3-year $7.5 million deal on July 1. Sure, the Blues have interest in Bernier, but you know they don't mind sticking the knife into Gillis' back to return the favor. I think ...
Well, that Steve Bernier deal worked out well for the Canucks
3rd Man In —
In regards to the Steve Bernier trade last week, there was speculation that the Canucks were ready to give the then-Sabres forward an offer sheet, forcing the Sabres to match or take a second round pick, giving Darcy Regier reason to accept a 2nd and 3rd in exchange for the winger.
The Canucks, who tried the whole offer sheet thing with ...
Canucks match Bernier offer sheet
IllegalCurve.com —
From TSN: One week after the Vancouver Canucks signed restricted free agent forward David Backes to an offer sheet, the St. Louis Blues struck back. The Blues signed Group II free agent forward Steve Bernier to an offer sheet worth $2.5 million for next season, which the Canucks were quick to match. If they didn't, Vancouver would have received St. Louis' second round draft choice in 2009. Read the entire story ...
Cash Money
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguins Blog From Behind The Veil Of Cryptic Online Identities —
... With papa Bettman threatening to ground Brian Burke or Kevin Lowe if either throw any more verbal barbs, the biggest drama right now is the offersheet war between the Blues and Canucks. [ TSN ] ...
Bernier deal, revisited
WNYMedia.net » BfloBlog —
... A lot of fans and pundits last week speculated that the trading away of Steve Bernier was because of an impending offer sheet from the Canucks. People thought that Vancouver GM Mike Gillis was trying to avoid looking Lowe-esque by alerting Darcy to the situation before the sheet was offered (I guess you’d call it that). That turned out to be not true, for if it were, Vancouver would have announced Bernier’s shiny new contract right away. Instead, they were faced with this situation: ...
