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Canucks offer $10MM to Mats Sundin?
Published 7/1/2008 by mc79hockey at mc79hockey.com
... I have no idea whether this is true or not - Mirtle is citing Bruce Garrioch - but this would be a fascinating acquisition. The ideas of replacement level have been kicked around a ton on this site and the idea that teams with specific abject weaknesses find it easier to improve than those with a sort of low level mediocrity. The Canucks have been putrid offensively for two years now. Adding Mats Sundin would give them a real jolt. I haven’t looked at the numbers to see what else it would do but I like the idea of paying more in the short term too. This Gillis is an ...

Welcome Patrick Lalime!
Published 7/2/2008 by TheTick at Honk if you love justice!
... No other players on their way to Buffalo yet, although a bunch are off the market. Check the live blog at Mirtle for the full measure. Too much for me to keep up with, what with the 3 month old on my lap.  Sabres fans’ dream guy Brooks Orpik is still out there, though, so hope springs yet. ...

Outside takes on the Wings' UFA day signings, and July 1 musings
Published 7/2/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... the coming weeks and months. Conklin's career was believed dead in the water at the start of last season, as he began last season with the Penguins minor league affiliate but when Marc-Andre Fleury was sidelined with an ankle injury Conklin stepped into the breach and played very well, keeping the Penguins near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. The Wings don't have enough depth in the crease to dangle Howard. Here's what James Mirtle had to say about the Conklin signing: July 1, James Mirtle : Ty Conklin signs a bargain basement deal in Detroit, a great move by the ...