Jim Souhan: Wild should keep its star despite his flop

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Wild should keep Gaborik despite his flop
Published 4/21/2008 by Fraser at The Hockey Herald
via Minneapolis Star Tribune: The Wild’s first-round playoff loss and Gaborik’s inability to alter the series means the team’s potentially tumultuous offseason might revolve around the Slovak star as much as any individual. Gaborik can become a free agent after next season. He is a star who has discussed playing in the Eastern Conference, and has hinted he might like to play for a more offensive-minded coach than Jacques Lemaire. The Wild at least will have to discuss trading him, to avoid losing him in free agency in the summer of ...

NHL Morning Papers: Playoff Teams (Monday Edition)
Published 4/21/2008 by Richard Pollock at IllegalCurve.com
... than the team does now, writes Michael Russo. Jim Souhan thinks it would be foolish for the Wild to trade Marian Gaborik. Sid Hartman provides readers with ...

Clearing Marian Gaborik's good playoff name
Published 4/21/2008 at Puck Daddy
... is that he met a smart veteran defenseman in Adam Foote that shut him down. Sometimes defensemen just win the day, and there's nothing Gaborik could do to get on track. His previous playoff history earns him the right to hold off the "choke" tag; but the real question is whether this postseason performance will affect how the Wild approach him long-term with one year left before UFA status. Jim Souhan of the Star-Tribune begins to make the case for a new contract for Gaborik: The Wild's problem is it doesn't ...