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What Are You Doing Here?
KK Hockey — from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, Imagine the surprise of J.P. Barry, the agent for the Sedin twins, when he hopped on a plane headed to Stockholm on Sunday evening and saw none other than Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis on the same flight. Surprise because the agent figured talks were likely dead after a weekend meeting in Montreal that didn’t produce anything. Barry arrived in Stockholm on Monday to prepare his star clients for free agency. “We met at the draft with [Gillis], there was no counter-proposal and we basically wished each other good luck,” Barry told ESPN.com on Monday from Sweden. “It was ...

Gills to speak with Sedins in person
Nucks Misconduct — Gills to speak with Sedins in person "Imagine the surprise of J.P. Barry, the agent for the Sedin twins, when he hopped on a plane headed to Stockholm on Sunday evening and saw none other than Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis on the same flight." (g/t Kuklas)

The Sedin’s Contract Conundrum
Hockey From the Cheap Seats — Ask any Canucks fan what they think of the Sedin’s, and you’re bound to get an answer. You might hear that they want too much money. You might hear that GM Mike Gillis is a cheap bastard. You might even hear that they’d make a good name for a website. Whatever you hear, just about everyone has an opinion on what the Canucks should do about their identical free agent problem. It’s hard to believe that the Sedin’s were drafted #2 and #3 a decade ago in the awful 1999 NHL Draft. A DECADE! I still think of them as the young kids that Brian Burke coveted so much that he traded up to get 2 of the top three picks in the draft. I mean, ...