Dany, Pleks vs Saks, and Laziness

The dog days of summer are where most hockey bloggers dig through their extensive resources to come up with something deep or introspective... and completely irrelevant. I'm sure we're all concerned as to why Gorges Laraque wasn't at Lapierre's golf tournament (ignoring the racial subtext maybe he didn't feel like chumming around with skinny white guys he has nothing in common with and instead was more focused on his own charities) or that Patrice Brisebois is racing in a NASCAR-esque race, I'd rather be posting something directly about the team with my failed attempts at being witty or not be posting at all.


So on the note of talking about my team, how about..er... Dany Heatley. Why is everyone so agitated at this dude? I mean, he said he wanted a trade; he has every right to do that. Sure he pulled a dick move saying "I don't want to go to edmonton", but really, it doesn't change the fact there's a 50-goal scorer on the market who has tons of proven experience at lighting up the World Championships.

Here's something to think about. Saku Koivu is playing for 3.25 million dollars. Thomas Plekanec is playing for 2.75 million dollars. Anyone else think the habs desperately need that $500 000? Or rather, Saku's 54 points in 65 games vs Plekanec's 39 points in 80 games?

Theoren Fleury

Theoren Fleury applied for reinstatement today, marking a recovery from alcoholism, and a huge effort from the 41 year old former champion to get into game shape. All the best luck to him, his honest outlook is... sobering... I hope to see him back, though at 41, his game wont be nearly as high.



At 5'6, Gainey is probably watching him closely.

Zherdev, unsubstantiated rumors, and Olympic camp

So Nikolai Zherdev is on the market. Apparently 3.9 million dollars is too much for 60 points a season... these are the same people who set up Scott Gomez's contract right? Seeing as he's 6'2 however, I doubt Gainey would be interested even if we could afford him.

Apparently there's a three way trade being set up with San Jose, ignoring the fact we cant fit any player that would be useful to us under the cap and don't have a lot to offer, of course.

Aside from the fact that there are plenty of aging UFAs available (including a large swedish man that thankfully no one is talking about right now), the main news seems to stem largely on the olympics, with many embracing the potential of Crosby and Nash working together. I'm curious if Stills and Young will be working the blue line. Beyond that everyone who isn't Canadian is hoping Cam Ward gets the nod for Canada.