Marian Gaborik: I would have considered offer from new Minnesota Wild regime, 'but I didn't get any'

Feces For Jesus wrote:

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Care to post that link from the hockey news? Most people are laughing that Chicago gave Hossa a 12 year deal. I don't care for the signing of Gabby for 5 years, but he has high end skill. I can't help it if Sather is a moron.

Here's the link.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27173-T...

Gaborik's was list as worst, Havlat as 3rd worst, and Hossa's only 6th worst.

Feces For Jesus wrote:

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Care to post that link from the hockey news? Most people are laughing that Chicago gave Hossa a 12 year deal. I don't care for the signing of Gabby for 5 years, but he has high end skill. I can't help it if Sather is a moron.

If Sather is a moron (which I agree with) then Lou Lamoriello is flat out retarded for bringing Lemaire back again. How long until Brian Rolston and Zach Parise demand to be traded from the Devils?

johns6797 wrote:

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If Sather is a moron (which I agree with) then Lou Lamoriello is flat out retarded for bringing Lemaire back again. How long until Brian Rolston and Zach Parise demand to be traded from the Devils?

Who knows how that's going to work out. Lemaire is a good coach. I hope they fall flat on their faces, but they rarely do.

Feces For Jesus wrote:

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Who knows how that's going to work out. Lemaire is a good coach. I hope they fall flat on their faces, but they rarely do.

Lemaire might be a good coach technically but it was quite evident in his last couple of seasons here in Minny that top-tier free agents would not come here to play in that system. Whatever talent NJ has under contract right now they had better hope it's enough to get them by Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Carolina...because their talent level will not get better with taskmaster Lemaire behind the bench...it will only get worse.

Dicky wrote:

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Here's the link.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27173-T...
Gaborik's was list as worst, Havlat as 3rd worst, and Hossa's only 6th worst.

they havent even played 1 game yet . sedins werent going anywhere unless they got paid a bit more so who else was there that can put the puck in the net??

You gotta be kidding. He plays def. better than any high scoring man in the NHL! Both ends..... Learn the game and then talk.

kecker wrote:

Mary Ann, we tried to negotiate with you but you made it clear you didn't want to be with the Wild.
How many times do you expect people to keep crawling back to you before they give up?
Besides, you're not worth the money you signed for, much less the greater money we offered earlier.
We need a player that can play both ends of the ice and doesn't feign injury every time so much as a mosquito farts.

eraera1 wrote:

You gotta be kidding. He plays def. better than any high scoring man in the NHL! Both ends..... Learn the game and then talk.
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I don't know what game you are watching, but Gabby was definitely not on the top of that list. Try Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Ovechkin, and even Havlat (among others) are better defensive players than Gaborik. You have to get back in the defensive zone to be considered a good defensive player.

eraera1 wrote:

You gotta be kidding. He plays def. better than any high scoring man in the NHL! Both ends..... Learn the game and then talk.
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Dear Mr. Troll,

Clearly there is another Gaborik in the league you were watching. Gaborik wouldn't even enter the defensive end, much less play defensively.

I'm not even going to try to match knowledge of the game with you because it's clear you don't even watch them, so why bother.

Anybody know much about the G from Columbus and RW from NJ we signed today?