backstrom signs!

[bucketmouth64]

At least the Wild did something right signing Backstrom to a 4 year $24 million deal. Now we will always have a chance to win games. Wonder what is up next for the Wild? Package Gabby and some other UFA's and get an impact player(s).

[fishingMN4eyes]

That is GREAT news.....bout time they got that taken care of! As for your last statement, don't bank on it.

[walleyes12]

Good to see Backstrom get signed, I was getting alittle nervous! Now get rid of that bum gaborik

[uppdacreek]

Fianlly!!! This is a very good thing!

As for gaborik....The guy gets hurt easier than a 5yr old playing with knives! Get rid of him!

[wahoohendoo]

gabby gets sand in his vagina so easy i think he's got a side job selling pearls! get rid of him. he's no superstar, superstars play the game

[Bob Schroden]

Glad to hear Backstrom is here to stay.

[PierBridge]

That's Big Boys and the price tag wasn't too bad...around 5 mill per year???

[maros91]

You need a #1 goalie plain and simple and they locked him up for another 4 years. They may trade Veiluexe, Johnsson, Gabby, bergeron. I hear there names are in play but we will see what happens

[Bear55]

I wonder if we might move Harding now? Sure its nice to have a great backup but we need someone who can put the puck in the net.

[OnAFly]

Wouldn't a Harding and Velliux for Heatly package look nice now? Maybe a deal for Kopitar? We need a finisher. We get behind and the guys start playing like the game is already lost. We also need to get rid of Bergeron. Every other time he touches the puck it ends up in the oppositions hands in the slot. He looks like Skoula circa 2007.

P.S. Anyone hear if that Gabby deal for a bag of pucks went through yet? Only 3 more hours to go!

[Bear55]

I don't think Harding and Velliux can get us a Heatly or a Kopitar but a younger guy who can put in maybe 25 goals a year would be nice.

[walleyes12]

I can see the Wild are sitting on their thumbs!! MAKE A TRADE AND GET SOME OFFENSE ALREADY

Calgary is loading up

[OnAFly]

You're probably right, we would need to put more into that one, but those are two teams that need a solid goaltender. Atlanta is another team that could use a better goalie. Kovalchuk would be a nice addition, though he would be spendy to keep around and I don't think we are making any legitimate Cup push.

[PierBridge]

We're holding out for 2 bags of pucks and a New Whistle for JL...DOAH!

[wahoohendoo]

dont forget he wants a case of chewing gum with that new shiny whistle.

[koonie]

Apparently mediocrity is good enough for the Wild. Risebrough will give the same speech he has for the last three years.

[OnAFly]

JL will be gone after this year anyways. Really, we should have let him leave two years ago like he wanted to and just brought up the head coach of the Aeros...who is now the head coach of the Sharks...wow, DR screwed that one up too.

[walleyes12]

DR is horrible, grow a pair already and take some chances

[wahoohendoo]

i see backstrom is back to the lazy goaltending now that he's signed. we are actually scoring goals and he cant seem to stop anything now. the last two tonite were ugly!

[solbes]

I think signing Backstrom was the number one priority this year, at least considering Gabby's zero trade value right now.

I was at that game last night. Backstrom was not having his best game. Some of SJ's goals were just pure garbage though. Their first and fourth goals were zero angle shots that were very fortunate to go in. Their second goal should not have happened after Backstrom poked the puck out. Defensemen completely fell asleep on that play.

The end of the game was pretty sweet to watch though. Never leave a game early, as a few people did.

Was great to see

[Bob Schroden]

i see backstrom is back to the lazy goaltending now that he's signed.

I don't believe that has anything to do with it.

You can't expect him to have a lights out performance every game.

He is only human. Overall I think he has really kept us in the hunt for a playoff position all year.

The good news is that he is signed.

[Bob Schroden]

considering Gabby's zero trade value right now.

I just don't understand why Gabby gets such a bad rap?

I realize he is injury prone, but hockey is a tough sport.

All players are going to get injured in the game at some time or another.

Take a look at his stats.

He averaged 25-45 goals per year.

That is alot of offense that we missed out on this year.

Give us another 30 goals this year, and we would be right up there with Calgary right now in the standings.

I know that it is unfortunate that he was always hurt this year, but it sure would be nice to see him make a big comeback.

His comments sounded encouraging last night during the third period. Sounds like he will be back soon.

He is our franchise player and has been since day one.

Lets hope he can turn it around, soon.

[maros91]

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I just don't understand why Gabby gets such a bad rap?

I realize he is injury prone' date=' but hockey is a tough sport.

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Come playoff time he disappears. He is hurt every year with the same injury. He makes $7 mil a year. Time to spend that money somewhere else.

[Bob Schroden]

Quote:

Time to spend that money somewhere else.

I suppose we will follow that old trade Minnesota tradition:

Johan Santana

Torii Hunter

Kevin Garnett

Randy Moss

Marion Gaborik...

Yea, I suppose we should keep up the tradition of trading our best players so they can finish and highlight their careers with our competition.

Yea, I guess that makes sense.

[solbes]

There's a lot of if's with Gabby. IF he was healthy over the last several seasons, he'd be a top 10 if not top 5 player. I would agree to that. But the sad reality is that he will always be injury prone. That's why I said he has almost zero trade value. He's played like what, 6 games this year? I love the guy when he's on the ice too, but we can't count on it. And given his salary, we can't go out and get someone to complement and elevate guys like Koivu. Probably time to move on.