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Monday, August 22, 2005Rock The PondWith the Ducks bringing Teemu Selanne back into the fold at a home-town discount (at least I think $1m is a discount - this new CBA and the ensuing flood of free-agents has got me all flummoxed), it seems like a good time to point out that Cupie - a regular commenter over at Halo's Heaven - is doing great work blogging OC's other team. Finally, a worthy entrant into the woefully underrepresented Ducks blogosphere. Link added at left. Comments:This is certainly interesting. Trading Selanne away was probably the most unpopular trade in Anaheim history (including the Rams when they played there and the Angels). Especially, with how Disney treated Selanne afterwards...as if he had never played for the team before. I doubt Disney would have ever picked him back up, especially with what happened after the 2002 playoff run with him and Paul Kariya taking off for other pastures. A hometown discount? Only if you think a guy who scores 32 points in a full season with one of the league's best teams, and was relegated to fourth line status (when he wasn't a healthy scratch) is worth more than a million bucks. I'm guessing the fact that he was on the market for three weeks is pretty good evidence that this was probably his best offer. You can have him. Well, it looks like there's a lot of teams out there who aren't too convinced that he's completely healthy. woefully underrepresented Ducks blogosphere That's for a reason... ;-) Nice PR move by the Ducks. Kinda like the Kings bringing back Luc. Good news for some of those ol' school Duck fans that still have his jersey somewhere in their closets. Too bad he's no where near what he used to be. He was relegated to the 4th line in Colorado and IIRC, was a health scratch in a few playoff games. Even with the new rule changes, I don't see him putting up more than 40 points. I think not signing Chistov was a bigger mistake. I think this also means Sykora's days in Anaheim are over (unless Burke doesn't resign Salei.) And with that said... GO KINGS! Being 6'1" and 170 will do that... I hope he eventually makes it to LA if only to hear the chant "FUK-U"! "woefully underrepresented Ducks blogosphere That's for a reason... ;-)" Probably right. But you do realize that the Ducks 'sphere beats out the Kings 'sphere by a four to 1 margin (and that one doesn't appear to be active any more), right? Pwnd. Probably right. But you do realize that the Ducks 'sphere beats out the Kings 'sphere by a four to 1 margin That's only until baseball season is over, when I'll start blogging the Kings. If I followed hockey, I'd be very excited about the imminent battle between Pondosphere and Reignosphere. But, since I don't, I'm mostly just confused. I think this also means Sykora's days in Anaheim are over (unless Burke doesn't resign Salei.) Nevermind. Looks like LeClerc was the odd man out. |
