Jonas Gustavsson Has Signed With Toronto per Sportsnet
by Brandon Bibb on Jul 7, 2009 8:46 AM CDT
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PrintPer one of their Swedish sources.
An announcement is expected as early as today as "The Monster" signed off on a 1-year, $900,000 to start the 09-10 season backing up Vesa Toskola.
I'm sure additional details will follow. I have checked TSN to see if they've picked on this story and they now have.
I'm sure the Stars would have loved for him to not wait so long as they missed out on several nice potential backups through free agency. But obviously, their scouts in Sweden as well as Les Jackson saw something in the kid to convince Nieuwendyk to wait him out. And he was going to disappoint one team as it was, anyway.
Time to turn the page and look for a backup in free agency.
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that sucks but
there are amazing problems in chicago right now and if versteeg were available wouldnt we HAVE to make a strong push? i understand we’re poor and everything but kid has a great right shot, and is young, talented and NHL ready. wouldnt hicks go for that?
It's going to be very expensive to get either Versteeg or Barker
What could happen is that Chicago overpays to keep them. I don’t think Dallas had the budget or room.
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2009 8:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Barker already resigned
With Chicago last night.
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You just had a feeling this was going to happen.
Toronto makes sense, it was his favorite team, and it’s high profile.
I hope he does well and there’s no hard feelings from me. I wish the decision had come quicker but that’s just the way it goes.
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2009 9:03 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm sure by the time TOR and DAL meet
Any ill will I hold towards the kid will be gone.
And the fact he’s a kid probably excuses him from any flack he’d normally get for holding out so long and causing the teams on his list to miss out on some quality backups in free agency.
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Not to mention as I’ve been saying for a while, the fact the Leafs have gone out and brought in a handful of very good defensemen makes the choice easy for Jonas. I hope he does well in Toronto because he does seem like a genuinely nice kid.
As for the Stars, Nieuwendyk gambled and lost. This team needs a backup goalie in the worst way but there are still afew decent ones out there… Gerber would be a solid option as a backup.. Kevin Weeks, Curtis Sanford… Hell for the right price I’d even entertain the idea of Wade Dubielewicz.
by Art Middleton on Jul 7, 2009 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
long toothed goalies
yeah the ages suck but really we’re only asking that whoever we bring in gives us 20-30 games this season, all we need to do is pick and choose the right games for him to play I.E. phoenix
Should be as simple as signing in with your phone.
Here’s the FanPost on the new features:
http://www.defendingbigd.com/2009/7/7/940598/sb-nation-adds-mobile-commenting
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
the winner is... Tippett
first of all, i’m no dave fan… his substitution in my opinion wasn’t bad. i just really wanted to be a fly to see how much joy this brought to dave…
watching Joe failling all the way in this free agency really make me see dark future ahead for the stars…
isn’t just skrastins and peters that dallas needs… He needs to rebuild the D like Burke just done in Toronto…. not mentioning the goaltender…
Any GM Free Agent?
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