My team has finally come to an agreement with its current goal-scoring star Simon Gagne; gotta’ say in with a Frawnch accent, SEE-mon GONE-yay; so he can report to training camp on time. None of this Eric Lindros holdout nonsense.
However, I’m experiencing a little deja vu on this deal. Hmm, it lasts five years. He’s paid a bit over $5 million per season which is pretty close the maximum under the new CBA. He plays Left Wing. He just had his best season ever: 47 goals and 79 points. Oh wait, all GM Bobby Clarke needs is a no-trade clause and he has another John LeClair disaster in the making, if Gagne has as many injuries. At least the odds are against it because Gagne is a forward that scores through assists from Forsberg or Knuble’s passes, not putting a foot in the crease to score on rebounds, what some call garbage goals. So when Gagne misses half a season due a horrible injury, it won’t be from the other teams’ defenders checking him the back.