
Perhaps, we could see Nonis pick up some higher priced UFA's in the following weeks. UFA's that aren't Jan Bulis, Marc Chouinard-types. Even though, bless his heart for signing the free agents that he did last summer.
Does this put the Canucks in the running for a Gomez or Briere? Maybe. But I hope not. I think he's better off to spread the wealth out a little bit and stay a couple of million below the $50 million cap.
Perhaps now Nonis can take a stab at a few guys like:
-Dainus Zubrus (please NO!)
-Mike Peca
-Jeff O'Neil
-Ruslan Fedotenko
-Michal Handzus
-Petr Sykora (hell no!)
-Bill Guerin
-Eric Lindros (wahahaha!)
-Alyn McAuley
-Richard Zednik
Maybe he could try to get 2 guys like:
-Peter Forsberg
-Robert Lang
-Michael Nylander
-Jason Blake
-Mike Comrie
Or he can make a blockbuster signing with 1 of the following:
-Scott Gomez
-Daniel Briere
-Chris Drury
-Brendan Shanahan (who doesn't want to leave NY)
-Alexei Yashin (bite me)
-Ryan Smyth
-Slava Kozlov
-Paul Kariya
Don't bank on a blockbuster happening. But Naslund does need a decent center.
I'm not sure exactly where the Canucks are with salary commitments, but once they shed themselves of Smolinski and Bulis (perhaps) they should be in the $40-43 million range.
Hang on to your butts, Sunday is almost here!!
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