Wild Summer

Throwing on a fresh post here for the first time in eh, almost three weeks. Got to keep this blog current, you know? Anyway, a lot has happened since I last blogged on here. Martin Havlat was signed which is great, considering Gaborik has been long gone. We picked up two solid defensemen and a couple prospective defensemen. Oh yea, we drafted a Minnesotan in the first round, in Nick Leddy! And the best news that I could ever ask for: Veilluex is no longer with the Wild! It was a great day in Minnesota when that was announced. Now we just need Punto off of the Twins. But, that is the same situation as the Wild had with Veilluex. Until Gardenhire is gone, Punto will be in a Twins uniform.

I thought the Wild had a solid draft this year. I like the initiative they took to acquire more picks in the middle rounds. All those picks were at the X yesterday for the Development Camp. I was quite impressed with the talent on the ice, it showed we had a promising future ahead of us. Colton Gillies was a man among boys out there. I thought Cretin graduate Chris Hickey was very solid, he handled the puck very well and had an all around solid scrimmage. One guy who had a horrible scrimmage was Petr Kalus. This clown did nothing but hold on to the puck and hold on and hold on and well you get the point. He held the puck for so long that at one point a guy in the crowd yelled, "pass the puck a$$ hole." He got a good laugh from everyone around him. All I seen out of Kalus was being selfish, favoring his right leg, and playing extremely dirty. Including somewhat of a clothesline at the end of the first half of the scrimmage. The Shattucks duo looked very good out there, as did both team's goaltenders. In the end it was Clutterbuck's white squad beating out Burns and his fedora's green squad, 7-4.

Well that is all I can muster to think of right now since I am at work. Hopefully, I will be able to add a new blog in the coming days. Thanks to Hockey Wilderness for the picture below. I saw it and said, "Hey that's me!" Click on the picture for a clearer vew.