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Originally Posted by Stickman
BTW, I just want to see Kevin Beiksa snapshow on somebody. I know fights don't happen in the playoff, but I love that guy and he's a beast.
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Salo Erhoff and Beaker are all UFA agents this summer.
If the Nucks can only get 1, I hope its Kevin.
Erhoff is probably a better choice...but Beaker is a Nuck, he would look silly in any other jersey. Plus he is more likely to buy into the same mentality that the Sedin's, Burrows and Kesler have all bought into...you have to sign for less than value if you want to play on a consistently competitive team. All of those players signed contracts at a lower value than they could have got elsewhere.
I hope Ballard can be traded. He's not a bad Dman, he just doesn't fit into the Nucks system, and he makes too much money to be a #6 Dman.
Salo...hard to tell with him. He gets hurt way too often, but if he can be signed for less than 1million, it would be great to keep him. I think some team will take a chance on him like the Kings did with Willie Mitchell and offer him a contract the Nucks can't match.