So for this first post I will talk about the one big sports story that is dominating the MN scene, and that is the Minnesota Wild losing Marian Gaborik but gaining Martin Havlat. Not sure how to feel about this, there is some mixed emotions. First off, Gaborik was the final player from the original Wild team when they first came into the league and he is the teams All-Time leading scorer. But he is also the teams All-Time biggest headache when it came to injuries... the guy just couldn't stay healthy. While he was very fun to watch in the game, he wasn't fun to watch on the bench or in a suite. So in closing on Marian, it was fun while it lasted, but you were just hurt to much. I just hope that he isn't the next David Ortiz for MN teams... that would not be fun to watch. Moving on. When I first head the news from a fellow blogger, Dan Cook, that the Wild were going to sign Havlat, I was VERY giddy. An actual BIG name coming to the Wild via Free Agency. I then decided to look at his sats over his career and while the were impressive, I noticed one thing... he is also injury prone. While its not as big of a stand out as Gaborik's was, its still there. I can only sit back and wait if he stays healthy. If he can, he will be just as exciting and good if not better then Gaborik. In all, I am very happy that the Wild signed him. Next on the table, lets hope the Wild can make one more BIG signing because all us WIld fans know that we deserve it from this organization.
Thats all for now, until next time, thanks for reading.
Mike Kinghorn
p.s. Sorry if there are grammar issues, not the best at that.
Nice start Mike!
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