While Luongo has not signed the extension yet and Its just rumored that its for that dollar value. Once (IF) it gets done I think we can then all discuss if its out of control or not.

While it is still early and Unless Gillis is waiting for the dominos to fall after a Luo extension to use Corey as a trading chip Im not sure where he is going to get his PP defenseman from. if M.A. Bergeron was the answer why isn’t he signed now?

The crop of UFA Dmen grows thin so Im not sure what hes waiting for as our youth is still not deep enough to pull off a trade that

1) will benefit us now and medium term and

2) will not clean our our half full cupboard of talent…

LOTS to do for this team and Gillis is really doing no better than Nonis past Drafting. My feeling is that he expects big things from Burrows, Bernier, Hodgson, Grabner, Past Hodgson Im not too excited about that either.

Add to that There is NO talk of our #1 Shutdown Dman Willie Mitchell signing his extension or even word of anyone worried that he is UFA next year one must wonder if he even fits our plans for next year. The cap WILL go down next year and most likely we will be one of the teams most affected by that with Luo, Mitchell, Kesler all getting raises with Kesler getting the biggest raise (most likely more than double his current salary).

So What are you up to Gillis? Thinking about raising Ticket prices again?

Discuss on the boards now…..