Training camp starting today. I really love hockey, it’s really the only sport I follow with any intensity.
Already, I see a theme of “Here we go again” emerging for the Wild. In so many ways.
Goaltending Woes! Here we go again!
Josh Harding was injured yesterday and now has a broken foot that cannot be repaired with surgery. No, really. He’s out for 3-4 months.
Adding to the feeling of, “I can’t freaking believe it…” is that apparently the accident that broke his foot, was so stupid or bizarre that team doesn’t want to talk about it. It did NOT happen on the ice, that’s all we know.
The leading theory currently is that he slipped on a banana peel. Stay tuned, this is going to be a good one.
But here we go again. As luck would have it, Ilya Bryzgalov happened to be walking down the street by the Excel Energy Center when his phone rang… There are conflicting reports as to weather or not he was eating a banana at the time, but regardless he was signed to a tryout contract within minutes of Harding’s “accident”.
Darcy continues to hold out for a one way deal. No word AFAIK on if Harding’s misfortune has made ownership see the light and sign off. The difference between the two sides is probably the equivalent of 1 week of Danny Heatly’s salary, so… well let’s say that I think they should just give Darcy the deal and quit messing around.
Can’t wait to see what happens this season. So many new players, but obviously the one I want to see is how Vanek works because to have any real result Vanek NEEDS to work.
Here we go!
Grouse