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Report: Brian Campbell Heading to UFA
by Alanah McGinley on 06/19/08 at 03:59 PM ET
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From Bruce Garrioch in Off the Post,
Defenceman Brian Campbell will be going to the unrestricted free agent market. [...]
Campbell has informed the Sharks he won’t be back.
read on... for updates on Shean Donovan and the Sens
Mind you, I’ve not been Garrioch’s biggest fan today.
Update 4:28pm ET: I’ve changed the title of this post to add “Report.” According to David Pollak at the Mercury News Sharks blog, GM Doug Wilson is meeting with Campbell’s agent this afternoon.
Update 9:05pm ET: Pollak updated his blog post with this comment:
Doug Wilson is totally denying the report on the Ottawa Sun blog site that Brian Campbell has told the Sharks he will not be returning. Wilson said he talked with Campbell today and is having dinner with agent Larry Kelly tonight, and that negotiations are continuing.
“Tremendously false,” Wilson called the report that Campbell had told the Sharks he would not re-sign with them. “The accurate report is that we’ve got a scheduled discussion on this negotiation tonight and tomorrow. Nothing has changed that.”
Quite the day Garrioch is having today…
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If the Wings don’t resign Stuart this weekend then Campbell becomes a possibility again.
I can’t see how they’d be able to do that, Bill. All the reports I’ve seen say Campbell is looking for $7M (or more). The Wings can’t possibly tie up $20.6M in three defensemen. They also have Pavel at $6.3M and Hank will get at least that next year. That adds up to $33M+ for just five guys.
Let’s hope Stuart will take $3M-$3.5M/year for three years and learn to enjoy winning Cups.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 06/19/08 at 07:33 PM ET
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I thought B Campbell should have been the Red Wings Deadline pick up, mobile skater and good passer, but Brad Stuart worked out pretty darn well. If the Wings don’t resign Stuart this weekend then Campbell becomes a possibility again.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/19/08 at 07:00 PM ET