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Saku Koivu May Be Concerned With Playing With Mikko
by Paul on 07/04/09 at 03:31 PM ET
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from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,
The team continues to be patient as free-agent center Saku Koivu takes his time deciding where he will sign. It’s not looking good with Minnesota, and it doesn’t appear to be so much about money as a concern about playing with his brother, Mikko.
“We’ve put a lot of conversations and time into it,” GM Chuck Fletcher said. “Whatever decision he makes, I’m sure they’ll be for good reasons.”
If Saku Koivu doesn’t sign and Fletcher can’t make a trade, coach Todd Richards believes Pierre-Marc “Bouchard can be that guy” at No. 2 center.
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Bouchard is a G. I agree that the kid could do a good job.
Posted by Osrt on 07/04/09 at 09:35 PM ET
I wonder if Saku Koivu is getting pressure from someone else (family??) to play in Minnesota with his brother Mikko, because if he has concerns about being on the same team where his younger brother has a leadership role, he shouldn’t do so, as Primis said. It would be an extremely uncomfortable situation for both men.
If he’s getting pushed from elsewhere, he might be figuring out a way to decline gracefully.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/04/09 at 10:50 PM ET
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Bizarre.
If Saku has to “question” playing with his brother than he obviously shouldn’t, and MIN shouldn’t want him to and should move on with life already.
Posted by Primis on 07/04/09 at 06:33 PM ET