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Teams Showing Interest In Babchuk
by Paul on 09/07/09 at 05:23 PM ET
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from Craig Custance of the Sporting News,
I’m up in Traverse City, Michigan for the Red Wings annual prospect tournament. It’s usually a great place to get a look at some of the better prospects in the league, and I’ll have more later in the week on some of the young players. But I’ve spent most of the day today talking to coaches and GMs, trying to gather information for our NHL season preview in Sporting News Magazine.
During a conversation with Carolina GM Jim Rutherford about the Canes, the conversation shifted to the future of defenseman Anton Babchuk. Babchuk is coming off a 16-goal season but the restricted free agent rejected Carolina’s one-year offer. He changed agents, from Jay Grossman to Don Meehan and wants to play in the NHL next season. It won’t be with Carolina, but Rutherford said he sees a solution to Babchuk’s situation before training camp.
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One productive season doesn’t make up for the attitude issues. A couple of seasons back, he refused to report to Albany (at the time, he was the only defenseman able to be sent down on a two way contract) and the Canes suspended him. He’d be a decent player with some more experience behind him, but I can’t get past the issues he’s had with the organization.
Posted by hockeymuskrat on 09/07/09 at 07:01 PM ET
link’s broken for me..
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 09/07/09 at 08:05 PM ET
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Let me fix that to express what Custance really meant to say…
“...I’ve spent most of the day today talking to coaches, GMs and (of course) Sindey Crosby, trying to gather information for our NHL season preview in Sporting News Magazine.
Lord knows, you wouldn’t want to report on, or make a decision about, anything these days without checking with The Kid first.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/07/09 at 05:34 PM ET