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BEST WTF

He is the $36 million man.

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The man with one goal. And that he scored into his own net.

The coach can’t figure out who he should play with. It hasn’t worked with the Sedins. It hasn’t worked with anyone else.

He’s not getting scoring chances. Worse, he’s soft along the wall. Often. Like on tonight’s second goal.

Ken Pagan had a better chance of possessing that puck by firing a beer can.

Things will get better. There will be streaks. I’m going to pin a cue card to my laptop.

“He scored 30 last year. Remember this.”

It’s hard right now. I see Vrbata but without the shot and without the great start Vrbata had in his first year here.

Oh, and a contract that’s four years longer.

I don’t see Eriksson playing much with the Sedins this year. At the stage of their career, they need speed. They need Hansen. And I’d bet at the end of year the vast majority of their playing time will have been with Dransen.

Mostly because he can do things Eriksson can’t, things like this: