Other Noteable Mentions for the Darryl Sutter Award

Don Waddell of the atlanta thrashers/ future winnipeg jet. now the winnipeg jets are going to have to keep paying byfuglien 5 million for the next 5 years. when all hes gonna do is turn into the worst power forward bum in the league. we'll see what he ends up doing with ladd, this will be his dealbreaker.

rating 4

garth snow in nyi. hes just very cheap and he has to start spending more money. he made up for it with a good steal on grabner who made only a million dollars this season but score almost 30 times. he still has to deal with the aftermath of rick dipietro.

rating 6

Brian Burke. Komisarek at 4.5 multi year was a pretty bad signing. but finding a way to get rid of koivu and has 4 million was a good move. reimer and kadri look like very good caliber prospects that will emerge out of the brian burke era. kessel was a bad signing because it cost them seguin and another good first rounder, and two second rounders, and they could use all of those things in the long run because they are still developing. a big determining factor for burke this offseason will be to see if he can get clarke macarthur to take a paycut to stay in TO and avoide arbitration.

Michael Grabner

This guy is the real deal. In wednesdayt night's game against Edmonton he set up the game winning goal. He streaked into the offensive zone got past a couple defenseman and set up hansen. I've heard about this guy for about 2 years now. He was from Crosby's draft year and we got him 14th overall. In 06-07 he had 55 points in 55 games in the WHL. Last year he stepped up to the Manitoba Moose in the AHL and had an impact by scoring 22 goals and 22 assists in 74 games. I really think that Grabner is probably the best prospect that the canucks currently have. I would not be surprised at all if he cracks the roster.

-hark