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Don't Count the Habs/Nucks out YET for Sundin...McCabe, and More...

August 18, 2008, 2:04 PM ET [ Comments]
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so lets see...

This weekend reports came out that Mats wanted to be a Ranger...these reports were quickly squashed by JP... although for the first time we learned officially that the Rangers and Flyers were actually talking to the Sundin camp..

So what does this all mean...

On TSN, the most telling quote from JP and the biggest clue was this one...

"Everybody has been calling regularly trying to get an idea of when his timetable is. Mainly I have just told them we have talked about everything and right now it's just for him to decide," Barry explained to TSN on Sunday.

how do you interpret this?

My initial reaction was that this quote gave MORE credence to the Rangers and Mats being almost done. When an agent says that they have "talked about everything and right now it's just for him to decide" I start to think that the deal is in place, the team has been decided, and now its up to Mats.

However, a source of mine in Sweden who has been very spot on, told me that he was told last night that it "has been decided and it was Montreal." The source said that the Canadiens have "led pole to pole here."

Still another said that in the next few days the Canucks are getting a "day in court" moment when they will be able to make their case for one last time. The source also added, "The Canucks players are definitely making some in-roads in the convincing department."

The six teams...pretty clear now...Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, NY Rangers, Philly, and....I believe the Avalanche.

So I can see all the comments now... Everyone is bored by the Sundin situation. Well so am I, but I do admit that it gets more and more interesting in some ways when you start to talk to people "off-the-record." There will be a great story to tell about all of this as soon as a conclusion is come to and people lift the "off-the-record." aspects to all of this.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sanderson may indeed be close signing in Florida with the Panthers. I like this fit and the fact the Sanderson continues his tour of teams as a modern day Gerard Gallant. I will continue to update this.

Hats off to Andy Strickland for breaking the Nagy to Russia story this morning.

I am talking to a source at 3pm regarding the McCabe deal. The source left a VM for me simply saying, "call at 3, the deal is getting bigger."

The general feeling at this point is McCabe for Van Ryn, although I have also heard Bryan Allen mentioned which would mean that more needs to be heading south.

so stay tuned.

There will also be a Hockeybuzzcast today at 4:30.

And no matter what happens with Mats, this week we will begin previewing the season!

Hooray!

Predictions, what teams are still looking for, who's talking to who...that sort of stuff!

cheers, and stay tuned..
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