It appears the Vancouver Canucks are the winners of the Fabian Brunnstrom sweepstakes.
No fewer than 20 NHL teams expressed interest in the 23-year-old Swedish winger, who went undrafted and played the past season in the Swedish Elite League with Farjestad.
As reported on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday, Brunnstrom had a short list of five or six and further reduced that to one: the Canucks, whose general manager, Dave Nonis, did a good job of selling the youngster on the team and the city.
Now the Canucks have to finalize contract details with agent J.P. Barry over the next week.
Among the finalists for his services were the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and Anaheim Ducks. The opportunity to be a top-six forward in Vancouver and potentially play with the Sedin twins is believed to have help with his decision.
Brunnstrom is a speedy and skilled winger, who is now 23, and a classic late bloomer.
Note: I was going to blog about the RCMP constable who, posing in red serge, hit up a bunch of websites trolling for a trans gendered Thai 'Lady-Boy.' While on duty of course. It just seems these guys are taking media hit after hit. What will the brass do to bring the respect back to this once proud organization?
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Word on the radio is that he's waiting to see what happens with Nonis/Canucks. He wants to make sure he'll have stability in the organization.
I have to say, this doesn't sound good for Nonis. But, much as I think he's a pretty useless GM with absolutely no balls, I think he deserves the chance to have one more season because he'll be rid of a lot of dead weight that he'd inherited from Burke's team.
Okay then. Just saw on Sportsnet internet that he's just been fired. This could be interesting.
Maybe Burke will come back?
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