I had actually spent the last two days researching a bit of a topic that I was planning on blogging about today. It was all about the insanity of offering Mark Giordano a five year/20 million dollar contract, while only offering Ian 3M for one year. Ian has slightly more experience, and way more points overall than Giordano. It was making me wonder what Ian may have been thinking about the whole thing. They may not talk about that sort of thing in the dressing room, but obviously they watch sports centre and read the papers, so there's no way to avoid thinking about it. But then, while I was putting the finishing touches on relevant stats and comparisons, I see on the news that they ended up trading Ian to Carolina, beating me to the punch.
On the up side, Ian now gets to join his former minor league coach, the coach that brought him up to the big leagues in the first place (same guy obviously), who is also the same guy that ended up giving him some prime ice time, and lots of it. They do have a pretty set first powerplay unit, but there's always a chance that he can prove himself and take over one of the two available roles. Good for him! Hopefully everything works out well.
The guys are finished with the flooring, and have installed a few light fixtures. Apparently, the debate rages on about whether or not they'll take a shot at leveling the house again next summer. Until that decision gets made, they probably won't finish the bathroom. As such, they may be almost done here. Not that they're bad guys, but it's not like I'll miss having another two guys around the house that haven't been trained in the fine arts of putting down the seat, or cleaning up after themselves. That being said, no decisions are final.
Stay tuned.
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