According to Mike Heika the DMN blog – Neiuwendyk will wait for Gustavsson’s answer before delving into the Goaltending free agent market.
“It’s a bit frustrating, but we have confidence in the player and we want to see if he picks us,” said Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk. “We’re hoping the decision will come (Thursday).”
We all hope so – who knows what will be left on the market by then. Though the list is still pretty long the amount of people that are of a high enough class to be a sure fire bet for a goalie who is going to be able to clean up Turco’s messes but more so who is going to be able to win most of around 25 games that they put him in. Heika also has an interesting quote from Joe about Zubov.
“I expect him to do that,” Nieuwendyk said. “I think he’ll keep us in the loop, and I think he definitely considers us an option.”
This clears up the reason why Zubov hasn’t re-signed with the Stars. Looks like he’ll be with another team or in Dallas with a pretty small contract. So all in all the day is filled with nothing but let down as the Stars still haven’t picked up a new free agent and even lost Begin to the Bruins. Let’s hope Neiuwendyk’s patient stance doesn’t come back to bite him. And further that the rumor that we’re in the talks for Scuderi is true and that it pans out in our favor.
You can read the full blog entry here: http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/07/nieuwendyk-will-wait-for-answer-from-gus.html
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