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I am rather shocked (as I’m sure most Ducks fans are) at a new rumor reported by the infamous hockey blogger known as Eklund. You can read it for yourself here: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1
There are really two trains of thought on this topic. The first, is that Teemu is upset about Burke signing Todd Bertuzzi and possibly for more money than offered to Teemu (as a base; Selanne would still have bonuses, surely). I can’t see this as being the case; Teemu has a ton of cash and doesn’t seem to be money-hungry.
The other is that Teemu wants a new challenge, which he would definitely find in Philly. With their slew of changes so far this summer, Selanne might see it as a new task for himself to try and lead them to the Holy Grail. Perhaps he wants to try playing in the Eastern Conference before hanging them up since he’s always been on West Coast teams (Winnipeg, San Jose, Colorado, Anaheim). I see this being possible.
In the end though, I don’t see Selanne leaving the Ducks. He will either retire or return. If he follows the trail of his buddy Paul Kariya, his great Ducks legacy will be tarnished in the mind of many fans (though this is under different circumstances than Paul). I would imagine Teemu wants to end his career at the top, as he has stated, and end it a Duck and be their first player to be retired. There is also the issue of uprooting his family and entire life in California for a drastic change on the East Coast. Thus, I just don’t think it will happen. I hope it won’t happen.
Update: Tim Pannaccio of the Philadelphia Inquirer shoots Eklund down. Read it here: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=8516
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July 6th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
When you wrote that Eklund “reported” that Selanne is headed east, I didn’t need Pannaccio’s rebuttal to know that it isn’t true.
I wonder how he makes this stuff up.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
That’s true, though Eklund has been better than usual lately…he still takes shots in the dark a lot though.
July 8th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Nothing Teemu has said over the last 2 seasons suggests he’d play anywhere else but Anaheim. I put no truth to the Philly rumor and suggest that if the ‘wheels are in motion’ like Eklund says, they’re only in motion on the Philly side in making an offer. That said, I hope something is resolved in the next day or so only because that fan cruise starts Tuesday (the 10th) and I’m not sure how reachable Burkie, etal will be.