Updated NHL free agent signings

DATE	NAME	POS	FROM	TO	Total	Years	Avg/Yr
								Jul 10	Zidlicky, Marek	D	New Jersey	New Jersey	$3M	1	$3M
Jul 10	Corrente, Matt	D	New Jersey	Carolina	n/a	1	n/a
Jul 10	D'Agostini, Matt	D	New Jersey	Pittsburgh	$550K	1	$550K

Yesterday, was a light day for free agent signings.

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Av's Hack McLeod boards Spurgeon

Enough is enough, these kind of hits make my blood boil and they are unnecessary, the NHL needs to through the book at Avalanche forward Cody McLeod for his ridiculously stupid and dangerous hit on Wild Defenseman Jared Spurgeon. There is no reason this hit shouldn't command at least a 2-4 game suspension.

In the last 13 days the Minnesota Wild have seen Lennart Petrell's drive Marek Zidlicky into the boards, Zach Bogosian plant Pierre-Marc Bouchard into the boards and now this. Enough is enough.

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Lennart Petrell will not be suspended

I think this was a bad hit, I think Petrel should have been at least suspended because it was a dangerous hit, but I am not surprised that that hit didn't garner a suspension. I also said this last night.

While Lennart Petrell's hit On Marek Zidlicky might not have appeared to be malicious, it's unnecessary, it's a dangerous hit and it's also a hit that has to be removed from the NHL.

It's hits like this that can cause serious injury, to include unneeded and unnecessary concussions.If a player is going to check an opposition player and he sees number, that player has to pull up and not make the hit. The fact that the fans are booing that hit is also aggravating. I predict that there will be no suspension from this hit because Zidlicky didn't appear to be hurt.

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Lennart Petrell's questionable hit On Marek Zidlicky

While Lennart Petrell's hit On Marek Zidlicky might not have appeared to be malicious, it's unnecessary, it's a dangerous hit and it's also a hit that has to be removed from the NHL.

It's hits like this that can cause serious injury, to include unneeded and unnecessary concussions.If a player is going to check an opposition player and he sees number, that player has to pull up and not make the hit. The fact that the fans are booing that hit is also aggravating. I predict that there will be no suspension from this hit because Zidlicky didn't appear to be hurt.