Lappy retires
One of the gutsiest NHL players of all time has “officially” retired as of Wednesday. Ian Laperriere hasn’t played in the NHL for the past two years, but has been on long term injured reserve, only for his salary not to count against the Philadelphia Flyers salary cap.
“Lappy” debuted in 1993-94 and went onto to play 1083 NHL games, scoring 121 goals & 336 points while accumulating 1956 PIMS. He’s best know for his nine years in Los Angeles and most notably being apart of the Wayne Gretzky trade to the St. Louis Blues. His career came to an end in late 2010, after taking a blocked shot for a second time (that year) in a face.
Players that pay the price like Laperriere don’t come around much anymore. He was and will continue to be one of my favourites ever in the NHL.
Raymond to arbitration
Are the Vancouver Canucks finally coming to their senses? I’ve often said myself Mason Raymond is a nice complimentary player but not a great top six forward. After a 25 goal season in 2009-10 the Canucks grossly overpaid for Raymond. In the past two seasons the passive forward has scored 25 times in 120 games, while making 5.1 million dollars.
Because of lack of consistency and goal scoring the Canucks have decided to take him to arbitration, seeking to slash his 2.6 million dollar salary from 2010-11 season. This has not come out nowhere, at the trade deadline there were rumors of trading Raymond. Now with todays news, is this the beginning of the end between these two parties?
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