Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Columbus Welcomes Peca

Pending a physical in the coming days, Mike Peca has agreed to a 1-year deal with the Blue Jackets, which will help fill the gap left by Alex Svitov heading to Russia. Peca, who only saw 35 games, scored 4 times and added 11 helpers for the Maple Leafs last season. He should be able to walk into a key role for the Blue Jackets as he'll likely play with a couple of their budding young players. If he can remain healthy for the entire season, he could be a pretty good pick for your pool team.

Rick NashSergei FedorovDavid Vyborny
Fredrik ModinDan FritscheNikolai Zherdev
Jason ChimeraMike Peca
Gilbert Brule
Jiri NovotnyKris BeechJody Shelley

Manny Malhotra
Ron HainseyRostislav Klesla
Adam FooteDuvie Westcott
Jan HejdaOle-Kristian Tollefsen
Fredrik Norrena
Pascal Leclaire

The team looks to be shaping up, but it doesn't really seem to have an identity yet. Players like Nash, Fedorov, Modin, Zherdev and Norrena should be considered to be on your pool team, but they are not the players you're going out of your way to get. Well, maybe Nash... but after last season's lack of production, it's a little harder to believe.

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