Hello folks, it's Friday July 1st, and today's post comes to you in three parts. I was planning on doing a couple more parts, but I wasted most of my morning watching TSN, which brings me to...
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Part 1) Free Agent Frenzy
The frenzy started early this week, with the resigning of Steven Stamkos and the two blockbuster trades on Wednesday, but there was still a lot of action today.
The biggest name on the market was Milan Lucic, and he signed with the Oilers to play with Connor McDavid (that should help Oilers fan deal with the loss of Taylor Hall). My hometown team, the Vancouver Canucks, were also targeting Lucic but they ending up getting Loui Eriksson instead.
Other notable deals include Andrew Ladd going to Brooklyn to play with the Islanders, Frans Nielsen signing in Detroit, David Backes moving to Boston, Kyle Okposo becoming a Sabre, and Alexander Radulov returning to the NHL in Montreal. The biggest contract of the day actually went to Victor Hedman (who wouldn't have been a free agent until next year), as the Lighting locked him up to an eight year $63 million contract extension.
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Part 2) Canada Day
Happy Canada Day everyone! The best country in the world turns 149 today, and I've found the perfect video for the occasion. Here is retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and his brother Dave singing about how great Canada is.
My plans for Canada Day are pretty simple. I watch Free Agent Frenzy on TSN in the morning and in the evening I watch the fireworks from my living room. Actually from my living room I can see the fireworks from three different towns, or at least I could until last year when some stupid trees got too tall and blocked one of the fireworks. But I wasn't going to let those trees ruin my Canada Day, so I climbed up on my roof and watched the fireworks from up there. I don't know if I'll do that again this year.
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Part 3) Conclusion
That's all folks!
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