Wow, take a week off to watch the best female golfers in the world and the Wild universe goes nuts…

Some thoughts on those who have left:

• Rolston – sad to see him go, but he occasionally drove me nuts. No way the Wild could have matched the New Jersey offer (which I thought was very generous).
• Fedoruk – will miss his grinder line determination (and dance skills).
• Voros – Fedoruk lite, but his production dropped off and wasn’t worth $1 million/year.

And some thoughts on the additions:

• Andrew Brunette (LW) – glad to have him back. Maybe he can help Parrish get out of his slump.
• Owen Nolan (LW) – didn’t see this one coming. Anything that makes Calgary weaker is good in my book. Sort of a Walz replacement in some ways.
• Antti Miettinen (RW) – should be good for Koivu to have another Finn in the room. Stats look pretty good.
• Craig Weller (RW) – UMD connection, but not much NHL experience. Supposed to be a Voros replacement. Never thought $600K would be considered a “value” player…
• Marek Zidlicky (D) – Excited about this one. New owner must know him, we get a player whose name starts with “Z,” another Czech will maybe encourage Skoula to play better (ha!). Sort of pricey, but not Johnsson pricey.

And finally, issues we still need to deal with:

• Butch and Veilleux – I’d like to see both back, unless one of them helps us with:
• Another Center – as discussed everywhere, we are still lacking here.

All that and Select-A-Seat this week too…