Marian Gaborik could be done living 'the Minnesota Wild life'

The handshake was firm and the smile wide and sincere as Marian Gaborik said goodbye to members of the media in the Wild dressing room one more time Monday morning at the Xcel Energy Center.

[The Dog]

poor showings in the play offs, got to put the puck in the net in the plaoffs, when the game is is on the line you are not, injury prone, sorry gabby not worth it,

[Skippy]

The doctor's office and the surgery table are his 3rd and 4th homes.

[Puck]

The Wild are worse off without him. It disgusts me that he may just walk away for nothing in return. We need Gabby to stay! If he just walks away in July DR should be fired for this incredible mismanagement of the situation!

[I hate DR]

Doug Risebrough is the worst GM in ALL of professional sports. When Marianne Gaborik turned down the 80 million contract he should have been traded immediately. There are teenage girls that are tougher and less hurt then Marianne and knowing this the Canadian clown Risebrough did not trade him before the season and like clock work Marianne got hurt again and we will now get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for him!! Just Like we got nothing for Rolston we are not going to get a (d-a-m-n) thing for the the third overall pick in the draft. The Canadian clown has brought this franchise to its knees with his incompetent handling of free agents, incompetent sigining of players (5 million a year for Pierre Marc Boucrap??) and incompetent draft picks. He brought the Calagary Flames to their knees before they got rid of his (a-s-s) and now he has basically turned the Wild to a terrible AHL team!! DO WE REALLY WANT THIS CLOWN PICKING THE NEXT COACH, DOING THE DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GABORIK OR MAKING OUR DRAT PICKS IN JUNE????????? WHY IS THERE NO OUTRAGE WITH THE FANS ON HOW HE HAS DESTROYED THIS TEAM!!!!!!!!!

[Dicky]

The Dog wrote:

poor showings in the play offs, got to put the puck in the net in the plaoffs, when the game is is on the line you are not, injury prone, sorry gabby not worth it,

He did have a bad showing in the playoffs last season, but the prior year they were completely overmatched by Anaheim (Stanley Cup Champions). He still ended up with 3 goals and 4 points in 5 games. The only other year the Wild made the playoffs was the run in 2003, when he scored 9 goals and 17 points in 18 games.
My thoughts on Gaborik is that, yes he has been injured often, but when he has played, he has been the greatest difference maker on the ice. The problem with that, is that the Wild have not had any other goal scorers that the opponents have had to worry about. Take away Gaborik, you take away the Wild's only big scoring threat. That makes it way too easy in the playoffs to shut them down.

[kecker]

Mary-Ann, that is pure BS you're spouting. The team offered you several different contracts and you didn't respond to any of them.

Don't feed us this "the team never talked to us" BS now as an excuse for your greed and pansy ways.

[Dougie riseblows]

The Wild does not need him!! If they had a GM that knew what he was doing we could have gotten two scorers for the price of one Gaborik.

[wtf]

So basically Gaborik is just giving us lip service to make fans dislike him less than they already do. I'm sure he's already put his condo on the market and packed up his race car simulator.

[gabby]

Do not bring back Gabby, why sign someone who doesn't want to be here and he disappears during the playoffs. Calgary has him figured out - play him physical and he turns soft.

[Julia]

Really??? You think he might leave? Gee I would have never guessed that.

[John Bailey]

A wuss. Would not have made Freddie Shero's cut.

[JSF]

The Dog wrote:

poor showings in the play offs, got to put the puck in the net in the plaoffs, when the game is is on the line you are not, injury prone, sorry gabby not worth it,

yep gaborik will get the last laugh when either calgary, vancouver, the ducks, sharks or other gets knocked out of ther playoffs and look for answwers. if you think gaborik has no value you are greatly mistaken.

[JSF]

John Bailey wrote:

A wuss. Would not have made Freddie Shero's cut.

looks like all those phsical teams are doing real well , calgary , sanjose, and soon to be ducks, canucks, gabby will be signed and no he doesnt have to crawl back here begging for a job for less moeny cause he gets hurt, if they are willing to pay sundin a 40 year old who is doing nothing they will pay gabby a 40-50 goal scorer .

[kecker]

JSF wrote:

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yep gaborik will get the last laugh when either calgary, vancouver, the ducks, sharks or other gets knocked out of ther playoffs and look for answwers. if you think gaborik has no value you are greatly mistaken.

Fine let them take him, and then they get to deal with the disappointment that is Prima Donna Mary-Ann .

[pocket change]

i think gabby will fit in nicely next to ovechkin , crosby , wheeler, sharp, etc. dont worry about marryann he will definately have suiters all the teams that wont win the cup this year looking for improvements next year to get the cup. gabby scoed more points than sundin and made half salary .

[Dicky]

pocket change wrote:

i think gabby will fit in nicely next to ovechkin , crosby , wheeler, sharp, etc. dont worry about marryann he will definately have suiters all the teams that wont win the cup this year looking for improvements next year to get the cup. gabby scoed more points than sundin and made half salary .

He is going to have suiters, but there are a couple of teams (Detroit, Pittsburgh, and a few others) that aren't going to have a chance. They are already going to be close to the salary cap for next season. And if the cap drops, as it is expected, there will be even fewer teams that will be able to offer him the contract that he desires.

[JSF]

The ducks have alot of free agents this year if i recall they will have plenty of cash if so.

[HUH]

Adios!

[kecker]

Dicky wrote:

And if the cap drops, as it is expected, there will be even fewer teams that will be able to offer him the contract that he desires.

I will absolutely giggle my arse off if he's forced to accept a contract for less than what we originally offered him.

[Scott]

I hope Dallas signs him !!