Man, this sucks. I'm in shock right now. I though for sure that Pierre was gonna work something out with Adam. Oh well, thanks for the memories and good luck in Columbus, Adam. They need you more then we do. This could possibly be another sign that Peter and Nazzy are gonna sign their package deal in Colorado. Terry Frei was writing that the Avs are either gonna sign Foote or sign Forsberg and Nazzy. That sure as hell better be the reason. Although I'm not sure how Foote would've fit into the new rules. So now it looks like:
Blake-Liles
Skrastins-???
Vaananen-Boughner
There are 2 things I see happening.
1) Boughner will be moved up to play with Skrastins and Sauer will play alongside Vaananen
2) Lacroix goes out and signs a cheap-yet-reliable type defenseman. I have no idea what guys contracts are but off the top of my head I'm thinking Numminen, Brisebois or Ference (Brad, not Andrew).
But no matter what happens, I'm going to slowly cry myself to sleep tonight. *sobs*