tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post5252256789993194769..comments2023-12-10T18:22:17.977-05:00Comments on red and black hockey: Thrashers sign Whited-leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15772585727501344436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-90514890141357822552007-07-01T17:08:00.000-04:002007-07-01T17:08:00.000-04:00Battaglia wasn't playing to his potential, there w...Battaglia wasn't playing to his potential, there was a bit of a row with then coach Paul Maurice, and he needed to go. We traded him to the Avalanche for the much more versatile (and Czech) Radim Vrbata at the trade deadline in 02-03. <BR/><BR/>I only brought him up because he is a UFA, Toronto won't re-sign him, and he still lives down here and owns a crappy bar. <BR/>After an inglorious decline all the way to the ECHL, Bates has made a nice return to the NHL largely because he and Paul Maurice kissed and made up. <BR/>There was a little bit of Battaglia talk last summer, but thankfully not much.d-leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772585727501344436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-57551606693167986442007-07-01T16:44:00.000-04:002007-07-01T16:44:00.000-04:00Why'd we get rid of Bates in the first place?Why'd we get rid of Bates in the first place?magnolia_merhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725676205430829247noreply@blogger.com