Vinny Lecavalier was bought out by the Lightning. He’s one of those guys who was scarily awesome while playing in a market that had about six total hockey fans, all of whom were actually transplanted fans of other teams. Vinny won a cup with Tampa Bay. He also had the honor of getting beaten by the Bruins in seven games in 2011 with the seventh game possibly being the single most intense game I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

But, Tampa bought him out. His contract was massive and long and he was too expensive at a time when the salary cap was dropping, so pack your bags Vinny and hit the road.

And he signed with Philly. Umm.. Philly? Most people thought he’d go home to Montreal, but only a true idiot would want to play there. Boston would have been a nice fit, eh? Especially with Nathan Horton taking his post season game winning goals onto the open market. But Philly? Philly had to buy out Danny Briere, but they have enough dough to sign Vinny? I can’t imagine the shift from Tampa Bay, where hockey doesn’t exist despite the presence of an NHL team, to Philly where the fans are psychotic is going to be a healthy one for Mr. Lecavalier. If he has a cold streak they’ll eat him alive!

This does not appear to be a good move on your part, Vincent. You should have gone to another small market team, or done a short term deal with a big market team and lit up the universe, and then signed with a small market team. Either that, or you should have gone to Boston.

I am still not going to talk about that damn game, or that damn series. It’s too soon. It hurts too much. Maybe some day the hurt will lessen, but it will never go away. A man can only witness so many colossal chokes before he loses interest forever. Know what I mean?

Anyway. Danny Briere would be a good guy for the Bruins to sign, but I hate him and I want to continue hating him so please don’t sign him. I don’t want anything to do with anyone who played for Philly in 2010. Ever. And the guy played for Buffalo too, which is even more reason to hate him. Don’t sign Briere. Thanks.

Daniel Alfredsson now… that’s something else entirely. I don’t particularly want to see him in a Bruins uniform either, but I think he would be a good addition in the way Mark Recchi was a good addition, and Jaromir Jagr could have been a good addition. He’s a great player on the down slope of his career who probably has a mountain of knowledge to give to the Bruins youngins. I doubt he’ll leave Ottawa, but never say never. Today there is talk about Jagr being resigned after the team announced that he would not be coming back. I kinda hope they do resign him. He was a bust in the scoring department, but he was fun to watch. He was also the source of many a laugh around these parts. He’d be fun to keep around.

One final thought. Patrice Bergeron needs to be signed to an extension that will make him a Bruin for the next 100 lifetimes. We can never let this guy go away. Zdeno Chara needs to step down as captain so Bergeron can wear the C as he was always meant to. That’s not to be taken as a slight against Chara at all. Chara is a beast and I hope he spends the rest of his NHL days in Boston as well. I’ve just had Bergeron marked as the team captain since his rookie year. You could see it all the way back then, when he was a whopping 18 years old. I saw him on the ice with Joe Thornton and I somehow knew that the number 37 would be hanging in the rafters long before Thornton’s 19. I had no idea Thornton would be gone so soon, or so painfully, but I just knew that Bergeron was the guy. Bergeron was the Bruin. Sign him forever. Sign him, his kids, and his grandkids. Sign him now. Never ever let Patrice Bergeron get away.