There's one UFA that few Devils fans seemed to not even notice is available, who, along with Patrik Elias, was part of the infamous A Line. Not Jason Arnott. He still has quite a bit of time on his contract with the Predators. Not Elias, since, well, he already is a Devil, and he and his $7.5 mil. a season aren't going anywhere for another six years. That leaves Pert Sykora, a clost friend of the Captain's, who hasn't played his best lately- lately meaning since he left the Devils. Now, after looking at his stats from recently and his salary ($2.9 mil.), there's no little chance that he'll be making more than $3 mil, unless there's a GM out there who's a little off the rocket.
Unfortunately, Lou can't force him to sign with us (if he had those powers, Neidermayer would still be here, and I wouldn't be complaining about, well, him not being here), but there's always the fact that he was on the 2000 Stanley Cup team, was on Anaheim when we beat them for the Cup in 2003, and hasn't played as well since leaving us.
His highest +/- while not on the Devils was a +5. With us, he reached +36 and was only a - for one season. He hasn't passed 59 points, while his all time high with the Devils was 81. His stats were better with us, and he and Elias have a lot of chemistry on the ice. A line of him, Elias, and Brian Gionta could easily become a line with more points then the EGG line, although the EGG line has a cooler name. They can be the B Line or something. Now I don't know what I'm doing.
Bottom line is I want Sykora back (what's with me desparately wanting old players back?). Maybe Elias would have a good season. And maybe that would win us cup number 4.
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