17 Aug '05 - + 173 - 119 That pencil eraser is coming in handy...

No sooner do I write that Mogilny, Selanne, and CuJo are all still available to fill out rosters than two of them go and sign contracts.  Mogilny has been given a 2-year, $7 million contract with the Devils, while Curtis Joseph has reportedly signed a one-year deal with Phoenix for an undisclosed amount.  Anson Carter has also reportedly signed, for $1 million with the Canucks for 1 year.  That leaves a handful of impact players left unsigned, some of whom may retire:  Selanne, Bondra, Audette, Messier, Stevens, Damphousse, and MacInnis.  In at least one case, that's stretching the word "impact" considerably.

Considering the eye-bulging series of names that have signed in the last few weeks... yawn.  So perhaps starting to analyze the rosters isn't as much of a stretch as I thought.