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Minnesota Wild signs Shane Hnidy

Chuck Fletcher continues to shore the blue line by adding stay-at-home defenseman Shane Hnidy to a one-year, $750,000 contract. .

Hnidy will be expected to offer solid positional defense and will pair nicely with a more offensive-minded blue-liner and will likely find playing time on the penalty kill.

I am going to assume this removes the Wild from the Francois Beauchemin sweepstakes.


Shane Hnidy

#34 / Defenseman / Boston Bruins

6-2

204

Nov 08, 1975



GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
2008 - Shane Hnidy 65 3 9 12 6 45 1 0 1 0 49 6.1


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RT @pghpenguins Pens have agreed to terms with Ruslan Fedotenko to a 1-year contract through the 2009-10 season: http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=433422&page=NewsPage&service=page

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by nathaneide on Jul 3, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

Hadn’t thought about that.

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by nathaneide on Jul 3, 2009 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

RT @QuickFacts: Dave Barr & Mike Ramsey named assistant coaches for the Minnesota Wild. Barr was Richards teammate/assistant coach with Orlando Solar Bears

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by nathaneide on Jul 3, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You have to assume they're going to keep Mason as well?

With the run we’ve had on solid goaltending, it’s probably better to not fix what ain’t broke.

by SpaethCo on Jul 3, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

“Also, Mike Ramsey, Dave Barr (old Colorado assistant), Matt Shaw and Bob Mason will make up next year’s coaching staff.”

Confirmed in Russo’s blog.

by SpaethCo on Jul 3, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Expecting “solid positional defense” might be asking a lot from Shane Hnidy. I am glad to see him leave town.

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jul 3, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Have you met the Wild blue line?

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by nathaneide on Jul 4, 2009 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Depending on what happens with the RFA defensemen, I don’t know that Hnidy is really helping out a whole lot here. Greg Zanon was the key defense-shoring-up guy. Hnidy is, at best, a 6th or 7th defenseman.

by HockeyJoe on Jul 4, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea, maybe

but he is only being paid like one, better then the money we were paying to bergeron et al.

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by the Real Thor on Jul 4, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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