Liles resigned for 2 years, to which I’ve heard the term “Locked Up” bandied around. Kind of sad when you think about it, that 2 years consists of locking someone up. What that says to be is how hard it’s going to be to hold on to your talent. We knew this was going to happen, but was it so obvious before now? Last season, the older players moved quite a bit, but now the younger ones are coming around. So you develop a guy, build him up, and then lose him for a few hundred thou than you could play. Hmmm…

Listening to XM Radio, I heard the guy who always sounds drunk that there is a blueprint for the Avs, and they are sticking with it. What blueprint? Lose the big guns, resign Sauer (why? WHY?), keep Brisebois and Turgeon around. This is a blueprint? I’m glad for the resigning Liles. He had Blake-like numbers last season (of course, that would be playing on the same line as Blake). And keeping young D-men around is great. But not being able to spend up to the cap on current talent over the year (ie: the bonuses paid to Blake and Sakic), how are they going to implement a “blueprint?” When your top 3 players (Sakic, Hilton, Hejduk) are set to get $15.05, and the next in line is Brisebois, there isn’t much of a blueprint.

NHLPA.com has Budaj listed as signed for $600,000. A good price, but he has his problems. How much are they going to work on this? Who honest can they be about him? They had to bring back Budaj, and I have a rant about that.

But not now. Now, I will bury my head in the sand. Ostrich out.