Francois Giguere Has Got His "Priorities" a Little Mixed Up

"My priorities are to sign Joey and Blake. My intention after that is to get as many guys back as I can" -Francois Giguere

Oh really Giguere? Is that your intention? Well you are doing a pretty awful job at it so far. You come in here, take over for arguably the greatest GM of all time in Pierre Lacroix. Your first move is to sign Joe Sakaic, the best possible move, a nice ploy to get all the fans on your side. Then you go ahead and trade off Alex Tanguay. I thought your intention was to keep as many players as possible. Giving up our second-leading scorer is a pretty bad second move in that plan.

Then, you lolli-gag around for a week with no activity. Finally, some good news on the TV. The Avs have singed two more players. Could it be? Did the finally get Blake and Hinote? Nope, just Antti Laaksonen and Ossi Vaananen. It's ok, they are good players, and there are still 4 days until free agency. I know you said Blake was your priority, but you still have time.

3 days until free agency...

2 days until free agency...

1 day until free agency...

12 hours until free agency...

Yes! More news from the Avs camp. Blake has to be signed, I mean, it was your priority, and there are only 12 hours left!

"Avs resign Clark and Skrastins."

Either they made a pretty bad spelling error in the article, or you decided that Brett Clark was more important than Rob Blake.

Rob Blake has been one of the faces of this franchise for 6 years. He helped us win a cup. He has helped us in contention every year. He is a vetern. He has expressed to you he wants to stay in Colorado for less money than he makes now. What is the deal? Blake should have been the second player signed right after Sakic. There is not a single other player that should be signed until Rob Blake has his contract.

Giguere, buddy, you need to get your priorities straight real soon.