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Just how long, if he can ever get back up to speed, no pun intended, would he remain healthy before that ankle or foot gives way or something else on that beat up frame breaks downSo what has Peter the Great done lately Well at the Karjala Cup tournament in Sweden, he had little impact, one point in three games. In the last two seasons with MoDo, of the Swedish Elite League, he played in just SIX games.Prior to that he played in NINE games with the Colorado Avalanche in 2007-'08.EIGHTEEN games in two-plus years and hes going to get up to speed in todays blinding pace Lets see, he says hes not ready now.So does that mean hell be ready by Christmas, or maybe later Are the Canucks supposed to start making allowances within their cap space and contemplate which players will be placed on waiversWhere are the Canucks supposed to find cap room without lopping off two or three players, and how is that going to impact the team Never mind about that, how much do you think its going to cost the team if Sundin got close to $10 millionIm not suggesting anywhere near that figure, but $2-3 million for the remainder of the season would not be a stretch.Does anyone remember what Gillis told Sundin when he, too, was uncommitted about rejoining the Canucks He said if Sundin is not there by the time training camp starts, then the Canucks would move on.Taking on players in the middle of the season sets a bad precedent, not only for the Canucks, but for the league as a whole.Let Forsberg try out for someone else. We have enough injured players without adding any more. My, how one year can change things.At the end of last season, the Big 12 was considered by many to be the best in college football, based on it's top-to-bottom depth and the insane amount of firepower in the South Division.I can hear the SEC fans complaining already: But Florida won the National Championship over Oklahoma, your conference champion! Ah, but what about Texas, the team that beat OU but was denied a shot because of the Big 12's ridiculous tiebreaker policyWho knows for sure if the Gators would have beaten the LonghornsIn addition to Texas and Oklahoma (12 wins each), you also had Texas Tech at 11-2, Missouri at 10-4, Nebraska and Oklahoma State both at 9-4, and even Kansas finished 8-5.It would be one thing if only the Big 12 North sucked I mean, after all, people are used to that. But for whatever reason, this year the South has been dragged down as well.Oklahoma, for so long one of the sure things in the top 10, has stumbled to a 5-4 record and is in danger of matching the worst season of the Bob Stoops era, when he went 7-5 in his first season in Norman.Texas Tech, while no slouch at 6-3, stood no chance of matching last year's storybook season, when Michael Crabtree and Graham Harrell launched them to the best record in school history.To it's credit, Oklahoma State is still playing well.

OSU's only other loss is to the undefeated Longhorns.Once again, the stench that accompanies any "Big 12 stinks" argument is yet again emanating from the North Division. The leader of the division, the Kansas State Wildcats, are a stout 6-4, with one of those losses coming toLouisiana-Lafayette.Not surprisingly, the bulk of their wins have come against their equally-hapless competition in the North.Missouri, the winner of the division the past two years, is currently 5-4, with all four of those losses coming against fellow Big 12 members, which is the exact same situation that the Kansas Jayhawks find themselves in.Nobody is even sure that Colorado is still fielding a division I football team, what with most of this team apparently opting to play theintramurals that coach Dan Hawkins so famously condescended a couple years back.And Nebraska, despite having a defense ranked No. 2 in the nation in scoring defense and being led by probable No. 1 NFL draft pick Ndamukong Suh, has managed only a 6-3 record in a year many hoped it would help balance the scales away from the South.Me being a Nebraska fan, I have to mention that the Huskers are two plays away from being 8-1 right now: a blown coverage at Virginia Tech and any one of the four fumbles inside the five yard-line against Iowa State. ("ASE Test"), one of the largest independent semiconductor testingcompanies worldwide, has named Verigy as its 2008 Vendor of the Year. Verigyconsistently achieved high scores and performed better overall in all criteriathan other vendors. ASE Test provides a full range of testing services to integrated devicemanufacturers (IDMs) and fabless companies around the world.

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