[RFA Match] St. Louis will keep Backes

[angus]

per Bobby Mack on tsn.

St. Louis matches the Canuck offer.

[Narayan]

Welcome back you have been busy

damn I wanted him on a Nucks uniform!

[hockeylifer]

Gillis expected that. Nothing ventured. Nothing gained.

[angus]

as did I. Extremely smart guy (4.0 GPA in aeronautical engineering) with a ton of upside.

[hockeylifer]

I liked the fact that Gllis isn\'t intimidated by the \'old school core\'. I liked the fact that he stepped up and made the offer, regardless of whether other gm\'s would approve or not. Good on him.