Don't be mad, but you know that Russo's Rants Q and A I promised for Sunday?
I lied.
I'm actually going to hold it until next Sunday's paper because I was able to chat tonight during the second intermission of the Wild-Stars game with Vegas GM George McPhee, in town scouting, about his goings-on lately, the upcoming trade deadline and, of course, the expansion draft.
Basically, McPhee said GM Chuck Fletcher has resigned himself to the fact he's losing a player.
Sorry, folks.
So, I'm going to write about expansion Sunday (please give that a read), and I'm sure all your awesome questions for the Q and A will still be relevant next Sunday because it falls three days before the trade deadline.
McPhee, Boudreau's old boss in Washington, absolutely raved about the job his former coach is doing here, by the way.
Also, please give my story on Dave Strader a read. Stader, one of the best people I know, is the Stars play by play guy who's battling a very rare form of bile duct cancer. He's returning to the Stars' TV booth during their upcoming homestand.