No Way!

I'm just about ready to make buttons that say "Say No Way To Souray." So many people want us to sign him, and I'm not quite sure why. Let's review his stats from this season, shall we?

Goals: 26
Assists: 38
+/-: -28
GWG: 6
PPG: 19
SGH: 1
PIMs: 135

Now, 64 points from a defenseman is nothing to complain about, but the -28 and 135 PIMs are what stumps me. How could anyone want a Dman who had so many PIMs and such a low +/-? The PIMs wouldn't really be so much of a problem if more than 3 of them were majors. No, that was not a typo. The guy had 60 minor penalties. What really gets me is a lot of people who want this guy think Colin White takes too many penalties. Huh? White had 32 minors. It's still a lot, but I'll take that over 60 any day. And the -28. Only two players had a worse +/- this season. Regardless of how good he is on the PP and PK, he's not what we need. Why would we, or really any other team, want a guy who puts the team short handed so many times and isn't, how can I say this nicely, very good at full strength? For around $3 million, it's worth a shot. For the $4.5+ million he'll be asking for, the only thing it'll be good for is a laugh.

Not sure if this really qualifies as a rant, but hey.