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Late Afternoon Delight: Is free agency overrated?

In his weekly notebook, Eric Duhatschek tries to discern whether all the fuss over the past couple days has actually made that many teams better? I know I always say this, but he’s the best in the business for a reason. Excellent piece as always.
An interesting post late last night from the Battle of Alberta regarding Dany Heatley’s attitude considering what he has been through in the past. Hard to disagree with Matt.
Joe Thornton gives the puck away quite a bit, but is that part of being the puck-handling player that he is? Gabe does great work, so I suggest you bookmark his site and blog.
Why did the Oilers give Nikolai Khabibulin a four-year deal? It is a great question.
Puck Daddy gives out free agency grades. Greg, only a B- for the Flames? What gives?