NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition)

Here are the morning papers for Tuesday the 12th of August:

• The Avalanche have signed their second round picks from 2005 and 2006, Tom Fritsche and Nigel Williams.
• Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News lists the top 10 trades in Texas sports history that were tough to take.
• Craig Leipold is like any other guy, he just owns the Minnesota Wild too, writes Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
• In Philadelphia, the Flyers have replaced Brian Propp on the team’s radio broadcasts with Chris Therien.
• The Blackhawks have seen their ticket sales increase a whopping 300% from this time last year, writes Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune.
• As Terry Frei tells us, Joe Sakic is hoping to make a decision on whether he will return to the Avalanche or not within the next few weeks.
• Mats Sundin is expected to make his decision on a return sometime in August.

For Illegal Curve, I’m Richard Pollock.