When the Penguins re-signed forward Evan Rodrigues to a one-year deal last summer, sometimes PenguinPoop scribe Caleb Di’Natale was quite pleased. After all, Caleb frequently extolled E-Rod’s virtues to me and Other Rick…and anybody else who would listen.
“Mark my words,” he’d boast. “Rodrigues is going to hoist the Cup.”
At the time, I didn’t pay Caleb’s claims much heed. But now? His vision just might come true.
That’s because Rodrigues signed a one-year deal with the Avalanche for $2 million. The defending Cup champs.
According to reports, the Avs are viewing E-Rod as a replacement for their erstwhile second-line center, Nazem Kadri, who took the money and bolted north of the border to Calgary over the summer.