Demitra Arrives

Wait-and-see for slick Demitra

Skilled Slovak sniper has his eye on offence -- and faith in Mike Gillis's plan

Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun

Published: Tuesday, September 09, 2008

If there was a plan afoot to play Pavol Demitra and Mats Sundin together on the Vancouver Canucks, that's obviously gone awry with Sundin's reluctance to take the $10 million and commit to another NHL season.

So where does that leave Demitra? Better still, with whom does it leave him? Even he doesn't have the foggiest notion.

"I've got no idea," Demitra replied Monday after his first skate with many of his new mates at Burnaby 8-Rinks. "I'll leave that up to the coaches. Oh yeah, I'm anxious to find out. Like every other team, they're going to try many options and see who I'm going to click with.

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