This is a good defenceman my Canucks let go. LA are gonna be tougher and better next year!
It was a bittersweet day for Willie Mitchell who officially left Vancouver to sign a generous two-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings.The Canucks, who had lingering concerns about Mitchell's health just couldn't compete with the $7-million, two-year deal he signed.
"Who's kidding who? Everyone knows I love playing in Vancouver," Mitchell said from UBC where he skated Wednesday with his former Vancouver teammates. "I wish that the economics of the game didn't get in the way of it. It was unforeseen circumstances that I got hit in the head like that."
It was a bittersweet day for Willie Mitchell who officially left Vancouver to sign a generous two-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings.The Canucks, who had lingering concerns about Mitchell's health just couldn't compete with the $7-million, two-year deal he signed.
"Who's kidding who? Everyone knows I love playing in Vancouver," Mitchell said from UBC where he skated Wednesday with his former Vancouver teammates. "I wish that the economics of the game didn't get in the way of it. It was unforeseen circumstances that I got hit in the head like that."