Goodbye Petr Cajanek

by Brad Lee on Oct 20, 2007 10:18 AM CDT

Â By Marcus Pettersson

Leave already!

News out of Peoria: Petr Cajanek's off to Russia.

That's right, soft skinned Petr Cajanek finally gets to stop constantly riding his truck between Peoria and St Louis. He has a longer drive ahead of him. The Russian Super League team Ak Bar Kazan (bless you!) and Petr the Not-So-Great has made a verbal deal, and Cajanek was scratched from the Rivermen's home game against Quad City last night because of it.

Surprisingly, Petr Cajanek's 4 year stint with the Blues actually looks kind of OK. Statistically, that is.
GP 269
G 46
A 107
P 153
+15

As soon as last year, he somehow managed to gather 48 points in 71 games. But by most Blues fans, Cajanek won't be remembered for any of those points. If he will be remembered at all, it will be for his inability to show up for games, showing some heart, being the standout player he's always had enough talent to be and his apparent lack of charisma. He got paid $2 million a year for God's sake! Is it really to much to ask that a $2 million player at least tries to do something on the ice?

So instead of sticking it out in the minors, Cajanek bolts for Russia. Who can blame him? He was waived again and again by the Blues - no other team wanted anything to do with him. Even Sloth from The Goonies would catch the drift. Not wanted. Bye bye.

No one knows if Cajanek will be able to muster up some personality for his new team. And no one cares. We're just glad to get rid of the wiener.

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I know there will be at least one person around here who laments the fact that Cajanek is out of the organization, but it’s telling when no other team wanted to pick him up on re-entry waivers when they would only be on the hook for $1 million this year and wouldn’t have a committment beyond this season.

I hope he and Tom Koivisto can meet up for a drink some night.

by Brad Lee on Oct 20, 2007 11:15 AM CDT reply actions

i saw reports indicating that pc did not “bolt” per se, the blues had been in negotiations to ship him over to europe and were trying to find a team willing to cough up the contract buy out the blues were going to eat.

so yea, wave, re-entry wave, ahl, try to get a team to finance the nhl buy out clause.

i’m pretty sure pc knew he was past wearing the note.

as for the lament, just a nail in the blues developemental coffin. a coffin with 100’s of nails in it and 20 bodies. maybe pc is the last one

BUT

according to that 3 paragraph article not even the ahl can lament pc’s lost worring only about pc’s leaving making it more of a burden when the blues need to call up someone and take… oh statsny or kariya or porter or…. instead of pc :)

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 20, 2007 11:47 AM CDT reply actions

Adios Petr, have a great time in Russia. He is the JD Drew of hockey, accept there aren’t any teams dumb enough to fall for his potential. That has got to suck when not 1 team will pick you up even at half price.
I am just glad he isn’t taking a roster spot for a young forward who actually has some heart and desire to play.

by Chris on Oct 20, 2007 1:10 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah Chris, but Petr didn’t have Scott Boras****le as his agent.

by bluetransplant on Oct 20, 2007 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah, Boras is a douche but one hell of an agent. How he gets teams to pay so much for such a waste of talent and space is beyond me.

I cannot friggin wait for this game tonight! You know Booger and King are going to tussle. Should be a real chippy game and a great test for this team.

by Chris on Oct 20, 2007 2:36 PM CDT reply actions