Weber signs with Philly, for now

       Last night, long after anyone had been thinking about hockey, Paul Holmgren, the mafia don of NHL owners, made some noise on the free agency market.  Holmgren offered Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators, possibly the best defender in hockey, a 14-year $110 million offer sheet, which he signed.  The Predators now have one week to match that offer, but that is looking very unlikely.  Preds GM, David Poile, said earlier in the summer, after losing Ryan Suter, that he would match any offer given to Weber.  Holmgren sure as hell called his bluff.  I don't wanna talk about this at length now, since it just in the preliminary stages.  Nashville has $13 million in cap room this offseason, but even if they match would Shea Weber really want to spend the rest of his career in Nashville?  Only time will tell.  Hopefully next season (assuming there is one) we can see Weber ramming Crosby's face into the boards instead of Henrik Zetterberg.