Talk about a huge acquisition, David Poile did what I never thought could be done and brought a truly prolific scorer to Nashville.

Kariya, 30 (10/16/74), has posted 705 points (311g-394a) in 657 career NHL games over 10 seasons with Anaheim and Colorado, the most points by active NHL players age 31 or younger. The Vancouver native has been named to the NHL First All-Star Team three times (1996, 1997 and 1999) and the NHL Second All-Star Team twice (2000 and 2003).

That says it all.

I haven’t talked too much about hockey - there’s not been much to talk about up until about two weeks ago, but both Sarah and I are rabid Preds fans, and can’t wait to until the season starts. So, if you like the fastest game on earth, I hope you’ll like the posts.

If you don’t like it, call me, and we’ll go to a game.

UPDATE ESPN has the update. Kariya was signed for two years at $9 million. Quoth Kariya

“They have great goaltending, great work ethic, and if they lacked anything, it was some scoring punch up front. I looked at that as a big role I could fill, and I was really excited to come here and do that,” Kariya said.

Good. Let’s score some goals!