Luongo for 12 years and Pyatt now a Coyote

This week was a bit hectic. In real life as well as Canucks news. So it looks like Gillis has signed Roberto Luongo to a 12 year contract (front loaded) and Taylor Pyatt accepted a 1 year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. I'd completely forgotten about his unfortunate turn of events last year...

Excerpt from Gord McIntyre's piece from the Province sept 1:

Ryan Johnson saw a lot of Taylor Pyatt this summer and said his fellow Thunder Bay, Ont., native is coping as best he can.

The quiet giant was supposed to marry his fiancee Carly Bragnalo in July, but she died in a car accident in Jamaica in April.

And he's unemployed after the Canucks declined to re-sign him.

"Obviously it was a tough summer for him, but he's picked himself up," Johnson said. "Not moved on, but you carry on in the right manner — the way she would have wanted him to."