What Comes After Consolation Prize? Disconsolation Prize?

O-o-o-o-kay. Rob Blake signs with the Sharks (one-year, at $5 million, according to TSN).

Well, I guess I exhibited desperation for any move.

Most humorous part of the above article? New coach Todd McClellan comparing Blake to Nicklas Lidstrom.

Blake is 38 years old and his production is in a decline that seems unlikely to abate. He can still have a role as a solid NHL defenseman, because so much of playing that position is good decision-making, and there's something to be said for a guy who's seen every conceivable situation go down about ten million times. And he can probably serve as a(nother) mentor for the younger guys on San Jose's D, who are still pretty green...it helps that Blake has more big-game experience than Craig Rivet (or anyone else on the Sharks, for that matter).

But still...this is not the answer to Brian Campbell's departure, and Wilson sure as heck better have something else brewing, or I'm going to be one disappointed fan.