Thursday, March 5, 2009
Grading the Trading
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Posted by
Nick Mendola
A recap of February and March for NHL teams, with the knowledge that waiver pick-ups will complete NHL general managers' designs:
Anaheim
Gets: A boatload of young players and three who immediately help out (Ryan Whitney, James Wisniewski and Erik Christensen)
Gives up: Chris Kunitz, Travis Moen, Kent Huskins, Steve Montador, Sami Pahlsson
--- Trading for Whitney is a really smart move, even at the expense of a prospect in Eric Tangradi and Kunitz. When Scott Niedermayer’s time is done, hopefully Whitney will have learned enough defensively to not be a very big drop-off.
Moen is a fun player, but the only other true non-Kunitz loss here is Pahlsson, who clears up cap room and is having a very rough year (You may recall his name from the list of guys I wanted the Sabres to acquire). You could also count Mike Brown and Sheldon Brookbank as deadline pick-ups (Feb. 3&4).
GRADE: INC (but if you really want a grade, B)
Atlanta
Gets: Eric O’Dell, Anssi Salmela, two picks
Gives Up: Erik Christensen, Niclas Havelid, Mathieu Schneider, conditional pick
--- I would’ve done a lot more if I were the Thrashers’ GM, but Salmela may really work out, and O’Dell is playing well as an 18-year old in the OHL. Christensen likely ran naked through wherever he was when he heard the news that he was leaving Atlanta. I’m hoping it was somewhere awkward, like a science museum.
GRADE: D
Boston
Gets: Mark Recchi, Steve Montador, 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Petteri Nokelainen, two prospects
--- You have to remember that the Bruins are so playing so well, and are so deep, that they could call Barney the Purple Dinosaur up, and he’d carve a guy’s face with his stick before adding two assists and a plus-2. Boston’s biggest question mark remains what it’s been all-year: Can Tim Thomas keep playing the best hockey of his career? If he doesn’t, Manny Fernandez is still hanging around. It’s funny, I wouldn’t totally fear the Bruins in the first round as a Sabres follower, but it’s also hard to imagine Boston won’t come out of the East.
GRADE: A
Buffalo
Gets: Dominic Moore, Mikael Tellqvist
Gives Up: Ales Kotalik, 4th round pick
--- Color me “not super pumped” about a guy who is finally scoring on a dump of a hockey team, and wants first line money for showing up for the first time in five years. Moore has been traded three times in his career at age 28, which means teams wanted him, but also means teams were willing to get rid of him ("Duh," right). Feel free to be excited to have a more complete player than Kotalik, but please don’t think life is gold. Moore wore an ‘A’ in Toronto, so that has to count for something.
I was completely underwhelmed when Moore’s name came up, and I hate myself for sounding that jaded, but the Sabres essentially swapped UFAs, and picked up a decent third-string goaltender. For those thinking Moore will sign… you better figure out where the money is coming from, as you’ve got Vanek (7 mil), Roy (4), Pominville (5.3) and Connolly (4.5). Toss in Hecht and Gaustad at 3.5 and 2.3, and you’ve gotta think Connolly was your 2009-offseason-signing-come-early. In fact, his signing seems to make Darcy Regier’s summer (Stafford, Sekera, Kaleta, MacArthur RFA) near-impossible. Not to look too far down the road with a playoff rush on, but trades have to go down, right?
All that said, are they better than they were before Wednesday? Absolutely, but if he can play even at Jeff Halpern's level, the grade goes up, and it's an unqualified success (If that happens, he will get 2 mil. somewhere).
GRADE: C+
Calgary
Gets: Olli Jokinen, Jordan Leopold, 3rd & 4th rounder
Gives Up: Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust, Lawrence Nycholat, Ryan Wilson, Kevin Lalande, 1st & 2nd rounder
--- The Flames’ goal had to be to leap into San Jose and Detroit’s class and, already having the best backstop of the bunch in Miikka Kiprusoff, I have to think they’re at least awful close. I don’t know much about Prust, but you can handle giving up everything else except Lombardi, and you have to do sacrifice something for a Cup run. When Kevyn Adams hinted that a move might be coming because Mike Keenan saved Jokinen’s career while in Florida, it started to make sense that the move would happen. Leopold is good, but not as good as many would lead you to believe.
GRADE: B+
Carolina
Gets: Erik Cole, Jussi Jokinen, picks
Gives Up: Justin Williams, Wade Brookbank, Josef Melichar, pick
--- I like Cole better than Williams, and the former Oiler will be jazzed to be back in Raleigh (It reads weird, but go with me). Didn’t improve a great deal, but it’s not like they could acquire a Fountain of Selke Youth for Rod Brind’Amour. Plus, Williams has terrible facial hair.
GRADE: B-
Chicago
Gets: Sami Pahlsson, prospect, pick
Gives Up: James Wisniewski, prospect
--- It’s a trade that makes sense for both teams, and as much as I pull for the Blackhawks, they aren’t losing much in the offseason, so why not let your entire roster gain experience, since Chicago would likely have to beat Detroit and San Jose/Calgary to make the Finals.
GRADE: B
Colorado
Gets: Lawrence Nycholat, Ryan Wilson, 2nd rounder
Gives Up: Jordan Leopold
--- Eh. Yawn.
GRADE: C
Columbus
Gets: Antoine Vermette, Kevin Lalande, 2nd rounder
Gives Up: Pascal Leclaire, 4th rounder
--- Productive day, and one that will help Columbus a little more than Ottawa. Leclaire is out for the year, and Steve Mason has been as good as the World Juniors advertised. Vermette is a solid face-off guy who skates very well. They also grabbed a 2nd rounder that should be fairly high, and a goaltending prospect in Lalande, who is a former fifth round pick with dynamite AHL and ECHL stats this year.
GRADE: A-
Dallas
Gets: Brendan Morrison (from waivers), Steve Begin
Gives Up: Sean Avery (to waivers), Doug Janik
--- Morrison is alright, and can contribute immediately to Dallas’ kill. Begin will help as well.
GRADE: B-
Detroit
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- No need.
GRADE: N/A
Edmonton
Gets: Ales Kotalik, Patrick O’Sullivan
Gives Up: Erik Cole
--- On paper, you’d rather have Cole, who has underperformed in Edmonton and will surely be much better in Carolina, but in this case two bodies are better than one. The young Oilers are a sneaky team to keep an eye on.
GRADE: C+
Florida
Gets: Steve Eminger
Gives Up: Noah Welch, 3rd rounder
--- Bouwmeester goes nowhere, and Welch again moves at the deadline at a young age. Eminger helps right away, but not a ton.
GRADE: C+
Los Angeles
Gets: Justin Williams
Gives Up: Patrick O’Sullivan, 2nd rounder
--- Don’t like the move at all. To me, Williams is underwhelming on a consistent basis, and his aforementioned terrible facial hair will fit in great in L.A.
GRADE: D
Minnesota
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Better “Connolly up” with Gaborik, and I think they will, with a core around him and no other pressing UFAs.
GRADE: INC
Montreal
Gets: Mathieu Schneider, Glen Metropolit (waivers)
Gives Up: Steve Begin, Picks
--- I’m glad I’m not a Habs fan today, though I’m not entirely sure anything short of Lecavalier or Bouwmeester would’ve appeased the centennial celebration. Will they be having some sort of feast at some point, complete with knights and maids? If so, count me in.
Nashville
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Emblematic of the franchise, but I’m not sure what they should’ve done. A number of Western teams did what they should’ve – no buy, no sell. It would’ve been interesting to see if they could’ve received a fool’s ransom for Jason Arnott.
GRADE: N/A
New Jersey
Gets: Niclas Havelid, prospect
Gives Up: Anssi Salmela
--- They signed Brendan Shanahan earlier, and I’m not sure the Devils system ever needs crazy additions at the deadline. They kinda get Martin Brodeur at the deadline, too.
GRADE: B-
NY Isles
Gets: Conditional pick (no higher than third round)
Gives Up: Bill Guerin
--- Better pray you win that draft lottery, or relocate, because all seven true Isles fans are furious. I would’ve gone for more picks in getting rid of Doug Weight, Richard Park and more. Long Island, you might as well stink with style, like an old prom tuxedo… or Long Island.
GRADE: F
NY Rangers
Gets: Nik Antropov, Derek Morris, Sean Avery
Gives Up: Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Dmitri Kalinin, picks
--- Thanks everything for the New York Rangers, who did so many more wonderful, garbage, New York Ranger things. Congrats on Nik Antropov, Derek Morris and Sean Avery. So solid! Antropov is a classic Ranger who will look great in one out of three games, and disappear for the rest. Derek Morris was supposed to be a Norris Trophy break-out since he was in Calgary. He’s a name, and not much else. Then, there’s Avery, who actually would be a good pick-up… if the majority of his team didn’t hate him. I’m sure him playing “less angry” will benefit his game. At least they got rid of Prucha.
GRADE: F-
Ottawa
Gets: Pascal Leclaire, Mike Comrie, Chris Campoli, 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Antoine Vermette, Dean McAmmond, 1st round pick
--- At least they still have Chris Neil. I’m not positive Leclaire will be any better than Brian Elliott’s career arch is headed. Bryan Murray needs to be fired, especially if Campoli can’t regain his form in Kanata.
GRADE: C-
Philadelphia
Gets: Daniel Carcillo, Kyle McLaren
Gives up: Scottie Upshall, picks
--- Forget giving up Scottie Upshall and a second-round pick in three drafts, the Flyers get a prototypical Flyer. Carcillo is the type of dirty mucker who will immediately endear himself to the City of Brotherly Dirty and, at 900k, that’ll work for Philly next year. He hasn’t produced offensively this year, but he’s what Patrick Kaleta may be in a year or two, mostly because he knows he has to fight (572 penalty minutes in 129 career games).
As for McLaren… uh… with Mike Rathje and Derian Hatcher out of the line-up, they needed a 1999 big name to fill the void (He’s better than both, but I have to think they put all their eggs in the Bouwmeester basket, and then placed all the heavy food on top of it in the shopping cart).
GRADE: B-
Phoenix
Gets: Scottie Upshall, Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Dmitri Kalinin, Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust, 1st & 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Derek Morris, Daniel Carcillo, Olli Jokinen
--- Is this the year? Is this the year that stockpiling prospects and getting rid of underachievers actually benefits a team? Or is this year the Coyotes move to Fiji? Lombardi and Dawes are nice pick-ups, and I don’t see a huge drop-off for Phoenix. Unfortunately, nine points is out are nine points too many, but I’m pretty sure they got better. Kalinin is a UFA, and Prucha is an RFA… so… peace out, money.
GRADE: B+
Pittsburgh
Gets: Chris Kunitz, Bill Guerin, Andy Wozniewski, prospect
Gives Up: Ryan Whitney, Danny Richmond, conditional pick
--- If the Pens made the playoffs with the Kunitz deal, they earned the No. 6 seed with the Guerin pick-up. This team is very dangerous, if only because the NHL would love to fix a round for them. Did I type that? Good.
GRADE: A-
St. Louis
Gets: Danny Richmond
Gives Up: Andy Wozniewski
--- Not-plussed. See my Nashville review, and insert Keith Tkachuk for Jason Arnott. Four points out in the West.
GRADE: N/A
San Jose
Gets: Travis Moen, Kent Huskins, sixth-round pick
Gives Up: Kyle McLaren, prospects, conditional 4th round pick
--- Moen is a very nice pick-up, and makes the potential Sharks/Red Wings series that will somehow not happen all the more interesting
GRADE: A
Tampa Bay
Gets: Richard Petiot, Steve Eminger, Matt Lashoff, Martins Karsuns
Gives Up: Olaf Kolzig, Mark Recchi, Andy Rogers, Noah Welch, Jamie Heward, 2nd, 3rd &4th round picks
--- The Recchi deal was beneficial to both teams, as Lashoff and Karsuns are both extremely-promising former 1st and 2nd round picks. The Petiot deal is a head-scratcher for both teams, and the Lightning gave up a lot of draft picks.
GRADE: B-
Toronto
Gets: Olaf Kolzig, Martin Gerber, Andy Rogers, Jamie Heward, two-2nd rounders
Gives Up: Dominic Moore, Nik Antropov
--- A productive day… I guess… but the Toronto media needs to calm the heck down. Burke’s “genius” may start in the summer. Getting rid of Antropov is a nice deal, and Moore’s going to have to do a lot to be considered a first-line money guy, or second-line money guy, for me. Rogers is a former first-rounder who hasn’t done much in the minors.
GRADE: C+
Vancouver
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Their move was signing Mats Sundin. See Nashville and St. Louis, only better.
GRADE: N/A
Washington
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- I have precious little faith in Jose "Propecia is a performance-enhancer" Theodore, but the Caps could out-score their way to a round or two. If they were going to get fleeced for Nikolai Khabibulin or Manny Fernandez, the move isn’t worth it.
GRADE: INC
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Anaheim
Gets: A boatload of young players and three who immediately help out (Ryan Whitney, James Wisniewski and Erik Christensen)
Gives up: Chris Kunitz, Travis Moen, Kent Huskins, Steve Montador, Sami Pahlsson
--- Trading for Whitney is a really smart move, even at the expense of a prospect in Eric Tangradi and Kunitz. When Scott Niedermayer’s time is done, hopefully Whitney will have learned enough defensively to not be a very big drop-off.
Moen is a fun player, but the only other true non-Kunitz loss here is Pahlsson, who clears up cap room and is having a very rough year (You may recall his name from the list of guys I wanted the Sabres to acquire). You could also count Mike Brown and Sheldon Brookbank as deadline pick-ups (Feb. 3&4).
GRADE: INC (but if you really want a grade, B)
Atlanta
Gets: Eric O’Dell, Anssi Salmela, two picks
Gives Up: Erik Christensen, Niclas Havelid, Mathieu Schneider, conditional pick
--- I would’ve done a lot more if I were the Thrashers’ GM, but Salmela may really work out, and O’Dell is playing well as an 18-year old in the OHL. Christensen likely ran naked through wherever he was when he heard the news that he was leaving Atlanta. I’m hoping it was somewhere awkward, like a science museum.
GRADE: D
Boston
Gets: Mark Recchi, Steve Montador, 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Petteri Nokelainen, two prospects
--- You have to remember that the Bruins are so playing so well, and are so deep, that they could call Barney the Purple Dinosaur up, and he’d carve a guy’s face with his stick before adding two assists and a plus-2. Boston’s biggest question mark remains what it’s been all-year: Can Tim Thomas keep playing the best hockey of his career? If he doesn’t, Manny Fernandez is still hanging around. It’s funny, I wouldn’t totally fear the Bruins in the first round as a Sabres follower, but it’s also hard to imagine Boston won’t come out of the East.
GRADE: A
Buffalo
Gets: Dominic Moore, Mikael Tellqvist
Gives Up: Ales Kotalik, 4th round pick
--- Color me “not super pumped” about a guy who is finally scoring on a dump of a hockey team, and wants first line money for showing up for the first time in five years. Moore has been traded three times in his career at age 28, which means teams wanted him, but also means teams were willing to get rid of him ("Duh," right). Feel free to be excited to have a more complete player than Kotalik, but please don’t think life is gold. Moore wore an ‘A’ in Toronto, so that has to count for something.
I was completely underwhelmed when Moore’s name came up, and I hate myself for sounding that jaded, but the Sabres essentially swapped UFAs, and picked up a decent third-string goaltender. For those thinking Moore will sign… you better figure out where the money is coming from, as you’ve got Vanek (7 mil), Roy (4), Pominville (5.3) and Connolly (4.5). Toss in Hecht and Gaustad at 3.5 and 2.3, and you’ve gotta think Connolly was your 2009-offseason-signing-come-early. In fact, his signing seems to make Darcy Regier’s summer (Stafford, Sekera, Kaleta, MacArthur RFA) near-impossible. Not to look too far down the road with a playoff rush on, but trades have to go down, right?
All that said, are they better than they were before Wednesday? Absolutely, but if he can play even at Jeff Halpern's level, the grade goes up, and it's an unqualified success (If that happens, he will get 2 mil. somewhere).
GRADE: C+
Calgary
Gets: Olli Jokinen, Jordan Leopold, 3rd & 4th rounder
Gives Up: Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust, Lawrence Nycholat, Ryan Wilson, Kevin Lalande, 1st & 2nd rounder
--- The Flames’ goal had to be to leap into San Jose and Detroit’s class and, already having the best backstop of the bunch in Miikka Kiprusoff, I have to think they’re at least awful close. I don’t know much about Prust, but you can handle giving up everything else except Lombardi, and you have to do sacrifice something for a Cup run. When Kevyn Adams hinted that a move might be coming because Mike Keenan saved Jokinen’s career while in Florida, it started to make sense that the move would happen. Leopold is good, but not as good as many would lead you to believe.
GRADE: B+
Carolina
Gets: Erik Cole, Jussi Jokinen, picks
Gives Up: Justin Williams, Wade Brookbank, Josef Melichar, pick
--- I like Cole better than Williams, and the former Oiler will be jazzed to be back in Raleigh (It reads weird, but go with me). Didn’t improve a great deal, but it’s not like they could acquire a Fountain of Selke Youth for Rod Brind’Amour. Plus, Williams has terrible facial hair.
GRADE: B-
Chicago
Gets: Sami Pahlsson, prospect, pick
Gives Up: James Wisniewski, prospect
--- It’s a trade that makes sense for both teams, and as much as I pull for the Blackhawks, they aren’t losing much in the offseason, so why not let your entire roster gain experience, since Chicago would likely have to beat Detroit and San Jose/Calgary to make the Finals.
GRADE: B
Colorado
Gets: Lawrence Nycholat, Ryan Wilson, 2nd rounder
Gives Up: Jordan Leopold
--- Eh. Yawn.
GRADE: C
Columbus
Gets: Antoine Vermette, Kevin Lalande, 2nd rounder
Gives Up: Pascal Leclaire, 4th rounder
--- Productive day, and one that will help Columbus a little more than Ottawa. Leclaire is out for the year, and Steve Mason has been as good as the World Juniors advertised. Vermette is a solid face-off guy who skates very well. They also grabbed a 2nd rounder that should be fairly high, and a goaltending prospect in Lalande, who is a former fifth round pick with dynamite AHL and ECHL stats this year.
GRADE: A-
Dallas
Gets: Brendan Morrison (from waivers), Steve Begin
Gives Up: Sean Avery (to waivers), Doug Janik
--- Morrison is alright, and can contribute immediately to Dallas’ kill. Begin will help as well.
GRADE: B-
Detroit
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- No need.
GRADE: N/A
Edmonton
Gets: Ales Kotalik, Patrick O’Sullivan
Gives Up: Erik Cole
--- On paper, you’d rather have Cole, who has underperformed in Edmonton and will surely be much better in Carolina, but in this case two bodies are better than one. The young Oilers are a sneaky team to keep an eye on.
GRADE: C+
Florida
Gets: Steve Eminger
Gives Up: Noah Welch, 3rd rounder
--- Bouwmeester goes nowhere, and Welch again moves at the deadline at a young age. Eminger helps right away, but not a ton.
GRADE: C+
Los Angeles
Gets: Justin Williams
Gives Up: Patrick O’Sullivan, 2nd rounder
--- Don’t like the move at all. To me, Williams is underwhelming on a consistent basis, and his aforementioned terrible facial hair will fit in great in L.A.
GRADE: D
Minnesota
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Better “Connolly up” with Gaborik, and I think they will, with a core around him and no other pressing UFAs.
GRADE: INC
Montreal
Gets: Mathieu Schneider, Glen Metropolit (waivers)
Gives Up: Steve Begin, Picks
--- I’m glad I’m not a Habs fan today, though I’m not entirely sure anything short of Lecavalier or Bouwmeester would’ve appeased the centennial celebration. Will they be having some sort of feast at some point, complete with knights and maids? If so, count me in.
Nashville
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Emblematic of the franchise, but I’m not sure what they should’ve done. A number of Western teams did what they should’ve – no buy, no sell. It would’ve been interesting to see if they could’ve received a fool’s ransom for Jason Arnott.
GRADE: N/A
New Jersey
Gets: Niclas Havelid, prospect
Gives Up: Anssi Salmela
--- They signed Brendan Shanahan earlier, and I’m not sure the Devils system ever needs crazy additions at the deadline. They kinda get Martin Brodeur at the deadline, too.
GRADE: B-
NY Isles
Gets: Conditional pick (no higher than third round)
Gives Up: Bill Guerin
--- Better pray you win that draft lottery, or relocate, because all seven true Isles fans are furious. I would’ve gone for more picks in getting rid of Doug Weight, Richard Park and more. Long Island, you might as well stink with style, like an old prom tuxedo… or Long Island.
GRADE: F
NY Rangers
Gets: Nik Antropov, Derek Morris, Sean Avery
Gives Up: Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Dmitri Kalinin, picks
--- Thanks everything for the New York Rangers, who did so many more wonderful, garbage, New York Ranger things. Congrats on Nik Antropov, Derek Morris and Sean Avery. So solid! Antropov is a classic Ranger who will look great in one out of three games, and disappear for the rest. Derek Morris was supposed to be a Norris Trophy break-out since he was in Calgary. He’s a name, and not much else. Then, there’s Avery, who actually would be a good pick-up… if the majority of his team didn’t hate him. I’m sure him playing “less angry” will benefit his game. At least they got rid of Prucha.
GRADE: F-
Ottawa
Gets: Pascal Leclaire, Mike Comrie, Chris Campoli, 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Antoine Vermette, Dean McAmmond, 1st round pick
--- At least they still have Chris Neil. I’m not positive Leclaire will be any better than Brian Elliott’s career arch is headed. Bryan Murray needs to be fired, especially if Campoli can’t regain his form in Kanata.
GRADE: C-
Philadelphia
Gets: Daniel Carcillo, Kyle McLaren
Gives up: Scottie Upshall, picks
--- Forget giving up Scottie Upshall and a second-round pick in three drafts, the Flyers get a prototypical Flyer. Carcillo is the type of dirty mucker who will immediately endear himself to the City of Brotherly Dirty and, at 900k, that’ll work for Philly next year. He hasn’t produced offensively this year, but he’s what Patrick Kaleta may be in a year or two, mostly because he knows he has to fight (572 penalty minutes in 129 career games).
As for McLaren… uh… with Mike Rathje and Derian Hatcher out of the line-up, they needed a 1999 big name to fill the void (He’s better than both, but I have to think they put all their eggs in the Bouwmeester basket, and then placed all the heavy food on top of it in the shopping cart).
GRADE: B-
Phoenix
Gets: Scottie Upshall, Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Dmitri Kalinin, Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust, 1st & 2nd round pick
Gives Up: Derek Morris, Daniel Carcillo, Olli Jokinen
--- Is this the year? Is this the year that stockpiling prospects and getting rid of underachievers actually benefits a team? Or is this year the Coyotes move to Fiji? Lombardi and Dawes are nice pick-ups, and I don’t see a huge drop-off for Phoenix. Unfortunately, nine points is out are nine points too many, but I’m pretty sure they got better. Kalinin is a UFA, and Prucha is an RFA… so… peace out, money.
GRADE: B+
Pittsburgh
Gets: Chris Kunitz, Bill Guerin, Andy Wozniewski, prospect
Gives Up: Ryan Whitney, Danny Richmond, conditional pick
--- If the Pens made the playoffs with the Kunitz deal, they earned the No. 6 seed with the Guerin pick-up. This team is very dangerous, if only because the NHL would love to fix a round for them. Did I type that? Good.
GRADE: A-
St. Louis
Gets: Danny Richmond
Gives Up: Andy Wozniewski
--- Not-plussed. See my Nashville review, and insert Keith Tkachuk for Jason Arnott. Four points out in the West.
GRADE: N/A
San Jose
Gets: Travis Moen, Kent Huskins, sixth-round pick
Gives Up: Kyle McLaren, prospects, conditional 4th round pick
--- Moen is a very nice pick-up, and makes the potential Sharks/Red Wings series that will somehow not happen all the more interesting
GRADE: A
Tampa Bay
Gets: Richard Petiot, Steve Eminger, Matt Lashoff, Martins Karsuns
Gives Up: Olaf Kolzig, Mark Recchi, Andy Rogers, Noah Welch, Jamie Heward, 2nd, 3rd &4th round picks
--- The Recchi deal was beneficial to both teams, as Lashoff and Karsuns are both extremely-promising former 1st and 2nd round picks. The Petiot deal is a head-scratcher for both teams, and the Lightning gave up a lot of draft picks.
GRADE: B-
Toronto
Gets: Olaf Kolzig, Martin Gerber, Andy Rogers, Jamie Heward, two-2nd rounders
Gives Up: Dominic Moore, Nik Antropov
--- A productive day… I guess… but the Toronto media needs to calm the heck down. Burke’s “genius” may start in the summer. Getting rid of Antropov is a nice deal, and Moore’s going to have to do a lot to be considered a first-line money guy, or second-line money guy, for me. Rogers is a former first-rounder who hasn’t done much in the minors.
GRADE: C+
Vancouver
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- Their move was signing Mats Sundin. See Nashville and St. Louis, only better.
GRADE: N/A
Washington
Gets: Nothing
Gives Up: Nothing
--- I have precious little faith in Jose "Propecia is a performance-enhancer" Theodore, but the Caps could out-score their way to a round or two. If they were going to get fleeced for Nikolai Khabibulin or Manny Fernandez, the move isn’t worth it.
GRADE: INC
Email: nick@wgr550.com
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