elevated_u2_fan
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Adam Foote has apparently been traded back to Colorado by the Blue Jackets as well for a conditional first round pick...
elevated_u2_fan said:Adam Foote has apparently been traded back to Colorado by the Blue Jackets as well for a conditional first round pick...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenceman Hal Gill to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round and fifth round pick.
Gill, 32, signed a $6.3 million, three-year contract with the Maple Leafs in 2006.
He has 20 points in 63 games with Toronto this season, and 27 goals, 137 points and 731 penalty minutes in 771 career NHL games with the Leafs and Boston Bruins
The Pittsburgh Penguins' offence just got that much more lethal.
The Atlanta Thrashers have traded sniper Marian Hossa and winger Pascal Dupuis to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for prospect Angelo Esposito, forwards Colby Armstrong and Erik Christensen and a first-round pick.
With the Thrashers unable to sign the potential unrestricted free agent to a long-term deal, general manager Don Waddell decided to get something for the 29-year-old forward before he walked away for nothing at season's end.
The five-time All-Star, who has 26 goals and 56 points in 60 games this season, has played at nearly a point-per-game pace since entering the league on a full-time basis in 1998-99.
In the better part of three seasons in Atlanta, Hossa has averaged in the neighbourhood of 40 goals and 90 points.
Despite his regular season heroics, critics point to his lack of production in the playoffs, scoring just 13 goals and 35 points in 55 post-season games
The Minnesota Wild added lots of toughness on Tuesday, acquiring Chris Simon from the New York Islanders for a sixth-round draft pick.
Simon has been limited to 28 games this season after serving a 30-game ban for stomping on the leg of Pittsburgh's Jarkko Ruutu in December at Nassau Coliseum.
He joins a rugged core of Wild forwards that also includes Todd Fedoruk and Derek Boogaard.
The Toronto Maple Leafs traded forward Chad Kilger to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday for a third round draft pick.
Kilger, 31, has 10 goals and 17 points in 53 games this season.
In 714 career NHL games with Toronto, Anaheim, Winnipeg, Phoenix, Chicago and Montreal, Kilger has 218 points and 373 penalty minutes.
Kilger was originally selected fourth overall by Anaheim in the 1995 draft.
elevated_u2_fan said:This one I find kind of surprising:
I had thought no one would want to touch Simon with his history...
pat132 said:I still can't believe that the only move by Montreal was to give away a great goalie.
BonoManiac said:
Whoa lá. Huet was a good goalie, and an experienced one at that, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him great.
BonoManiac said:...in my opinion they should have dealt Michael Ryder and not Huet, because goaltending is paramount in the playoffs.
UberBeaver said:...I'm so friggin tired of this. 20 YEARS OLD! We're battling for first place, man.
ThoraSEB said:Matt Cooke is traded from the Canucks for Matt Pettinger of the Capitals. Have never heard of him before. Cooke was one of my favourite Canucks, so I'm not too happy about that.
But then again, I know nothing about a lot of the players outside of the Canucks, so it could be a good trade. I just hope that we make some good deals in the next half hour.
angelordevil said:
He's from close to where I live, so I'm glad he stayed put...for selfish reasons.
BonoManiac said:
Patrick Roy
DaveC said:
I really don't understand why a fan favourite who was consistent in his scoring was traded away for a player who has less points, less experience, and doesn't have much potential to get any better. At least a draft pick or two would have been nice.
Seems like a step backwards to me, and when a team is fighting for a playoff spot, it really is worrying and maybe points to problems in the locker room.
ladywithspinninghead said:
Souray used to be my fave and they traded him, then Huet became my fave and they traded him. Anyone you'd like to see traded b/c I'll ensure he becomes my fave!
BonoManiac said:
Souray wasn't traded, he signed with Edmonton as a free agent. The Laughs got more for Hal Gill, I think, because he's still under contract, while Huet is an unrestricted free agent.
angelordevil said:Souray, Gill, and Huet...players either past their prime, or highly overrated. Just saying.
Pittsburgh were clearly the smartest team today for getting Hossa.
ladywithspinninghead said:My father, a Habs fanatic, seems to think they're making cap space in ordre to acquire Lecavalier...
ladywithspinninghead said:I know! It'd be so
I did some research and just found this from a few weeks ago:
If the Lightning let Lecavalier finish out his contract and let him become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 of 2009, speculation is that the Montreal Canadiens may offer him between $72-$75 million over seven years.