Ducks Gameday -- Trade Deadline Extravaganza
by Earl Sleek on Mar 3, 2010 7:15 AM PST
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This isn't a gameday post so much as a running trade tracker -- deadline is of course at noon today. What will the BoC teams, and NHL clubs in general, do before then?
Decisions, decisions...
Now I'd probably expect a relatively quiet day for all BoC teams, but it's always tough to know for sure, as all three teams do have something significant to play for, and may feel the pressure to pursue an expensive addition.
- Is this the Sharks' year? Before the Olympic break they were cruising along atop the western conference, but the Sharks' fanbase is quite restless with repeated postseason underachievement. Their window of excellence will not be open forever -- will they get desperate today?
- Is this the Kings' year? The Kings haven't been in the postseason (or even very close to it) since 2002, and finally seem to be sitting in prime position to participate in game #83 once again, but they don't want to misstep now. The Kings are in exciting new territory -- will they get desperate today?
- Is this the Ducks' year? They have plenty of ground to make up in their last twenty games, but their fading heroes proved something in that Olympics, and this is likely the last go for Niedermayer and Selanne. Ducks fans were spoiled last year with a late surge run -- will they get desperate today?
Let's not forget -- these teams have made some pre-deadline moves. The Ducks have already shipped out Giguere, Artyukhin, and Boynton, picking up J-Blake and Toskala. The Sharks have already acquired Niclas Wallin. But what will they do today?
Here is a list of yesterday's and today's player trades -- feel free to discuss in the comments. After the jump, some more Ducks links.
Yesterday & Today's Trades: (updated regularly)
- Pittsburgh Penguins acquire Jordan Leopold from Florida for a second-round pick.
- Ottawa Senators acquire Andy Sutton from NY Islanders for a second-round pick.
- Atlanta Thrashers acquire Evgeny Artyukhin from Anaheim for Nathan Oystrick and a conditional pick.
- Chicago Blackhawks acquire Nick Boynton from Anaheim for future considerations.
- Pittsburgh Penguins acquire Alex Ponikarovsky from Toronto for prospect Luca Caputi and defenseman Martin Skoula.
- Phoenix Coyotes acquire Derek Morris from Boston for a fourth-round pick in 2011.
- New Jersey Devils acquire Martin Skoula from Toronto for a fifth-round pick.
- Boston Bruins acquire Dennis Seidenberg and Matthew Bartowski from Florida for Craig Weller, Byron Bitz, and a second-round pick.
- Anaheim Ducks acquire Aaron Ward from Carolina for Justin Pogge and a fourth-round pick. Defense!
- Washington Capitals acquire Scott Walker from Carolina for a seventh-round pick.
- Vancouver Canucks acquire Yan Stastny from St. Louis for Pierre-Cedric Labrie.
- Phoenix Coyotes acquire Woltek Wolski from Colorado for Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter.
- Phoenix Coyotes acquire Mathieu Schneider from Vancouver.
- Los Angeles Kings acquire Jeff Halpern from Tampa Bay for Teddy Purcell and a third-round pick.
- Washington Capitals acquire Eric Belanger from Minnesota for a second-round pick.
- Anaheim Ducks acquire Curtis McElhinney from Calgary for Vesa Toskala.
- Buffalo Sabres acquire Raffi Torres from Columbus for Nathan Paetsch and a second-round pick.
- Atlanta Thrashers acquire Clarke MacArthur from Buffalo for a third-round and a fourth-round pick.
- Washington Capitals re-acquire Milan Jurcina from Columbus for a sixth-round pick.
- Phoenix Coyotes acquire Lee Stempniak from Toronto for a fourth-round and a seventh-round pick.
- Washington Capitals acquire Joe Corvo from Carolina for Brian Pothier, a prospect, and a second-round pick in 2011.
- Los Angeles Kings acquire Fredrik Modin from Columbus for a conditional seventh-round pick.
- Anaheim Ducks acquire Joey MacDonald from Toronto for a seventh-round pick in 2011.
- Vancouver Canucks acquire Andrew Alberts from Carolina for a third-round pick.
- HOLY HELL! Anaheim Ducks acquire Lubomir Visnovsky from Edmonton for Ryan Whitney. Huzzah, Slovakia!
- Colorado Avalanche acquire Stephane Yelle and Harrison Reed from Carolina for prospects and a sixth-round pick.
- Calgary Flames acquire Steve Staios from Edmonton for Aaron Johnson and a third-round pick.
- Nashville Predators acquire Dustin Boyd from Calgary for a fourth-round pick.
- Phoenix Coyotes acquire Petteri Nokelainen from Anaheim for a sixth-round draft pick.
In Ducks news:
A very worthwhile read at the OC Register's Ducks Blog about Bob Murray and his draft-day strategy. Lots of nuggets about his deadline-day strategy:
Forget about trading one of their first-round picks. When asked if he consider using one of them in a deal, Murray flatly said, "No."
That's right, Barstool Bob -- protect those assets.
Also, the Ducks official website has put together a collection of quotes and photos from the 7 Duck medalists -- check out the quotes and check out the photos. Ducks will have a ceremony to recognize the medalists before tonight's game -- quite honestly it's the main reason why I don't envision Ryan Whitney will be aggressively shopped today (e0).
Seven medals that are probably not on the trading block.
Prediction: Going into the Olympic break, the Ducks had won eleven straight games at home, but I'm not sure how much solace to take out of that. Dallas played at home yesterday, gave up five goals, and lost. Phoenix played at home yesterday, gave up five goals, and lost. San Jose played at home yesterday, gave up four goals, and lost.
Nevertheless, Ducks 4 - Avs 2. Goals by Team Finland, Team Canada, Team USA, and Team Rat.
Go Ducks.
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Really, this is a big game for both teams. Anaheim’s won 11 straight at home, and are 11-0-1 in their last 12 (last regulation loss was that 4-3 loss December 1). As for the Avalanche, they’re 2-4-0 in their last 6 road games, with both wins coming via shootout.
Not sure these numbers really mean anything, becaose of the Olympic break, but Anaheim’s still great at home.
They should win, but it could go either way.
Also, it sucks having to play today. At least the Kings and Sharks have an off-day tonight, so they can focus on making any trades they’re gonna make without having to worry about how it’s gonna affect their game tonight (unrelated, but the Kings did beat the Stars, 5-4 in OT, last year on trade deadline day).
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Shrug — I don’t know if I care about the schedule today. At least everyone will play knowing their sweater is on with some permanence.
It’d matter more, I guess, if the Ducks were going to acquire somebody significant on the east coast, but I don’t know if that’s happening.
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Those gold medals look so lovely. sigh
“Is this the Ducks’ year?” YES! please…
I thought Artyukhin went to Atlanta?
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Yup. Fortunately today’s post will be frequently edited. Let’s go coffee!
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by Earl Sleek on Mar 3, 2010 7:42 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
No fair… you can edit your posts, but we still can’t edit our comments? WTF?
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I don’t think the Kings are going to do much today. The only forwards worth going after were Ponikarovsky and Whitney and both look unlikely; and while I would love to add someone like Jan Hejda or Tomas Kaberle it doesn’t look like Dean sees that as a priority. If we trade for Raffi Torres I’m going to be pissed.
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Burke’s not moving Kaberle, simply because Kaberle (no-trade clause) doesn’t want to move. Raffi Torres would be nice, but a lot of teams are looking at him so the price is gonna be high.
Besides, I think he’s still really pissed at Dean Lombardi for drafting Brayden Schenn…. Sure, get all mad at another GM for drafting the best player available.
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Kaberle isn’t going anywhere because something in the water in Toronto makes people refuse to waive their NTC’s and such. Anyway the Kings blueline looks pretty good, could be I’ve been watching the Ducks blueline too often this season though.
Kings’ blueline’s looked pretty good this season, but aside from Doughty, they don’t really have a “great” defenseman. Several teams have that superstar D (ANA-Niedermayer, SJ-Boyle, CHI-Campbell), and as good as Doughty is, I just can’t put him in that group, maybe because he’s simply too young.
That’s not the kind of player the Kings are gonna be able to get today, though. If anything, it’d have to come as a UFA signing in July, even though I still think we’ll get a top 6 forward first.
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Seriously — I won’t lie, rooting for Canada as the clock expired, I was hoping that Babcock would simply split the remaining shifts between Pronger’s pair and Doughty’s pair.
Also, as lame as it is that Crosby scored the winner, quite awesome to see the first two guys in his arms were Niedermayer and Doughty — that’s a torch-passing moment.
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(ANA-Niedermayer, SJ-Boyle, CHI-Campbell)
One of these things is not like the others! One of these things just doesn’t belong…
Also, Doughty’s been better than Niedermayer and as good as Boyle this year.
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Does that even apply here? In the Olympics it wasn’t just Doughty, face it they were stacked on D…and everywhere else. You don’t know how he’ll deal with playoff pressure. I think he’ll be fine though….
I get what everybody’s saying….. I don’t know, he just doesn’t feel like he’s in that class to me when I just look at the player’s name, how long he’s been in the league, and his cap hit.
He’s an unbelieveable player, yeah. But for some reason, I just can’t call him a “superstar” yet.
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Yeah you’re right, there will be more pressure on the Kings in the playoffs with a team that no one expected to be good who’s young and hasn’t been to the playoffs in years than the Canadian team playing in Canada after failing to meet expectations the previous Olympics.
by Nut on Mar 3, 2010 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
Everyone’s just going to blame Frolov when we lose anyway so it’s not like Doughty has anything to worry about.
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Oh Twitter you temptress:
Canes could be close to deal on Aaron Ward. Keep an eye on Anaheim. other deals in the works, apparently. Stay tuned.
I don’t even know who this is I’m quoting, and it’s already got me fidgety.
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what are the chances Koivu will be traded? i’ve seen his name in few lists of potential trades… :/
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With the medal ceremony today, I’d say not likely. Never trust BoC trade rumors — quite frequently they are written by people who have no interest in BoC teams’ success.
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That said, last year Barstool Bob shocked a lot of people (me) with last-minute deals — Pahlsson, Moen, Huskins all were announced very late. So be somewhat wary.
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so i should sit before checking the sport news in the morning…
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Lie down and have somebody read them to you.
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by Earl Sleek on Mar 3, 2010 8:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hopefully Martin Skoula didn’t buy any Toronto real estate yesterday. McKenzie:
Martin Skoula to New Jersey is confirmed. Done.
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Also, this isn’t trade-deadline-related, but this tweet dropped my jaw:
Houston Aeros just announced they signed Tony Hrkac, now 43 years of age, to AHL deal
Hrkac the Circus? Hell yeah!
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Hey, can somebody look up the Western Conference standings on March 5, 2009 (last year’s deadline)?
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Never mind, I found it:
6. Nashville 70 PTS, 65 GP
7. Columbus 70 PTS, 65 GP
8. Edmonton 68 PTS, 64 GP
9. Dallas 68 PTS, 64 GP
10. Anaheim 68 PTS, 65 GP
11. Minnesota 67 PTS, 63 GP
Okay, so Anaheim’s kinda near where they were last year, in terms of the playoff hunt. For some reason, last year everybody called the Ducks sellers. Curious that they aren’t being considered one this year, even though several teams have called about Niedermayer (won’t move) and Wisniewski (would’ve likely gone to NJ, but now that they’ve got Skoula, he’ll probably stay).
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For some reason, last year everybody called the Ducks sellers.
Wasn’t so much that the standings position has changed, but last year the Ducks had a boatload of soon-to-be-UFAs.
Per memory, it was both Niedermayers, Pahlsson, Moen, Huskins, Montador, Morrison, and Marchant — and probably more than that. Plus with the new GM it was a different story, I think.
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I remember Pronger also, but not sure if he was a pending UFA. I just know he was traded on draft day and signed an extension with PHI. Did he have one year left, or did they just trade his rights?
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Either way, Ducks are in a much better position in terms of UFAs this season: Koivu, Selanne, Niedermayer, Brookbank, and Toskala.
$35.6M committed to 17 players next season. Bobby Ryan’s an RFA, and no doubt he’ll return. If they bring back Niedermayer, Brookbank, and one of the Finns, they’ll still have like $10M to spend. Re-sign either Toskala or pending RFA Justin Pogge, and the Ducks can make a splash in the offseason with a big scorer.
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McKenzie takes another d-man off the charts:
Dennis Seidenberg to Boston is happening .
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More:
Full deal: Boston acquires Seidenberg and Bartowski from Fla for Craig Weller, Byron Bitz and a 2nd round pick.
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Ward to Anaheim for fourth-rounder and goalie Justin Pogge.
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Sorry, according to Hurricanes beat writer Chip Alexander
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Well there you go — get on a goddamn plane, Ward.
(Hopefully it’s not Cam.)
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Nope, it’s Aaron.
Now being reported on TSN.
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Now saying this could mean they’ll move Ryan Whitney. I don’t think so, but we’ll see.
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Seems cheap enough, and it’s expiring. Definitely addresses the Ducks’ weakest position, or at least starts to address it.
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Has Pogge even played a game with the Ducks? (stupid question, since I know they had Hiller and Giguere). A good trade, I think. But is Toskala gonna be their backup for the next couple of years?
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Nope — he dressed as a backup twice, I think, when Toskala had visa issues.
Nope — Toskala’s biggest asset is his expiring contract — not sure what anybody’s plans are after that, but there’s no necessity to sign him.
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So…… if it’s not Toskala, who else do they have as a back-up for next season?
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Prospect-wise, I’d guess it’s Pielmeier, but I don’t pay enough attention there.
But I’m not worried about that yet. If recent history is any indication, there are more than sixty individuals on this planet capable of handling an NHL net. There’s more quality goalies than there are NHL teams — the market should provide some easy options.
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Aaron Ward is on the phone RIGHT NOW!
And he’s surprised it was Anaheim.
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Ward is pretty good, right?
by PhantomPretender on Mar 3, 2010 9:03 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
To quote Stringer Bell from The Wire:
“That’s good. That’s like a 40-degree day. Ain’t nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day. Fifty, bring a smile to your face. Sixty, shit, n——s is damn near barbecuing on that motherfucker. Go down to 20, n——s get their bitch on. Get their blood complaining. But forty? Nobody give a fuck about 40. Nobody remember 40, and y’all n——s is giving me way too many 40-degree days!”
Aaron Ward is a forty-degree day. The Ducks were in the market for a top-four defenseman, and I suppose, even at 37, Ward is still that. Nobody’s complaining if he’s your #4, but it probably means you don’t want the third pairing out there too often. I’m not complaining, we gave up dick to get him and a 40-degree day looks nice when half your defense is snowstorms and gale force winds.
Barstool Bob, so far, is bringing us a lot of 40-degree days. That’s not all his fault, he was put in a rough position, but it would be nice to see ONE of his moves pan out as a clear win for our team, and that hasn’t happened yet.
but it would be nice to see ONE of his moves pan out as a clear win for our team, and that hasn’t happened yet.
I think his Moen-Huskins deadline deal with the Sharks was about as clear a win as you can get. Not enormous, but definitely one-sided.
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Oh, sweetbabyjeebus! Matthew Barry really needs to pull his head out of his ass. Lombardi should have traded Moeller for Ponikaravski? Let’s trade Bernier for Scott Hartnell??? Blogger, please!!!!
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Well, technically, Hartnell’s done more in the NHL than Bernier has……. okay, that doesn’t make it any better
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Sorry KY. There’s no fair justification for that load of bullocks.
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
He doesn’t actually say that if you read the article. He just kind of throws it out there as something to think about.
The West Coast is the Best Coast.
You’re right. I didn’t think he was speculating that it might happen. He was just proposing it as a “what if?” It’s still an idea which is nuttier than squirrel turds.
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Hee, I just saw Quisp giving them hell for the Poni stuff yesterday. Life is good.
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Yeah, it’s one of those things guys like him write so that people will start a rumor and then he can say, “Who me?” when someone calls him an idiot. It’s shitty but the best thing to do is to just ignore it.
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Bingo! I’m just reading it for shits & giggles. Unfortunately, his reasoning this morning was giving me more shits and less giggles.
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
I know, right? That was the funniest crap I’ve read all morning. Yeah, J. Quick is definitely cemented as our #1 for years to come. That’s a real cautious, sober assessment right there. WE HAVE NO USE FOR YOU, BERNIER, DO YOU HEAR ME? Why didn’t we just trade him to Atlanta, already?
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I had a question. What the hell does it mean when we trade for “Future Considerations”? In other words, what did we get for Nick Boynton?
I’m still hoping for a Souray miracle trade. Whitney for Souray anyone?
I do not believe James Wisniewski or Ryan Whitney will be traded. Nothing ever carved in stone, but I don’t believe either is moving.
I’m cool with that — if we need to move them, summer’s prices may be better.
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why do people want Souray? He’s garbage defensivly…You know that area the ducks need help in..
He’s a solid veteran D man. I’m probably a little quick and short sighted to want that trade. But that type of player is appealing to me right now for our D.
If you want a solid vet on the D go back in time and stop the pronger deal…
Please. No really I’m serious I want Prongs back.
If you want a solid vet on the D go back in time and stop the pronger deal…
Please. No really I’m serious I want Prongs back.
Pronger was great, but I suppose the Neidermayer, Pronger tandem had to end some time. Sucks, but I guess it had to happen. With the Lupul injury, it was a rough trade for us.
Yeah, but there’s still upside — I’m quite excited about Sbisa, there’s still two extra first-round picks to be made, and Lupul’s twittering is quite comical.
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Yeah, but there’s still upside — I’m quite excited about Sbisa, there’s still two extra first-round picks to be made, and Lupul’s twittering is quite comical.
O yeah, I think Sbisa is going to be great. I haven’t even thought about the picks, but that’s a good point. I’m not following Lupul, but I will now. A trade that had to happen for sure.
Enjoy — he doesn’t tweet much, but when he does it’s usually embarrassing.
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For the love of god someone in the NHL needs to sign Vikingstad. Bob, work your magic. Make him a Duck.
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by Bleys on Mar 3, 2010 9:33 AM PST via mobile reply actions
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But then he would have to leave a team with this as a logo…
hockey goalie scorpion is pretty badass
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Good christ that is indeed awesome. But still, he’d look better in the black and gold (and orange… [and white…]).
Besides, what would chap Rudy’s ass more than a glorious Norwegian in a Ducks jersey?
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by Bleys on Mar 3, 2010 9:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Barstool working his magic.
“we’re not buyers or sellers, we’re UPGRADING.”
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by Bleys on Mar 3, 2010 9:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Uh-oh, Jonas Hiller
Looks like you just got a new Swiss National Team coach. Somebody strikingly familiar:
RT @jprutherford: Report: Former Blues coach Andy Murray hired to replace Ralph Krueger as Swiss national coach.
I’m not sure who I’m supposed to laugh at here, but here’s an at-large HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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This is so weird…. you don’t have to be of that nationality to coach their national team. I think the England national soccer team’s coach is Italian.
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Coyotes get Mathieu Schnieder
Fuck…. Kings aren’t doing anything, while the Coyotes are doing everything.
I miss Schnieder….
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Probably draft picks. Hasn’t been revealed yet.
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I think so too. But Purcell really hasn’t done too much for us this season, and I’d rather not give up a 2nd round pick.
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This is true. What’s the purpose?
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Solidifies the 4th line, gets us another player who can play on the penalty kill and chip in a goal every now and again. He’s not that bad, he’s kinda like Todd Marchant. If we get Williams back we’re looking pretty good.
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Yeah, he is. Final deal is Halpern for Teddy Purcell and a 3rd rounder.
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I would have preferred if he cost bubkes. I forgot that he was captain of the Capitals a few years ago, so hopefully he’ll provide some good locker room chutzpah and he doesn’t play like a schlemiel out on the ice.
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
TSN reports Caps aquire Eric Belanger from Wild for a 2nd
bye bye draft pics…
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Washington doesn’t need the draft picks, so they’re in a good position to add depth for “now”.
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TSN: Anaheim gets Curtis McElhinney (sp?)
That answers the question of who’s gonna be their backup.
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Might not like it, but that’s what they think.
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Anaheim gets: Curtis McElhinney
Calgary gets: Vesa Toskala
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bwahahaha…
I bet Kipper is happy to have him as backup
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Kiprusoff was the goaltender for SJ before Nabokov came….. then, Toskala was Nabokov’s backup.
Why does it seem like these guys can’t get away from each other?
Also, why didn’t TOR just give CGY Toskala to begin with?
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Why not just make that a 3-way trade way back then?
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And how the hell does Calgary really have the cap space to pull this off?
They seriously went for a $3.5MM upgrade on their backup goalie position?
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Sutter clearly has a ex-Maple Leaf fettish. I’ll bet Aki Berg is on a plane from Helsinki to Calgary right now…
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Lo siento…
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Oh I <3 that trade….Wait that makes no sense?
WTF is Sutter smoking?
I didn’t think there was any way we were moving Toskala. I can’t believe that.
How much money
do we free up on this?
by PhantomPretender on Mar 3, 2010 11:48 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Season’s roughly 3/4 over, so we’ll just assume that Toskala is due $1M for the remainder (annual salary is $4M). We’ll assume that McElhinney is due $125k the remainder (salary this season is $500k).
So somewhere in the neigborhood of $875k, plus McE is signed cheaply next year, too.
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Awesome
I wonder if they’ve got one more big move coming.
by PhantomPretender on Mar 3, 2010 11:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
the hockey news is calling this trade as a win for Calgary.
But they do have us the winner in the Ward deal.
Let's go Ducks.
Hillarious
We ditch a costly backup goalie for a cheap one. Can’t see how we don’t win here.
by PhantomPretender on Mar 3, 2010 12:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Raffi Torres goes to the Sabres. I’m glad the Kings won’t be overpaying Columbus for his services…
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 11:22 AM PST reply actions
Hey guys, the US National Soccer Team is going to play the Netherlands on ESPN2! It’s on right now!
…Guys?
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And now apparently Sheldon Souray is possibly done for the year — Oilers dreams are now all dead.
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Haha, they try to trade him, can’t, then decide he’s done for the year? That’s fishy as fuck.
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Whoa — Frederik Modin from Columbus to Los Angeles, except who the fuck knows if the deal got submitted on time?
Hilarious either way.
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Whoa!
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 3, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I think both Rudy and the Edmonton bloggers should be kept from blades and firearms right now.
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You have no fucking idea how exciting this is.
Now how do we re-acquire Vishnevski?
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I’m starting to think the Ducks’ trade playbook is based on what would hurt Rudy the most. So, next up: Perry for Meat Train and Frolov!
In Dinglebarn We Trust
Holy fuck, spirit crushed. Lubo to Ducks for Whitney.
Holy shit. Toskala and now Whitney. Two guys I thought could not be moved. What the fuck is going on here?
Yeah, Magic 8-Ball says “Not Bloody Likely.” I think more than anything, he’s checked out mentally. Time to go.
That’s more decisive than Scott’s ever been — we’ll see, there’s definitely enough trade interest for the guy that he’s not valueless.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love Scotty. He’s gold in my book and I’d love him back under the Teemu plan, obviously. I just reallllly don’t see it.
Tickled to have Lubo. Even on bad teams, he’s fun to watch and root for.
With Sbisa, I really don’t know the issues (as I constantly say), but when exactly does he become available for the Ducks?
Even so, it’s got a lot of “fix” to problems. We now have a powerplay quarterback, for one — that’s quite welcome.
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from Copper and Blue
“I have to trade something or the fans will have my head.” Well, there’s a saying in the hockey world: he who listens to the fans will soon find himself among them.
So he calls Anaheim. “Hey,” he says. “You guys were asking about Lubomir Visnovsky earlier? Well, I think maybe we could make this work.”
Bob Murray, on the other end, is nobody’s fool. He aims high and works his way down. “So how about Ryan Whitney?” says Bob. “He’s younger, bigger, and he makes less.” He’s also worse. Considerably worse. Epically worse.
Steve Tambellini glances at the clock. It’s 12:45, Mountain Standard Time. He knows that if he doesn’t pull the trigger on something his press conference will be awkward, or it would be if Edmonton’s hockey media wasn’t competing to get him into the sack.
“Throw in a sixth-round pick,” Tambellini says.
Bob Murray spits out his coffee.
Right now I sort of feel like the Munchkins did after the first Wicked Witch dies in the Wizard of Oz.
"You know? I might not be wealthy or cool or even intelligent," I said to myself. Then I felt like there was more to that sentence, but I guess there wasn’t.
NHL Home Ice says Nokes to PHX
For a sixth (I think) rounder. This clears some more salary and should give Carter more playing time.
by PhantomPretender on Mar 3, 2010 1:52 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Good news from an Oiler fan at Anaheim Calling
about McElhinney
i really only popped over to let you know that the kid has more nicknames than any other player i’ve ever seen, though none of them have really stuck. mcbackup, cumac, and (my personal favorite) backelhinney.
"You know? I might not be wealthy or cool or even intelligent," I said to myself. Then I felt like there was more to that sentence, but I guess there wasn’t.
er, Calgary fan.
"You know? I might not be wealthy or cool or even intelligent," I said to myself. Then I felt like there was more to that sentence, but I guess there wasn’t.
Really? Maybe I just read too much BoA and Kent Wilson, but I’ll have trouble breaking the habit of just calling him “McE”. I can be flexible, though.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Yeah McE is good, though I do like McBackup
"You know? I might not be wealthy or cool or even intelligent," I said to myself. Then I felt like there was more to that sentence, but I guess there wasn’t.
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