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Dawg's Wife wrote:

RobbyJ wrote:This would give Murray about 8M to play with. Smith's contract is up next year and he will be replaced cheap from within. I'm sure Murray will also jettison a couple of other contracts in the next month.

Maybe my math is off, but right now I have Ottawa with a 52 million dollar payroll. That gives them 4 million and this deal will only add about 2 million to that.

I wouldn't expect any large UFA signings..the money just isn't there.

cas wrote:You guys need to chill out... This package isn't great, but it isn't terrible either. I'm not a fan of Smid and I don't like that he was part of the package, but I also don't know a whole lot about him other than a few random games here and there.

Cogliano isn't quite the centerpiece I had in mind, but he's a pretty solid acquisition, nonetheless.

As for Penner, I've been saying for a while that he's a player we could use here and actually see him have some success. I'm convinced a lot of you will be pleasantly surprised with the end result of this trade.

All in all, this trade continues to add to our depth, gets rid of a headache, and gives us greater room to maneuvre in the free agent market.

This is a win...even if it isn't a slam dunk. Cheer up and enjoy the fact that this debacle finally has a resolution.

asq2 wrote:Please no.

This is actually worse than what Gomez got.

Urkie wrote:This trade allows our top 6 to be more balanced and also allows us to potentially sign a top 6 forward tomorrow via free agency. This isn't all that bad.

Sens4thecup wrote:I don't understand if old broken down Pronger can amass a crazy deal, WTF Murray???

Sens4thecup wrote:What kind of money does Murray have to play with tomorrow?

asq2 wrote:Penner is terrible. He has no value.