TRADE DEADLINE BONANZA!

I saw that too. I don't like it from a Leaf perspective. I think they'd be better off re-signing him, but Burke seems to have a plan in mind.

PKC wrote:Don't know if it was posted on the site, but there's a hilarious thread on HF that I thought people might like to look at:

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=745209

Comedy gold.

Poni for Caputi and Skoula confirmed.

The consensus seems to be that Ottawa is done dealing. Diddle.

SeawaySensFan wrote:The consensus seems to be that Ottawa is done dealing. Diddle.

ya we never have very exciting deadline days

I seriously hope The Canucks just offer Hodson for A Train so we could be done with it.

N4L wrote:I seriously hope The Canucks just offer Hodson for A Train so we could be done with it.

He's going to Toronto for Kaberle.

A good deal would be Schneider and Grabner for Elliot and Volchenkov.

haha... too many tweets

Big Ev wrote:A good deal would be Schneider and Grabner for Elliot and Volchenkov.

Schneider isnt on Elliott's level as much as you want to believe he is,

N4L wrote:

Big Ev wrote:A good deal would be Schneider and Grabner for Elliot and Volchenkov.

Schneider isnt on Elliott's level as much as you want to believe he is,

*Looks at avatar*...oh I see

sens4win wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:The consensus seems to be that Ottawa is done dealing. Diddle.

ya we never have very exciting deadline days

I guess I'm going to work, after all.

Big Ev wrote:

N4L wrote:

Big Ev wrote:A good deal would be Schneider and Grabner for Elliot and Volchenkov.

Schneider isnt on Elliott's level as much as you want to believe he is,

*Looks at avatar*...oh I see

So? There is a reason they went out and signed Raycroft. What does my avatar have to do with Schneider being in The AHL? Elliott is a better goaltender, not a whole lot of things to prove otherwise.

Just heard on Sportsnet, that Kariya has informed the Blues he will NOT waive his NTC.

Dash wrote:Just heard on Sportsnet, that Kariya has informed the Blues he will NOT waive his NTC.

Sportsnet should be embarrassed that they have to pretend this is newsworthy. John Davidson will surely cry himself to sleep tonight.

This is probably the worst trade deadline in league history.

SeawaySensFan wrote:The consensus seems to be that Ottawa is done dealing. Diddle.

Honestly, BM has done more than I expected, and what the team needed. The Sutton-esque move was coming for sure, one way or the other. Cullen is the gravy.

People who were expecting more lost sight of how well this team came together and played for each other over the last 2 months. They also lost sight of the fact that those big deadline deals almost never pan out, and that it's the Stuart to DET- and Gill to PIT-esque moves that often pay off way more than the huge moves.

People who expected less just plain forgot that we only had 4 NHL defencemen going into the Olympic break. No other excuse. There was no way we weren't getting at least one D.

OTT made precisely the kinds of moves they needed to make. Not even sure we needed to make the Cullen move, TBH, but the depth is great, for now and for the playoffs. The price was a little steep, but given that BM was willing to give those 2nds away, we have to trust that they didn't see anyone they really wanted in the 50-60 pick range. The steep price is also the nature of the game come deadline day deals.

Let the Bonanza party begin!!

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