What a dud of a trade deadline. Good thing sens made a few moves. I thinking signing of Kuba was a good move. Pmd’s don’t come cheaper than that nowadays. Also, he is going to be paid less than what Mike Commodore is being paid (4.3 mil/year). The best move of the day was the acquisition of Jokinen by Sutter. I really like Jokinen, he has a decent set of skills and he fights for the puck every time. He is a genuine #1 center at a paltry price of 5.250 million.
Kudos to Spezza for fighting Phaneuf the other night. I think Phaneuf went a bit easy on him but then again Spezza gets full marks for trying. And tonight he was yapping at an Oiler. That is the kind of player he needs to be.
Vermette got traded for Leclaire and a 2nd round pick. Vermette is the kind of player about whom you can’t really predict anything unless he does it or doesn’t. He had decent speed an ok set of skills and was a very good penalty killer. I liked the price at which he was signed. I think he was similar to Fisher in many respects; only thing really going for Fisher is that he is definitely one of the most physical forwards in the league.
Ottawa won the game against the Oilers tonight. Gagner was the only standout player for the Oilers with 2 goals. As his sophomore season winds down he is getting more relaxed and playing well. He is very good in shorthanded situations. Watch him next season, he will have a 60+ season next year.
The only thing that we can salvage from this season is the points for the CASH line and if Fisher and Comrie get back in form and start scoring. If the CASH can finish this season at or more than point/game I think we would have something to smile about. I would really like to see us spoil the playoff aspirations of several teams. In all likelihood we’ll be drafting in the top 10. I wonder what we’ll get. If its some highly touted unknown like Karlsson from last year I would be happy with it.
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