Can someone explain to me how come you guys sent to the Habs so much for an ''okay'' D prospect? From a habs fan perspective, I feel like we got much more from you than what we gave. There might be something that I'm missing. (Was it Armia's attitude problem?)
Ohh and I realize who is Steve Mason; he didn't have any value anyway...
Armia was the cost for the Habs to take Mason and buy him out. (We can't/couldn't even have the hit from his buyout next year.) That cost us Armia, who is good, but replaceable for us. He was due a raise and we needed to move out a forward or else we'd lose either Petan or Dano to waivers. There wasn't an attitude problem.
We got Bourque back, as others have said, because the Habs needed to dump a contract because they were near the limit. I have no expectation that he'll ever play for the Jets. In fact I think he's kind of clogging up space with the Moose. Our current Left D situation is:
NHL:
Morrissey
Myers (apparently they're serious about playing him on his off side)
Kulikov
Morrow
Chiarot
Then we have in the AHL:
Niku (AHL Defenseman of the year)
Stanley
Schilling
Bourque
Other prospects:
Samberg
So unless Niku makes the Jets, probably most nights Bourque will be pressboxed with the Moose unless someone is playing on the Right side.