one that is hard to say if it's good Avs.
Improved D, definitely improved the "C line"... but man the LW/RW group is horrendous...
even I, with a sucky offense, and I'm not sure my LW/RW situation is that bad.
for Flyers it's kinda the opposite, they lost an elite talent, they now have lots of depth as wings though as Duchene is solif enough for 2nd line C... but they lost Mesz, and weakening your D when your goalie is Bryzgalov isnt such a great idea
Oh, I know my wing situation is bad. Hopefully I have a few tricks up my sleeve...
At the very least, I think that my team will be capable of scoring a few goals and the strength of our defense could lead us to a lot of wins.
Here's an earthquake...
BLOCKBUSTER TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT
In a shocking deal, Claude Giroux is sent to Denver
Claude Giroux
Andrej Mezsaros
Matt Duchene
Gabriel Landeskog
Shane O'Brien
This could be an epic trade, or a failure for the franchise.
We give up 2 great young talents in Duchene and Calder winner, Gabriel Landeskog. Instead, we get one of the best players in the NHL hands down. Claude Giroux is an elite, talented center. Matt Duchene has great potential, but he is not in the same stratosphere as Giroux. We feel like Giroux will be our new Joe Sakic. Horrible feeling giving up Landeskog as well. Players like him are tough to come by. In the end, we didn't feel like Landeskog or Duchene could ever reach the level of Giroux, who is a franchise talent at only 24 years old.
We also add Andrej Mezsaros who solidifies my defensive unit.
Shea Weber ($7.857m) / Keith Yandle ($5.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.167m) / Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m)
Ron Hainsey ($4.500m) / Tim Erixon ($1.750m)
Dylan McIlrath ($1.295m) / Davis Drewiske ($0.617m)
Could possibly be the best defensive unit in the NHL. We will now pool all our resources to obtain 2 top 6 wingers.
personnally I dont think either team improved much, you solidified what was already your strenght by adding Mesz, and Flyers added even more depth to the wings wich was their strenght... and both weakened areas that already needed improvements.
and huh, no offense but you dont have the best D in the league -> Hedman, Edler, Hamuis, Bieksa, Garrison...
MIN-
Alexander Khokhlachev
T.J. Hensik
STL
Justin Falk
Claton Stoner
SUPER MEGA HUGE BLOCKBUSTER
Tampa Bay has shocked the hockey world by pulling off the following trade:
Jody Shelley
Mathieu Garon
*gulp*
waive Benoit Pouliot with intended assignment to Syracuse (AHL).
personnally I dont think either team improved much, you solidified what was already your strenght by adding Mesz, and Flyers added even more depth to the wings wich was their strenght... and both weakened areas that already needed improvements.
and huh, no offense but you dont have the best D in the league -> Hedman, Edler, Hamuis, Bieksa, Garrison...
When's the trade deadline?