Confirmed with Link: Holzer to ANA for Eric Brewer and 5th rd pick

[LaPlante94]

Make him a healthy scratch then. I don't like that resume of winning.

hahahahaaaha

 

[PlietscherDassel]

That's the point. Here we have a guy we drafted, and, spent time and effort developing, who is also big and tough, and we trade him! These are the type of players we should be keeping IMHO. Watch, at some point we'll make a trade, burning assets, to acquire this type of player at a later date!

Agreed. To develop your own players you need some guys on your team that went through your entire system and experienced all the ups and downs.

 

[ShooterMikgaven]

Think he's the last member of the 2002 Salt Lake gold medal team still in the league.

 

[Al14]

Our loss of Holzer, is the Ducks gain.

This was a stupid trade IMHO. We trade a big, tough, home grown player for a cap dump!

We are hell bent on keeping powder puff, afraid of their own shadow type players like Gardiner!

I'm amazed that they didn't unload Polak for another cap dump!

Idiots!

 

[GoonieFace]

I do not understand this trade at all, i thought Holzer was playing quite well.

 

[Raging Bull]

Think he's the last member of the 2002 Salt Lake gold medal team still in the league.

Iginla as well.

 

[Mess]

I do not understand this trade at all, i thought Holzer was playing quite well.

Not sure I understand this trade either.

Toronto does Anaheim a solid by taking on cash dump Eric Brewer ($2.65 mil) so they can trade for and take on James Wisniewski full $5.5 mil cap hit.

For that Anaheim sends over a 5th round pick to Leafs.

What is Holzer's role in this trade?

Besides he is a home grown drafted and developed player and was playing quite well to boot and only making $785k. Aren't these the kinds of players you want for a draft rebuild?

 

[GoonieFace]

Not sure I understand this trade either.

Toronto does Anaheim a solid by taking on cash dump Eric Brewer ($2.65 mil) so they can trade for and take on James Wisniewski full $5.5 mil cap hit.

For that Anaheim sends over a 5th round pick to Leafs.

What is Holzer's role in this trade?

I think Nonis had the concussion and not Holzer. He is a perfect 6th dman.

 

[mcleex]

I really don't like this trade at all to be honest. I thought Holzer was developing nicely. Good #6 defenseman. Now we just lose him for a 50 year old and a 5th round pick that will probably not amount to anything

 

[Fogelhund]

On the face, I didn't understand this trade either... homegrown guy, developed here, cheap... and very little in return... but let's face it, 27 years old... going to be in his 30's before we really can compete... he doesn't really fit in with the age of where we are probably going, and he is nothing special. We have Loov and Granberg who can do the same thing or better, and are younger too... we have the pipeline to back fill this, and get an asset in return. He just wasn't that special, just a 6/7 guy and we have plenty of those.

 

[Gardiner Expressway]

This guy was an UFA and wasn't coming back.

We didn't "pour 10 years of development" into Holzer. We drafted him and waited 10 years to find out if he'd become anything more than a bottom pairing plug and turns out the answer is no.

 

[darrylsittler27]

Ufa

Indeed he was walking so we got something. He has been around forever and couldnt get ice time, at 27 he would walk to another team, his time here was done. If we are in rebuild he would lose ice time to some kids next year. 6th Dman on a bad team and we ate salary to get a 5th.

 

[Animal]

Developing?! The guy is 27, and one of the worst defence men in the league. Amazing that we got a 5th, i was hoping for a 7th

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Because hes a ufa

His contract expires at the end of this season. Anaheim needed to dump money. This was essentially Holzer for a pick. To people who "don't get it".... you see there's this thing called a "salary cap"........

This guy was an UFA and wasn't coming back.

We didn't "pour 10 years of development" into Holzer. We drafted him and waited 10 years to find out if he'd become anything more than a bottom pairing plug and turns out the answer is no.

Brewer is UFA at the end of the season as well. Ducks were not up against the Cap at any point.