Jarnkrok was gone anyway! He wasn't going to play another year in the AHL. I don't understand why people don't get this. Holland didn't mortgage the future for a playoff run. He traded a disgruntled player and a draft pick for a pretty good center that helped solidify the playoff run. The Red Wings have some of the best prospects in its system in the last 20 years. They're doing just fine there. Trading Jarnkrok wasn't the end of the world. If he was the best prospect in the system, as many claim he was, the Red Wings wouldn't have just given him away. The sky isn't falling. Go outside and get some fresh air.
So would you be willing to trade Jarnkrok, a first round pick, and one of Sheahan, Tatar, or Jurco for one of those defenseman? That's probably what it would have cost. I'm not so sure that's a better deal long-term for the Red Wings than the Legwand one.
Not sure, I have been on record as willing to trade Tatar for a while. If Jarnkrok was defecting Tatar and Jarnkrok wouldn't bother me a ton and I hate this years draft for the most part though it looks like the right couple guys might fall, I like Bert's teammate Fabbri a little.
In any event I would like a better player, but if the question was moving Tatar for Ehrhoff I am not as against that as most. I personally think given the stated desire for a right-handed pmd now would be the time to hunt Mike Green. His value is lower than it has been, we might be able to get him back to and his defense really is a lot better than earlier in his career.
Would Washington in the middle of a tailspin listened on Tatar and Jarnkrok for him, heck maybe not even a pick. That interests me, then somewhere down the line you can hopefully turn one of the kid D-man into a bigger player down the middle.
Listen we are not happy with the return on Jarnkrok. I get that, but the idea we really had a lot of time or he has some of the value some are attaching to him around here doesn't really scan to me.
You think we didn't call on Edler and Ehrhoff with his name out there. Problem was we needed a center and that team did want him and with minimal other assets going comparatively. I don't know how long they shopped Jarnkrok but my guess is it was for a couple months, could be his value wasn't where a lot of people like to put that post trade.