GDT: NHL Trade Deadline Day Part II

[Kristopher Letang]

Despres going to be a beast in the West with his hits. Damn we are too soft for Despres can't believe it

 

[cheesedanish87]

So what's the D pairings look like right now?

Martin - Letang
Ehrhoff - Pouliot
Cole - Lovejoy

I think its going to be

Martin Letang
Ehrhoff Lovejoy
Scuderi DP/Cole

 

[Sh00terMcGavin]

I want JR to come on and announce that he has packaged Lovejoy and next year's 1st for Duncan Keith.
Then proceeds to walk away.

 

[KIRK]

This organization would be a complete tire-fire without being gifted so many generational talents.

Glad that Burkle and Lemieux mentioned Simon as being a young player that was being underutilized. Maybe Anaheim will fix that.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

I refuse to believe that no GM offered more than Lovejoy, can't be.

 

[mpp9]

They wanted a safer D-man. And obviously didn't see Despres in the longterm plans with DP, Harrington and Dumoulin coming.

If DP stays up all season and Lovejoy has a solid postseason, I can stomach it.

 

[66-30-33]

At least a ****ing pick man. This was strictly dumping despres...and why? Was he a big cancer or something? There has to be some kind of reason

Even Neal got something and they said he was a big cancer.

 

[IcedCapp]

Happy for JMelm, though. Dumoulin wins out!

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I genuinely think this is the most angry I've ever seen this board. I'm still baffled. Surely we could have gotten a much better return than Lovejoy for Despres.

 

[Sawski21]

They pushed back the presser so maybe there is something else in the works. One could only hope JR is still working the phones to make this team a little less soft.

 

[Gurglesons]

JR once again proving he is a terrible GM. The only good move he has made so far is essentially the Perron deal.

 

[Captain Hook]

We could have traded Despres in a young D swap a la Bort/Cole, we could have moved him for picks to restock there, we could have moved him for a young forward and what do we do? We move him for a fringe 31 year old D-Man that already failed here once.

 

[madinsomniac]

The only reason that I can think they did this was that they believe Pouliot can handle Despres ice time and responsibilities and with Harrington and Dumoulin coming through and Maatta back from injury we should be fine.

that isnt an excuse to sell low on a guy... seriously Hockey GMs and coaches combined have the IQ of a single gnat... of all the sports I follow they hands down have the least clue how to run a sports franchise...

ex players should never be allowed to run a sports team. they actually know the least about teambuilding... playing a sport is like being a soldier... you dont get to understand the ins and outs of why things work or what the plan really is... you actually get a skewered perspective from that viewpoint more often then not...

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

No team in the league right now could with a championship with our defense. I would love to be eating these words in the summer but i know i wont be.

 

[KIRK]

I refuse to believe that no GM offered more than Lovejoy, can't be.

Not sure how much more Borts is than Lovejoy, and Cole was a mid #1 in 2007.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

This is at best the opposite of the deal we made earlier today.......at best.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Can't wait for the Bennett and Maatta trades

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I refuse to believe that no GM offered more than Lovejoy, can't be.

Why the hell were we shopping him anyway?

 

[NatureBoy]

They wanted a safer D-man. And obviously didn't see Despres in the longterm plans with DP, Harrington and Dumoulin coming.

If DP stays up all season and Lovejoy has a solid postseason, I can stomach it.

Well, the postseason won´t be long, so....

 

[66-30-33]

They wanted a safer D-man. And obviously didn't see Despres in the longterm plans with DP, Harrington and Dumoulin coming.

If DP stays up all season and Lovejoy has a solid postseason, I can stomach it.

Morrow and Despres are gone, matter of time before Dumo, Harrington, DP are gone.

 

[Sideline]

Can't Wait for

Martin-Letang
Scuderi-Lovejoy
Ehrhoff-Cole

 

[66-30-33]

Can't wait for the Bennett and Maatta trades

BB and Maatta for a 7th round pick!

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Why the hell were we shopping him anyway?

No idea.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Can't Wait for

Martin-Letang
Scuderi-Lovejoy
Ehrhoff-Cole

Ugh.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Can't Wait for

Martin-Letang
Scuderi-Lovejoy
Ehrhoff-Cole

That second pairing is gunna give me a stroke