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10/29/2010   TRADE    Moilers send F Ales Hemsky and D Matt Taormina to the Shizzarks for F Mason Raymond and D Jay Bouwmeester.


Analysis: A Canucks fan at heart, Mo picks up budding second-line speedster Mason Raymond, who we figure is good for at least 50 points this year (he had 52 points last year - some say sign of things to come, some say the Canucks will never score that many goals again). Schizz adds 70 point forward Ales Hemsky (more if the Oilers keep scoring like they did tonight) to an already potent cadre of forwards that includes presently underachieving Backstrom and Parise. To facilitate the trade, the Moilers had to drop all-name defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk, and add Matt Taormina (the NJ defenceman, not the small coastal town in Italy). Note this does not count toward the Moiler's 2 free agent acquisitions this year, per rule 10 g). So whether this trade evens out will depend on whether Bouwmeester gets 24 points like he is on pace for, 29 points like he had last year, or 43 points like he averaged the four years prior.