A summary of trades, with my quickie thoughts. I encourage all GMs to chime in on these trades, especially those involved. Love hearing motives.
Trade: The Dicklas Lidstroms send Boone Jenner and Patrick Wiercioch to the Schizzarks for Jay Bouwmeester and David Booth.
Quickie Analysis: Schizzarks have an embarrassment of riches on D, and J-Bo could walk for nothing this summer. The get a promising forward in exchange that will be kept as a prospect this summer.Trade: The G-Phil's Flyers send a 2014 4th round draft pick to the Patrik Stefans for a 2014 6th round draft pick (previously the Flyers) and a FA add/drop.
Pickup: The G-Phil's Flyers drop Pekka Rinne for Darcy Kuemper. The G-Phil's Flyers drop Jaroslav Halak for Pekka Rinne.
Pickup: The Dicklas Lidstroms drop Kari Ramo for Jaroslav Halak.
Quickie Analysis: The Flyers needed an upgrade in goal with Halak languishing in Buffalo. The cheapest option ended up being putting Rinne back on the scoring roster, who even on one leg will get more wins than Halak. The Patrick Stefans got a modest pick upgrade for the remaining FA add/drop, and the Lidstroms scooped an upgrade on Ramo as, I guess, free, modest trade bait for this summer.
Commissioners post-Halak trade edit: OMG FML.Trade: The Patrick Stefans send Torey Krug and David Clarkson to the Vanrooser Canicks for Jake Muzzin and Marcus Johansson.
Quickie Analysis: Really Krug for Johansson. Interesting to see two GMs essentially put different keeper values on an offensively gifted defenceman, but the Stefans have not been shy about the value they put on using up keeper slots for d-men (hint: not much).Trade: The Dicklas Lidstroms send Jakob Voracek and a 2014 7th round draft pick to the Vanrooser Canicks for Kyle Turris and a 2014 4th round draft pick.
Quickie Analysis: Voracek is consistent, earning between 46 and 50 points in each of his last 3 of this last 4 seasons. Last season, however, he was a PPG player. He is on pace for 58 points this year, which is up on his average, down on his previous year. Turris on the other hand is a 20ish point player in the midst of a breakout season. Only time will tell how this plays out.Trade: The Fylanders send Carl Soderberg and their 2014 4th round draft pick to the Patrik Stefans for Nathan Horton and their 2014 7th round draft pick.
Quickie Analysis: Not much to say here - this is simply a bet by the Fylanders that Horton will score more points in the final 20 games than Soderberg. The Stefans, on the other hand, need consistency, not dudes who keep missing a ton of time.Trade: The Vanrooser Canicks send Alex Goligoski to the Quebec Rordiques for David Rundblad and a 2014 3rd round draftpick.
Quickie Analysis: First Krug, then Rundblad - the Canicks' plan to get young D with upside in place for the future is pretty clear (or if they don't see the upside on Rundblad, then its a free 3rd round pick). The Rordiques, on the other hand, get much-needed veteran defensive help that will help them in coming years.
Curious as to whether The Flyers' GM anticipated Halak being traded to WAS when he dropped him. Would love to get some deeper analysis on that one.
ReplyDeleteVERY FUNNY COMMENT SAM
DeleteOnly two of six trades (three of seven if you count the late February trade) involved teams with a realistic shot at the playoffs, so a lot of GMs were content to ride out the season with what they have. Me, I found it difficult to make a move because I didn't really have the assets - the guys off my SR were not good enough to get a player in return who would substantially upgrade my SR - because I had a very unsexy draft. Anyway, looking forward to the final stretch.
ReplyDeleteI believe I had young assets (Jones, Monahan, and Reilly) that I could've moved to put me over the top this year, however I'd like to remain competitive in the long run. The KL Marketplace didn't result in good value for Ennis/Read but I was quite content upgrading Soderberg to Horton. It might not be enough to win but down the stretch I like my team to finish in the Top 4.
ReplyDeleteI think it may be a calculated mistake not to trade Reilly/Jones/Monahan as I can't expect my roster to be this healthy every year. If there was ever a season to beat Greg I think this is it...
My hopes and dreams of the title rest heavily on 3 Leafs...