Thrashers Deal.
Okay, so everyone knows yesterday was the NHL’s trade deadline and our GM Don Waddell had to trade Marian Hossa due to the fact that he was leaving this town anyway. If Hossa wasn’t traded yesterday then he would have left this organization with nothing in return, similar to how Marc Savard left a few years ago.
ATLANTA RECEIVED:
Colby Armstrong
Erik Christensen
Angelo Esposito
1ST Round Draft Pick
PENGUINS RECEIVED:
Marian Hossa
Pascal Dupuis
I am EXTREMELY happy with this trade. I’ve read about 1,000+ blogs in the past two days and it seems that a lot of people are with me and the other people seem absolutely retarded.
Colby Armstrong is probably one of my favorite NHL players because of his style of play. He’s fast, gritty, maybe even a little dirty, and he’s used to playing with Sid so I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t mind playing on a line with Kovy.
Erik Christensen is a shootout specialist as well as a decent centerman. We’ve needed help up the middle for a while now and this isn’t maybe the best answer, he’s better than the centers we have now so it’s an IMPROVEMENT.
Esposito is going to be a great player after a few more years of development so this is definitely a much needed building block for the future of this franchise. He was also Pittsburgh’s 1st Round Draft Pick last year.
On top of it all we get Pittsburgh’s 1st Round pick for this year, plus all the guys we’ve acquired are at least 6 ft tall, which helps us out in size.
I’m ready to run out and drop some change on a Colby Armstrong jersey. I’m seriously that excited about it. I guess we’ll all find out how it works out tomorrow night when the Thrashers take on the Islanders.
YUP.
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Wednesday February 27, 2008