# NHL Trade Deadline **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 26, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250 "2008-02-26T18:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/21 "2008-02-26T20:11:35Z")
Minnesota Wild get Chris Simon from the New York Islanders for a 6th round pick ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/22 "2008-02-26T20:11:39Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] It’s too much for a guy that always disappears in the playoffs. [/QUOTE] Actually, Hossa was consistently Ottawa’s best player in the playoffs. With the rest of the offense disappearing, he couldn’t do much on his own. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/23 "2008-02-26T20:13:20Z")
Brian Murray has confirmed that Ottawa has no more deals pending. ETA: Bruins, Ducks and Canucks are also done. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/24 "2008-02-26T20:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Key Lime Guy] My Kings haven’t done anything yet 😕 … but I’m hoping for a busy afternoon. [/QUOTE] Stuart goes to Detroit for a second and fourth round pick. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/25 "2008-02-26T20:15:00Z")
Rysto beat me…so some analysis. Good to see that the Leafs got rid of Gill. I won’t complain about trading anyone on this roster for draft picks. Getting as much as they did for Gill and Belak was a minor positive step but these other contracts are going to kill us. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/26 "2008-02-26T20:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] As a Sens fan, I love the Lapointe acquisition. They desperately need his leadership in the room. [/QUOTE] I’m a Sens fan, but I gotta tell you that I am really concerned if the defending conference champions needed to import leadership in the form of a guy who’s never been known as a big leader and is coming from a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in quite some time. I think this was just a straight-up replacement deal, to fill in Chris Neil, who might be hurt pretty bad. They don’t need “leadership,” they need better defense. I agree that it’s a good thing the Sens didn’t overpay for Hossa. That’s just an insane deal. **When was the last time a big name acquisition at the trade deadline helped win a Stanley Cup?** It just doesn’t happen; no one player’s worth that much, or else the few that have been don’t get traded. Marian Hossa’s a great scorer and a decent enough guy but two months of him, which might increase their chances of getting into the Finals by one or two percent, is not worth the potential they gave up. As a Sens fan I AM thrilled the Leafs couldn’t move any of their really big albatrosses (although I’m shocked they got that much for Hal Gill, and got anything at all for Wade Belak, who I would not take for the waiver price.) Excellent. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/27 "2008-02-26T20:19:10Z")
And a 3rd round pick for Chad Kilger. Wow… ---
**Author:** ![yearsofstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/779978/32.png) [@yearsofstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearsofstatic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/28 "2008-02-26T20:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Minnesota Wild get Chris Simon from the New York Islanders for a 6th round pick [/QUOTE] Good, now he can be someone else’s liability ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/29 "2008-02-26T20:21:43Z")
Anaheim get Marc-Andre Bergeron from the New York Islanders for a 3rd round pick ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/30 "2008-02-26T20:23:35Z")
Al Montoya and Marcel Hossa have been trading to the Coyotes for Sjostrom, Leneveu and J.Gratton. Poor Montoya. He finally gets out from under Lunqvist’s shadow and ends up behind Bryzgalov. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/31 "2008-02-26T20:29:07Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] I’m a Sens fan, but I gotta tell you that I am really concerned if the defending conference champions needed to import leadership in the form of a guy who’s never been known as a big leader and is coming from a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in quite some time. I think this was just a straight-up replacement deal, to fill in Chris Neil, who might be hurt pretty bad. They don’t need “leadership,” they need better defense. [/QUOTE] The core of the team is the same as the one that made the finals last season. That team managed to play excellent defence in the playoffs. Somebody needs to step up and get the team to play like they did last season. I think that you underestimate the effective of a solid, gritty veteran with two cup rings. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/32 "2008-02-26T20:31:40Z")
JS Aubin is traded to the Ducks for a seventh round pick. Pure depth move by the Ducks. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/33 "2008-02-26T20:31:55Z")
Minor trade between Atlanta and Washington. 2 guys that I haven’t even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/34 "2008-02-26T20:33:36Z")
You can’t beat me, **Kid\_A**. I’m sitting at my computer listening to TSN in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/35 "2008-02-26T20:35:48Z")
So am I…damn, I’m actually in Toronto. Those electrons don’t have to go as far to reach me; it must be my typing. You win. ---
**Author:** ![yearsofstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/779978/32.png) [@yearsofstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearsofstatic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/36 "2008-02-26T20:36:56Z")
Gah, been trying to keep up on everything through the Trade Tracker on TSN but they seem to have stopped updating it. Thanks for keeping me in the loop guys ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/37 "2008-02-26T20:47:26Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Minor trade between Atlanta and Washington. 2 guys that I haven’t even heard of. [/QUOTE] Just to be complete… Atlanta gets Joe Motzko from Washington for Alex Giroux ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/38 "2008-02-26T20:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] The core of the team is the same as the one that made the finals last season. That team managed to play excellent defence in the playoffs. Somebody needs to step up and get the team to play like they did last season. I think that you underestimate the effective of a solid, gritty veteran with two cup rings. [/QUOTE] Like Cory Stillman? ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/39 "2008-02-26T21:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] JS Aubin is traded to the Ducks for a seventh round pick. Pure depth move by the Ducks. [/QUOTE] As [Thehockeynews.com](http://Thehockeynews.com) says “The Ducks now have the market cornered on goaltenders with the first name of J-S.” ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250/40 "2008-02-26T22:56:32Z")
I’d hoped the Wings would get Hossa, but a comparative price would’ve been Franzen and Fillpula plus the pick on a maybe resign. That’s pretty steep. Stuart is a nice pickup. He gives the wings some depth on defense, which is important since right now we’re minus our top four defensemen. :eek: Fedorov also would’ve been good. Still, I’m happy with the Wings lineup. I was surpised to see Foote and Forsberg back with the Avs. Somebody go make sure that Roy is still in retirement. Plus Dallas picking up Richards means the West is going to be an outright brawl. Detroit, Dallas, Colorado (should they make the playoffs), Anaheim, San Jose. Heh. Bet some number eight seed wipes out all of them. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trade-deadline/439250.md?page=3)