unfortunately I don't think Murray is going to get much for Spezza at this point, the Canucks got a 4th line Center a nothing Defenseman, the young Center just picked who didn't quite live up to what he was supposed to in Juniors and Derek Dorsett an energy guy. If the Canucks are planning on tanking next year and getting a top 2 pick this trade was brilliant but if they are trying to win anything it sucks.

tjlincoln wrote:

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SensKat would u have traded Spezza for James Neal straight up?

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Good question.  Probably not.  Neal has had a couple of good seasons playing with Crosby, but he's not a proven scorer without a top centre, and trading away our best to get him would seem like too much of a risk to me.

tjlincoln wrote:

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the GM for Vancouver needs to tone down his enthusiasm doesn't he?

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 I know these days are probably very long for those guys, but you would think, given that it is the most important day so far in the lives of these kids, that they could at least pretend to be happy with their picks.

tjlincoln wrote:

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3rd round picks net you guys like Derek Dorsett who scores a whole 8 pts in 51 games, those 3rd rounders also can get u Russians from Columbus who can't cut it in the NHL. I forget the doofus's name who Ottawa traded for a few years ago.

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 Might need a few more details than that to narrow it down! lol

the Sharks trade back for an extra 3rd round pick in a down draft and let Kapanen and Fabbri go, hopefully the GM of a team who can't win after a 3-0 lead knows what the heck he's doing. I doubt it somehow