Over the past week the league has seen four trades be completed. Nobody from my rumors blog has been moved as off yet and I think there is a good reason for it. The talent there is way and when I say way I mean extremely overpriced, more so then even gasoline. So with that lets look at the trades that were completed.
The first of the four trades was between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Heading to Florida are 2nd and 7th round draft picks. In return for the picks the Lightning acquired Eric Belanger and Christoph Schubert. While I like the deal for both teams I'm very disappointed with the Panthers here and I'm sure Schubert probably is as well. Schubert was just signed at the beginning of free agency to a 3 year contract worth 1.1 million. Only to be dealt not even a month later. I know that the Panthers will have to pay a penalty of one years salary to move Christoph, but really??? I know that the Panthers are a very good team, but I think next year free agents will think twice before signing there. At least they should because they might not even be with the team they signed with by the time the season starts. The good news here is that Christoph isn't moving very far geographically. I wish Schubert a lot of luck whenever he faces the Panthers next season.
The second trade this past week once again involved the Panthers. This time they dealt Johnny Oduya and prospect Adam Polasek to Pittsburgh. In return the Panthers received prospect Luca Caputi and a 4th rounder. I have to say I really like this deal for the Panthers. Johnny Oduya is a real solid defender and you know exactly what your going to get with him, but he's a free agent at the end of the year and I'm not sure he's worth the type of money with will take to sign him before or during free agency. Polasek at this point is a project, he has good size and the fact that he came to play in the CHL last year should help his development, down the road I could see him being a nice 5th 6th type if everything pans out. Luca Caputi is a solid prospect up front, while I don't think he's ever going to be a 1st line guy, I do see him developing into a solid 3rd line player that can fill in on the 2nd line for short stints. The pick nobody really knows yet, but Florida is pretty solid at the draft. Good on Florida for looking ahead and dealing Oduya.
Early Friday morning the Colorado Avalanche and the Washington Capitals got in on the trade action with an interesting deal. Mike Komisarek and prospect Marcel Mueller go to Washington in exchange for Joffrey Lupul and a 3rd round pick. Both teams dealt from a position of strength, to help in an area of need. Also interesting is that the two main pieces in this deal have a history of injury problems and both could be considered over payed. It's hard not to like the deal for either club based on what was given and received, however if I had to pick a winner for this deal I'd have to say Washington based solely on the fact that Komisarek injury problems aren't quite as serious as those of Lupul.
Now onto the forth trade or of course I suppose that there might be five trades, but my senses tell me that there is just four. Nothing has been made official from the league as of yet and neither team has confirmed anything other then two players have been moved. So I'm going on the assumption that that Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a deal. According to a source from Montreal the Habs have dealt David Clarkson, and they were reportedly looking for a center. Also according to a report out of Carolina TJ Galiardi has been traded. Putting the two together and we have the looks of an interesting deal. Galiardi for Clarkson?? It seems very possible but I think the Hurricanes would have to get a little more in return. I can't judge it completely until we kow the full details, but just looking at the surface I think it could be a good one for both team involved. Of course that all depends if Carolina gets more in return and if this is even a correct report. Only time will tell if my senses are right on this one.
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