Friday, February 18, 2011

NHL Silly Season Begins In Boston

The trade deadline is the 28th of February this year...

And Boston isn't waiting around...

First, they traded for Toronto defenseman Tomas Kaberle by sending high prospect Joe Colbourne and two draft picks to Brian Burke. Since Kaberle makes US$4.25-million, they had to clear some cap space... they only had a little over $2-million going into the deal.

As a result, they sent Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart to Atlanta for face-off specialist Rich Peverley and defense-stiff Boris Valabik. Peverley has another year left on his deal and is a serviceable centerman at US$1.4M. Valabik never has lived up to his draft hype and should spend most of his time in Providence. What makes the deal more appealing for the Thrash and GM Rick Dudley is that Wheeler is a RFA at the end of this season and Stuart is an unrestricted free agent.

Rental upon rental for Dudley...

Brian Duff of the NHL Network analyzes from the site of the Heritage Classic- Calgary...

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