Sunday, July 02, 2006

Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers of the NHL Offseason

Winners
Boston Bruins- Spent cash, got better
Pavel Kubina- Must have a great agent
D-men in general- All finding pay-day
LA Kings- Great draft trade
Minnesota Wild- Making their run

Losers
Dominik Hasek- For some reason unwanted
Colorado Avalanche- Losing lots of guys
Good GM's- Their fans won't understand
Phoenix Coyotes- Always bad decisions
Chris Pronger- Hit FA in the wrong year

6 comments:

Kirk said...

Wow just though tI'd let you know I actually agree with you about your post season assesment. Wonder what you think about former coach of the year and no longer Buffalo coach (because of Hasek) Ted Nolan joining the NHL again.

matthew said...

I think it was a good choice for the islanders. Nolan works well with most players, but has trouble working with his authorities. If he's matured a bit the islanders will play some passionate hockey this year. It's worth a shot for them.

Aaron Perry said...

i like the leafs' moves. i think kubina is getting too much, but not that much too much. i think gill is getting a decent amount.

elias....biggest winner. 7mil per? what happened to lamariello over the lockout???

thoughts on pronger trade?

matthew said...

I like the Leafs moves too actually. They are, at least, spending in the right area seeing as how their defense was horrible and now is very stable. And I tend to think Raycroft will be slightly above average. Nevertheless, they overpayed.

Elias got a great deal, no doubt. But from what I read, it was expected he'd get close to the max all along.

The Pronger trade is a great move by the Ducks. I would love to be a forward on their powerplay next season (or their goalie for that matter). Oilers got 2 good players in return I think.

Heather Durkee said...

Thanks for the pics and the money! Adam jokingly said, "Are you having an affair with Matthew Rose." when he handed me the envelope.

I always enjoy foreign currency so it was pretty cool.

matthew said...

haha, no problem. Sorry for the delay. I'm quite lazy.