Wednesday, March 3, 2010

What Did We Learn From the NHL Trade Deadline?


The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and new players are starting off with new teams. Teams have increased themselves and gotten some big-time help to get them into the playoffs, while some teams have fallen back. So what teams did help themselves? Well, for one team, the Phoenix Coyotes definitely did bring in some more offense by adding Wojtek Wolski from Colorado and Derek Morris, one of the former players, to their roster. Possibly, my team the Anaheim Ducks did help themselves by adding Lubomir Visnovsky from Edmonton and Aaron Ward from Carolina. The Los Angeles Kings possibly helped themselves as well, getting Jeff Halpern from Tampa. Those are some teams that did help themselves, but who did not help themselves? Well, one team is the Boston Bruins. They got more defense than offense when it is their offense that is lacking to produce for this team. Getting Dennis Seidenberg from Florida might help, but he's a defenseman, not a forward. The Colorado Avalanche traded away one of their biggest offensive player and they might slip out. The Dallas Stars did nothing to help themselves and the loss on Tuesday night to the Kings could have told them to get somebody but they didn't. The Montreal Canadiens did nothing to address their needs, since Mike Cammalleri is out for another couple of weeks. The Toronto Maple Leafs, in my opinion, also didn't do anything. So with the trade deadline, we will now see if I'm right or if I'm wrong. These players will either help their teams, or drastically worsen their teams.

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