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Originally Posted by raygunpk
lol whoever says we got hosed needs to look at the bigger picture.
ballard instantly comes in to our top 4 and plays against top opposition constantly. he also hasn't missed a game for 3 years, and our depleted D that's a damn good thing.
grabner has never been a ppg player his whole life, dating back to juniors(save for one season). we also have NO room for him. he's a top 6 player, and we have just have too many competing for that top 4 winger position. he'll have better luck in florida.
bernier is $2m bottom 6 player, completely useless as everyone can see. we get a cheap 4th liner that is big and physical, and if it doesn't work out well we don't have to worry about his contract.
so assuming oreskovich and bernier and canceled out, you guys really think we could move a top 4 veteran D for a prospect who's really proved nothing his whole career?
also there's no saying that 25th pick is going to come help us RIGHT away. our window to win is now, which is why we need to pieces to fill in our gaps.
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No one is complaining about the pieces of the trade. It's that all three were in there when a fairer deal would've been two: Bernier and Grabner or Bernier and the 25th pick.
Bernier, Grabner AND the 25th pick for a $4.2m D-man that will probably be more of a stay-at-home guy on a team with Erhoff, Edler and Salo is a bit much.
His +/- stats look pretty good for a guy that played on horrible Phoenix and Florida teams.