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Originally Posted by CMPunk
The Blues were all over the Islanders 3 minutes after they posted they had players available. After finally hooking up today, the blues have send Ales Kotalik, Michal Handzus and Carter Ashton to the Island in exchange for Chris Drury and Eric Cole.
Drury is a great 2 way center, and although we lose out on Handzus's defensive prowess, we get more offense out of the second line. Cole for Kotalik is about even..with Cole being a bit more physical and more experienced. He's also putting up more goals at the CPHL level.
Thanks to Mike for the easy dealings
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Islanders land a decent two-way forward prospect in Carter Ashton who is arguably the Lightnings top prospect behind Hedman and son of Brent Ashton. Granted we get weaker but hopefully more stable with having Kotalik instead of Cole. Cole's scoring and hitting presence will surely be missed this year and will be welcomed in St.Louis. In the end we still have two decent starters in return to hopefully remain competitive. Thanks Kevin for being patient and getting the deal done.