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I wanna be like Miikka · 12-16-2011, 11:42 PM

Well Dave has been harassing me for 2-3 weeks now at least so finally we were forced to give in and move Stamkos. It sucks losing him and his amazing contract next summer but we felt this was too good of a deal to pass up. Here is how this 9 player trade breaks down.

To CBJ:
Steven Stamkos
Chris Pronger
Lee Stempniak
Marty Turco

To ANA:
Ryan Getzlaf
Ryan Suter
Ted Purcell
Ray Emery
Brayden Schenn
cap (once I get the cheese space)

This should definitely shake the foundation of our roster. Hopefully in a good way. So many moving pieces in this deal but at the end of the day we did it because Pronger is nuts and a guy I don't feel good about giving a UFA deal to in the summer so to be able to replace him with Ryan Suter is enormous. We feel Suter is an elite D-man and adds to a very strong young core already consisting of Doughty and Weber.

Stamkos is definitely on his own level and is way better then Getz. Hopefully Schenn can recover from his concussion and make up some of the difference. But the Suter-Pronger swap helps out big time. The other assets in this deal were largely for cap purposes although we do like Purcells upside. Emery-Turco was just done in case Marty retires we did not want to be on the hook for that 2 million in cap space.

Thanks to MJK for the talks, it took a while but they were fun and we finally got a deal done!

12-16-2011, 11:42 PM	#3
I wanna be like Miikka #1 Goaltender Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	Well Dave has been harassing me for 2-3 weeks now at least so finally we were forced to give in and move Stamkos. It sucks losing him and his amazing contract next summer but we felt this was too good of a deal to pass up. Here is how this 9 player trade breaks down. To CBJ: Steven Stamkos Chris Pronger Lee Stempniak Marty Turco To ANA: Ryan Getzlaf Ryan Suter Ted Purcell Ray Emery Brayden Schenn cap (once I get the cheese space) This should definitely shake the foundation of our roster. Hopefully in a good way. So many moving pieces in this deal but at the end of the day we did it because Pronger is nuts and a guy I don't feel good about giving a UFA deal to in the summer so to be able to replace him with Ryan Suter is enormous. We feel Suter is an elite D-man and adds to a very strong young core already consisting of Doughty and Weber. Stamkos is definitely on his own level and is way better then Getz. Hopefully Schenn can recover from his concussion and make up some of the difference. But the Suter-Pronger swap helps out big time. The other assets in this deal were largely for cap purposes although we do like Purcells upside. Emery-Turco was just done in case Marty retires we did not want to be on the hook for that 2 million in cap space. Thanks to MJK for the talks, it took a while but they were fun and we finally got a deal done!