EJ had 3 points and was -4 in his brief time with Detroit, so I felt like the opportunity to pick up another top 6 forward and also get a defenceman who can fill in the top 4 with a good salary in return would be a good move. My team needed a shakeup as we are only 5-4-1 in our last 10 and hopefully adding some added offence over Hemsky on the third line will do that.
Horton will return to the 3rd line where he was having some better success when I first took over the team and Lupul will hopefully get some chemistry with Umberger and Michalek, at least to start with.
With Lupul, I now have the opportunity to move a top 6 forward for another defenceman, but there is no rush as Pronger just came back from injury.
Getting an early 3rd in the draft as well as Catenacci will help provide some youth into the team, a team that only had 1 4th for this year and not much on the ECHL. Now we are up to a 3rd and 3 4ths for the draft.
Thanks to Ryan for the deal, I know I didn't make it quick as Tomb Raider came out last night and had my attention .. and no not that way
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