[killer_carlson]

Does this remind anyone else of the Ramholt/Greentree/Gratton trade?

the "experts" were all abuzz with the trade seeing a big forward prospect, a puck moving reliable defence prospect, and a pure goon. Philly got "fleeced" by picking up the goon. In the end, they got 20 games out of Gratton and moved a player who had cracked their lineup for a grand total of 2 games previously.

In the end, none of them played 100 games in the NHL, with the "goon" playing 86, to Greentree's 4 and Ramholt's 1.

There are times where you measure the impact of a bottom of the roster trade by how many NHL games did you get in the end. Nemisz was going to get us zero. Westgarth may get us 40, playing 5 minutes a game, resulting in double shifts for our skill players to (hopefully) develop. It's asset management at the micro end of the spectrum.