Avs - Bruins make a deal

[Swayze11]

Colorado shakes up Roster before Trade Deadline
Denver, CO - GM Swayze shook up the teams forwards tonight by pulling of a trade for some youth. We would like to welcome Robert Nilsson, Ryan Shannon and James Wyman.

"We made this deal for a few reasons. 1 - We knew going into next year that our salary we have invested on our blue line was simple too much so we needed to shed some salary there. 2 - Our 4th line was just killing us offensively. We expected a little more offense from our 4th line, it was just pathetic. 3 - The potential is greater with the guys coming in then the guys going out. Adams will never be more then a 4th line guy, Ference is a bottom pairing d-man, #4 at best, and Kopecky was a marginal 3rd line player - With the additions of Pyatt and the great season of Goc, we felt Kopecky was the odd man out." said GM Swayze about the late night trade.

Nilsson has a lot more potential to go up the depth chart, same with Shannon and this gives us a lot more flexibility with lines to get guys in the right spot. I want to thank Kris for the really easy deal.

"James Wyman is a up and comer player, hes played a few games with Montreal this season and has some really decent numbers in the AHL. We feel Robert Nilsson has a lot of potential, with the NHL trade deadline coming up we are hoping to see Nilsson on a different team where he is able to flourish like all former Oilers do. We have watched quite a few Ottawa games this season and we really liked what we saw in Ryan Shannon, he has potential to be a top 6 forward but wont hurt the team defensively playing in the bottom 6." said GM Swayze about the new guys coming in.

[KevanGuy]

Not a great deal for us, but, I don't like players like Nilsson or Shannon and wanted to move them. The Oilers are a mess and I wouldn't be surprised if Quinn ruins Nilsson this year. Shannon is having an alright year on the third line in Ottawa, but he is small and weak. I don't have much patience and needed to shore up my D so made the deal with the Avs. I sent Wyman over to make room on my AHL roster, I probably wasn't going to sign him this summer anyway.

Adams is just depth, don't plan on using him next year. Kopecky is someone I think will have a playable re-rate next year for the 4th line - plus he scored the game winner for the Slovaks about an hour after I dealt for him, which was nice. And Ference, yeah, 4th D at beat, which is what he has being doing in Boston this year but he has a decent salary and a decent rating and I can use him.