Phoenix GM Sim has been happy with his team's early performance- but has not been pleased with the effectiveness of the 3rd line. This was a big concern that a soft 3rd line would not take me anywhere.
The line was
Ennis-Brassard-Simmonds
Depsite Simmonds general beast-iness, this line just didn't cut it
Thus, the line has been revamped through two trades.
First trade:
To Edm:
Derick Brassard
Tyler Ennis
To PHO:
Brandon Dubinsky
Marcus Foligno
Love the CK rating of Dubinsky combined with his good NHL play. Should be a great fit on our checking line. Big fan of Duby and once had him so it was nice to re-acquire him. Brassard was not fitting well on the 3rd line for us so felt the need to change it up.
in the big deal that completes the checking line
To SJ:
Wayne Simmonds
Marcus Kruger
Matt Frattin
To PHO:
Jordan Staal
Scott Hartnell
Matt Calvert
2014-3rd.
Cap.
This now changes our 3rd line to
Hartnell-Staal-Dubinsky
we believe this new line will be alot tougher to play against and improve our team in the long run.
San Jose needed to shake things up, we downgrade in ratings a bit but upgrade for the future.
Still looking to make more moves, open to pretty much anything.. need to get out of the basement!
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
Phoenix goes on a trade spree despite hot start!
