Well the Ducks and Islanders made a 4 player swap today. Here is how it breaks down.
To the Ducks:
Chris Phillips
Antoine Vermette
To the Isles:
Rights to Brian Rafalski
Travis Moen
Well offensive dmen tend to be quite a bit more valuable then defensive dmen in the cphl (at least that seems to be consensus in trade talks) so when we were dealing a higher rated rafalski for phillips we wanted to ensure a nice upgrade on the second piece. Vermette is exactly the type of player we wanted on our 3rd line. A checker who plays good D and can still score, thus allowing him to step up to the 2nd line if need be. He put up 53 points with a +3 for the Sens last season and we are thrilled to add this soon to be 26 year old to the team.
Rafalski will be missed as Dmen with that calibre of SC are rare, now the Isles have two of the best in Rafalski and Lidstrom which should prove very beneficial for that team. Ideally we are hoping that Keith will step up and bring in some offensive production from the back end but the Ducks GM obviously isn't done yet as we will search elsewhere for more of an offensive specialist to play with Regehr or Phillips.
Well, actually, that's not quite how the negotiations shook out regarding the second piece of the deal . You changed your mind afterwards and swapped some one else (Vermette) into the deal instead.
At the end of the day however, we felt the upgrade from Phillips to Rafalski was worth the downgrade from Vermette to Moen.
We understand that Rafalski doesn't get much respect in the NHL, but we're happy to have him on the Island.
Seems like an even enough deal as Rafalski is a much better SIM type guy than Phillips is (difference in real hockey isn't quite as big). But Vermette is certainly a much better player than Moen is. Silly Noob though....just keeps making his team older and older every year they miss the playoffs. Hey Kev...Maybe you should try something different because you've been doing it wrong!
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heh, well, I've always said that i have zero idea what i'm doing in this league, and all that should be pretty apparent by the trades i make, as well as my team's track record since i took over lol
you're probably right though, the difference between Vermette and Moen is larger than the difference between Rafalski and Phillips, so basically... bad deal for us again!
heh, well, I've always said that i have zero idea what i'm doing in this league, and all that should be pretty apparent by the trades i make, as well as my team's track record since i took over!
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. You changed your mind afterwards and swapped some one else (Vermette) into the deal instead.
