liamenator pulls trigger on 1st deal?

[liamenator]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It appears the Pavel Datsyuk era in Pittsburgh have come to a close as he is likely to become the first casualty of new GM liamenator's house cleaning.

The move will be a tough pill for fans of an already talent-starved Pegnuins team to swallow, but in the days leading up to the deal became more and more inevitable. With so few assets to use in negotiations, Datsyuk was the one commodity liamenator had to work with and with the high-flying Russian's agent making outrageous contract demands, the Penguins were going to have a hard time hanging onto him past this season.

EDITED:
The Penguins shipped Datsyuk along with Val Bure to the Isles, while headed to Pittsburgh are:
Chris Phillips, Mike Ricci, Martin Rucinsky, a 2006 1st round draft choice as well as a 2005 2nd round draft pick

The deal gives the Penguins some much needed depth. In Phillips, they add a defenceman who will immediately step into the #1 hole, in Ricci, they get a solid 2-way centre, while Rucinsky represents an upgrade on RW from Valerina Bure along with 2 high draft choices. Quite simply, an offer they could not refuse.

Especially since it involved ridding themselves of Valerina.

[Sylvanfan]

Looks like I loose out again.

[Young Guns]

Im going to take a wild shot in the dark here.....Lets go with Phillips, maybe the ugliest guy in hockey is involved as well?

[mots]

teverdosky / ricci + ?

maybe carney as well

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally posted by Young Guns@Dec 17 2004, 07:40 PM
Im going to take a wild shot in the dark here.....Lets go with Phillips, maybe the ugliest guy in hockey is involved as well?

Brent Sopel is not currently an Islander.

[mots]

Originally posted by HelloHockeyFans+Dec 17 2004, 03:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (HelloHockeyFans @ Dec 17 2004, 03:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Young Guns@Dec 17 2004, 07:40 PM
Im going to take a wild shot in the dark here.....Lets go with Phillips, maybe the ugliest guy in hockey is involved as well?

Brent Sopel is not currently an Islander. [/b][/quote]
The female fan base in St.Louis was exstatic of yesterdays news of Sopels acquisition

[Mango]

Originally posted by mots+Dec 17 2004, 02:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mots @ Dec 17 2004, 02:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Brent Sopel is not currently an Islander.

The female fan base in St.Louis was exstatic of yesterdays news of Sopels acquisition [/b][/quote]
We are jealous of his long, gorgeous locks B) .

[Sylvanfan]

Originally posted by Mango+Dec 17 2004, 09:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mango @ Dec 17 2004, 09:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

The female fan base in St.Louis was exstatic of yesterdays news of Sopels acquisition

We are jealous of his long, gorgeous locks B) . [/b][/quote]
Will he be invited to wrestle against firefighters in a ring of JELLO?