Oilers/Predators strike deal

[Sylvanfan]

Pending a league conference call, the Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators have hooked up for a trade this evening. Heading to Nashville is goal tender Mike Smith and the Columbus Blue Jackets 1st round pick in next years entry draft. Coming back to Edmonton is Chris Osgood and the St.Louis Blues 2nd round pick in the upcoming draft and a few dollars to cover some of the salary difference.

With the new SIM and the really higher priority on a good rated starting goalie, we decided to make the sacrifice to get better at the position right now. As much as many love to hack on Osgood and myself included, he's won two Stanley Cups and nearly won a third this past spring. He was a pretty key guy on that run too as he played his best hockey in the playoffs (how many times did he let the Hawks light him up for 5 goals, mr 75 overall over rated michelan man????!!!!). The Red Wings will always be awesome and Osgood is signed to play there for two more years. Having an 81 OV goalie gets us closer to the top teams in our conference at the position, and we still have Rinne as insurance at the position.

My disasterous Luongo deal looks like this now
Luongo
for
Osgood
Suter
Oshie
2nd St.Louis 09

Of course the key is Luongo is 4 points higher and will play for another 20 years. Osgood will only last two more. But Oshie and Suter should last almost as long as Luongo will.

The Preds get a lot younger at the position, and Smith should emerge as a good starter for them. It's always tough to speculate exactly where another teams pick will fall, but it would seem to reason that the Preds will get a good pick out of this that could be 40-50 picks earlier than the St.Louis 2nd. They also save a few dollars to help round out their roster for this year.

[simmer2]

This deal makes a lot of sense for both squads. The Preds recognize they needed to rebuild and Osgood isn't getting ay younger.

The Oilers are in a favourable position having Rinne as their backup so they could afford to bring in an aging but highly rated goalie.

I don't think St. Louis 2nd rounder will be too high; he signed Bert for 3 yrs hey Syl?

[Sylvanfan]

Eventually DFO will make Emery available and the Blues will swing a Miller for Emery deal to sink them in the standings. Bertuzzi has a CA (cancer) rating of like 91 I think in the new Sim.

[Slava]

I think its obvious why we made this move. Clearly we are getting younger and Osgood can be of some benefit somewhere else. Frankly I'd be happy to pay Smith the kind of money Osgood makes when his contract comes up next year as that means that he had a great season!

Still a few guys available here in Nashville, but our cap/roster situation is looking a lot better with the two moves last night.

[Hanna Sniper]

great trade all around, both sides of the deal makes perfect sense... that is if the oilers are making a run of it and not cutting budget.

Osgood is a tons better goalie then he will ever be given credit for. He has the perfect attitude to be a netminder and is a case of sometimes it does pay to be flashy. He's had the fortune of playing in front of a great team but thats a trait that all great goalie have.