Steve Downie traded to Colorado

[The Great Zo]

Sebastien Piche

"Prospect" might be kind of a stretch...

[Alex]

Sounds like Piche is another Kalinski

Originally Posted by The Great Zo

Sebastien Piche

"Prospect" might be kind of a stretch...

Who cares. I look at it as a #1 pick for Downie. I am happy with just that.

Saw a report from capgeek that I think we are way under the cap.

Wonder if this is another body for Norfolk so we can bring up someone on defense?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by WaiverWire

Who cares. I look at it as a #1 pick for Downie. I am happy with just that.

Saw a report from capgeek that I think we are way under the cap.

Agreed. He was drafted 29th overall. For someone of his reputation, to get something very similar is just fine by me.

Just think, we wouldn't have this excitement without Dan Boyle being traded

[Flycoon]

Originally Posted by WaiverWire

Who cares. I look at it as a #1 pick for Downie. I am happy with just that.

Saw a report from capgeek that I think we are way under the cap.

This is a good return for Downie. We tend to over value our own guys after we get attached to them.

[The Great Zo]

With Downie as a pending RFA, the decision on whether or not to bring him back was obviously a big factor in this deal. Clearly, he didn't fit into Yzerman's plans moving ahead.

I would have been more distraught about this if it had happened a year ago, but I don't think Downie's had a great season. He's certainly a long way off from being a part of what was, for a while, the NHL's most dominant line (with 26/91). I thought his skills with the puck seemed to plateau -- great passer, yes, but also prone to mistakes and sometimes turnovers.

Even the pacifist hockey fans, though, will be resigned to note that the team just got a lot softer.

[Bolts_26]

Originally Posted by ChaseSpace

Now someone is saying we're making a push for Bishop. I want to say it's someone messing around but after the last 30 minutes I just don't know.

Yeah, my friend on FB said he saw a treat we're going after Bishop.. He says it was from a reliable source.. who knows?

Originally Posted by The Great Zo

Clearly, he didn't fit into Yzerman's plans moving ahead.

I hope his plan doesn't include having a soft as hell squad.

[Donnie D]

I sure hope and trust that there is something else on the horizon. Trading an NHL player for a pick that has less than a 40% chance of ever being a player isn't good.

[astro]

Originally Posted by Bolts_26

Yeah, my friend on FB said he saw a treat we're going after Bishop.. He says it was from a reliable source.. who knows?



I hope his plan doesn't include having a soft as hell squad.

Bishop will not re-sign with St Louis. Instead of trading for him, why not get him when he is a UFA.

I'm happy with this trade. Yes we get softer, but too many times he sat in the penalty box for just being Downie.