Thursday, February 26, 2009

And the first big trade goes to...

ANA and PIT!

Kunitz and scrub (Tangradi) for Ryan Whitney. This means:

- PIT kind of gave up on Whitney (too early in my estimation).
- Kunitz is one lucky bastard. He goes from playing with Ryan Getzlaf to Sidney Crosby (or Malkin).
- Bobby Ryan is about to be promoted to the top line in ANA.
- The Ducks may be looking to move one of their big boys on the back-end come March 04. Prongers name has been in the news, but I personally assume it will be Niedermayer (pending UFA).

If it turns out to be Scott who is available, I wonder if Sutter will make a play for him at the deadline? And by "wonder", I mean "hope". He would be an excellent addition to the Flames in the short term. He's still a highly capable player and would be invaluable in the post season - he could probably teach Dion a thing or two as well.