Thursday, February 28, 2008

Two Days Later: Deep Thoughts on the Deadline

OK, so we didn't land Marian Hossa and we got rid of HueT for a song. Now that the screams have died down, the instant reactions are over, and we've played a game, it's time to take a deep breath and coherently analyse what Bob did and didn't do.

Facts:
  • With Sundin, Tanguay, and possibly Jokinen off the trade market, supply of snipers was severely limited, driving up the price for Hossa dramatically (Econ 101 comes in handy!);
  • Don "don't blow your" Wadell refused to let teams discuss long-term contracts with Hossa, who will be a UFA over the summer;
  • This last fact pretty much assured Hossa was just a rental;
  • Seriously, do we believe we can win the Cup this year, even with Hossa?
Add all this up, and I have no problem at all not landing Hossa. Well done, Bob, in You We Trust.

Now, HueT. I understand that he was going to be a UFA. I understand that you are ready to give TFS(tm) the reigns. But a second rounder? For a (possibly) Top 10 goalie? Just seems like you could have done a little better there. Like maybe a 3rd rounder and a journeyman veteran (a useful one, not another Slowinski).

That's it. Just some calm, rational analysis. We now return you to the quick insta-reactions we've become famous for.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually, Mr. LG77 and I (along with Panger, via telephone) were talking about the HueT trade, and Mr. LG77 had a good point.

We clearly weren't going to be re-signing HueT. Therefore, his value was really only in the 20-or so games left this season. If you consider that he would get, maybe a win or two more than Price once he shook off his cold streak, he wasn't of that much value anymore to the team. So a 2nd round draft pick in a deep year is, right or wrong, what the front office deemed him to be worth.

I like the guy and am going to miss him, but if you strip the transaction down to its basics and just look at W/L, number of games and try to put a dollar figure on that... I think you come pretty close to a draft pick.

Besides - another journeyman would have been utterly useless to us, given our depth. Given what we've been doing with our draft picks lately, I think that we're getting way more bang for our buck.

Oh, while it was a total fucking tease, I am happy we didn't sign Hossa. The price was way too steep.

fezworth said...

I second your (and Mr. LG77 & Panger's) thoughts there.

Also, throw in the consideration that there was no desire to screw with the dressing room chemistry (which seems to be pretty top-notch, for once), and I can see the HueT trade as being a relatively decent deal. Not so much on the surface, but scratching a little deeper, it makes sense.

Rédaction said...

... et vous chargiez des honoraires pendent ce temps...

Damn lawyers !

But I see your point.

Anonymous said...

Montréaliste - J'étais peut-être au bureau, mais ça ne veut pas dire que j'étais en train de facturer!!

Rédaction said...

LG- now that's what the all say.

www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/02/28/003-avocats-mulroney.shtml

HFF33 aka Panger said...

Lawyers suck.

Bryan Driscoll said...

wha... is that spanish?

fezworth said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Rédaction said...

Bryan, you must be from Toronto.

Baroque said...

Hossa injured knee - slight sprain.

Cue schadenfreude?