Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

To L.A. : Brian Rafalski (82)

To St-L. : Johan Franzen (73)

To DET : Vesa Toskala (67) + Andy McDonald (74) + John Erskine (84) + Pick from St-Louis (2nd rd pick) + Tom Poti (67)

I agree....This gives me depth to work with and I only take on million more dollars in salary. I add a solid goalie and another top 6 forward. I trade away a great two way defenseman and a defensive sniper in Franzen.

I agree.

I'm only going to discuss my part of the deal: Franzen vs McDonald + STL 2nd round 2011

I was looking to add another sniper to my top 6 and Franzen's 85 in shooting is what I was looking for.
Adding a 37 goal scorer to a poor offense is exciting.
He's also solid defensively, much more than McDonald is. I needed that.

I was happy with McDonald as a top line center but I was also loooking to give youngsters Oshie and Berglund more icetime at center if possible. I'm also saving 750 000$ which is significant with the recent announcement concerning the salary cap.
I'm expecting the pick I'm sending to turn into a mid-round to late 2nd round pick. Worth the gamble.

I agree, With Rafalski in my lineup, i really have a good shot to the cup. Detroit was the only team who have showed interest in Toskala, Erskine was not in my future plan since i've take the GM job. I also save 750k in cap space.

Hugo

This deal/deals is/are Approved.

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