Devils trade Malakov to San Jose

munky · Post by **munky** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:23 am

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=179623&hubname=

Sharks got hosed, the Invisible Man isn't worth near that much.

Post by **E5150_ca** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:40 am

A first round pick?!?!

Post by **Minstrel** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:13 am

Wow... what I really don't understand is the Devils are in no position to haggle as they are thoroughly over the barrel with the clock ticking due to their massive Cap issue woes and yet they make a trade taking on two players and sending out only one... so this is kind of cutting off one of your fingers so you can stuff it up your nose and stop a nosebleed. You're still bleeding

Devils88 · Post by **Devils88** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:44 am

I don' t agree with you Minty.
In my Opinion Lamouriello did a wonderful again.

the priority for the devils was to get rid of salary and don't lose any useable players. (brylin, madden etc.)

They get rid of a player that doesn't play and 3,6 mio salary. first round pick hurts put when you see, the devils pick will be between number 25-30 it's not that much. also the devils scouting is excellent, so i'm sure they pull a secret weapon out of their pack with a later pick.

the two players the devils get, won't make the roster.
korolyuk will play in russia this year (transfer period is over) and fahey gets 500.000$ if he play in the nhl. put that won't happen.

so the conclusion is: 3,1 mio salary space ( if fahey plays in the nhl) for a first round pick.

the sharks eat malakhov's salary and have no salary room anymore for bigger trades.
the devils now can "officialy" sign Gionta, Martin, Hale and Clemmensen, cause Mogilnys 3,5 mio. will also be deleted.(long-term injury) if not the bruins will have the same problem with Zhamnov.......

Elias26 · Post by **Elias26** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:43 am

The problem is signing him and Almo was a bad idea in the first place. This was a good move by Lou to correct his mistake though. Now I just hope he can sign Gio and Martin long term.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:34 pm

Devils88 nailed it. Lou Lamouriello is a very smart GM. He just trimmed him salary.

Forsberg · Post by **Forsberg** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:20 pm

bruins72 wrote:Devils88 nailed it. Lou Lamouriello is a very smart GM. He just trimmed him salary.

But the whole M&M thing will always stand, as a reminder even the best gms make bad deals.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:59 pm

Forsberg wrote:
bruins72 wrote:Devils88 nailed it. Lou Lamouriello is a very smart GM. He just trimmed him salary.
But the whole M&M thing will always stand, as a reminder even the best gms make bad deals.

No doubt. He made a bad move signing those guys to those kind of deals (were they made before the cap? I can't remember). But LouLam showed some serious smarts in getting himself out of that hole.

Elias26 · Post by **Elias26** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:46 pm

Any chance the trade will be in the next EHM 07 Patch?

Forsberg · Post by **Forsberg** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:41 pm

M&M was kinda of panic signings due to the Devils not getting the ufas they wanted , if remember correctly.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:47 pm

Forsberg wrote:M&M was kinda of panic signings due to the Devils not getting the ufas they wanted , if remember correctly.

Ah. That makes sense. Zhamnov was a panic signing by the Bruins when they couldn't get any of the UFA centers that they wanted. That was one of their big mistakes.