10/23/2007

Kane and Able

4 point night for the newest Knight Templar gives the early lead to Mike in the trade of the year (thus far).

2 comments:

Scourge said...

:(

Cameron said...

It is definitely the trade of the year so far!

Here's my analysis (for what that is worth)

- Spezza isn't just a top centre, he's one of the few candidates to win the scoring title not named Crosby or Thornton. He's as elite as elite gets.

- Kane despite his hot-as-the-sun start to the year is still a 5'9", 160 lb shrimp.

- Biron is more than a throw in having #1 goaltender stats in Philly.

- Tanguay, though a nice support player, is simply not a super-star, and in any given year he is a candidate to get flushed for someone with higher upside.

So, we have;

An elite P1 RW, an average at best centre, an above average P3 G, and a mediocre FP-LW for

An injured but legit #1 LW, and an elite FP-C and dreck.

It's a close call, but the classic standard is 'who got the best player in the deal' - and for me that was Chris getting Spezza.

So I give this one to the Scourge for the moment.