Ryan Smyth Traded

[Juggalotus]

I was quite surprised to see Smyth traded.

Of course, my Wings settled for an injured bruiser (Bertuzzi) after losing out on Tkachuk, Guerin and Laraque. I'm not against Bertuzzi, I'm just hoping he can get healthy soon so he can play before playoffs.

And I have to agree with Bob McKenzie that players who are traded during the season and become UFA at the end (rental players) can't re-sign with the team that traded them. It'll make teams think long and hard before making this move.

[Erisianmonkey]

<snip>Of course, my Wings settled for an injured bruiser (Bertuzzi) after losing out on Tkachuk, Guerin and Laraque. I'm not against Bertuzzi, I'm just hoping he can get healthy soon so he can play before playoffs. <snip>

I'm against Bertuzzi. I watched what euphimistically gets called "the hit," and I won't ever forgive him. My wife couldn't watch hockey for weeks after seeing that. Bertuzzi should have been banned. I just hope the Wings have a better time keeping him under control than Vancouver did. (Please note, I'm keeping the traditional CO-DET rivalry out of this. My feelings are all about what Bertuzzi did.)

[ccga3359]

It could be worse SnakeEyes, you could be a Toronto fan. We just have no tears left.