I'm not terribly upset we lost out on Jiricek, but our team, and Trotz, looks a lot better if we had packaged Fabbro and Tomasino with the picks to get him. It's more than Minnesota paid and it might be an overpayment, but if Trotz said that's my guy and that's what it cost to get him then I'd feel so much better with the direction of the team.
We'd have a solid collection of young defensemen with Molendyk and Gibson as well. We know what Trotz can do with defensemen so there'd be a lot less doubt with a move like that, as for now I don't know if I can trust Trotz not to move a talented young player because Brunette can't coach guys under 25.