I agree with you, it seems we gave up quite a bit to get an older left shot defenceman who will help for a few yrs until Chabot is ready to take that spot, it does help our defence, no question about that. The other guys in the deal from Toronto will probably never get out of the AHL, I guess we'll see. I had high hopes for Cowen too but it was obvious he just didn't seem smart enough to play, hopefully he doesn't all of a sudden find his game in TO. I would also hope he doesn't kick the **** out of our players in future, he was second to Neil in fighting ability IMO & had a height advantage on Boro, although we rarely saw him drop the gloves. The acquisition of Phaneuf I think puts Wiercioch on the bench & back into the trade talks.
I also regret losing Michalek & especially Lindberg although it remains to be seen what we have in him. Obviously Luke may not have thought as much of him as some of us considering he benched him a few times, hard to know. I didn't think Phaneuf was worth this much but at the same time BM got rid of a few of his problems especially Greening. I think this makes Ottawa better immediately & may not hurt too much in future depending on what Lindberg becomes & who they get for that 2nd rd pick. This certainly gives our LWers something to strive for with Michalek gone. Wednesday night's game just got a lot more interesting.
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