Bravo Allvin. The D is pretty much rebuilt.

[Jyrki21]

Mancini is actually the dark horse in this conversation that I'm quite excited about, and I don't see too many others talking about him. I've been watching a bunch of footage of this kid. I think he's solid as hell, and I'm not going to be shocked if he plays for this team for a good long while. Might be the hidden gem of this trade as the years go by.

We know Frankie Corrado was really big on him (and I think Frank's insight is generally pretty great):



Darren Dreger had this to say:



And John Shannon was really high on him as well on S&P today.

There was also than in-game clip that circulated on Twitter where Ferraro was praising him.

 

[Grub]

And Sami Salo would like a word.

Damn totally forgot.

Erhoff-Edler
Hamhuis-Bieksa
Salo-Tanev/Ballard.

Then you even have Sedins, Kes, Burrows, Luongo.

Lets face it that lineup was deep and elite, no wonder they went far to the playoffs.

I remember all I bitched about was Tanner Glass. Too spoiled to even know it then.