If this had been a 'trade' instead of a 'swapping of UFA's between Boston and Vancouver, you could say it was a trade that hurt both teams--at least so far.
The B's were bleached 8-2 by the Hurricanes tonight, and are on a serious tailspin. And so far Lindholm and Zadorov aren't giving the Bruins anything like what they expected from a supposed No. 1 center and a top-four d-man.
Meantime with the Canucks--Debrusk has been bageled through 10 games; and Heinen has really come up with very little, with the exception of one road game. And unfortunately because of family issues and inconsistency, Forbort really hasn't delivered much either.
'Nothin from 'nothin equals 'nothin so far.