The NHL trade market continues to percolate as we enter the final week leading up to the Trade Deadline on Monday. Just moments ago, two related deals came across the wire:
COL trades Kyle Quincey to TB for Downie.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 21, 2012
Confirmed. TB trades Kyle Quincey for DET's first round pick.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 21, 2012
So Colorado picks up a productive pest, while Tampa Bay moves Quincey, who they got from the Avs, to Detroit in exchange for a 1st-round pick. That's not a bad piece of work, turning Downie into a 1st-rounder, even if it will be late.
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0 recs | 23 comments
WTH??
is up with the Hal Gill photo @ the Tennessean link??
Shawn Kehoe - February 21, 2012
Ooh, I'm shaking in my little cat boots now...
Who the heck is Kyle Quincy?
Smashville HockeyCat - February 21, 2012
I recognize his name, but that's about it.
davisca - February 21, 2012 via Android app
Too bad Datsuck
couldn’t have schedule to have that knee flayed open LAST WEEK!
Marcus Newman - February 21, 2012
hopefully it will be 3 weeks out instead of 2 so that he is out when Detroit comes to town next. On second thought, hopefully his knee will have to be replaced and he will be out for the season. Better still, maybe he never plays again. Woe is Detroit.
Predadave - February 21, 2012
if that isn’t the case, I know a guy….
Creeping Death - February 21, 2012
wonder what we would have to give up for Tonya Harding at the trade deadline?
Predadave - February 21, 2012
You know that incident happened at Joe Louis Arena, right?
Dirk Hoag - February 21, 2012
HIlarious.
cisar - February 22, 2012
Did it really??? HAH!
I vaguely, vaguely remember seeing some news reel about that on TV.
davisca - February 22, 2012
Have a bit of class.
Mike Cr - February 21, 2012
Predadave
Mike Cr - February 21, 2012
Hey, I wish him a happy life when his career is over and it’s not like he’ll be living in a cardboard box afterward. Anyway, there are 2 things I can’t stand: People who are intolerant of other people’s hockey teams and the Detroit Red Wings. Seriously though, everytime a Red Wing gets injured, an angel gets its wings.
Predadave - February 21, 2012
Aw, don’t hope for him to be injured forever… that’s not cool.
You can hope for an extra week so that WE don’t have to play him, but don’t wish the end of a career on him.
davisca - February 21, 2012
Standing O to welcome Gill tonight?
buckeye_jg - February 21, 2012
On Minnesota's yard sale
I would give a mid-rounder for Zanon (as the author suggests). I know we have plenty of defensive defensemen on the roster, but he would be a definite upgrade over Bouillon or Hillen. He could go on that 3rd D line and play PK minutes. It would give Nashville 2 of the best shot blockers in the league plus he thrived in Trotz’s system when he was here. Like Gill, he could eat up a lot of minutes, esp. shorthanded.
Predadave - February 21, 2012
Ah yes, the Z Man
In three years here he perfected the “bet’cha can’t shoot it through me” approach to defense. Who doesn’t miss him, even a little bit?
Hockey Hillbilly - February 21, 2012
So if Detroit has given up their 1st round pick
does this mean they won’t be able to throw an offer sheet at Weber this summer?
musamonster - February 21, 2012
a team does not have a pick in the next upcoming draft available for compensation, they may not make a contract offer in the certain range where that pick is needed for compensation. Teams may not use draft picks acquired in trades with other teams, but extra acquired draft picks can influence a team’s decision to submit an offer sheet.
So would the offer sheet come before or after the 2012 draft
IG-PRED8 - February 21, 2012
After
Draft is in June, free agency opens July 1.
Dirk Hoag - February 21, 2012
gill's looking for a house here?
Wonder if dp’s thinking about resigning gill already…
JBoogie22 - February 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Gill is "Z" man
but way better, drinks a few beers, and the trade for him alone has created quite the buzz.
StevieY turns his spare parts into a 1st rounder……Holland really wanted Quency back or he threw his former best player a bone as a GM…
maybe we can go get Dustin Brown….I like him.
jeffery101y - February 21, 2012
There is a reason Yzerman is called the Jedi Master. But Downie was no “spare part.”
CAustin - February 21, 2012
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