Weekend News:
Phil Kessel to Toronto for 1st and 2nd round picks in 2010, and 1st round pick in 2011.
Rangers beat Bruins 5-2.
That game sucked. Unless you were a Rangers fan. The Bruins looked bad; plain and simple.
However, I\'m not really worried.
how you feeling about that trade? I didn\'t like it at first, but it might turn out good in the long run
Obivouslly the better trade would have been Kessel for Karberle and Toronto\'s pick (7th) overall, plus 1+2 next year...I\'m not sure why that original offer didn\'t go down.
I would have liked to see the Bruins in the Heater debates, but cap limits got in the way.
Remember that Kessel was himself a first round pick, 3rd overall, in 2006. I don\'t think he ever really panned out, and according to rumors didn\'t like Juelians coaching system. I don\'t think that he will find the Burke/Wilson regime any different/better and remember that he always was a bit of a flake, so I don\'t know how he will handle the TO media.
That being said, I think that Toronto is Boston\'s only serious threat in the North-east division this year; Montreal is selling off/rebuilding, Buffalow has falled far and fast since 06-07 and 07-08, and Otawa is also dropping off since their dominance over those same years.
However, now that we have TO\'s picks, I am going to actively cheer against them and hope we get someone good. I don\'t know what the draft looks like but I hope it is good.
