tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364796016112387152.post8817038009682992013..comments2008-07-01T07:51:15.432-04:00Miss Conducthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17953983728464486125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364796016112387152.post-49135293555451040252008-07-01T07:51:00.000-04:002008-07-01T07:51:00.000-04:00Bigdawg450 - First off, let me say thank you for the comment! You were the first and I couldn't be more excited! <BR/><BR/>Okay - here is my thought on the Brad Richards trade. Yes, we got three players out of giving up too. It was like buy one, get one free. If we were at a shoe sale, that would be great. Jokinen and Halpern are great players. I especially like Halpern and I think he could be a good leader on the team. Assuming he comes back 100% after his surgery. Especially since Tim Taylor is now officially gone, we do need a leader. Although, even when Taylor was on the ice he kind of served no purpose but thats a whole different entry! <BR/><BR/>I just think when it comes down to Mike Smith, he's a money pit. He's going to need to take on a lot of training to get him to where he should be for a 1st string goaltender. I just really think money would have been well spent elsewhere. And like you said about Emery, with him on waivers now...to get him on the team would mean actually getting a goaltender. Emery is great. Ottawa just didn't know how to play him. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks again for the comment and more importantly thanks for reading. Hope you'll come back!Miss Conducthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17953983728464486125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364796016112387152.post-31645631064869089422008-07-01T00:07:00.000-04:002008-07-01T00:07:00.000-04:00ok ok ok, so wait a second we have to look more into the trade of Brad Richards. Yes we did give up a former conn smythe trophy winner but we did get two grinders in Jussi Jokinen, is that spelled right???? and Jeff Halpern. Jokinen has geled on the first line and Halpern is solid, he fills the void of the former often hip injury plagued Tim Taylor and whut the right coaching maybe Mike Smith can be a solid goaline..plan B Ray Emery is going to be bought out or placed on waivers...a little competition never hurt anybody!! keep up the writing!bigdawg450http://openid.aol.com/bigdawg450noreply@blogger.com