Ehrhoff and Lukowich Traded to Vancouver

[davison66]

Originally Posted by chilly666

I'm thinkin torrey mitchell, devin setoguchi, a prospect and possibly a 2nd round depending on the prospect that ottawa wants.

that would be stupid for the sharks sake torrey is good for 20 to 25 goals a year and seto is good for 30 to forty atleast playing with Joe. And a second rounder? I would rather have seto then a stuck up heatley. u dont give torrey any credit

[suckerpunch]

Originally Posted by chilly666

I'm thinkin torrey mitchell, devin setoguchi, a prospect and possibly a 2nd round depending on the prospect that ottawa wants.

I am thinking Marleau or Thornton

[The Crow]

I do not see any way the Sharks could keep Marleau and Thornton if they're getting Heatley.

As for this trade, although I can clearly see it's a salary dump, it seems like an absolutely moronic deal for the Sharks. Lukowich blows imo, but he's a great guy in person and in the locker room, and in Erhoff, you are giving away a young top 4 d-man who still has room to improve. I mean, if you're giving that up, you'd think at least one NHL caliber player would be in the deal. But evidently not. Holy crap is all I can say. If I were a Sharks fan I'd better hope they make somthing good happen soon.

[canuckfan]

Originally Posted by stevecanuck16

GiantsFan, when they call Lukowich a big, tough defenseman, they're not talking about fighting. Lukowich is a shutdown guy, and he does the job well. Two Stanley Cups on his resume testify to this. He definitely improves the PK whenever he plays. Special teams were something we drastically needed to improve.

I agree. Special teams were a huge issue all season long last year. Lukowich, if he makes the team, can help on the PK. The Canucks needed help on the powerplay - instead of Demitra, or Raymond manning the points, now there's Schneider or Ehrhoff. We needed to get more mobile on the back end and get a guy who can carry the puck up ice, and Ehrhoff is more than capable of doing that. Schnedier can help mentor Edler and O'Brien. In the past 3 years, with the Canucks blue line so prone to injury, depth was a serious issue. Now we have 8 or 9 very capable d-men that can take over for when Salo or Bieksa or Mitchell go down when injuries hit.

Considering the lack of strong, solid defensive prospects we have since Bourdon passed away, these kind of short term solutions are necessary (but Ehrhoff's only 27 - he can be around for a long time!), and really, have come at real little cost - lets face it, White's been a disappointment and I doubted if we'd ever see him in a Canucks sweater. I'm all for these moves, but I want to see what Gillis has planned to get the Canucks back under the salary cap.

[GIANTSFAN]

I'm still waiting to see Gillis make the "bold moves" necessary to turn the Canucks from a pretender to contender. I'm sorry, but he's done nothing of the sort. These patch up jobs are not going to carry this team past the 1st round, if that, unless Gillis grows some balls & makes one big splash. All I am asking for is for Gillis to actually make one, only one, monumental trade that will turn this team from playoff wannabees to a team that has a legitimate chance to win the Cup. When Gillis arrived here, in his press conference, he said the Canucks aren't close to winning a Cup. He hasn't really done anything to improve their chances. He talked about making bold moves & moving forward. To me, by Gillis not making any bold moves, they have yet to move forward. He's all lip service & empty promises.

[lp234]

for san jose it was probably a salary dump, but also im guessing they are trying to make some room on defense for top prospect jason demers