There’s something heartwarming about seeing a former player that you love do well on a new team; that is, providing they are not on a team that is your rival. So with recently traded forward Steve Downie now in the Western Conference, seeing him do well is just awesome.
Last night the Colorado Avalanche tweeted:
Steve Downie has seven points (2g/5a) w/a +7 rating in his last three games. COL is 4-0 since acquiring Downie on Feb. 21.
Here are your links for the week:
Your Lightning links:
- Nicholas Cotsonika of Yahoo sports says the Lightning are winners in the trade deadline because “Steve Yzerman decided the Bolts were better off taking advantage of a seller’s market and loading up for the future” (Yahoo!)
- Kevin Allen also calls the Lightning a winner (USA Today)
- Teddy Purcell was named the NHL’s second star of the week
- The Lightning revamp their defense in three deadline deals (NHL.com)
- Brian Lee is getting a fresh start in Tampa. How did the trade come about? “I called Steve to congratulate him on (getting) Mike Commodore,” said Murray, and then said, “Oh, by the way.” (Ottawa Citizen)
The rest of your links after the jump…
- The trade of Kyle Quincey for Steve Downie has rejuvenated the Avalanche (Mile High Sports)
- Over at Lightning Hockey Blog I have some thoughts on the Steve Downie trade
- Matt has a hilarious post from last week: After Lightning acquire 347 draft picks, NHL forced to grant Tampa second NHL team (Don’t Trade Vinny)
- In which Gary Shelton tries to tie Martin St. Louis and Jeremy Lin together. “In Tampa Bay, Marty tells the story better. You don’t have to be a maniac to appreciate it” (Tampa Bay Times)
Your links from around the NHL:
- The 2012 NHL trade deadline’s complete trade list compiled by TSN
- Last weekend, Rick Nash’s agent Joe Resnick told TSN and Sportsnet that the teams that forward Rick Nash would accept a trade to will not change at a later date (TSN)
- Columbus GM Scott Howson revealed yesterday that Rick Nash asked to be dealt. “We agreed to accommodate his request as long as we could get a deal that would provide us with cornerstone pieces to help us compete for a Stanley Cup championship in the coming years. It did not happen by three o’clock today.” (National Post)
- The biggest trade of yesterday may be the Canucks trading Cody Hodgson to the Sabres for Zack Kassian (The Province)
- Puck Daddy’s anonymous blogging player writes on how the trade deadline is nothing but stress, tension and awkward goodbyes for a player (Puck Daddy)
- Written before the trade deadline: Bruce Arthur on slim pickings for the deadline (National Post)
- Ryan Lambert on why prudence from the top teams that have a legitimate shot at the Stanley Cup make the trade deadline boring from a transaction point of view because their teams are already so good (Puck Daddy)
- Ken Dryden on how sexual predators corrupt hockey (Globe and Mail)
- Pundays! Buyers and Peter Sellers (The Royal Half)
- Paul Kelly explains his abrupt resignation from College Hockey, Inc. He also explains that he was in “middle of an underlying tug-of-war between the commissioners and many head coaches in Division I college hockey about the scope of College Hockey, Inc.” (the United States of Hockey)
- It’s time we ban pancakes from the NHL (Backhand Shelf)
- Last week Jack Jablonski returned to the rink to surprise his teammates (TwinCities.com)
Video of the week: Canucks Coach Alain Vigneault cracks up laughing after seeing Vern Fiddler do a Kevin Bieksa impression
