NHL Deadline: Sharks Receive Moen, Huskins; Prospects and A Pick Headed To Anaheim

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3950511

ESPN guys like it

Huskins, Moen (and Pahlsson) are free agents July 1. I see DW re-signing both, to supplement the loss of Blake, and Grier (likely)

Not bad… not bad at all. Didn’t give up too much, and I’m glad a depth move was made.

But since I’m a stickler for spelling names correctly, it’s: Nick Bonino and Timo Pielmeier

“Sharks acquire Moen and Huskins to add sandpaper and grit, which some say the Sharks were still lacking”

“The gutsiest team is the Anaheim Ducks, trying to stay competitive but also get younger to be competitive for years to come.”

Wasn’t the game-winning goal in Game 5 an own goal by Ottawa? (Chris Philips?) Not that I’m ragging on Moen – I’m just trying to recall (because I was throwing stuff at my TV when that happened).

TSN seems to like this trade. They didn’t think San Jose needed to do more than it did.

Huskins is on the IR. I dont know what his injury is but he has only played 30 ish games this year. we probably just took him as part of the trade. How do IR wages count against the cap?

This seems especially smart considering the jump in salary that Pickle and crankshaft will start taking up. Seems to make it easier to move a guy like Ehrhoff or Semenov to make room next season.

Guess it’s safe to order my Couture jersey now.

Let’s hope it works.

The conditional pick the Sharks gave up starts out as a fourth-round selection in 2011. It moves up or down, or even back to the Sharks, depending on everything from how far the Sharks advance in the playoffs to whether either Moen or Huskins re-signs with San Jose or end up back with the Ducks.

More at: WORKING THE CORNERS

Here’s All Ducks take on the trade

I suppose DW didn’t disappoint, again. Only time will actually tell us if the acquisitions are going to do the trick. Certainly, everything being said so far sounds good. Hell, even if they don’t work out long term, just the fact Moen is a healthy body for the 3rd line is a good deal for now. I’m looking forward to Huskins. I like the fact the D has more depth and that TW has some choices between Ehrhoff and even Semenov now.

We go the Ott beater!

And if things go the way we expect them to, this will be a great trade

Funny story, my lab partner in physics is pretty obsessed with the Sharks as well, so as soon as we were done with the test today he checked his phone for updates, and told me that we got Huskins and Moen.
“We got Huskins and Moen.”
“Hm, Moen sounds familiar.”
“He’s the guy that beat up Ott.”
“Seriously? Yay! Wait – we traded with the Ducks?!”

So, yeah. I’m a little pissed that we gave up Bonino since he was one of the few prospects that I actually knew about, aside from the call-ups and the standard Couture and Petrecki, but I’m okay with Pielmeier since we are up to our ears in good goalie prospects. Makes me wonder if Guigere might be going somewhere. It does sting that we might be helping the Ducks’ future, though.

Anyways, I’m pretty happy with this trade. At this point in time, all we need are healthy NHL-caliber grinders for the bottom two lines. Moen provides that, along with a Cup ring and a healthy dislike of Steve Ott. He was on Anaheim’s shut-down line that, as of today, only has the other Niedermayer left. That’s definitely a good thing, since the third line has been piss-poor defensively for the past few games. Plus, having a guy that’s a designated third-line player actually play for the third line is always good (as opposed to a top-6 winger and two fourth liners, as it is currently assembled). I can just imagine a third line of Moen-Mitchell-Cheechoo (once Mitchell comes back, of course), which would be so completely awesome – grit, speed, and the need to shoot the puck at any given moment.

I’m imagining the lines (once everyone gets healthy) to be something like this:
Marleau-Thornton-Setoguchi
Michalek-Pavelski-Clowe
Moen-Mitchell/Roenick-Cheechoo
Shelley/Plihal-Goc/Roenick-Grier
Roenick can be interchangeable for the third and fourth lines, since he’s more of a grinder now but still has that scoring touch. There are a lot of options for the fourth line (and this is even with assuming Lemieux is sent down), but it is above all a grinding, physical, defensive line. Especially with the Plihal-Goc-Grier combo, which is an all-PK line that can certainly be brought out in the playoffs when the Sharks need to protect a lead.

As for Huskins… I think there was pretty much a general consensus that the Sharks needed depth on D. They have the main guys, and Semenov and Joslin have proven themselves capable to play, but having a guy who is a young-ish experienced defenseman that has that always-important Cup ring doesn’t hurt. Now, if need be, some of the guys could be scratched to heal nagging injuries or to shape up their game. Oh, and Semenov can continue to be a forward while the Sharks continue to be plagued with the injury bug.

Plus, looking at his stats, he has a relatively small amount of PIMs for a guy that’s on the Ducks. 59 PIMs in 76 games last year – not bad. Ehrhoff has 59 PIMs in just 61 games this year, as a comparison. He’s definitely in the Murray/Lukowich/Semenov mold, i.e. not the most offensive defenseman in the world, but I think we have enough with Boyle and Blake (and Vlasic and Ehrhoff, sort of, if they ever learn to hit the net).

All in all, a good trade day for the Sharks – no roster players sent out, and no deadline acquisitions that are expected to be a huge piece of the Cup puzzle like Campbell was last year. Just more role players that help fill out the Sharks depth and bring even more Cup experience to the locker room.

I have seen very little HWFO over this trade. One person on ChompBoard thinks we gave up too much, but most folks seem pretty satisfied. Moen would have been nice Tuesday…

I usually wait to see the players skate as Sharks before making a final determination, but it seems like a decent deal. I’m not going make assumptions on where this may or may not take us, but I’m pleased overall.

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http://battleofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2008/10/letter-from-kent-huskins.html

Sleek’s best work.

Just read a message board at Dallas Morning News…some clown said Moen is lucky to get out of town before Dallas returns….

Price is awful.

Reminder that the Wings face off against the Avalanche at 6pm PT. If Detroit wins, they’ll pass the Sharks in points (not taking into account GP)

1 nil aves. yay.

detroit to take over first place. let them have it. turkeys.

stream is on yahoo. by the way. legally.

wings aves isnt even funny. aves have gotten it across center 2x in the 2nd period.

nice if our boys could kill teams they should kill. although 2-1 isnt killing. im just whining.

But then I guess we shouldn’t be expecting any from the worst team in the West.

lateral.

that yawney coach both of em in the minors. thats smart doug. a+.

Seems like Moen and Semmy will be friends. They fought each other in the preseason of 07-08.

Clowe and Huskins might be friends too. They fought each other in the preseason earlier this year.

This was done in extensive research at Hockeyfights.com

Maybe we’ll see the rare teammate fight on the ice. Most likely they’ll laugh it off though

I got so swamped up with the departure of Ducks today (Moen and Huskins wasn’t the half of it), plus I’m heading out on vacation, that I couldn’t give you guys a proper scouting report. Here’s what I wrote at BoC, but you’ll note it also includes such departees as Pahlsson, Montador, and Morrison.

The Omen is awesome — he may not be offensively blessed, but he still potted 7 goals in our cup run. You guys did well today (though admittedly I never have heard of any prospect, even the ones that belong to Anaheim. What can I say? I’m short-sighted).