I just read that in the other post. It does take away the sting. I’d like to think that most first round picks can be fixed with the right coaching. Isn’t that the idea that Vancouver had with Ehrhoff?

Probably can’t get anyone in the east to bite on Cheechoo because they all think he is 3rd line filler. Guys out west at least know that he can score given the right opportunity and health and they realize that a 3rd liner who was recently a scoring champ on the President’s cup team could be a second liner on a whole bunch of other teams!

Aw, c’mon, throw the Coyotes a bone. Poor desert rats.

why would you want him?

I think its really the idea of a player that you used to like and root for now playing on a team that you hate and root against.

That, plus ex-Sharks tend to score on the Sharks. Especially if they aren’t usually good at scoring. See: Selanne, Nolan, Gorges, Hannan, Rivet, etc.

Well, we should probably differentiate between “trades” and “salary dumps” — if it’s purely a hockey trade, then I’m with you — it doesn’t matter who the other team is.

But when you’re giving away players for relatively low roster cost, I think it makes a big difference about conference. In one scenario, you help a team that’s competing on the same standings board as you. In another scenario, you help a team that competes on a separate board.

I know there’s a definite point in time when the Ducks stopped getting free wins off the Coyotes, and it is round about the time when they found a present named Bryzgalov. That’s waivers, of course (less control of who got him), but the result was felt.