BREAKING NEWS: Bruins trade Matt Hunwick to Colorado for Colby Cohen

I don’t like the idea of carrying on with limited Dmen available, but, we needed the capspace. That being said, I can’t help but think there’s a bigger trade in the works. Maybe Ryder, Wheeler to Toronto for Kaberle? I can’t wait to have Savvy back on the ice, been to long. I think they should waive Sturm as well, his age and 2 rebuilt knees worry me when it’s going to cost us a younger player being demoted or traded.

I agree it was a good move by PC to get something for Hunwick! I was expecting a complete salary dump, regardless of who got moved, and a return of a 4th round pick or something similar. A prospect some people are high on for an NHL ready defenseman is a good move considering where they stood.

That’s really the only gauge I have for how good a deal this is, so I guess it’s alright. McQuaid should fill the void nicely for the time being. I’d take Chara, Seidenberg, Boychuk, Ference, Stuart, and McQuaid as a defensive corps any day of the week.

Don’t let that get you too excited, most MHH fans tend to over-react about every trade that happens. It’s comical actually. The same fans will complain because the Avs don’t make a move. Then, when it happens, the same fans are upset about it. Watch though, once Hunwick plays a couple games, all the opinions will change. He won’t really have to play good either, just decent.

I really don’t think there’s a clear winner in this trade, but it seems like both teams will benefit.

You guys got a decent propect in Cohen though. He’s likely a couple years out but that’s probably what you need anyway. Avs fans claim that we don’t have room for another D-man, but we’ll have the room soon enough (if not this year, next year).

it just gets better

At this point, I need to actually be reminded that Paille is on the team (or, we need to play Minnesota…we miss you, Chuck!). Nothing personal, Dan, jus’ bidness.

Fighting is a good deterrent against scoring?

I disagree. I do not think it represents a luxury, I think, rather, that the Bruins feel that while they don’t have a great puck mover, they feel they have enough guys who are adequate in that department that it’s not a huge issue. Chara, Ference, Boychuk and Seidenberg all have a fair amount of offensive skill. This is a point that Hockey Prospectus also made in their annual, incidentally.

I don’t necessarily agree with that assessment; I think more mobility is needed, but I don’t think it’s something they’re discarding, either.

Sorry, I think I broke the link to the poll. D: Here is the Link to Trade Poll..

Unless I’m horribly mistaken, the reason the Avs did this trade was so they could spin Scott Hannan to Washington for Tomas Fleischmann. So if you want to look at it as a three way trade, I look at Boston as a modest winner, Colorado as a big winner, and Washington as a huge loser.

oh man, the classic sbnation “reply to wrong post” message.

I see him with a backwards hat.