Continuing our trade series...
Buffalo aquires Brian Campbell and a 2008 seventh-round pick from San Jose
San Jose aquires Steve Bernier and a 2008 first-round pick from Buffalo.
Lets be honest. Buffalo has underachieved this year, bottom line. From a team that was a series away from going to the Stanley Cup finals, to a seller at the trade deadline...how the mighty have fallen.
Buffalo really dropped the ball this season. They let the likes of Jay McKee, J.P. Dumont, Mike Grier, Daniel Briere and Chris Drury depart and didnt get anthing from them at all through free agency. They had to get something for Brad Richards...Did they get euqal value there? perhaps. .
Bernier, was a high draft pick for the Sharks, and got mixed up in the offensive talent that the sharks possess...A good young player to add to a suddenly rebuilding Buffalo Team.
One of the only knocks on the Sharks going into the trading deadline was their defense...They now add a tough, gritty, puck-moving defensive player who can take care of his goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. Both teams once again come away with a godo deal here, although it is tough to see Buffalo go from Eastern Confrence powerhouse, to a place for the talents of Ryan Miller to waste away.
Until Next time...
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