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Friday, February 16, 2007
Rate the Forsberg trade
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So Bob Hartley and I had just concluded the post-practice interviewing when we started chatting about the Peter Forsberg trade. As one of you pointed out, the last time Nashville picked up a center (Eric Belanger), the Predators traded him the next day to the Thrashers.
“I’m listening for the phone,” Hartley joked.
I think it’s safe to assume that Forsberg isn’t on his way to Atlanta like Belanger, but then we started discussing how the trade will work out for Nashville. Hartley made a comment that I immediately knew would be today’s blog topic. He said that the critics on their computers will judge this trade after the season, when hindsight makes it easy to judge trades. So we’re going to prove Hartley wrong — this group of computer critics is going to judge the Forsberg trade right now.
Three questions: Who got the better end of this deal (and why)?
How many games will Forsberg play for Nashville?
How far with Nashville go in the playoffs?
and a bonus question: How far would the Thrashers have gone this year if they traded Braydon Coburn, and two draft picks (first and third rounder) for Forsberg?
Practice update: J.P. Vigier was skating hard with Steve Weeks after practice, he has to be getting close to a return. Still no signs of Steve Rucchin on the ice though, that’s not good news for longtime linesmate Ilya Kovalchuk, who was skating with Metro and Niko Kapanen. Eric Boulton didn’t practice, he had the flu. In Hartley’s words, Boulton was “throwing up like a mule.” Thanks for that image, coach.
