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We got Erne for a 4th. Erne was drafted in the 2nd and has shown potential in the NHL... so basically a young 3rd liner for a draft pick that has like a 10% chance of ever becoming an NHL player. No reason to be disgruntled about this deal. A 2nd round player for a 4th round pick... who Yzerman demonstrably wants. Good deal. I like. If Svechnikov can't make the team cause Erne is there then Svech can eat s*** and die for all I care.

As much as I love shoes made by Chinese and Vietnamese slave children, I'm a New Balance guy. Made in America baby. Crazy how you can still make goods in the U.S. if you're not taking 95% margins....

This makes the trade even more confusing... They could have submitted an offer sheet and kept their 4th round pick. There is no compensation on offer sheets up to $1,395,053... Yzerman throwing his buddy BriseBois a bone? Either way, losing a 4th round pick for a capable bottom six forward is a good value trade. If anything though, this trade once again proves why signing bottom six players to long-term contracts is dumb. The Abdelkader's and Helm's of the league can be replaced via free agency or trade, giving up next to nothing... I don't mind the trade, but I do hope we get rid of the glut of mediocre bottom six forwards over the next year...

Cool...We already had Bert, and now we got Erne...

It's a thin line between winning and losing. We had 40-odd one-goal games last year. Probably close to 60 if you add in two-goal games where we allowed an empty net. Small improvements, or even just luck, could make a big difference, as could small regression. We could have the worst record in the league, or be on the playoff bubble. We're probably a little worse on paper, but i think we'll see some guys step up and a healthier, more consistent defense. Marginal improvement, 80-85 point range, well out of the playoffs but too high to have a good shot at a top-3 pick.