RedFX 48 Report post Posted May 26, 2010 Per ESPN Islanders trade Defense prospect Jyri Niemi to the Rangers for a 6th Round Pick...making it the first time since 1972 (when NYR Ron Stewart was traded to NYI) that the two arch-rivals have traded with one another. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted May 26, 2010 Its hard to think of them as rivals when the two teams continuously have little/no success. 1 Original-Six reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uk_redwing 495 Report post Posted May 26, 2010 A 6th round pick...they must have reeeally wanted to keep the guy. 1 Lidstrom for life reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Finnish Wing 110 Report post Posted May 26, 2010 A 6th round pick...they must have reeeally wanted to keep the guy. Rumours say he didn't want to sign with the Isles so they tried to get at least something out of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hgimn 1 Report post Posted May 27, 2010 I get to see Niemi play here in Saskatoon.He has a bullet of a slapshot,but he's really brutal defensively.He has that shot,but rather than pass it around or use a wrist shot he always winds up and fires it right into a shinpad of another player and they get a shorthanded breakaway.Niemi is the next Marc-Andre Bergeron... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SweWings 45 Report post Posted May 27, 2010 Not really a major trade but considering their "rivalry" it's probably a bigger deal than I think it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
