righting a 'wrong' - PHX/PHI

[Nick]

A small bit of dirty dealing occurred; cost me a little, but not everything can always bounce the way you want.


To Phx: David Jones, Ryan Jones, Jack Hillen & PHI 2nd 2010 (#42).

To Phi: Blake Wheeler & MTL 4th 2010 (#108)


->the flyers are happy to reunite Blake with his U-Min teammates Kyle Okposo & Stu Bickel... as well as for former Green Bay Gamblers teammate John Mitchell.

[Mash]

confirm


sorry facey lol.

[Nick]

as anton would confirm... cost me that 42nd pick... but I'll live smart moves by you guys.


he's to hoping Wheeler still has a top 6 spot on the bruins.

[kyuss]

as anton would confirm... cost me that 42nd pick... but I'll live smart moves by you guys.


he's to hoping Wheeler still has a top 6 spot on the bruins.

mmmh.. i would be really surprised to see him top 6 in Boston after his last season, the Horton acquisition, and the upcoming pick.

[armandtanzarian]

Wheeler will be a top 6 and maybe even top 3 this year....just not on the Bruins. I am betting he will be a Leaf. Nick has a sense...

[anton]

ah look at that. everything turns out right in the end.

would've been sweet if we had announced it as a giant 3 way deal.

To PHI:

Wheeler
4th

To PHX:

D. Jones
R. Jones
Hillen
Werek
2nd

To CHI:

Ales Hemsky

[Shoalzie]

Nice work by Matt to get a lot of nice pieces in the two trades...

[Nick]

Wheeler will be a top 6 and maybe even top 3 this year....just not on the Bruins. I am betting he will be a Leaf. Nick has a sense...

I do think Wheeler will be moved, however I likely just jynxed it by posting that & trading for him.... currently 1/3:

- went and got Dion Phaneuf -> he became a bud
- went and got Ryan Jones -> rumoured we also placed a waiver claim, but he did not become a bud
- went and got Nathan Horton -> he did not become a bud


As anyone knows who has been reading/watching, Burke is looking for a top 6, scoring winger, with size; IMO Wheeler fits that potential and likely misses his BFF in Kessel.

Personally I was disappointed with the Horton comments on his trade: he only said excited 4 times; Dion busted it out something like 21.