Sharks get firepower, but this move creates another hole on defense. Marco Sturm can turn it around, Primeau is a third liner at best, but Stuart was a top 2 defenseman and one of the few who could quarterback the power play. Doug Wilson is not done dealing. When Toskala returns, either Vesa or Evgeni Nabokov will be gone for a defenseman, and rookie Nolan Schaefer will get a permanent spot on the bench. Joe Thornton made $6.6 million this season, Sturm, Stuart and Primeau made $5 million combined, so both teams are about in the same spot as they were before. San Jose will probably call up Clowe and a 7th defenseman from Cleveland to fill out the holes in the roster.
posted by large_elvis at 03:10 AM on December 01, 2005
Joe Thornton is going west.
Sharks get firepower, but this move creates another hole on defense. Marco Sturm can turn it around, Primeau is a third liner at best, but Stuart was a top 2 defenseman and one of the few who could quarterback the power play. Doug Wilson is not done dealing. When Toskala returns, either Vesa or Evgeni Nabokov will be gone for a defenseman, and rookie Nolan Schaefer will get a permanent spot on the bench. Joe Thornton made $6.6 million this season, Sturm, Stuart and Primeau made $5 million combined, so both teams are about in the same spot as they were before. San Jose will probably call up Clowe and a 7th defenseman from Cleveland to fill out the holes in the roster.