Leafs Aquire Kris Versteeg From Chicago

[DaveLefebvre]

Just in from LeBrun:

Leafs get Versteeg and the rights to winger Bill Sweatt in exchange for forwards Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis

Dave

 

[punkoholic]

Nice return in Stallberg for the Hawks.

 

[Hckyfan47]

Good to see Chicago not have to trade him away for nothing in return. Stalberg should fit well the Hawks and Versteeg should add some nice secondary scoring for them. Seems to me that both teams got a pretty even deal.


Adam

 

[bfyler]

Both teams seem to make out in the long run.. hmmm what do leaf fans do with all those Stalberg SPa cards...

link http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=326203

 

[DougLaurieSports]

A decent Stalberg and two maybes for a solid forward and a better prospect than either of the two you gave up?

Go Burkie Go!

 

[cremona71]

A very fair trade for both sides.

 

[leafschik1967]

Love it, as a Leafs fan.

 

[wildfan1833]

Hawks dumping more cap money. But I think both sides will be alright

 

[warsawknuckles]

Both teams seem to make out in the long run.. hmmm what do leaf fans do with all those Stalberg SPa cards...

better yet, what about us non-Leafs fans that were planning on trading or selling all those Stalberg cards to nutty Leafs fans...

 

[chakhae1]

Leaf's win this trade for now and as a Leaf's fan I didn't see much from Stalberg last year, but he has the speed and shot to be a solid top 6 guy in the future. Versteeg is one right now and with Burke's goal to make this team as good as he can as soon as he can, he did a GREAT job. Totally off the radar too. Anyone know Versteeg's contract situation?

 

[es_19]

frig. ok who needs stalberg AND paradis cards?

swap PCs?

 

[lumm0x]

2 years left at just over $3M


Nice deal for Toronto.

 

[supercec]

win/win I think. Chicago had to clear up cap room for Niemi and to keep the key cogs. Stalberg, will not perform as well as Versteeg(at this point) but is a serviceable NHLer and cheap on the cap hit. The Leafs get a player who can fit into their top 6 now, and still have Kaberle left to use as trade bait to get another, if Burke goes in that direction.

Sucks for my Stalberg collection though, considering I had just about every rookie, a Black Letterman incoming and just polished off a trade for his SPA Limited. I guess that is why I only collect players in their Leafs uni, to avoid this

As a collector, I wonder how much those limited copies of Versteegs rookie will go up (I think he only has about 300 true rookie cards). Glad I got my copy.

 

[paulxing]

Man I am jealous. I really like Versteeg's style. Hope he gets retraded ... to the Habs!

 

[sholi2000]

Man I am jealous. I really like Versteeg's style. Hope he gets retraded ... to the Habs!

OK, now I'm getting worried.

Well done Leafs :beer:

 

[newfiecomicguy1]

Looks good for both teams. Leafs get a good top 6 forward and a great young prospect in Bill Sweatt, Hawks dump some salary and get a good young player with a lot of potential and a couple solid prospects.

 

[hadesvengeance]

Win win for both teams but I like Versteeg in a leafs uniform!!Nice pickup and more to come today ..
Should be fun today
mike

 

[newfiecomicguy1]

Bonus is the Leafs get a quality player that is signed for 2 years. They still have some cap space left and Kaberle to trade. The Leafs are coming together nicely.

 

[hadesvengeance]

Damn I forgot about trading Kabby lol.Here I am thinking about free agents and adding some scoring punch and totally forgot lol.Should be an even more entertaining beginning of summer.Go Burke
mike

 

[supercec]

Damn I forgot about trading Kabby lol.Here I am thinking about free agents and adding some scoring punch and totally forgot lol.Should be an even more entertaining beginning of summer.Go Burke
mike

Best chance for a Kabby trade will be in the next couple of days after the big name free agent Ds are signed and the teams that missed out need to fill the holes.