Bell may be underachieving with 11 pts this season to date but the 25 year old has 60+ hits already to be an effective role player who could rebound offensively.
Time to get rid of those UFA.
GarrettLeafs wrote:
Toronto continues to clean house. Okay, I'm with you on this one: You gave a neighbour that piece of furniture you're not happy with. Now apply the Mr. Clean and do away with that dirt!
Am I a genius or not, I had Mark Bell whom I traded for Darcy Tucker, then traded tucker for Alex Tanguay and now Bell goes for Kobasew and Schultz. Go me!
a better passer (9 assists in 29 games vs. 6 assists in 51 games) a better blocker (a whopping 112 shots blocked in 29 games vs. 78 blocks in 51 games) a bit bigger workhorse (22+ minutes vs. 20 minutes...) a bit more PK time (both are tops on their team though) a longer contract (3 years at 1.8 vs. a RFA)
What Toronto gets is a much younger blueliner who has the potential to improve and who will have a better durability rating because unlike Sutton he wasn't injured for part of the season.
Bell is probably one of the biggest disappointments in the NHL this year. I drafted him pretty early thinking that he would easily pot 30-35 goals next to Thornton. What Tampa fails to mention is that he dealt J.P. Dumont for Mark Bell before smartly dealing him for Tucker.
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To NYIslander: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Duvie Westcott, Ilja Bryzgalov, Pat Rissmiller, Tom Poti, Bjorn Melin, Karri Ramo, Tom Gilbert
To Boston: Chris Pronger, Doug Murray, Jocelyn Thibault, Ken Klee, Wade Brookbank, Denis Istomin, Viktor Dovgan
If I recall, Tucker wasn't straight up... Can't find proof of that.
To TampaBay: Darcy Tucker, Tor 2007 Rnd 6, Tor 2007 Rnd 7 To Toronto: Mark Bell, NYI 2007 Rnd 2, TB 2008 Rnd 3
That's really not much I had to add.
All depends what I get with the picks. As of right now I've dealt Tucker, 6 and 7 for Kobasew, Schultz (young nhl defenseman, former 1st rd pick), 2nd and 3rd rd pick.
Looking at it that way, doesn't look bad... Kobasew is 24 and has 1 20 goal season under his belt.
