A much rumoured about swap landing Barry Trotz the former Atlanta coach in phoenix along with a 6th rounder and cash for the services of Mike Bab****.

In his first statement as team coach Bab**** had this to say, "This is going to be a great chance for me to prove to the hockey world what kind of coach I am, I will be working with a very agressive management and ownership group that only believes in winning and developing through the draft and our minor league teams. With that said from all the moves Mr. Shuck has told me our team is going to be a very very tough one to beat as the depth we have in our top 3 lines is scary. I expect to compete for the cup and hopefully win it something i was brought here to do after Mr.Trotz failed in last years cup."


In a bigger move the team brought back familar faces in
To Ottawa: Jochen Hecht, Ray Emery
To Atlanta: Chris Mason, Kamil Kreps, Matt Cullen
after not liking emery going to russia..

in two other small moves between the blues and thrasher the teams hooked up on these swaps.
To St.Louis: Jay Pandolfo, Mathias Tjarnqvist
To Atlanta: Dennis Persson, StL 2009 Rnd 4, StL 2009 Rnd 5, StL 2009 Rnd 6

To St.Louis: Chris Mason
To Atlanta: Brian Boucher, Anton Khubdobin, Cal 2008 Rnd 4, $2,000,000

the team liking D.Persson's upside alot and also the pick depth/ cash/ khubdobin..

in a straight pick swap the team did.
To Atlanta: Ott 2008 Rnd 1
To Ottawa: Was 2008 Rnd 2, NYR 2008 Rnd 2

in another straight pick swap the team did.
To Phoenix: Det 2008 Rnd 2, Pit 2008 Rnd 7
To Atlanta: Pho 2008 Rnd 3, Edm 2008 Rnd 3