Avs acquire Downie from TB for Quincey, TB flips Quincey to Det. for a 1st

[Sarge]

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TB has traded Steve Downie to Colorado.

... No word on the return.

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COL trades Kyle Quincey to TB for Downie.

[Sarge]

Well what do you know... a good old-fashioned hockey trade. - Two pending RFAs

[bustaheims]

TSNBobMcKenzie: I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

Quincey maybe back where it all started for him?

[Sarge]

TSNBobMcKenzie: I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

Quincey maybe back where it all started for him?

Interesting... New thread?

[bustaheims]

TSNBobMcKenzie: I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

Quincey maybe back where it all started for him?

Interesting... New thread?

Is it really worth it? This seems more like a 3-way deal - it just took a while for the details to leak out.

[Sarge]

TSNBobMcKenzie: I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

Quincey maybe back where it all started for him?

Interesting... New thread?

Is it really worth it? This seems more like a 3-way deal - it just took a while for the details to leak out.

Maybe not... I just changed the title... So Yzerman spins Downie into a 1st round pick... Not to shabby.

[bustaheims]

Unless they pick one up along the way, this will be the 8th time in the last 12 drafts that Detroit will not have a pick in the 1st round.

[bustaheims]

TSNBobMcKenzie: DET also trades minor leaguer Sebastien Piche to TB as part of the Kyle Quincey trade.

[Sarge]

I guess Holland knows what he's doing but isn't a first round pick for Quincey just a little loopy?

[bustaheims]

I guess Holland knows what he's doing but isn't a first round pick for Quincey just a little loopy?

Based on what I've been reading about this coming draft, I don't know. Word is the talent drop off after the first 10-12 players is very significant.

[Sarge]

I guess Holland knows what he's doing but isn't a first round pick for Quincey just a little loopy?

Based on what I've been reading about this coming draft, I don't know. Word is the talent drop off after the first 10-12 players is very significant.

Okey dokey then... Though I've kind of stopped reading what the "experts" say about how deep drafts are. I find these guys to be for the most part, akin to weather men.

[Peter D.]

Lightning fans are pissed that they only got a 1st for Downie (the prospect sounds like nothing).  Perhaps it's because I can't stand him, but my initial reaction was that it's a very good deal for Tampa.   

Cue the obligatory "Well if Downie can fetch a 1st and a prospect, how is Grabovski only worth a 2nd and a prospect?"

[bustaheims]

Okey dokey then... Though I've kind of stopped reading what the "experts" say about how deep drafts are. I find these guys to be for the most part, akin to weather men.

That's true, though, much like weather men, they become much more accurate the closer it gets to crunch time.

[Bender]

Interesting! This is the kind of wheeling and dealing I like to see!

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm actually a little surprised Tampa flipped Quincey to Detroit. When the initial trade went down I thought it was a very good move for them. Tampa's blueline is brutal right now, particularly with Kubina gone. I suppose the allure of a 1st round pick may have gotten to them, but if Yzerman can't shore up that defence this summer he might regret that move.