I haven't liked Spezza play since he was with the Mississauga Ice Dogs. The ONLY way i would trade for him was if his playoff numbers were really good when they went on the cup run a few years ago.
I, too, remember having seen Spezza when he played for the Ice Dogs, way back then. I had gone to an Ice Dogs-Majors tilt (when the Majors were still called the Toronto St.Michaels Majors) at the Hershey Centre, and kept seeing this very fast-skating and quite talented kid keep getting breakaways thanks to his speed. I said to myself that that fellow will make the NHL no doubt. At the time, the Ice Dogs were a dreadful team, but Spezza was one player who stood out from the rest!