TRADE DEADLINE GRADES

EAST

Pittsburgh- B- , GM Shero did bare minimum to improve tam. Goc and Stempniak are upgrades for bottom six but they’re not big and tough and Sid still has no RW of pedigree. Moulson and McComick from Buffalo would have been perfect.

Boston - C, Wanted a D man and got Andrej  Meszaros from Philly. I think Boston’s own young D guys better than him . Remember Philly is weak in D and dumped him.

Philly- B, Dumped Mezsaros and picked up steady D Andy MaDonald.

New Jersey- B+, Picked up Tuomo Rutuu   and did not trade Franchise’s all time greatest player Brodeur.

Toronto – D, Did nothing good or bad, nothing, Hmm.

Montreal – A, Got Vanek , now serious player in East.D weaver will help too.

Islanders – D-, got nothing for Vanek and MacDonald.

Buffalo- D-, Didn’t get much for their whole team.

Rangers- B +, Paid a lot for St Louis but didn’t give Callahan a crazy contract.

Tampa- C-, Pissing off St. Louis was dumb, paying Callahan will be almost as dumb

Detroit B+, Legward is a great pickup, GM Ken Holland is the best

Ottawa- B , Hemsky’s offense never hurts

Florida – B, Bobby Loo moves the franchise needle up

Columbus - INC

Washington- A-, Finally got their goalie in Halak and Penner is a big playoff body/performer if they make it

Carolina- INC

WEST-

Kings- A,  Kings right back in Cup talk with Gaborik.

St. Louis- A-, Got your number one goalie Ryan Miller, now no excuses, Ott is this year’s overrated vet.

Chicago- B, Why mess up the champs.

San Jose – B, Why mess with the best we’ve looked in years.

Ducks- B, Love getting Robidas to sure up the D.

Dallas- C- , Gave up Robidas and brought in Tim Thomas.

Minnesota- B, Got Moulsen and McCormick still won’t win a playoff round.

Colorado – C, Respect staying coarse but a vet or two would be nice.

Calgary – B, They needed to trade overlord Burke.

Edmonton- C-, Gotta do something more significant than dumping Hemsky and adding another goalie when you stink

Winnepeg-  INC

Vancouver- F, Last year at this time had two number one goalie, now you have none and some vets who thought they were out but now dragged back in. Bad scene.

Nashville – D, Sad song about being broke

Phoenix- INC