Wild and Ducks swap top players

[Drew]

To Ducks:
Koivu
Havlat
Schultz
Zanon
Welch
Garon

To Wild:
Getzlaf
Perry
Fowler
Hiller

Wild confirm this trade and await approval of Ducks. Thanks for the easy negotiations  :toast:

[hockeyfreak6000]

I fon't like this trade... It seems a little one sided.....

[Drew]

Maybe needs a bit more info. I believe Ducks are doing this to diversify their line-up and acquire more players to work with in their lineup as they are working with a short bench. Should Ducks provide more info??  :iatp:

[thunderblade]

Very 1 sided in Minnesota's favour.

[cheesesteak]

I think this trade is rather unbalanced as well but didn't want to ruffle feathers. Sorry Drew but an explanation wasn't necessary, most of us are a pretty good judge of talent.

[Drew]

Ok ya understood, what should or needs to be added for this to be better?

[cheesesteak]

Not sure, but that deal could seriously harm the Anaheim organization by losing Getzlaf and Perry, not much offense behind them. I like Koivu but since he broke his leg two years ago he hasn't contributed much scoring. As a league moderator its up to you to protect organizations from self-destruction. If the GM bails its gonna be a tough job to fill that position with a third-line roster.

[Drew]

What about throwing in Methot and Fedotenko?

[cheesesteak]

Honestly, after giving it some thought Tampa approves of this trade. Althouth the consensus feels that the deal was lopsided in Minnesota's favor, after looking over both teams roster, my opinion is that the unbalance of the deal is not skewed enough to warrent a veto. If Anaheim is worried about a short bench that GM should should pick up a couple of Duck prospects in FA. McMillian is available who projects as a second-line LW is active.

[teddy369]

The deal is horrific, but as long as there is no collusion theres no reason it shouldn't go through...

Congrats to the Wild for wrapping up a championship with just 1 trade.