I don't think it was worth it. Dan Boyle had a very good season for the Lightning, even though he had an awful +/- thanks to his team and missed most of the season. They gave up Matt Carle, a good young defenseman who struggled a bit last season, Ty Wishart (their best prospect), a first round pick in 2009, and a fourth round pick in 2010.
The Sharks are saying that they want to win now. They are giving up a lot of their future in order to try to win now. Could they possibly be doing this just to try to get Jeremy Roenick a Stanley Cup victory?
They also made some other moves that is hurting their future. At the 2007 trade deadline, they traded Josh Gorges and a first-round pick to the Canadiens for Craig Rivet, who was traded to the Sabres along with a seventh round pick for 2 second round picks. They also traded for Bill Guerin at the expense of Ville Nieminen, Jay Barriball, and a first round pick. This past season, they traded a first round pick and Steve Bernier for Brian Campbell, who only played 33 regular season games with the Sharks.
I don't like the direction that this team is going in. They are trading too many high draft picks for players that usually do not end up staying that long.
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