I play in a sim league using the APBA sim software.

At or near the start of the season I traded the rights to Stastny for Kostitsyn on the assumption KOS has greater upside.

watching his highlights for the habs the other night showed me he has the skills at speed to be a factor

BUT

did I make a mistake ?

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G Henrik Lundqvist, Pekka Rinne
Farm Kuznetsov, Scheifele, Ryan Murphy, Holtby

I don\'t know man... I\'d take a proven young guy (stastny) over a young guy with \"potential\" and \"great skill\" any day.

Potential is just that: \"potential.\" They COULD do well, and they COULD do badly in the future. You never really know. In my mind, unless there\'s a larger age gap (than there is in this instance), I keep the guy who\'s already proven himself and putting up great numbers.

Why trade someone who\'s giving Malkin a run for his money for rookie of the year honors?

I don\'t think that this will hurt you too badly in the future, but I\'m just saying that it might not have been the most favorable trade for you.

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yeah, with the current numbers stating at me, stastny is currently worth hefty loads more than kos is.
I will just hope that samsonov gets the boot and kos gets his ice time and more next season.

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I wouldn\'t feel TOO bad. Sure, the trade doesn\'t look great in hindsight, but who knew?

If it makes you feel any better, I like Kostitsyn\'s chances. If the Habs can lose Samsonov and Kovalev, they\'ll have a great young nucleus that includes Ryder, Plekanec, Latendresse (I really like this guy), Kostitsyn, Streit, Bouillon, and even the erstwhile stick-swinger Perezhogin. Not to mention their up-and-coming goalies...

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Steffen wrote:
Higgins anyone ?

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meh... Enigmatic. But you\'re right, he should be on that list too.

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0 to 15 keepers (LTC options), auction to 20, draft 10 more
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D: Byfuglien Chara Ju.Schultz Josi Myers Brodin Dillon Postma Orlov
G: Price Dubnyk

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G : Lehtonen

Bench : Hudler, Colborne, A. McDonald, Selanne, Zidlicky, Orlov, Lindback, Luongo, Halak

Minor : Weiss, Jurco, Jarnkrok, Kaberle, Lack

I read an article earlier in the season and it related to Higgins being the next Joe Sakic. He looked great before his injury, 18 pts in 18 games is pretty good.

Whoever wrote that article...stop reading him.



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Lol yes haha

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