Pavel Bure HAS been traded
This was just reported on TSN's SportsCentre. Pavel Bure HAs been traded from the Florida Panthers to the New York Rangers.
To Rangers: - Pavel Bure
- 2nd Round Pick 2002 (Not official. They reported this at first, but now they have taken it down from their website during the recap, they didn't mention it :\)
To Florida: - Igor Ulanov
- Filip Novak
- 1st Round Pick 2002
- 4th Round Pick 2003
- Option of switch of 2nd Round Picks in 2003
Mike Keenan is now on the line with SportsNet. He says:
- Great fit for Pavel to go to Rangers, which was his #1 choice.
- Something about moving towards the future and spending 10 mil/year on one person isn't part of the plan
- Now looking for one or more vet players, but also looking at young talent over the summer with the un-loading of all this money
- Ulanov is a great addition to Panthers, and hope to decrease their shots against. (Ulanov is a defenceman)
So what are you thoughts about it? I'm actually surprised that Mike York wasn't involved in this trade. But I gues the Panthers may be looking more towards the future than here and now.
As for the Rangers... I don't think this will help them all that much, really. They already have a lot of solid players - some of the best in the league. Yet they still aren't winning. Bure, as good as he may be, can't do it. Especially if the likes of Lindros, Leetch, Fleury, Nedved, Richter and more, can't get it done COMBINED!
~J_R~