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Sather Rejected Avery Trade
by Paul on 03/09/08 at 09:16 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
A well-placed source has told The Post that Sather rejected a San Jose trade deadline offer of Bernier, the 22-year-old, 6-foot-2, 225-pound, emerging power winger, for Avery. Thus denied, the Sharks then sent Bernier and a first-round draft choice to the Sabres in exchange for prospective unrestricted free-agent defenseman Brian Campbell. The Penguins, who themselves had been trying to get Bernier, then made their deal for Marian Hossa.
In other words, it was Sather’s decision not to move Avery for Bernier - made with significant input from others within the organization, we’re told - that created the domino effect in which Hossa and Campbell, the two prime impending free agents on the market, went to Pittsburgh and San Jose, respectively.
read on for more on the Rangers…
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So San Jose “settled” for Campbell when they couldn’t get Avery...and Pittsburgh “settled” for Hossa when they couldn’t get Bernier? Riiiiiight.
Brooks is losing it. I wonder if he’s making a pitch to succeed Fischler as the resident demented NY hockey scribe.
Posted by shep from california on 03/09/08 at 04:20 PM ET
Huh. If Avery has that much power to affect the entire league, then he should have no problem getting paid however much he wants. Influence has its rewards.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/09/08 at 05:15 PM ET
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So Wilson picked up Shelley...and then was going to trade for Avery? BS.
Posted by Mike from San Jose on 03/09/08 at 02:03 PM ET