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It’s All About The Presentation

by Paul on 09/11/08 at 09:10 AM ET
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from Erik Erlendsson at Bolts Report,

Not knowing how long Kuba might be in town (he said he’s probably heading to Ottawa on Sunday), I figured I’d try to catch up with the soft-spoken Czech defenseman to get his thoughts on the trade and how everything went down....

This is what he had to say: “The way it was presented to me at the time, I knew even if I said no [to the trade] I wasn’t going to stay here on the team,’’ he said. “So it didn’t make any sense to say “no I’m going to stay’’ and then know I’m going somewhere else anyway.’’

This was one of those ear perk type moments when you start trying to read between the comments and begin to wonder, what does he mean by the way things were presented to him

read on

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Meszaros Traded To Tampa

by Paul on 08/29/08 at 07:02 PM ET
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via TSN,

The Ottawa Senators have traded defenceman Andrej Meszaros to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defencemen Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard and a first round pick (previously acquired from San Jose).

Update 8:39pm ET (alanah): Also noted at the TSN link is this contract info—

Sources add that Meszaros is expected to sign a six-year contract with the Lightning averaging $4 million a season.

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