2011 Offseason

[Pete Nice]

They got rid of Richards??

Yep.

I'm feeling a little better about this stuff today.
They got rid of Carter and Richards
And got Schenn, Simmonds, Voracek and the 8th over all.
All I knew about Schenn was that he is a top prospect.
Simmonds is a gritty player.
Voracek is an under achieving young player.

Turns out, most things I've heard of Schenn, he's compared most to Richards, so there's hope he turns out similar.
Simmonds will fit in good.
Turns out in Voracek's first 3 years, he had 2 more points then Cater in his first 3 years. Maybe he hasn't under achieved so much.
And it's really rare Philly gets a pick that high, I wonder what they'll do with it?
Trade it with Versteeg to move up?
Then sign Brad Richards with all this cap space they have now?

Spin it all you want, they got worse in the now. IT would be like the Pens trading Crosby and Malkin for that same package. If two of those guys don't turn out to be two of the best players in the league ASAP, it was a fail. Richards and Cater were two of the best players in the league, still are, I am glad I can finally route for Carter in Columbus now. I bet Carter has some hard feelings too, he will say he doesn't, but I bet he does.