trading day

Big day for trades in the NHL today, and with 10 days until the trade deadline we have already seen a ton of action.  After hearing speculation about a Tomas Kaberle trade to Boston almost daily for the past year, the deal is finally done and Kaberle is finally a Bruin.  Kaberle will provide some depth for Boston's blue line, but deals like this can be risky.  If Boston makes a deep playoff run and resigns Kaberle in the offseason, it is a big success for the Bruins.  But if Boston coasts into the playoffs, get upset in the first round and watch Kaberle bolt off to another team the prospect and a first rounder they gave up for him is pretty expensive for 2 months of work.  In another deal Boston sent Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart to Atlanta, which I thought was a pretty steep price to pay.  Tampa Bay traded for Eric Brewer today, which gave them some much needed depth on the blueline.  If they can get consistent goaltending, they look like a team that can make a deep playoff run.  Kris Versteeg never really worked out in Toronto, and now Philly hopes he can repeat his playoff performance from a year ago.  There have been a bunch of minor deals that I won't get into, but this year it seems like the action is starting a lot earlier than usual.  But the NHL trading season really does have a domino effect, as with each trade teams start to get more desperate and GM's are much quicker to pull the trigger on a deal.