01-07-2009, 06:44 PM
zetsyuk Wrote:At the time I was really pissed about the trade with the Kings (NHL) the Red Wings made to get Mathieu Schneider, giving up Sean Avery. For me Avery was a lot like a McCarty or Downy.
Thank God hindsight is 20-20
Also, I forget who the wings gave up to get Todd Betuzzi for the playoffs a few years back, but certainly, if it was anything worth more than a pack of gum, it was a bad trade.
We saw Avery's act when he played for the Griffins and he was the same a-hole here. He was the only guy on the team you could never approach at the bar because he was always too good or the room.
And they did basically trade a pack of gum for Bertuzzi. It was Shawn Matthius, who has had a lukewarm cup of coffee with the Panthers and a couple draft picks.