In fairness to Riderfans.com ... for the few forum threads that I checked out they were pretty positive about Ryan Smith and did say the Blue made some good moves.
I think only a vocal minority of people on that site is making the more foolish comments.
Laing and Capicotti both are very good and would be definitely a boost in talent for them. I'd rather they both go elsewhere.
Gutting the defense made 100% sense to me.... Pretty much any name DB is an improvement and Sherritt is still out there... so still time for them to improve
This isn't Taman like signings.... we didn't over spend by 50 - 100 to get a short term player... we didn't lose any draft picks either and most of the guys we signed are young.
Just heard on the radio that huff took a cheap shot on us? Hasn't BC signed more guys then us?
Also they said that Moore signed for multi years , Chad Owens changed his twitter account to a pic of a lion and that Cummings is still being looked at.
My Leafs co workers are jumping for joy.... apparently they are not retaining any salary at all either.
From the more knowledgeable hockey guys in the office it seems like this trade was great for the Leafs since they will likely re-trade some of the guys they got for more prospects and they unload that awful contract. The Sens lose a better stay at home d-man and take on a crappy contract on a player who is rapidly diminishing.