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Ti is one of my face. Ge is so funny too.

Ehh he and winnick. Hope we get something good

Originally Posted by underrated29

Ti is one of my face. Ge is so funny too.

Ehh he and winnick. Hope we get something good

My phone is a moron.

Tj, is one of my favorites and he is very funny too. Winning is eh. Like him but he's no one special.

The Avalanche today traded forwards Daniel Winnik and TJ Galiardi to the San Jose Sharks for forward Jamie McGinn, 23, and two prospects, forwards Michael Sgarbossa (Ontario Hockey League) and Mike Connolly (American Hockey League).

The Avs also gave up a seventh-round draft pick in 2013, previously acquired from Anaheim.

rest - http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_20054825

Sgarbossa is a bad ass in the OHL...second leading scorer in that league right now. Down side is he's small...5'11, 175 lbs. But he could be something special.


Looks like the Avs are moving a bunch of would be UFAs. Where are they gonna send Jones U29?

Originally Posted by underrated29

My phone is a moron.

Tj, is one of my favorites and he is very funny too. Winning is eh. Like him but he's no one special.

I used to like Winnick a lot when he played for UNH. Very good college hockey player. Big boy. Physical. I thought he'd be more of an impactful NHL player than a checking 4th liner though.

Originally Posted by SeeingRed

Sgarbossa is a bad ass in the OHL...second leading scorer in that league right now. Down side is he's small...5'11, 175 lbs. But he could be something special.


Looks like the Avs are moving a bunch of would be UFAs. Where are they gonna send Jones U29?

Nowhere MF'r!

He is here to stay and you shall rue the day you wanted to trade him

Originally Posted by WTE

I used to like Winnick a lot when he played for UNH. Very good college hockey player. Big boy. Physical. I thought he'd be more of an impactful NHL player than a checking 4th liner though.

Thats why I initially liked him too. He just has the look of a hockey player also. But for some reason he just hasnt grasped it, he plays softer than he should.

Originally Posted by underrated29

Thats why I initially liked him too. He just has the look of a hockey player also. But for some reason he just hasnt grasped it, he plays softer than he should.

I haven't followed him at all in his professional career b/c he's been out west. Did he get much action on the PK? How'd he do?

Like a lot of you, I probably need more time to analyze this deal properly before bloviating here on the blog, but I’ll give my quick thoughts on the Daniel Winnik-TJ Galiardi to San Jose for LW Jamie McGinn and two Sharks forward prospects (Michael Sgarbossa and Mike Connolly).

article by Adrian Dater - interesting - http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2012...ose-deal/9847/

Hes done alright. he skates hard, but he doesnt use his strength enough. At one point against the wings the other day he did use it and went through 3 wings players.

He also used to have a few nice moves. Now it seems he is more bang in on the fore check, get a turnover and crash the net. Which is just good, but when we first got him, I thought I saw more.


I do not remember him a whole lot on the PK, sorry. He certainly could have been. I just dont recall.


IIRC he did have a short handed goal, this year. But I might have mixed him up with someone else.

Sgarbossa is gonna be awesome. I think the kid is gonna be a diamond. We'll look back at this trade and laugh at SJ for ditching him, IMO.

Originally Posted by SeeingRed

Sgarbossa is gonna be awesome. I think the kid is gonna be a diamond. We'll look back at this trade and laugh at SJ for ditching him, IMO.

Hope so. He was the only name I recognized initially from the trade.



Did you see Hishon was having concussion issues. I had not heard that. Wonder what the prognosis is on him.

Originally Posted by underrated29

Hope so. He was the only name I recognized initially from the trade.



Did you see Hishon was having concussion issues. I had not heard that. Wonder what the prognosis is on him.

He's been having concussion issues for a long time.

Well i made a thread on how we needed a 2nd line winger... What do you know, Jamie McGinn is suppose to be that guy... Great pick up, McGinn was stuck with no minutes on the 3rd line.. He starts as our 2nd liner, and an upgrade from what we had... I was complaining about TJ Galardi, and Winnik.. Then they got rid of them... lol

Originally Posted by HammeredOut

Well i made a thread on how we needed a 2nd line winger... What do you know, Jamie McGinn is suppose to be that guy... Great pick up, McGinn was stuck with no minutes on the 3rd line.. He starts as our 2nd liner, and an upgrade from what we had... I was complaining about TJ Galardi, and Winnik.. Then they got rid of them... lol

You're high if you think he'll be a winger on the top two lines over Landeskog, Mueller, Hejduk, and Downie, Jones when he's up there, or Duchene when he plays wing. He's still gonna be a third liner. The Avs made that trade for the prospect.