Yesterdays trade between the Stars and Pens
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Wide consensus is that the pens easily won this trade but i'm not overly upset about it. Neal is a good young player and will score goals on the crosby line butof our young forwards he was the least talented, he's very streaky and doesn't come up with the goals when you really need them. As for Niskanen, well this is the part of the trade that Dallas fans get to laugh at, he's useless and i can see him being put on waivers before his contract ends in 2012, he was basically a salary dump. The stars save $2.5m next season because of this trade, money that will no doubt go to re-signing Brad Richards and if that happens. We will have won this trade, not the pens.