Time To Move On
Now that “the trade” has been completed many fans have progressed from shock to acceptance to a quiet excitement for the upcoming season. If you’re like me you were probably already excited about seeing a team that would feature more youth than in recent years, a team that probably wouldn’t make the playoffs but would put forward an honest effort each night. But with season ticket renewals down, and an increasing number of empty seats each game it was obvious that not all fans were willing to bear the brunt of the re-building process.
Then came the Lindros rumors that eventuated in the trade that was completed just this past Monday. Gone were Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson and Pavel Brendl, three of the cornerstones of the expected youth movement, and in their place a player who had some serious question marks looming ominously over his head.