A 6-Year-Old Reacts to the Trade

 By THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 4, 2009 "A 6-Year-Old Reacts to the Rangers’ Big Trade":

A Times colleague writes:

My 6-year-old’s favorite players are Lundqvist, Prucha and Dawes. When he got home I was curious what his reaction to the NYR/PHX trade would be. Tears? Rage? He asked why they were traded and I explained how the Rangers got a pretty good defenseman in Morris. His response: “At least they got rid of Kalinin.”

LOL. But seriously a kid probably heard Kalinin's bashing before in the house.

Personally I remember that one:


diebytheblade.com, Jun 23, 2008:

Dmitri Kalinin (UFA)

Kalinin has frustrated Sabres fans, coaches and management for years. He was the Sabres first round draft selection back in 1998 and at times he has lived up to that billing. Unfortunately he has lacked consistency throughout his entire career and the entire Sabres organization has grown tired of his overall play. It is very evident that Kalinin has also grown tired of the Sabres organization especially after getting blasted in practice by Lindy Ruff back in February.

I wish we could get Morris though. He is not a super duper, but he could've help Caps pass Flyers. Our two main rivals got tougher, Flyers got two goons, Pens got Kunitz and Guerin. Guerin's best time is in the past, but he can still add some toughness. And this is what Caps need. Yes, we are big, but look at our big boys: Schultz? Fehr? Steckel? Kozlov? Jurcina?

Size matters, but none of them has a mean streak, none of them can really drop the gloves. Not that you need it in playoffs, but you still need toughness and that reputation to pass darn Flyers. And now Pens got tougher because they were pushed around by Caps and Flyers.

OK, you can say what about the Red Wings? But they are that one exception in the rules, because as you know, the rules always have an exception.

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