The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Ottawa Senators defenseman Andrej Meszaros yesterday, for Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard, and San Jose's 1st round pick that was acquired in the Dan Boyle trade. A valuable pick in a very deep draft.
Meszaros then signed a 6 year, (rumoured to be) $24 million deal with the Lightning. They have now acquired Brandon Bochenski, Ryan Malone (for 7 years, haha), Mark Recchi, Gary Roberts (good luck getting close to 82 games out of them), Radim Vrbata (for 3 years, he's a labelled underachiever as Malone is), Andrew Hutchinson, Matt Carle, Olaf Kolzig (his career's all but over), and re-acquired Vinny Prospal. They also drafted phenom Steven Stamkos, who's the one acquisition who truly will shine.
"The acquisition and signing of Andrej is a strong statement to our players and our fans that the Lightning ownership group is committed to putting the best product on the ice now and for years to come," said executive vice-president of hockey operations Brian Lawton in a statement.
"I'm excited to be joining the Lightning," Meszaros said. "I'm extremely happy to be heading to Tampa Bay and I can't wait to take advantage of this opportunity. We should have a great team and I can not wait to get started.
It could be that the Lightning have made some spectacular moves and have a great team on their hands, but it's also very evident that they have A LOT of question marks on their hands. Guess we'll just wait and see...
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