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I'll give credit to Carolina for obviously demonstrating to their fans, and the league, that they feel they have a serious contender for the Stanley Cup. They gave up so much for Doug Weight (three draft picks, two prospects and forward Jesse Boulerice) for a guy that could conceivably only play for them for 2 months.

Ottawa was asked for Antoine Vermette and Anton Volechenkov, and while Vermette is a utility guy (with untapped potential) that I wouldn't mind sacrificing to land Weight, maybe with some draft picks/prospects or whatever, Volchenkov would be a pretty big blow to Ottawa's D. He puts up a lot minutes and you really don't want to tinker too much with the defense that has the fewest goals allowed in the league.

Anyway, the office talk wasn't so much about the trade and rather about Ray Emery letting in 5 goals in the 5-0 loss to the Bruins. Leafs fans are the best, they could only come up with, "If your backup is in net for the playoffs you're in trouble!" Gee, you think? How do you think Chris Terrerri would have fared if New Jersey had to rely on him if Martin Brodeur was on the injured reserve? If Ottawa's backup goaltender is their only weakness, they're in pretty good shape.

On the other hand, they totally deserved to lose last night, Emery or no Emery.